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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 129191" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>A lot of this doesn't have as much to do with genetics as with rule changes.</p><p></p><p>Back in the late '60s Nebraska and a lot of the teams in the Mid-West commonly had teams with linemen every bit as big as you see today. I can remember seeing Bob Brown (6'4" 300) at guard against an Auburn team where the biggest DL weighed about 225. It hardly seemed fair.</p><p></p><p>But it was, because of the blocking rules. Brown had trouble with the Auburn DL he was blocking early because he had to actually hit him and the Tigger was wicked quick. Not any more. The whole "push-and-dance" form of blocking you see today - and the attendant huge OLs and DLs - came about because the NCAA and the pros decided to allow OLs to push off with their hands. In my day, that was an automatic 15; your hands couldn't leave your chest. Result = the smaller linemen of the past were suddenly incapable of running around the behemoths, cut blocking (when I played cut blocking <em>was</em> blocking) became superfluous, and the RBs had to get bigger as well. Then it was simply a matter of exercise and better diet to get to the problems we have today.</p><p></p><p>Well, too bad, so sad. We now have a game where the physics is becoming so dangerous that rules changes that will ruin the game (well, at least for people like me) are being contemplated. Add in the way the pro players want longer careers and bigger paydays and you have the sport in real danger of losing its edge. We'll have to see how all that works out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 129191, member: 265"] A lot of this doesn't have as much to do with genetics as with rule changes. Back in the late '60s Nebraska and a lot of the teams in the Mid-West commonly had teams with linemen every bit as big as you see today. I can remember seeing Bob Brown (6'4" 300) at guard against an Auburn team where the biggest DL weighed about 225. It hardly seemed fair. But it was, because of the blocking rules. Brown had trouble with the Auburn DL he was blocking early because he had to actually hit him and the Tigger was wicked quick. Not any more. The whole "push-and-dance" form of blocking you see today - and the attendant huge OLs and DLs - came about because the NCAA and the pros decided to allow OLs to push off with their hands. In my day, that was an automatic 15; your hands couldn't leave your chest. Result = the smaller linemen of the past were suddenly incapable of running around the behemoths, cut blocking (when I played cut blocking [I]was[/I] blocking) became superfluous, and the RBs had to get bigger as well. Then it was simply a matter of exercise and better diet to get to the problems we have today. Well, too bad, so sad. We now have a game where the physics is becoming so dangerous that rules changes that will ruin the game (well, at least for people like me) are being contemplated. Add in the way the pro players want longer careers and bigger paydays and you have the sport in real danger of losing its edge. We'll have to see how all that works out. [/QUOTE]
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