09-09-2017, 07:21 PM
(09-09-2017, 07:13 PM)cardcrimson link Wrote:[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=17352.msg199779#msg199779 date=1505009372]
[quote author=norcard link=topic=17352.msg199776#msg199776 date=1505009207]
I dont know why we dont defer
Because we always want to establish the tone. I hate to say it, but had we kicked off first, we'd be down 35-17.
BC
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How about setting the tone with defense to start the game?
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That's just not what we do, and honestly, I don't think anyone has shown it makes a lick of a difference. Ever since Shaw has been head coach, we always elect to receive to start when we win the coin toss. If anything, from 2000 to 2007, the team who received the opening touchdown (in the NFL) won 51.2% of the time.
BC