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Could an nfl team from the 70's
Posted on 1/17/26 at 12:15 pm
Posted on 1/17/26 at 12:15 pm
Beat a modern college team
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Posted on 1/17/26 at 12:18 pm to Lsu2B
Any NFL team from the late 1960s up would dominate any college team you can think of.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 12:18 pm to Lsu2B
which NFL team? we talking 70’s Saints or 70’s Steelers?
which modern college team?
which era’s rules are we using?
which modern college team?
which era’s rules are we using?
This post was edited on 1/17/26 at 12:19 pm
Posted on 1/17/26 at 12:19 pm to Lsu2B
I'll take the 1975 Steelers for 2000 Alex
Posted on 1/17/26 at 12:21 pm to Lsu2B
Whose rules are you going to play by?
If the 70s, then the 70s NFL team will win and it won't be close. The modern team would all be injured by the 2nd half.
If modern day, the 70s NFL team will probably all be thrown out for penalties before the 2nd half.
I don't think many people really grasp how much the sport has changed in the past 50 years. Hell, I might have been great by modern day rules, instead I was the little guy hoping not to get killed. We played to hurt people, because injuries heal. Not trying to break legs or anything, but constantly getting in hits and hurting them like body blows in boxing.
Most of that shite is a penalty these days. Drive into the QB as you take him down = the way when I was young. Today = penalty. etc.
If the 70s, then the 70s NFL team will win and it won't be close. The modern team would all be injured by the 2nd half.
If modern day, the 70s NFL team will probably all be thrown out for penalties before the 2nd half.
I don't think many people really grasp how much the sport has changed in the past 50 years. Hell, I might have been great by modern day rules, instead I was the little guy hoping not to get killed. We played to hurt people, because injuries heal. Not trying to break legs or anything, but constantly getting in hits and hurting them like body blows in boxing.
Most of that shite is a penalty these days. Drive into the QB as you take him down = the way when I was young. Today = penalty. etc.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 12:22 pm to Lsu2B
No.
Lol No.
Lol No.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 12:24 pm to TigahTX
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Any NFL team from the late 1960s up would dominate any college team you can think of
Why is this being downvoted....as if monsters like Jim Brown wasn't playing in the 60s. He would truck any modern linebacker
Posted on 1/17/26 at 12:24 pm to TriStateAreaFootball
Defense had not evolved to defend the spread and the current college teams are bigger at every position.
The ball would come out so fast on the college's perimeter screen game that bubble screens would score every third play....if the nfl teams could come up with a way to line up to the formations that they've never seen.
It would be a joke.
The ball would come out so fast on the college's perimeter screen game that bubble screens would score every third play....if the nfl teams could come up with a way to line up to the formations that they've never seen.
It would be a joke.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 12:25 pm to Lsu2B
Stupid 
Posted on 1/17/26 at 12:30 pm to 3down10
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Whose rules are you going to play by?
This is an important distinction. Even if you leave out the brutal hits, PI was basically non existent. You could push people way down field. The 5 yard rule wasn’t implemented until 1978.
And before 78 offense linemen couldn’t even extend their arms to block and couldn’t use open hands to block.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 12:31 pm to Boodis Man
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1970 NFL Average Player Weights
Offensive Linemen: Average weight: ˜ 252 lb, Typical range: 245–265 lb
Tackles were slightly heavier than guards and centers.
Defensive Linemen: Average weight: ˜ 249 lb, Typical range: 240–260 lb •
Linebackers: Average weight: ˜ 230 lb • Typical range: 220–240 lb
Dick Butkus LB - 245lb
Merlin Olsen DT - 270 lb
Posted on 1/17/26 at 12:33 pm to Lsu2B
A very bad NFL team would dominate the 01 Hurricanes. 05 USC, or the Burrow led LSU team easily.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 12:33 pm to Lsu2B
If they're allowed to play by 70's rules, there'd be no modern team left by halftime
Posted on 1/17/26 at 12:33 pm to 3down10
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If the 70s, then the 70s NFL team will win and it won't be close. The modern team would all be injured by the 2nd half. If modern day, the 70s NFL team will probably all be thrown out for penalties before the 2nd half.
This is the correct Answer….. also I don’t care what you think of today’s game….. back then they were cut from a different cloth…. In other words… Dont frick with the old man.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 12:40 pm to Lsu2B
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Could an nfl team from the 70's Beat a modern college team
A GOAT level college team of recent years would beat any NFL team from the ‘70s.
Bigger, faster, stronger, and a hell of a lot more advanced schematically.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 12:45 pm to BigBinBR
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This is an important distinction.
Even the narrower NFL hash marks limit which college offenses translate to the NFL.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 12:48 pm to 3down10
Today's players in college are twice the size and speed than 70's NFL roster
Posted on 1/17/26 at 12:50 pm to Lsu2B
Yes. 100%
Posted on 1/17/26 at 12:58 pm to Lsu2B
They would destroy a modern college team, especially if they play by 1970’s rules. They could pile drive a QB back then.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 1:00 pm to Lsu2B
We all appreciate the toughness of those old players but they couldn’t match the size, strength, athleticism and schemes of today’s football. Modern lines would outweigh their 70’s counterparts by 50 lbs or more and overall speed is probably a lot faster.
Sports science and training for athletes has come a LONG way since then.
Sports science and training for athletes has come a LONG way since then.
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