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To: UB355
Pats won on account of a coin flip.

You mean the Chiefs didn't put their defense on the field?

29 posted on 01/21/2019 9:51:00 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Do the Chiefs have a defense?


32 posted on 01/21/2019 9:51:49 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: dfwgator
You mean the Chiefs didn't put their defense on the field?

Yup. And for all the wailing about the effect of the coin flip - when I ran the numbers a couple of years ago, the win/loss of those getting the ball first in overtime was one game from exactly 50%. Some coaches pick to kick first and they are generally just as successful, since they get each the advantage of their opponent starting deep (and getting the ball on a shorter field if they hold up), knowing exactly what they need to do to counter on the scoreboard, and the luxury of using all four downs.

110 posted on 01/21/2019 1:09:15 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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