08-11-2022, 01:20 PM -
(08-10-2022, 09:00 PM)coffee Wrote: I didn't make it clear. If you win the OVERTIME coin toss, you say: "We want the ball placed on the ___ yard line going that way." My guess is that most teams would pick somewhere around the 7 or 8 yard line so that whoever goes on offense would have to go 92/93 yards to reach the endzone. Then, the other team would make the decision "Do we want to take the ball and assume we can move it that far? Or is it backed up so far that we'd be better off trusting our defense to stop them."
They would try to find the magic spot that would make it very difficult for the other team to know whether to take the ball or to go on defense because it's backed up too far. After all, it's an advantage to have the ball first in sudden death overtime. But if you are backed up too close to your own endzone, it actually becomes a disadvantage because you're just trying to get it far enough out to punt. The trick would be finding that magic yard line that was far enough back to make the decision hard.
The reason the decision would be hard is because it would no longer be an advantage whichever way you go, offense or defense. In other words, it would be fair because both teams got to make a decision instead of just one team winning the coin toss and making a decision that gives them the advantage.
(It's basically the same thing parents do when they have two kids that always claim the other kid got the bigger dish of ice cream. Savvy parents get one kid to make two equal bowls of ice cream and then let the second kid decide which of those bowls he wants. It takes away their ability to claim they weren't given a fair shot.)
Oh....You made it clear enough.... I just didn't read it thoroughly.!!
YEP....
As long as they know which way they're going, it would probably work.!! Lots of potential for "psyching" a team. Have to be careful giving the ball to a team who has Aaron Rogers or Tom Brady though. Might backfire on you..!!