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You figure 1-2% of the top college athletes go pro. That means that on the best team in the country, maybe 4% are pro-caliber players, which would be competing against a team composed of 100% pro-caliber players.
As stated before, it would not be a contest.
Would a top 5 college team be able to play competitive football with a bottom 5 NFL team?
none of them, not even close.
I say it would be interesting to match up an entire college team - you know, one that is coherent and operates as a "unit", like a late-season Florida, Texas, Alabama - verses maybe a bunch of random no-name NFL free agents thrown together with no organization. That might be interesting, but that's just my imagination.
Yeah, I agree. The main diffrence would be, no matter how bad the NFL team is, their O line and D line would EAT the college team's O line and D line. It would get really ugly. I'd love to see Alabama or Florida play the Detroit Lions or Cleveland Browns though, just to see a good beat down!! LOL...
No way....you must be a young guy to think this IMO...
I was 18-19 and thought a team like UNLV (back when they had Larry Johnson, Anderson Hunt, etc) could play w/lousy NBA teams but as time went along I thought it was an absurd thought.....
Yeah, I agree. The main diffrence would be, no matter how bad the NFL team is, their O line and D line would EAT the college team's O line and D line. It would get really ugly. I'd love to see Alabama or Florida play the Detroit Lions or Cleveland Browns though, just to see a good beat down!! LOL...
Great point on the lines. Also, the speed in the NFL is so much different. Tebow, for example, is a great College QB, but his sweeping windup would give a NFL safety all day to make the read and get a pick. Same reason why the option never took off in the NFL.
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