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

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Sure, Bo and Hershel could play today, but those teams would get smoked by today's teams.

You mentioned 1986 Miami. This is their starting OL:

254
246
258
281
247

Compared to last year's FSU:

300
330
322
320
315

No way that Miami team hangs with 2013 FSU.

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If you measure/compare 'em straight up, you're right. But if you take those same '86 Miami players and bring 'em up in today's game, they're probably going to weigh similar to the FSU line...and vice versa if FSU's players were around back in the '80s. That's why it's so difficult to compare teams among different eras...