Was the coin toss botched at SB?

Tunescribe said:

You're both wrong (even though I personally always have favored heads). According to the below study, a coin more often lands on the side on which it starts before the flip. So the visiting team should check which side is "up" on the ref's hand before making its call.

http://www.mercurynews.com/49ers-headlines/ci_13579962

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supafly said:

For what it's worth, we have now LOST the coin toss in all 4 SB victories (Rams, Panthers, Eagles, Seahawks).

Out of the 8 SB's played, we actually only won it twice (both losses--Packers/Giants 2nd time).

http://www.casinoanswers.com/sports...is-the-history-of-the-superbowl-coin-toss.php

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Tunescribe said:

You're both wrong (even though I personally always have favored heads). According to the below study, a coin more often lands on the side on which it starts before the flip. So the visiting team should check which side is "up" on the ref's hand before making its call.

http://www.mercurynews.com/49ers-headlines/ci_13579962

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FrodoBagginz said:

The Seahawks didn't say "they want to kick" or "they want to receive". They deferred giving the Patriots the offer to kick or receive and the Pats chose to receive (notice how the Ref turns towards the Patriots and asks them if they want the ball). The Seahawks then got to decide which goal to defend.

I don't know why the Pats did not choose to kick but, apparently, if they had done so they would have kicked at the start of the second half as well (from what I have read somewhere).

I actually remember reading about a college game recently where a team deferred and the other team chose to kick (I think this is how it went down). The team that chose to kick also had to kick in the second half as well so they lost both possessions.

I'm just really confused on this whole coin toss/deferring thing. Hopefully someone here has more knowledge and can better explain and possibly correct anything I've said that is wrong.


EDIT: Here is a small article on the College game where the team had to kick in both the first and second halfs....

http://deadspin.com/texas-botched-the-coin-toss-has-to-kick-off-to-ucla-bo-1634479396

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Froob said:

It's kinda dumb how that whole process works wouldn't it be simpler to just choose to kick and automatically have the other team kick after the half? Guess it isn't needed so to speak but the other ways seems unnecessary.

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BlueThunder said:

CointossGate leads to DeferGate leads to WindGate leads to KickoffGate.


And I thought football wasn't a complicated sport.

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BelichickFan said:

When you defer you are deferring the choice.

Seattle deferred the choice to the second half at which time they would, obviously, choose the ball.

You don't defer the ball, you defer the choice so if the other team defers you have to take the ball unless you want to kick off both halves.

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BelichickFan said:

It's because the NFL rules are like the IRS rules, they're both so cumbersome they barely make sense anymore. It's why something which any random person can see clearly as a catch, in fact, isn't a catch according to NFL rules.

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TBR said:

MAGNETS

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Mlink said:

After learning the truth here is my message to the NFL:



I'm sorry to have wasted all your time...

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Triumph said:

Also, the Belichick Pats have not scored in the 1st quarter of all 6 Super Bowls.

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