National Champion vs. Worst Team in the NFL

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pualsline

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ok we all know the worst team in the NFL would beat the National Champion. My question is...if you took College Football's All-American team and faced them against this worst NFL team...

So this year it would be the Carolina Panthers

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The only college team in the modern era I'd even consider this with is Miami from around ten years ago, and that's only to say they *might* make somewhat of a game of it early on.
 
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I know you weren't making this point, but the though of Auburn against an NFL team is hilarious.
 
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milohimself said:
The only college team in the modern era I'd even consider this with is Miami from around ten years ago, and that's only to say they *might* make somewhat of a game of it early on.
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The only way I could even see it being an argument is if you reunited the team after 5 years when they had NFL experience and then let them play. That's assuming the guys that didn't make it that far stay in shape and everything.

Still probably wouldn't be great, but maybe they would have a chance at not getting annihilated along the lines.
 
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I don't think a college athlete could physically hold up. That said, if I had to choose a team it would either be the Miami team or USC team.
 
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milohimself said:
The only college team in the modern era I'd even consider this with is Miami from around ten years ago, and that's only to say they *might* make somewhat of a game of it early on.
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funny they would still be playing the Panthers. I'd still put my money on the NFL since even on that Miami team you'd have Fr/So going against NFL veterans
 
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tvolsfan said:
The only way I could even see it being an argument is if you reunited the team after 5 years when they had NFL experience and then let them play. That's assuming the guys that didn't make it that far stay in shape and everything.

Still probably wouldn't be great, but maybe they would have a chance at not getting annihilated along the lines.
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Probably. It seems like every starter on '01 Miami is starting somewhere in the NFL, and the majority of them made pro bowls. If they reunited in like '06 like you mentioned with a full offseason to get it together, I think they would be a pretty good NFL team.
 
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orangeblooded2 said:
How can one speculate that it would not even be close? Totally disagree.
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because an NFL team, even the worst one, by record, is composed of the best college players. A college team is usually dominated by one or two standouts and the rest of the team will only see the inside of an NFL stadium if they buy gameday tickets.
 
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milohimself said:
'01 Miami Hurricanes vs. '01 Carolina Panthers... 35-7 Carolina, the rest would be 84-0 ish
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I could see that. Seems like at least 1/3 of that team is still playing at least "significant" minutes in the NFL. Plus, if they got an NFL coach (like some All-Star college games) for a month instead of a week, I may give them a few more points
 
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MG1968 said:
because an NFL team, even the worst one, by record, is composed of the best college players. A college team is usually dominated by one or two standouts and the rest of the team will only see the inside of an NFL stadium if they buy gameday tickets.
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I will concede the first part of this. Typically however there are more than one or two players to go pro on championship teams. Alabama last year produced 7 in the draft. I can remember Florida placing 10 or 11. These don't include those who walked on and made the team, Scout or practice squads.
 
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orangeblooded2 said:
I will concede the first part of this. Typically however there are more than one or two players to go pro on championship teams. Alabama last year produced 7 in the draft. I can remember Florida placing 10 or 11. These don't include those who walked on and made the team, Scout or practice squads.
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and there are generally 54 such players on an NFL team. Much more than that during pre-season.

there is no comparison to be made. History is rife with fantastic college players who couldn't make it in the NFL
 
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MG1968 said:
there is no comparison to be made. History is rife with fantastic college players who couldn't make it in the NFL
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Individual players compose Teams, Team Chemistry and team dynamics. Coaches, Stadiums, crowds attendance(depends on the who of it), schemes all different between college and Pro. The phrase "Any given Sunday" (Saturday) is prophetic.

Not even close I just don't see it.
 
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orangeblooded2 said:
Individual players compose Teams, Team Chemistry and team dynamics. Coaches, Stadiums, crowds attendance(depends on the who of it), schemes all different between college and Pro. The phrase "Any given Sunday" (Saturday) is prophetic.

Not even close I just don't see it.
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huh?
 
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the NFL teams compose the best of their sport in the world. Sure there are some college players that can reach that level but not very many on any given team.

How many rookies start in the NFL?

Now how many of those could have started as freshmen/soph in college?

Still think they could compete on the NFL level?
 
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orangeblooded2 said:
Individual players compose Teams, Team Chemistry and team dynamics. Coaches, Stadiums, crowds attendance(depends on the who of it), schemes all different between college and Pro. The phrase "Any given Sunday" (Saturday) is prophetic.

Not even close I just don't see it.
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Not so much... Line up the best HS team in America against New Mexico State, and NMSU has it over in the 2nd quarter.

Once in a hundred years you might have a college team that could take on an NFL roster and not get annihilated, but that's about as far as it would go.
 
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crusse10 said:
huh?
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he's trying to make the case for the NC college team to catch lightning in a bottle and beat the statistically worst NFL team.

it isn't going to happen, not in this universe, nor in some alternate one.
 
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utvolpj said:
the NFL teams compose the best of their sport in the world. Sure there are some college players that can reach that level but not very many on any given team.

How many rookies start in the NFL?

Now how many of those could have started as freshmen/soph in college?

Still think they could compete on the NFL level?
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I was listening to FSR a couple nights ago, and the host was interviewing this guy talking about Lombardi-era NFL vs. AFL, and how for a while the disparity in athleticism and talent was so great that the better teams could play with awful technique all game and still win by 3 TD's. And that was pros vs. pros.
 
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Many years ago College All Stars played against, if memory serves, the Super bowl Champs. I remember Bradshaw and the Steelers playing a few of these games.
 
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cd12 said:
Many years ago College All Stars played against, if memory serves, the Super bowl Champs. I remember Bradshaw and the Steelers playing a few of these games.
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Champ v. Champ? Yikes. That's the game the OSU President was talking about against the Little Sisters of the Poor
 
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