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Title: LMAO, another epic peter king fail... Post by: Aske on March 02, 2010, 06:05:57 AM http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/peter_king/02/28/combine/index.html?eref=sihp
Quote And over the past 16 seasons, the number of games won by the coin-flip winner has risen sharply. Between 1974 and 1993, 46.8 percent of overtime games were won by the coin-flip winner. Since 1994, it's 59.8 percent. It used to be that less than half the OT games were won by the lucky team to start the fifth quarter; now it's three out of five. Quote Think of it this way: When overtime was invented in the days of the Nixon Administration, the kickoff point was five yards to the kicking team's advantage, and a 40-yard field goal was a real challenge. Now the receiving team rarely starts at the 20, and a 40-yard field goal is probably an 85-percent guarantee. hmmmmmmmmmm |