Tonight's Coin Toss

I am an assistant coach at a high school, and I usually tell our guys what to do. I always tell them to defer.

1) I want the ball in the second half. The first possession of the second half is the most important possession in the game.
2) Once in a blue moon, you get a player on the other team that doesn't understand the concept of deferring. We have deferred choice to the second half, and had the other team with instructions to kick. We defer, they choose to kick, giving us the ball to start each half. That's always a fun reaction to see on the other sideline.

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Originally Posted by 4MOOU

I am an assistant coach at a high school, and I usually tell our guys what to do. I always tell them to defer.

1) I want the ball in the second half. The first possession of the second half is the most important possession in the game.
2) Once in a blue moon, you get a player on the other team that doesn't understand the concept of deferring. We have deferred choice to the second half, and had the other team with instructions to kick. We defer, they choose to kick, giving us the ball to start each half. That's always a fun reaction to see on the other sideline.

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#2 happened to me a couple times while playing intramural flag football at ISU. In fact, the refs screwed me once when my team deserved the ball both halves. I think they've taken away the defer option since then.

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Originally Posted by 4MOOU

I am an assistant coach at a high school, and I usually tell our guys what to do. I always tell them to defer.

1) I want the ball in the second half. The first possession of the second half is the most important possession in the game.
2) Once in a blue moon, you get a player on the other team that doesn't understand the concept of deferring. We have deferred choice to the second half, and had the other team with instructions to kick. We defer, they choose to kick, giving us the ball to start each half. That's always a fun reaction to see on the other sideline.

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That's a good strategy for high school and that is how I always do it when playing videogames, but when you are playing one of the best offenses in the nation you have to take the ball. Especially since we are struggling so much in the first quarter and getting behind as it is.

Also, who the hell came up with this style of choosing who kicks/receives? All the differing nonsense is stupid and unnecessarily complicated.

FWIW, when Briles wins the toss he always takes the ball.

I say we go on Defense first... defer to the second-half.

I say heads