On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> I thought that this was statistically inaccurate?  When they were debating
> about letting both teams have at least one possession in OT (which I like),
> didn't that measure fail to pass because they said statistically it's not
> true that the team that wins the toss ends up winning the game a majority
> of
> the time?
>

I think the team winning the coin toss wins close to 60% of the time, but I
could be mis-remembering. Certainly an advantage, but not an overwhelming
stat.

The NFL either needs to switch to a system similar to the college model, or
return to allowing ties.

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