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<blockquote data-quote="Old South Stands" data-source="post: 469932" data-attributes="member: 1036"><p>Back when I was a kid, the college all-stars played an NFL team each year. I remember this game. I think it was the last one ever played. </p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]W0lkHGKV44U[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>Some of these games were surprisingly competitive, and I think the college players actually won a couple times. (They also had a game in the '70s with US college all-stars against Canadian all-stars, played on a Canadian field with Canadian rules. That was really cool.)</p><p></p><p>The reasons they quit having the College All-Stars vs. NFL game: Back in the day, your average NFL player was a lot smaller. My dad at 6'-1", 230 lbs. could have easily played as a defensive lineman in his era. But the gap between the NFL veterans and elite college players was getting wider and wider at the time, and continued to do so over the following years. By the early '80s, it would have been no contest. The younger guys are quicker and usually have better reflexes, but they cannot compete pound-for-pound against stronger, older players. A man quits growing in height at around 17-19 years of age, but he continues to get stronger well into his 30's (barring significant injuries and premature wear-and-tear). That's why champion weightlifters are usually all in their 30's. One of the reasons the 1980 US hockey team was considered such a long-shot at the Olympics was because the average age of the team was only about 21, while the better teams at Lake Placid had players mostly in their late 20's and early 30's. That's 5-10 years of additional strength-building, experience and coaching. I was physically at my strongest at about age 40, though I no longer had the aerobic endurance of my early 20's.</p><p></p><p>Given that Alabama gets the cream of the country's athletes and has excellent coaching to boot, I could see them competing favorably against some of the weaker, less-motivated NFL teams. They could conceivably win 1-2 games out of a 5-game series against the very worst NFL teams.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old South Stands, post: 469932, member: 1036"] Back when I was a kid, the college all-stars played an NFL team each year. I remember this game. I think it was the last one ever played. [MEDIA=youtube]W0lkHGKV44U[/MEDIA] Some of these games were surprisingly competitive, and I think the college players actually won a couple times. (They also had a game in the '70s with US college all-stars against Canadian all-stars, played on a Canadian field with Canadian rules. That was really cool.) The reasons they quit having the College All-Stars vs. NFL game: Back in the day, your average NFL player was a lot smaller. My dad at 6'-1", 230 lbs. could have easily played as a defensive lineman in his era. But the gap between the NFL veterans and elite college players was getting wider and wider at the time, and continued to do so over the following years. By the early '80s, it would have been no contest. The younger guys are quicker and usually have better reflexes, but they cannot compete pound-for-pound against stronger, older players. A man quits growing in height at around 17-19 years of age, but he continues to get stronger well into his 30's (barring significant injuries and premature wear-and-tear). That's why champion weightlifters are usually all in their 30's. One of the reasons the 1980 US hockey team was considered such a long-shot at the Olympics was because the average age of the team was only about 21, while the better teams at Lake Placid had players mostly in their late 20's and early 30's. That's 5-10 years of additional strength-building, experience and coaching. I was physically at my strongest at about age 40, though I no longer had the aerobic endurance of my early 20's. Given that Alabama gets the cream of the country's athletes and has excellent coaching to boot, I could see them competing favorably against some of the weaker, less-motivated NFL teams. They could conceivably win 1-2 games out of a 5-game series against the very worst NFL teams. [/QUOTE]
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