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Title: I know "the book" says that you always choose... Post by: Black Diamond Vol on September 29, 2025, 04:41:53 EDT ..to go on defense if you win the coin toss in OT, but I wonder if MSU is regretting that decision. We got to play it on the end of the field where our fans were, and there were a ton of us. The noise clearly impacted them at the LOS.
Title: Re: I know "the book" says that you always choose... Post by: PirateVOL on September 29, 2025, 04:59:36 EDT ..to go on defense if you win the coin toss in OT, but I wonder if MSU is regretting that decision. We got to play it on the end of the field where our fans were, and there were a ton of us. The noise clearly impacted them at the LOS. Saw on their board that someone questioned why they playted the OT on our endSimple anser is they had no choice in the matter Once they won the toss, we got to choose the end of the field Title: Re: I know "the book" says that you always choose... Post by: BanditVol on September 29, 2025, 05:54:23 EDT ..to go on defense if you win the coin toss in OT, but I wonder if MSU is regretting that decision. We got to play it on the end of the field where our fans were, and there were a ton of us. The noise clearly impacted them at the LOS. Saw on their board that someone questioned why they playted the OT on our endSimple anser is they had no choice in the matter Once they won the toss, we got to choose the end of the field Yes. BDV is saying maybe they should have taken the ball first and picked the end zone instead. That would be against all conventional wisdom though, I cant see a team ever doing that, the advantage of going second is too great. Title: Re: I know "the book" says that you always choose... Post by: Tnphil on September 29, 2025, 08:21:31 EDT You never want the ball first in OT. 999 times out of 1,000 you play defense first....the one other time is because your captain was stupid.
Title: Re: I know "the book" says that you always choose... Post by: PirateVOL on September 29, 2025, 08:52:02 EDT You never want the ball first in OT. 999 times out of 1,000 you play defense first....the one other time is because your captain was stupid. Maybe that is why we sent out our long snapper ... |