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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 794041" data-attributes="member: 7261">Whether you receive the opening kickoff or the 2nd half kickoff, each team is guaranteed one of those possessions, they are not "bonus" possessions.  It doesn't matter if you score or the other teams scores to end the the first half, the team getting the second half kickoff has already been determined.  It may "feel" like you are doubling up if you are the team that scores to end the half AND then receives the 2nd half kickoff, but the same could be said if you score to end the half, don't have to kickoff because there is no time left on the clock and then kickoff to start the second half.  By the "doubling up logic", you have just avoided one kickoff and thus one possession by the other team.What is their winning percentage when they receive the first half kickoff and/or don't defer?  Isn't .674 pretty close to their winning percentage since 2008 in all games?</blockquote>

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