Click here for linkTUSCALOOSA, Alabama - It's a good thing football games are settled on the field and not by coin flips.
Alabama has lost the opening coin toss four times in five games this season. But a lot of good it has done opponents.
Three opponents that won the toss elected to receive the opening kickoff. Kent State punted after a three-and-out, Penn State drove for a field goal and Florida threw a touchdown pass on its first play from scrimmage.
North Texas won the toss but elected to kick. The Crimson Tide drove for a field goal.
Alabama won the toss against Arkansas and elected to receive the opening kickoff. It went on to score on a touchdown pass from AJ McCarron to tight end Michael Williams on a fake field-goal attempt.