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Posted on 4/30/25 at 6:40 pm to UFFan
A McDonald's fry cook from 1970 would work circles around any McDonald's fry cook today.
Yet you want to tell me these footbawlers are better?
Yet you want to tell me these footbawlers are better?
Posted on 4/30/25 at 6:43 pm to UFFan
Which set of rules, and I mean all the way to blockers can't extend their arms, receivers can be assaulted at the line of scrimmage. Targeting?, spearing?, Never heard of it!
Big difference of last 40 years or so is that today's great high school athlete wants to be QB or WR. Yesteryear they wanted to be the RB.
Big difference of last 40 years or so is that today's great high school athlete wants to be QB or WR. Yesteryear they wanted to be the RB.
Posted on 4/30/25 at 6:49 pm to TriStateAreaFootball
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Defenses before 2000 simply could not make a modern offense punt (Without self-inflicted wounds).
I mean let’s not shite on a 1995 Nebraska too much. They were drumming spurrier offenses back when people had no answers for it just by dominating with their offense. Defenses are not exactly 2011 bama and lsu in this day and age to go up against nebraskas style of play that would keep offenses off the field or just flat break long scores. So any mistake such a hold by these modern offenses would hurt against a 1995 Nebraska.
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Posted on 4/30/25 at 6:51 pm to UFFan
Are they going to play by the rules from back then? Much would depend on how well a modern QB could take a hit because yes, QBs got hit back then. And you could touch a receiver without getting a flag. It was a different game and the physical condition of those playing it is only one piece. But at the end of the day guys like Joe Montana, Dan Marino and Jerry Rice would still be very good today. Deion Sanders was playing then. He'd be fine
Posted on 4/30/25 at 7:05 pm to UFFan
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Similarly, the worst NFL team this year could beat a Super Bowl champion from 30 years ago. And if they were playing a Super Bowl champion from 50 years ago, it would be a massive rout
Maybe. But if we are talking about the '85 bears, worse team is not beating them.
Posted on 4/30/25 at 7:07 pm to Victor R Franko
NCAA didn't start drug testing program until 1986, including anabolic steroids. I'm convinced testing was selective and forewarned when remembering back to the muscle mass of those Nebraska linemen.
Posted on 4/30/25 at 7:08 pm to thumperpait
Yea the worst team is not beating the cowboys and niners of the 90s most of the time. It’s pros so there are upsets. But those teams would be more talented and the niners were not exactly playing 3 yards and a cloud of dust.
Posted on 4/30/25 at 7:13 pm to TriStateAreaFootball
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nickel defense had not been invented
Do what?
You do know that the nickel was invented in the early 60s right? Specifically because of this new fangled thing of actually throwing to a tight end and letting him catch the ball.
Does the name Mike Ditka ring any bells?
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Posted on 4/30/25 at 7:16 pm to NoMercy
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I don’t think 2024 Purdue is beating 1995 Nebraska. Just a gut feeling though.
Yes they would.
You’d also get better care today at your local shitty hospital than at the Mayo Clinic 30 years ago. That’s the nature of advancement.
Posted on 4/30/25 at 7:22 pm to UFFan
Just don’t think this is how you evaluate it. An all time team from the 1990s is sticking around with today’s best contenders. Nebraska had 4.3-4.4 guys, strong and physical LBs, and had an absolute unit in the trenches.
A more apt comparison is saying the worst power 4 team beats the 1974 OU Sooners. That is more likely given the dramatic difference in players physiques.
A more apt comparison is saying the worst power 4 team beats the 1974 OU Sooners. That is more likely given the dramatic difference in players physiques.
Posted on 4/30/25 at 7:27 pm to Poker_hog
Do you realize how bad 2024 Purdue was? If option service academies can still win games, well they are actually thriving in 2024, 1995 Nebraska that had better athletes than the services academies and were full of roids would kill the bad big 4 teams.
This isn’t teams using technology that had not existed yet like in the medical field. At the end of the day it’s still jimmies vs joes on a field that have to make plays.
This isn’t teams using technology that had not existed yet like in the medical field. At the end of the day it’s still jimmies vs joes on a field that have to make plays.
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Posted on 4/30/25 at 7:28 pm to TriStateAreaFootball
I think that's silly unless you are assuming their teams like 95 Nebraska can nkot schematically adjust in game or have prior knowledge of how current teams operate. Even so my money is on 95 Nebraska over the worst P4 team this year. Could they beat last season Florida state or the prior season 1-11 Virginia? Absolutely
Posted on 4/30/25 at 7:38 pm to NoMercy
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This isn’t teams using technology that had not existed yet like in the medical field.
It absolutely is. Film study in 95 was vhs. So much more is known about the game than 30 years ago. Hell Nebraska had student athletes in 95. It’s basically pro ball now.
Posted on 4/30/25 at 7:53 pm to Poker_hog
Ain’t no body willing to pay these guys at the bad schools. Nebraska was probably paying their guys more then. So you saying if they play they cannot prep on the same tapes? I’m talking about on the field. I mean if you going to start the game with one team blind and one team knows the others playbook then that’s different. That’s not how sports work. Once a game is being played the tech is equal. They can use different schemes in a game which is what we are comparing. You going to have one team play in the dark and the other play under lights? This is just retard land thoughts. You think the Nebraska coaches have zero football knowledge to make any adjustments but only the shite modern team has any brains. The Nebraska team you not have to adjust as greatly as the bad team because they have the insane talent edge. They do not have to lock down the modern o. Just slow it down. The Purdues of the world atrocious.
Not everything is just better over time. I can show you shite loads of crap construction and manufacturing from past methods in industries because of trying to be more efficient and make more money. The end product is not superior. The human body has not evolved so much that in just 30 years a price of shite is better that the elite of that time.
Not everything is just better over time. I can show you shite loads of crap construction and manufacturing from past methods in industries because of trying to be more efficient and make more money. The end product is not superior. The human body has not evolved so much that in just 30 years a price of shite is better that the elite of that time.
Posted on 4/30/25 at 7:54 pm to UFFan
Depends on the number of decades....
2 decades ago absolutely that was the peak steroid era
3-4 decades ago depends on if you can play by their rules because the modern era would fold like cheap tents with the physicality
Anything further back the players are too small and schemes changed too much.
2 decades ago absolutely that was the peak steroid era
3-4 decades ago depends on if you can play by their rules because the modern era would fold like cheap tents with the physicality
Anything further back the players are too small and schemes changed too much.
Posted on 4/30/25 at 8:01 pm to TriStateAreaFootball
It's not just RPO game. A 10 personnel zone run game would give any team from before 2000 hell because they had simply never seen than before.
Hal mumme anyone? Bobby Bowden with Charlie ward? You serious Clark?
Hal mumme anyone? Bobby Bowden with Charlie ward? You serious Clark?
Posted on 4/30/25 at 8:04 pm to UFFan
I haven’t read all the replies and this may have been mentioned. It depends on which rules they used. Those teams didn’t have targeting. The QB was fair game. They game was a lot more physical.
Posted on 4/30/25 at 8:06 pm to Pimphand
I don’t know if the Arkansas fan is saying the RPO or the spread offense is so advanced that the best defenses over a decade or 2 ago can’t figure them out. Either way, I disagree.
Posted on 4/30/25 at 8:13 pm to JayAg
There are a LOT of skinny DBs/WRs running the fields now because of spread offense in college.
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