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.

(1903 Michigan yearbook)

Although the details around these choices have changed, the second half has always started with a ...