wasn’t sure about this whole coin-toss thing.
As he walked toward midfield with his fellow UCLA captains before their game against Washington last month, the junior punter prepared for the unexpected.
“I’d never done it, even in high school,” Flintoft said, “so I didn’t know how that worked.”
Flintoft’s inexperience calling heads or tails was largely the result of two factors: his position and his status as a walk-on until Bruins coach Jim Mora awarded him a scholarship in September.
He’s proved a more than worthy recipient, averaging 41.