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Coin Toss Has Flipped (alien.top)
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It seems the overwhelming trend now when winning the opening toss is to elect to kick. My recollection of the 80s and 90s was that teams elected to receive. I’m not sure when this changed or why. Any thoughts on why and when it changed?

Also, is this maybe a Mandela effect where we are remembering history wrong (other fans I’ve asked recall the same thing in the 80s).

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[–] davdev@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I agree with defeating the majority of the time, the one that i disagree with is when watching college football and a heavy underdog defers. By the time the second half comes around they are normally so far behind they would have been much better taking the ball to start which would take away a possesion for the opposing team and gives you a chance to build some momentum.