pope zimli Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 No way, show confidence in JP and receive. 433713[/snapback] I agree. Ideally it will a time killing, long, gritty and punishing running sequence to get Houston thinking about McGahee rather than Losman. Let Losman show his stuff later in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 I believe the way it works is that the coin-toss winnner picks which goal to defend first, which passes the choice of first-half kick or receive to the toss loser. The toss loser then chooses to receive to start the game. The order of choice (goal vs. kick/receive) is reversed in the second half, so the toss winner then gets to choose to receive for the start of the 3Q. . . . And I think that's exactly what the link to the Rules posted by stuckincincy says. Sorry if I'm stating the obvious. 433797[/snapback] No, that's not quite right. The coin toss winner gets to decide whether they want to select direction (which goal to defend) OR possession (kick/receive). The loser gets to decide one of those in the second half. What has happened before is that the winner chooses "possession" in the first half and decides to kickoff. Then in the second half, the toss loser chooses "possession" and elects to receive. Then the announcers get confused because they don't understand the rules at all. The rule is the same as it was when I officiated highschool football games. EDIT: Unless you were just making an example in your post, in which case it's correct. Just wanted to clarify that the toss winner doesn't HAVE to decide which goal to defend. CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyBall4Buffalo Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 I'd personally like to see the bills receive and have terrence mcgee take the season opening kickoff to the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestojan Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 I'd personally like to see the bills receive and have terrence mcgee take the season opening kickoff to the house. 433870[/snapback] Flag on the play.... Illegal block in the back. 10 yard penalty from the spot of the foul... first down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SACKMARINO Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 i remember we played the jets one year at the ralph and the jets chose to kick off to start and they also kicked off in the second half. therefore Madden video game is wrong. <- ive always wonderd why he doesnt fix that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 Hmmm...I thought the team that lost the coin toss got the choice to either kick-off or receive in the 2nd half, so if you win the toss and elect to kick off, you will probably have to kick off to start the 3rd quarter...no? 433719[/snapback] It's amazing how much we forget with 8 months away from football. Losing the coin flip is the best way to start a game, because the first drive of the second half is huge, IMO, especially at home. At home, I want our defense on the field first when the crowd is jacked up, then our offense on right after halftime when half the crowd is still in the bathroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 I'd like to see the coin get flipped into that air, and when the referee's head is pointed skyward watching the arc of the coin's trajectory, one of the Bills captains savagely knee the bastard in the groin as pre-emptive payback for the screwing the refs will undoubtedly be giving us again this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillnutinHouston Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 Take the ball and McGee runs it back to our 40. Open the series with an 18-yard play action pass to Evans, and the crowd goes nuts. After JP waves to the crowd to be quiet, they run a reverse to Evans again for another 20. This is followed by a screen pass to McGahee for the TD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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