Win the toss

[longtimer]

Probably the most well known era of random NFL players because of that game

Defer or take the ball? Ferentz likes to take the ball although he has deferred a few times
If we win the toss play defense

Anybody know the stat on % of Defer vs Receive for college? I did see that 68% go defer in the NFL.

 

[uihawk82]

Lol.

The "extra possession" thing is a load of shit. You get that possession no matter what; it's just a matter of which half you get it in. So there's zero advantage to the number of total possessions.

If you win a coin toss you are winning the right to decide when your one and only guaranteed possession is. Do you want it right away when the game is still a blank slate, or do you want it after half of the game has been played and you have felt out the other team's scheme, evaluated your own failures/successes, etc.??? I know I'd rather make decisions with a whole 1st and 2nd quarter's worth of information.

You want to score first??? See below. Listed in that spreadsheet is every Iowa conference and bowl game, in order, from 2015-2018. You can see that in 40 games, only 8 have resulted in an offensive score on the first drive. And only 3 times in those 40 games did Iowa score. Feel free to check my work.

Both teams are getting one guaranteed possession per game. Being able to use it when you might need to stop an opponent's momentum or keep your own going is huge.

correct in that if you take the ball first u might end up with it on the last series of the first half to have an extra series then.

but that swings against u in the 2nd half. having a really good punter and punt coverage does taje the sting out of potentially not moving the ball well to open the game.

 

[hawkeyes87]

Listed in that spreadsheet is every Iowa conference and bowl game, in order, from 2015-2018.

Hey, could you do one of those for the 2nd-half opening drives, too? See if you can find what the weather conditions were too, m'kay?

Kidding- that looks like a lot of work you already did.

The way I type, creating your spreadsheet would've taken me 2 hours, let alone digging into all those box scores.

 

[Fryowa]

Sorry man, I wasn't aiming at you but just trying to kick up he post in a funny way. Like OK4P or the way you often post.

I ain’t mad at all. Rev it up.

 

[JoeyLabasForPresident]

Welp I guess that ends this thread

I’m not ready, my popcorn just finished popping

 

[archiehawk]

Damned if you do damned if you don't. I'd take the ball.