I fail to understand what's wrong with getting the ball first in OT
you put pressure on the other team plus you get the first chance in sudden death.
A lot of people giving explanations but here's the facts, with no teams involved...
You ALWAYS kick in college style (both teams get the ball) type of OT.
If you get the ball and score a TD, the other team gets the ball next... They KNOW they have to score a TD to tie, so every series is 4 downs. They KNOW if they score a TD, they can win with a 2 point.. If you only score a FG, they now have choices whether to kick to tie, or go all in to win... If you do nothing, all they have to do is kick the fg to win.
The ONLY advantage you have by going first is if both teams match scores, you now have the ball again with only a FG to win
But if you kick... You get to let them make all those decisions and simply get the ball needing to tie or outscore them. You have no decisions to make. You going all in, all the way, and you will never even attempt to run a scheme for 3 downs.. Everything is 4. So you playing with more downs cause punting isn't an option anymore.
Your ONLY disadvantage is if they score and you score then they score, they win...
So really.... Why choose the thing where you need 2 scores to happen before your advantage kicks in? While the other option gives the advantage soon as you get the ball? That's why NOBODY in college asks for the ball first... Except Deion