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i was just over at hornfans.com and saw a thread talkin about the 2005 longhorns being able to beat some NFL teams

their team does look more and more stacked and physically dominant as the season goes along but I don't think any college team has a chance against any pro team on its worst day. first of all the talent of an NFL team is much higher than anyone in college no matter how stacked a team may be.
 
If you put USC or Texas in the NFC North...they'd end up 0-16...almost always being blown out, and rarely making it competitve into the 2nd half. I'm sorry...but the USC defense COULD NOT ever stop any NFL's teams running game, and even though Leinart is better than a lot of NFL QBs...he doesn't have an NFL o-line...and his abilities would be greatly diminished. The "stars" on Texas and USC would be more like average NFL players, except for maybe Reggie Bush...and the guys that aren't "stars" on these teams, would be eaten up alive.
 
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let's see, Ohio State, who doesn't have a venerable DL (outside of 3rd down with Carp), shut down VY most of the day. But yeah, they'll surely do well in the NFL against teams stacked full of all-americans and top draft picks.
 
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Let's be real here.

NFL teams are made up of people who excelled at the college level. The best D1 program in the nation has maybe 10-20max guys who would see signifigant playing time at the NFL level.

The game is won and lost at the line of scrimmage, and the NFL is the biggest and fastest. No college team would be able to run the ball consistantly, protect the passer, rush the passer or stop the run against any NFL front.

It's really that simple.
 
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Every professional player in all of the major sports, without exception, has always said that the best college team could never, ever compete with the worst pro team. I think they would know more than internet Texas fans.
 
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it seems that every year when a college team is really good and an nfl team is really bad the question is asked if the college could win a game in the nfl. whether it's miami against the bengals a few years ago, or usc/texas against the texans this year, the answer has been and always will be no. i'm not really sure how this question continues to be asked, and who is out there supporting the notion that any college team could beat any nfl team.
 
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In my opinion, we don't have anyone outside of AJ Hawk that is ready for NFL gameday right now. I think you could plug in AJ in a few places in the NFL and he could hold his own. Santonio is next, but I think an NFL training camp would push him over the cusp of "I'm ready today" level.
 
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College fans who say silly things like that (just as the Miami fans did a few years ago) really need to watch more NFL football. In the NFL the speed of the players, especially the big players, is at a whole different level. The players' position knowledge is sharper, as is their technique. For example, even an average NFL starting wideout is going to torch anyone but the very best college CB. Same thing for a DE versus T matchup. The NFL guy is coming off the ball in a way that the college OL guy has probably never seen.
Watch the reads that some of the pro QBs make. Very few college players are going to have a clue when they look at their first NFL defense. QB is one of those positions where rookies, regardless of talent, rarely make an impact. The Ben Rothlisbergers of the world are uncommon. Even then, a rookie has been through camp and preseason before he sees his first real NFL game. To throw a college team straight into that is ridiculous.

The worst team in the NFL would make a mockery out of a college schedule that only included Top 10 teams.

I don't believe that a D1A team could even beat an NFL Europe team OR a CFL team, either.
 
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jwinslow said:
let's see, Ohio State, who doesn't have a venerable DL (outside of 3rd down with Carp), shut down VY most of the day. But yeah, they'll surely do well in the NFL against teams stacked full of all-americans and top draft picks.
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most teams arent loaded with AA and high draft picks, the reality is all types of players play in the nfl not just 1,2,3 rounders. some guys bloom late others slipped under the recruiting "microscope"
 
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If you took the post-season All-America team, gave them 2 months to practice and the best college coaching staff you could assemble (I'm talking JT and Frank Beamer as co-special teams coaches, Charlie Weis at OC etc.) and put them on a field with the Texans they might score. They wouldn't be able to sustain a drive. It would be an annihilation of epic proportions. The talent level and speed of the game would be too much for the college kids. It would be fun to watch, in the same way it's fun to beat the CPU 100-0 on PS2, but it wouldn't be any fun for the college team.
 
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USC or UT would set the record for largest margin of defeat in NFL history and would have a 0 chance of winning one game.

The Houston Texans would beat them by at least 40 points.
 
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