It was huge news when the hogs in '82 had like 3 300#ers

They were the biggest O-line the game had ever seen. Now.....meh...they'd be considered undersized and would get run over.

I think between the size and athleticism increases along with the speed of the spread game, a good college offense from today would move the ball at will on an defense from the 70s (though I suspect the college team would struggle dealing with the dirty crap the 70s players did :) ).

Not sure how the defenses of today would hold up, I think the skill level of pros vs college might overcome the physical differences in that matchup.

In response to this post by Late 80s Hokie

Posted: 11/09/2017 at 08:54AM

Have espn classic on in the background.... -- Ship PA Hokie 11/08/2017 10:29PM

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And I still ask would a GOOD college team of today be able -- Late 80s Hokie 11/09/2017 07:34AM

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The pros get to play by 70's rules. ☺ ** -- Major Kong 11/09/2017 10:19AM

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It was huge news when the hogs in '82 had like 3 300#ers -- Vienna_Hokie 11/09/2017 08:54AM

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Good read. ** -- 48zip 11/09/2017 09:07AM

Read an article in SI way back when saying there was only one... -- `lag 11/09/2017 07:51AM

An equalizer, at least in part, would be the lack of TV timeouts. -- Femoyer Hokie 11/09/2017 07:50AM

Except the conditioning today is much better. -- Hokie CPA 11/09/2017 08:15AM

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And everyone crowed over how big Nebraska's line was.... -- Vtskier1 11/08/2017 11:00PM

It was huge news when the hogs in '82 had like 3 300#ers

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