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What time do you consider "Modern College Football"
Posted on 11/11/11 at 11:24 am
Posted on 11/11/11 at 11:24 am
There's no right answer but what year do you consider to be "modern?" Obviously the game has changed a great deal, from the forward pass, to helmets, to everything else.
Seems like most often it is consider it to be after WWII, I've also heard the late 50's as a date.
Other critical dates include:
1937-1972 NCAA split into "Major" and "small" colleges
1973-1977 NCAA designated Division I/II/III
1978-present NCAA Division I split into I-A and I-AA
Seems like 1973 would be the most relevant due to the structural changes and also influence of integration. By 1978 for sure.
Thoughts?
Seems like most often it is consider it to be after WWII, I've also heard the late 50's as a date.
Other critical dates include:
1937-1972 NCAA split into "Major" and "small" colleges
1973-1977 NCAA designated Division I/II/III
1978-present NCAA Division I split into I-A and I-AA
Seems like 1973 would be the most relevant due to the structural changes and also influence of integration. By 1978 for sure.
Thoughts?
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Posted on 11/11/11 at 11:27 am to Ghostfacedistiller
When players stopped wearing cut off jerseys
Posted on 11/11/11 at 11:28 am to hendersonshands
2003 on
Posted on 11/11/11 at 11:29 am to Elleshoe
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2003 on
Posted on 11/11/11 at 11:29 am to Elleshoe
quote:
2003 on
Posted on 11/11/11 at 11:33 am to Ghostfacedistiller
after the universities won the antitrust suits in the 80's
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This post was edited on 11/11/11 at 11:35 am
Posted on 11/11/11 at 11:34 am to Ghostfacedistiller
When the major polls starting waiting until after the bowl games to release a final poll.
Posted on 11/11/11 at 11:35 am to BayouBengal
modern? well when the spread became crazy. /thread
Posted on 11/11/11 at 11:36 am to RammerJammerBammer
it borderline isnt the same sport. (except when you have bama and LSU play)
Posted on 11/11/11 at 11:37 am to RammerJammerBammer
When scholarship limits were put in place. Whenever that was.
Posted on 11/11/11 at 11:38 am to Elleshoe
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2003 on
Yeah but the transition was starting before though...probably about 2001 was the transition to the modern game
Posted on 11/11/11 at 11:38 am to BayouBengal
I think 1950 is a good cutoff for "modern football", with the decline of the Service Academies. The "Second Modern Era" if you will, begins in 1978 with the formation of Division I. I think you could also argue the formation of the Bowl Alliance, the predecessor to the BCS, is another clear demarcation point.
Posted on 11/11/11 at 11:40 am to Baloo
u serious clark? college football is totally different because of the spread.
Posted on 11/11/11 at 11:46 am to Ghostfacedistiller
The modern era started with the advent of two platoon football in the early sixties. It is a completely different game now, played by different types of athletes. Few players from that era could compete now, they wouldn't be big enough. Conversely, most modern players couldn't go sixty minutes while carrying the weight they carry.
Posted on 11/11/11 at 11:48 am to Jim Rockford
quote:which means the game is "modern" NOW. how could it be modern in the 50's? TV, radio, Social Media, Formations....it isnt even remotely close
It is a completely different game now
Posted on 11/11/11 at 11:49 am to RammerJammerBammer
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u serious clark? college football is totally different because of the spread.
This. You barely beat me too it
Yea, all of fads & trends in college are cyclical but the spread pass revolutionized the game. Same thing with the option, it's still here but it's in the spread now.
Posted on 11/11/11 at 11:51 am to Ghostfacedistiller
1980
Posted on 11/11/11 at 12:05 pm to Interception
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u serious clark? college football is totally different because of the spread.
The spread isn't some revolutionary new formation. It's been around since its first incarnation as the Split T in the 1940's.
Posted on 11/11/11 at 12:07 pm to Ghostfacedistiller
1972 On.
Modern college football is integration and everyone had it...Except for some schools in the SEC.
Modern college football is integration and everyone had it...Except for some schools in the SEC.
Posted on 11/11/11 at 12:08 pm to Jim Rockford
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The modern era started with the advent of two platoon football in the early sixties. It is a completely different game now, played by different types of athletes. Few players from that era could compete now, they wouldn't be big enough. Conversely, most modern players couldn't go sixty minutes while carrying the weight they carry.
Thanks. Interesting post.
Seems also consistent with the eye test in terms of video archives from before just seem really "different" from now to a degree that, say, the Oklahoma/Nebraska 1 v 2 game from 1971 or so doesn't.
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