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Originally posted by ABoselli
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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Good procedure. Maybe you did it but I would inform the captains before the options so that the team with the options understands the impact of the decision.
What if the team with the option was set to receive. But their opponents now have a 15-yard penalty. So, instead of kicking off from their 40 they would kcik off at the opponents 45 and the kicker has a good leg. Plus, the opponents offense is lacking and kicking is marginal. They figure they might get the ball inside the opponents forty after one series.