Today's Tidbit... Eliminating The Second Half Kickoff
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Among the rules gridiron football borrowed from rugby was to flip a coin to determine which team could kick off or select a goal to defend. In the early days, teams switched goals after every score and following halftime. Changing goals after every score went away, but goal switching continued after halftime until fifteen-minute quarters replaced thirty-minute halves in 1910.
Today's Tidbit... Eliminating The Second Half Kickoff
Today's Tidbit... Eliminating The Second Half…
Today's Tidbit... Eliminating The Second Half Kickoff
Among the rules gridiron football borrowed from rugby was to flip a coin to determine which team could kick off or select a goal to defend. In the early days, teams switched goals after every score and following halftime. Changing goals after every score went away, but goal switching continued after halftime until fifteen-minute quarters replaced thirty-minute halves in 1910.