re: '16 Bama and '95 Nebraska. Who ya got?

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todays players are bigger, faster, and stronger. Posting arbitrary metricS from Combine Events Doesnt Prove Your Point.

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well show me your proof. Otherwise, I can state todays' athletes are just soft, pampered millennials and not as tough as older athletes. By your statement, I assume every college player should be running 4.4's and doing 40 reps by now.

Just bc you upgrade your iphone every year doesnt' mean that today's athlete is far superior than 15 years ago.

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todays players are bigger, faster, and stronger. Posting arbitrary metricS from Combine Events Doesnt Prove Your Point.

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That may all be true (though I don't think there is much of a speed difference), but the triple option (when run extremely well with instinctive players) can really take away size and strength advantages of the D. For instance, Bama dwarfed Georgia Southern's players in 2011 and Georgia Southern's O-line averaged about 270lbs. Yet, it didn't affect their ability to completely run all over Bama's incredible defense. Nebraska had 10x the talent that a team like that had. So you can see why things would be interesting.