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. -- I'm only one, but not alone My finest day, is yet unknown ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279643 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
