Back in March, I decided not to say anything, but this morning I read an article at Slate.com that awakened something in me. Maybe it all comes down to me not understanding statistics, but I don’t think so.
Here’s the background. Until now, NFL games that are tied after regulation begin a “sudden death” period. The game is restarted as it was in the beginning, with a coin toss. The visiting team can call ‘heads’ or ‘tails’ and the team that wins the toss is awarded first choice of the options. (At the beginning of the game teams may choose to kick off in order to receive the kick at the start of the second half, but in overtime there is no second half.) » Read the rest of this entry «
