re: all time records? "modern era" of football? what's relevant?

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Does anyone consider what a college football team did in 1940 to be important?

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On the grand scheme, of course not. But is 1941 important but 1940 isn't? Is 1960 important? Do you realize the average size of the linemen and the number of forward passes in 1960?

None of this is important. And there's a damn good argument that 1940 isn't relevant at all in counting titles. But that same argument applies in varying levels all the way up to the current season.

If you draw the line at 1941, would you say that football in 1941 was more similar to 1901 or 1981? I would argue 1901.

Any line is arbitrary. As long as the person isn't blatantly defining the era to his own team's advantage, I have no problem however you want to slice it.