Seriously now, can LSU play on the same level as the Kansas City Chiefs?

He was quoting Billy Madison.

So what if Laron can play in the NFL? One or two or even three guys may be able to. Hell, I'll grant you 6 guys. There's still 22 + special teams. This is not complicated.

 

Um, times change. Our college basketball players used to dominate but they would get murdered in International competition now.

 

Exactly. Performance enhancing drugs are more common in the pro's than on the college level. The pro's can actually afford it.

 

how bout a mythical college all star team with players that performed well in their nfl rookie seasons vs the one of the 70s saints teams?

qb marino, rothlesberger (perhaps a mobile qb is more suitable?-- doug williams or vick)
rb walker, sanders, dickerson
wr moss, hayes, bolden
OL hannah, pace, munoz, ogden, mcneill
de peppers, kearse
dl greene, dorsey
lb LT, lambert, thomas
cb woodson, sanders (returnman, too)
s lott, bailey

 

:rofl:

 

I'll be pretty happy if this LSU team beats all of the NCAA teams it plays this year.

In all seriousness, an elite college team playing against a poor NFL team would come away with zero points and several concussions.

 

looked up the college v nfl game

"The last all-star win came in 1963, when a team coached by legendary quarterback Otto Graham beat Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers, 20-17."

thats pretty impressive, beating one of the legendary teams and coaches. and it wasnt way back before helmets and forward pass.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_All-Star_Game


hell, the 75 steelers only won 21-14.

63 packers roster (10 HOF *)

Head Coach: *Vince Lombardi

DB * Herb Adderley
DE Lionel Aldridge
TE Jan Barrett
QB Zeke Bratkowski
RB/FB/WR/E Lew Carpenter
LB Dan Currie
DE/T * Willie Davis
WR/DE Boyd Dowler
TE Marv Fleming
LB/DT Bill Forester
T/G/DT/HC * Forrest Gregg
DB Hank Gremminger
G Dan Grimm
RB Earl Gros
DT Dave Hanner
DT/DE Urban Henry
LB Ed Holler
C Ken Iman
DB/WR Bob Jeter
DT/DE * Henry Jordan
DT Ron Kostelnik
G Jerry Kramer
E/TE Ron Kramer
T Norm Masters
E Max McGee
RB Tom Moore
LB * Ray Nitschke
DB/HB Jerry Norton
RB Elijah Pitts
C/HC * Jim Ringo
QB/DB John Roach
LB Dave Robinson
T/C Bob Skoronski
QB/HC * Bart Starr
FB * Jim Taylor
G Fuzzy Thurston
DB Jesse Whittenton
DB Howie Williams
S * Willie Wood

 

I'm sure some of you are aware of this, but I believe back in the 50's & 60's, the NFL used to play an exhibition against a team of college all-stars. I don't know much of the details, like which NFL team was picked to play them and such.

I realize this is totally irrelevant as comparted to today's game given how much the game has changed and how much bigger, stronger, faster the players are, but this did used to happen.

While we're on this subject and 'what if-ing' different scenarios, let me throw in another one. Do you think this LSU team could beat an NFL team of the 70's? I actually think they could. Maybe not the Steelers or Raiders, but I think they could definately hang with a mid-level team just judging by how slow and out of shape some of those guys appear on the old videos.

EDIT: gumborue documented my first paragraph point in his thread above mine. :thumb:

 

There have been a number of retired NFL Hall of Famer's talk about how much more athletic today's college players are compared to the 50's and 60's NFL teams. There is no way the Green Bay Packers of Vince Lombardi could compete with today's New England Patriots. How the old Packers would compete with a recent collegiate NC is interesting.

 

the college all star roster offense 1963.

Ends Vern Burke, Oregon St.
Lawrence Elkins, Baylor
Tackles Scott Appleton, Texas
Carl Eller, Minnesota
Guards Bob Brown, Nebraska
Rick Redman, Washington
Center Dick Butkus, Illinois
Backs Jim Grisham, Oklahoma
Sherman Lewis, Michigan St.
Paul Martha, Pittsburgh
Gale Sayers, Kansas
Roger Staubach, Navy

im no oldtimer, but i recognize eller, butkus, sayers and staubach. id guess theyre all NFL HOFers. didnt know butkus was OL. maybe two-way?