College v. Pro

[Terrabon98]

I am having a ridiculous drunke convo with some people, and the argument is centered around whether any college football teams in history could beat any pro teams. One of my friends claim that Miami back in 2002 when they had 7 first ruond draft picks could have beaten a couple of the weaker teams in the NFL (Clev, Det, Ariz, Houston)

I personally think that there's no way a college team could ever beat a pro team...but I'm willing to see if others disagree, or my friends really just are retarted

[Spy Dog]

No way.

[True North]

Surely there's one college team in history that could have beaten the 0-14 Buccaneers.

[tdarko]

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Surely there's one college team in history that could have beaten the 0-14 Buccaneers.

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Not likely. Realize that the miserable Bucs team, though miserable and the worst in the league is still chalk full of first rounders at every position, not only that but experience, size and strength. That Miami team in 02' was great but I just don't see them beating a team of a guys that were ALL top draft picks and have been in the league for years.

With that said, I would say the biggest difference would be the size of the lines...avg college lines are considerably lighter than NFL and they would be punished throughout an entire game.

[JackWhite]

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With that said, I would say the biggest difference would be the size of the lines...avg college lines are considerably lighter than NFL and they would be punished throughout an entire game.

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I disagree with this. Take a look at the lines of any major college team. You will see many 300+ pounders. I think the difference is the speed, not the size. That being said, I do not disagree that is would be unlikely for any college team to be able to beat an NFL team. However, it wouldn't be out of the question.

I am guessing a bad NFL team would be a 14 or so point favorite over a great college team like Texas or USC of last year. But, you see 14 point dogs win on occasion.

[bernie]

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Surely there's one college team in history that could have beaten the 0-14 Buccaneers.

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Not likely. Realize that the miserable Bucs team, though miserable and the worst in the league is still chalk full of first rounders at every position, not only that but experience, size and strength. That Miami team in 02' was great but I just don't see them beating a team of a guys that were ALL top draft picks and have been in the league for years.

With that said, I would say the biggest difference would be the size of the lines...avg college lines are considerably lighter than NFL and they would be punished throughout an entire game.

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Not only all top draft picks, but usually all college all-americans. The pros are the elite of college. Add experience to those all americans and they would be absolute monster players if they were back in college. Pro is a much faster game than college. As most college players realize upon stepping onto the pro practice field for the first time.

Not to mention, college is restricted on practice times to where pros are relentless.

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[JackWhite]

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Not only all top draft picks, but usually all college all-americans. The pros are the elite of college. Add experience to those all americans and they would be absolute monster players if they were back in college. Pro is a much faster game than college. As most college players realize upon stepping onto the pro practice field for the first time.

Not to mention, college is restricted on practice times to where pros are relentless.

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Sure, but have you watched a lot of NFL games? I have been watching Detroit Lions games for years and watched many guys who couldn't catch a pass when it hit them between the numbers. I've watched guys fumble without being hit etc...and I've seen some of the worst coaching and poorest fundamentals possible. Even with all those college all-americans and extra practice time, I've seen them play ungodly sh***ty football.

[holeplug]

Plus, have you seen Ken Dorsey try to throw in the NFL

[pudley4]

If you're talking any college team in any era vs any pro team in any era, it's pretty easy to argue that some of the current college powerhouses would destroy some of the teams from 60+ years ago. We now have safeties who are bigger than the OL used to be, and we have DL/LB who run faster than the WR used to.

If you're talking a college team vs a pro team from their own era, then it's very unlikely. I know a long time ago they used to have a college all-star team play either the NFL champion or runner-up and the college players at times did well. But now, no way.

[prohornblower]

I think it's possible, but it would be a complete fluke.

If nothing weird happened like a running back tripping on the turf twice and coughing up the ball, then it isn't possible.