ah, gotcha. But I thought the crux of this particular discussion was not just about the team winning the toss scoring first, but doing so on their first possession (thus not even giving the other team a chance to touch the ball in OT).
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Won Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They can win the toss, punt, hold, score on their nth possession where n > > 1. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 1:05 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: KC > > "won by teams who won the coin toss and then scored on their first > possession". > > how is that different than the team who wins the coin toss scoring first? > if by "different", you mean "the same", then yes. it's different :) > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think the important part of that snippet is 'on their first > possession' > > which is different than the team who wins the coin toss scoring first. > > > > > > > > > > > relevant snippet: > > > "The NFL wisely bowed to pressure and went to a sudden death overtime > > > system > > > in 1974. Since then, there have been 330 overtime games. Only 93 games > > were > > > won by teams who won the coin toss and then scored on their first > > > possession. That's only 28 percent." > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Scott Stroz > > > > If you can't laugh at other people, who can you laugh at? > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:279669 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
