I've never had an USC before the opening coin toss but I did have one before the second half options were given to the captains at midfield. The visitors were late coming back from halftime so I assessed a 15 yard USC on the coach. I dropped the flag at the center of the field before I brought out the captains - I explained to the captains what was going to happen after they made their choices, and after the choices were made, I made the USC signal and pointed to the 25 yard line and said that K would kick from there.
I then had to go over and explain why it was a 15 yarder and not a 5 yard DOG to the offending team coach. He was a little grumpy.
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