Coin Toss

[MaltLiquorBull]

14 minutes ago, Sk00b said:

I agree but our defense hasn't been ready for the challenge and we are so far behind by halftime it doesn't matter. Time for the offense to get a shot. If it goes well maybe the Defense is fired up and ready. If it goes poorly. Well at least the opponent didn't score in the first minute of the game. 

In most situations, I'd say defer.  But in our case, let's not give the opponent better odds at being up by 7 early.  I'd love to see what this team does when they are not playing from behind.

[Rocky Style]

Sounds like we are all in agreement. We should receive the kickoff.

[John Lewis]

53 minutes ago, Triple B said:

I'm pretty much in the camp that who starts with the ball the second half is usually of greater importance than the opening kickoff ....

I am in that camp as well, but we've started off slow in 4 of the 5 games we've played, so an adjustment like this could help us.

[Cubanbull]

I would say you go with what you are better at. If you have a better defense, you kick, hold them and get better field position. With our defense, I say get the ball and try to score and make the opponents play from behind. We have not led in any games we lost at any time.

[NewEnglandBull]

Always kick if you win the toss

[Triple B]

2 hours ago, Sk00b said:

Right? But he kicked last week as well. 

 

2 hours ago, Rocky Style said:

I didn't like that, although we do start badly.  If we marched down the field and scored and then fired the defense up it would set the right tone.  

But last week was a perfect example of why you defer. We were down 17-3 at the half (after leaving points on the board I might add) but we received the ball to start 2nd and went down to score making it a one possession game at that point. SMU receives ball 2nd half and they would have had a chance to go up by 3 possessions, almost icing game at that early junction.

We also scored coming out of the half at BYU, too. I'd be stunned if CJS didn't defer if we win toss.

[Sk00b]

7 minutes ago, Triple B said:

 

But last week was a perfect example of why you defer. We were down 17-3 at the half (after leaving points on the board I might add) but we received the ball to start 2nd and went down to score making it a one possession game at that point. SMU receives ball 2nd half and they would have had a chance to go up by 3 possessions, almost icing game at that early junction.

We also scored coming out of the half at BYU, too. I'd be stunned if CJS didn't defer if we win toss.

Good point.  Just once i would like to see what happens the other way around though. Score early and often and they can have the ball to try and catch up to us for once. 

[CousinRicky]

15 minutes ago, Sk00b said:

Good point.  Just once i would like to see what happens the other way around though. Score early and often and they can have the ball to try and catch up to us for once. 

I wonder if it statistically matters.  Where is puc when you need him?  If you get the 1st half kickoff and don't score you're not in a good position. 

[Rex Havoc]

5 hours ago, CousinRicky said:

I wonder if it statistically matters.  Where is puc when you need him?  If you get the 1st half kickoff and don't score you're not in a good position. 

From an SI article I just read about this says there isn’t a statistical advantage to either receiving or deferring to the 2nd half. The article was a couple years old, but had some good info. They said it’s more of a “everyone is deferring, we should too type mentality.” The articles below are talking about NFL, but I guess it would be similar for college. 

here is a link to the si article: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.si.com/nfl/jaguars/.amp/news/nfl-coaches-prefer-to-defer-but-doug-marrone-change-for-jaguars-sake

 

link to another interesting article: 

How the NFL's 2008 rule change affected coin toss strategy - David Waldron

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Today, coin toss winners almost always choose to defer, but it took time for...

Edited October 16, 2021 by Rex Havoc

[Bull Nut]

I wonder what it's like heading into the half with the lead.