CFP & Bowl Games

RML said:

As I said in the game thread, it's maddening to me that we chose to go into the wind in the fourth quarter. (We did it all year, taking the wind in the first and third quarters, rather than in the second and fourth quarters, when we have that choice. That said, in a pro game a couple weeks ago, a team chose to go into the wind in overtime. Wtf?)

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always do just the opposite of what they think you will do

RML said:

As I said in the game thread, it's maddening to me that we chose to go into the wind in the fourth quarter. (We did it all year, taking the wind in the first and third quarters, rather than in the second and fourth quarters, when we have that choice. That said, in a pro game a couple weeks ago, a team chose to go into the wind in overtime. Wtf?)

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It's just a function on if you win the coin toss and defer, the other team chooses to receive the ball and then the kicking team almost always chooses to take the wind for the 1Q, because you don't want to give the other team the ball and the wind for the quarter. Same thing in the second half Tennessee got the second half kickoff so we choose to have the wind at our backs for the third quarter to make them go into the wind. So we had the wind against us for the first and fourth quarter which is typical if you receive the opening kickoff.

When the wind is a dramatic factor - to your point - we could have given Tennessee the ball and the wind for the third quarter so we can have it for the fourth quarter, but that is not the typical line of thinking.