nah, it was an assumption on my part. i thought the discussion point was team that wins the toss winning it on the first possession, thus the other team not even having a chance. i thought the focal point was that first possession, but it was not.
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do not recall any mention of the team who wins coin toss scoring on first > possession, merely winning the game. But I should have been more clear. > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Charlie Griefer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > 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:279715 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
