Would Alabama have a chance of beating the Green Bay Packers? If they played 10 times.....

I do agree that both teams use a "Mulligan Recruiting" system !

The answer is so clearly zero it isn't even funny.

Just ask yourself "how many current players on Alabama" will end up playing in the NFL? I honestly don't know the answer, but it sure isn't 53, the current NFL roster size. What will it be? Maybe 8 or 10?

And, even if it was 53 they'd all be playing like NFL rookies - below average players.

Alabama is not even going to beat Clemson.

These types of threads are hillarious. About 10 years ago, USC had a very dominant team with players like Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush. Some clowns started to posit about whether they could beat an NFL team. The fact that Matt Leinart was a flop in the NFL and Reggie Bush was only an average running back ought to tell you that there is a huge chasm between the best college team and the most mediocre NFL team

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And, even if it was 53 they'd all be playing like NFL rookies - below average players.

This is a great point. How much of a talent difference is their between pros and college?

The 2001 Miami Hurricanes team, widely considered one of the best teams of all time, had 38 players that were drafted by the NFL. 17 were first round draft picks. 13 of the 38 made at least one "Pro Bowl" (out of those, only 6 of the 13 made more than 2 Pro Bowls).

Every time a pro team plays the same college team the point spread would increase. Pro coaching staffs are light years ahead of college.

Saban, the greatest college coach in the modern era, left the pros because he knew it was easier to dominate the NCAA.

Once there is tape on a player in the pros their weaknesses are there to be dissected and schemed against. That's why you see so many players flame out after a great few games or a season. Leinart set some passing records his first few games, Vince Young had an electric second half of his rookie year. Kordell, RG3, and Kap had a nice first season but haven't found much success after.

Age and experience really matters in football. Pro players get bigger, faster, stronger, and more experienced. Would you rather play Michigan Tom Brady or current New England Tom Brady? Aaron Rodgers would pick apart the Bama secondary and Jalen Hurt would be flummoxed by the zone blitz.

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Talk with freshmen college players and you will hear them talk about how much faster things happen in college than in high school.

Talk to rookies in the NFL and you will hear the same thing: about how fast everyone is.

So the pass a QB completes in college into tight coverage will likely be broken up or intercepted in the pros.

They couldn't even beat Clemson, what the f**k for any reason makes you think they could beat Green Bay?!!?

One thing this NFL post-season has shown us is that a team needs a great qb to be successful. There is no single position that is as critical in any team sport as NFL qb. Alabama had a frosh qb that will probably never start in the NFL. There is no way that Alabama could execute an effective passing game against any NFL defense. Without the threat of a passing game GB would completely bottle up the offense.

One the other side, Rodgers could complete pretty much any pass he wanted whenever he wanted. The ‘Bama defensive backfield would have their heads spinning. He would throw for at least 6 tds in every game.