Greg Olsen: 2001 Miami Could Compete with NFL Teams

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gobigred said:
Yep. No college team is beating an NFL team, even the worst one.
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The funniest part is when people point out all the good players that came from that Miami team while failing to understand two basic things:
1. Those dudes weren't playing an an NFL All-Pro level when they were 19/20.
2. There are other players on that team that never played pro that would be destroyed each and every play.
 
osubuckeye89 said:
Also people seem to forget that 2001 Miami team basically needed some strokes of luck to beat 4 loss Boston College and Va Tech teams.
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That's the easiest reminder that no matter how talented that team was, they were still kids who were no where near as developed as pros.
 
Across The Field said:
That's the easiest reminder that no matter how talented that team was, they were still kids who were no where near as developed as pros.
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Yep. Outside of 1995 Nebraska, which domination wise IMO is clearly the greatest team of the modern era. All the other teams ESPN has tried to tout as the "GREATEST EVER!" have had struggles with some schlubs.
 
osubuckeye89 said:
Yep. Outside of 1995 Nebraska, which domination wise IMO is clearly the greatest team of the modern era. All the other teams ESPN has tried to tout as the "GREATEST EVER!" have had struggles with some schlubs.
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Even they only beat a 3-8 Wazzou team by 14.
 
I think the top college football team would lose badly to the worst NFL team, but still fare better than the top college baseball team would against the worst MLB team
 
Here is another example which shows there are levels to the game. Our local rec league won the 10u rec league all star tourney. The coach started running his mouth that the 10u rec league all stars could beat our AAA/Major 10u travel team. So we set up a scrimmage with hybrid rules, meaning no lead offs, no stealing home, but no cap on the amount of runs you can score in an inning.
3rd inning the score was 20-0 when they called the game.

There are levels to the game -- there are reasons why QB's who dominate in college struggle immensely in the NFL. Or position players who dominated in college and flop completely in the NFL. The speed of the game is vastly different and it is why it takes guys time to get acclimated to the game.
 
Wild Turkey said:
Olsen is delusional.

Now if he was talking about the 2004 Auburn team he would have an argument.
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Oh sure, I think 01 Miami could play with 04 Auburn, that'd be a good one
 
Nonstarter especially since 2019 lsu was better anyway.
 
The College All-Stars used to play the Super Bowl champs back when I was a kid. It ended in 1976.

"In the 42 College All-Star Games, the defending pro champions won 31, the All-Stars won nine, and two were ties, giving the collegians a .238 winning percentage."


en.wikipedia.org

Chicago College All-Star Game - Wikipedia

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NewPhoneWhoDis said:
Here is another example which shows there are levels to the game. Our local rec league won the 10u rec league all star tourney. The coach started running his mouth that the 10u rec league all stars could beat our AAA/Major 10u travel team. So we set up a scrimmage with hybrid rules, meaning no lead offs, no stealing home, but no cap on the amount of runs you can score in an inning.
3rd inning the score was 20-0 when they called the game.

There are levels to the game -- there are reasons why QB's who dominate in college struggle immensely in the NFL. Or position players who dominated in college and flop completely in the NFL. The speed of the game is vastly different and it is why it takes guys time to get acclimated to the game.
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Looking back at Miami from 2000-2003, they were honestly not good at all on the OL and DL, which are probably the two worst spots to suck. Outside of Wilfork (elite) and McKinnie (who was a decent NFL starter but nothing more), there was nobody on either side that would stand even the slightest chance. Also Dorsey looked like a drunk Gumby in the pros when he had actual NFL OLmen blocking for him, put him behind his college line (who was whipped into submission by Ohio State) and he wouldn't make it 5 plays before being carted off.
 
You might could combine the rosters of UGA, OSU, and Alabama and come up with a team that might hang with the worst NFL team for a half before the bad NFL team pulls away in the second half
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
You might could combine the rosters of UGA, OSU, and Alabama and come up with a team that might hang with the worst NFL team for a half before the bad NFL team pulls away in the second half
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Maybe for a half of the first quarter, but that's about it. The biggest difference is on the OL/DL. You could put the best 5 OL from those schools while they were still in college and any pro team will dust them every snap. Same thing vice versa. The 0-17 Browns team had Joe Thomas in his prime, and he would erase half of any collegiate all-star DL on every snap.

At the end of the day it's still professional men vs. boys, any way you slice it.
 
Across The Field said:
Maybe for a half of the first quarter, but that's about it. The biggest difference is on the OL/DL. You could put the best 5 OL from those schools while they were still in college and any pro team will dust them every snap. Same thing vice versa. The 0-17 Browns team had Joe Thomas in his prime, and he would erase half of any collegiate all-star DL on every snap.

At the end of the day it's still professional men vs. boys, any way you slice it.
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The 19 and 20 year old kids starting on the right side of a college OL would get ragdolled on almost every play.
 
Guy Incognito said:
The 19 and 20 year old kids starting on the right side of a college OL would get ragdolled on almost every play.
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I looked further into those 2000-2002 Miami teams, and the talent was elite but also highly concentrated at RB/DB/WR/TE with. Wilfork was an elite DT but out of 3 years he was the only DL of pro value, while McKinnie and Carey were the only OL to actually do much in the NFL, and neither was really that good. On top of that, Dorsey was trash. Basically every pro team would average 10+ YPC on even a combined 00-02 Miami team while also racking up probably 6-7 sacks per quarter.
 
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