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...format for overtime in the NFL is different, and inherently unfair. If the game is tied after four quarters, the teams play a 15-minute, sudden death overtime period in which the first team to score wins. Which means that whichever team wins a totally random coin toss to determine who gets the first possession has a better shot at winning the game. In fact, in 44% of the overtime games since 2006, the team that won the coin-toss has gone on to win the game without the other team even getting the ball, according to the Elias Sports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Solving the NFL's Overtime Fumble | 11/16/2008 | See Source »

...It’s going to be added pressure for both teams,” Sager said. “We’ve been on both sides of the coin, and we know what it takes to win big games...

Author: By Alexandra J. Mihalek, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Seeks To Land Ivy Title | 11/12/2008 | See Source »

...Columbia wins the coin toss but defers. Harvard will receive the opening kick at the open end of the stadium...

Author: By Crimson staff | Title: LIVE BLOG: HARVARD VS. COLUMBIA (11/8) | 11/8/2008 | See Source »

...difficult to put England on any kind of budget-travel list, given that a brief, one-way trip on the 145-year-old London Underground will still run you more than $6. But compared with a year ago, when you needed more than $2 to buy a single coin with the Queen of England's face on it, Britain has gotten considerably cheaper - relatively. Book a spin on a "champagne flight" on the London Eye - the giant Ferris wheel (and millennial white elephant) on the banks of the Thames - for a mere $692. Or don't. (See 10 things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 5 Best Places to Travel in a Recession | 11/4/2008 | See Source »

...Harvard wins the coin toss and defers to the second half...

Author: By Crimson staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: LIVE BLOG: HARVARD AT DARTMOUTH (11/1) | 11/1/2008 | See Source »

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