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Default 02-06-2006, 06:21 PM

From ESPN Livenation Chat on Friday, Joe Theismann was asked the following:

Jon (Toronto): Having played in both leagues, why do you think that the Grey Cup is consistently a more entertaining game than the Super Bowl?

Joe Theismann: Because the Canadian game is wide open. Unlimited motion, three downs means more throwing, and the size of the field makes it more difficult for defenses even with 12 men on the field. It was a great place to roam and wander.

http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=10553

This past years grey cup was probably one of the best football games ever played.

And to those wondering why it's called football, it's because the forward pass wasn't introduced long after the game had started and been named. Rarley does a game set the rules from the very beginning and never change them. Games are constantly evolving. In early football the only passing allowed was a lateral. Everything else you had to use your foot to kick the ball, thus the name football.
  
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