A Game Is Lost on the Torque and Parabola of an Isotropic Disk

Over the weekend, the Green Bay Packers lost in a heartbreaking overtime (American) football game to the Arizona Cardinals. In a game filled with a lot of odd events (a Hail Mary pass to the end zone that led to a tie-making point after with literally zero seconds left on the clock?!), both teams were so evenly matched that whoever won would be, really, a coin toss. Literally. In the NFL, if two teams are tied at the end of the regulation game, they go into overtime. A ceremonial coin is flipped...