There's an old adage in the game of cricket that if you win the toss you elect to bat first; if you win the toss and there is cloudy weather and a green wicket, you think about it and then you elect to bat. It's about the same in football with the desire to get on the scoreboard first. Except that GP absolutely doesn't believe this. Hence we win the toss, we put our defense on the field; the other guy wins, he puts his offense on the field. Long may it continue.
And, yes, you're all quite welcome for the unsolicited cricket lesson.
Believers in field position believe Patterson's tactics. Football is all about field position. I always want us to kick first.
What is receive the opening kickoff? Just once in the last 17 games. Sixteen of the last seventeen games we have kicked off.
Believers in field position believe Patterson's tactics. Football is all about field position. I always want us to kick first.
Didn't a UT captain do that very thing in one of Strong's first games as Head Coach.Also, he actually never chooses to kick or receive, he chooses to defer, leaving open the (admittedly near zero percent) chance that the other team elects to kick, allowing us to receive both the opening kickoff and the halftime kickoff.
Didn't a UT captain do that very thing in one of Strong's first games as Head Coach.
Imagine that. Just taking what they want.yes, he did.
And then there was the classic faux pas when the ref asked the Baylor captain for his pick and the Baylor guy said, "we'll take the ball." To which the ref replied, "No, you have to pick heads or tails."
Why do we keep guessing?
Is it not about field position in the second half?
You defer to get the ball first in the second half, plain and simple. If you were more worried about field position than starting the second half with the ball, you have that option if you deferred after winning the toss. But it seems we always choose to receive the second half kickoff.