As you say penalties always do play a big role in sport, especially in football where they can quite easily swing the position in a single play. Now like most "random", I say that word with a pinch of salt, as it should be but it never is, everything is always based on a predefined set of variable to produce an output, should equalise themselves out by the end of the season or over time. Yes you get variance among that, you may find yourself on the high end of variance, in this case more penalties against you then for you or you may be on the other side of the coin. However, they do tend to even out over time.
However, enough preference, there was a time that sticks in my mind with games, I cant remember the week but it was one morning, i'm UK based some watch the stream in the morning before work. Portland were leading by 6 with a less than 2 mins left on the clock in the 4th quarter, and on a 3rd and long a DPI moved the field 40 or 50 yards, now a few plays later were facing a 2 and goal with a touch over 30s left on the clock. A TD was scored and we lost
Quite frankly, this is where the phrase "sim gonna sim" springs to mind. It was a lose but I'm sure that at some point there will be a case where I'm on the positive outcome of this type of play
However, enough preference, there was a time that sticks in my mind with games, I cant remember the week but it was one morning, i'm UK based some watch the stream in the morning before work. Portland were leading by 6 with a less than 2 mins left on the clock in the 4th quarter, and on a 3rd and long a DPI moved the field 40 or 50 yards, now a few plays later were facing a 2 and goal with a touch over 30s left on the clock. A TD was scored and we lost
Quite frankly, this is where the phrase "sim gonna sim" springs to mind. It was a lose but I'm sure that at some point there will be a case where I'm on the positive outcome of this type of play