Re: Is a tie in a major event a good thing or a bad thing?

On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 19:10:01 -0600, Dale Hicks wrote:

> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>> 
>> And in contrast, the NFL's coin toss does not provide an edge.  The team
>> that receives the kickoff to open a half is no more likely to score
>> first than the kicking team (source: The Hidden Game of Football).
>> Actual statistics for overtime games are also split about 50-50, but
>> with a smaller sample.
> 
> This is news to me.  They used to quote something like a 70-30 split.

That split must have been for a small sample, like a single season or
something.  I've always seen the splits as just slightly better for the
coin toss winner.  It may be going up with the NFL more of an offensive
league these days, though.
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