John Clay is a sports columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader. A native of Central Kentucky and graduate of UK, he covered UK football for 13 seasons before being promoted to columnist in 2000. He lives in Lexington with his wife and two sons. You can e-mail him at jclay@herald-leader.com.
John — please explain the logic of deferring if you win the toss. I don’t understand letting a team like Florida have the ball first. I was out of state Saturday and tuned in the game a couple of minutes late but I understand the announcers to say that Kentucky won the toss but deferred.
If I’m playing a really good offensive team, I don’t want them to have the ball first.