If you "kick" then OM gets the ball in both halves. The correct answer is defer
Florida in 2000 at Scott Field won the toss and wanted to kick.You had to bring this up. That’s about the only thing missing from our special teams blunder Bingo card this season. That being the case, I hope we just are told to say “receive” just to keep from 17ing it up.
If you defer and get a stop on defense you've set the tone for the game. If you go into half time with out the momentum you can gain it back by getting the first in the second. Is a line of thought to take ball first and burn clock limited their offensive possessions.
A couple of times earlier in the season we won the toss and took the ball. I didn’t understand it then but lately we have deferred if we won the toss.
While deferring is the best option 99% of the time, OM's opening drives are usually their strongest. In addition, they will likely try some ******** trick play that gets them 30+ yards or a score.
It might be worth it to go ahead early if we can.
But as I type this, the first half is probably going to get wild and OM will likely find away to get ahead anyway. We know the Dogs can come back and OM usually gets tired and slow at the end of each game.
Maybe we defer... 17, who knows?
Just WIN THIS GAME!
Normally I would say defer but ole miss is a first half team and we are a 2nd half tea. if we receive, we would be somewhat limiting their 1st half offensive positions as best we can(theoretically).