Updated: Aug 14, 2006, 1:33 PM

Vote: Which football has the best rules?


Chris Leak
Prized recruit
Drew Brees
Free-agent signing
We can all agree that football weekends make fall a great time to be a sports fan with a portable grill or an big-screen television. But are you a Saturday or Sunday kind of football fan?

More than college and pro basketball fans or American League and National League baseball fans, the schism between college and pro football fans defines a sport. You can watch both, but at heart, you're either singing the alma mater and following recruiting news or managing your fantasy roster and checking out news from training camp.

In addition to settling the debate over which version of football is better off the field, we want your take on the rules and styles that set the two games apart. Do you prefer free agency to recruiting? Should the clock stop on first downs? You settle the score.
  • 1) Teams: 117 Division I-A vs. 32 NFL
  • 2) Hot offense: Spread vs. West Coast
  • 3) Building rosters: Recruiting vs. free agency
  • 4) Roster size: 85 scholarship players vs. 53 active players
  • 5) Overtime: Alternating possession on short field vs. sudden death on full field
  • 6) Replay: NCAA replay review vs. NFL challenge system
  • 7) Legal catch: One foot in vs. two feet in
  • 8) Spotting the ball: Wide hash marks vs. narrow hash marks
  • 9) Clock: Stops after first downs vs. doesn't stop after first downs
  • 10) Stopping play: Knee down vs. must be touched/tackled

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