Not so fast Belly! There is little doubt the players of today would line up and whip the players of yesteryears due to the increased speeds, weight, weight training, techniques, wide open offenses, etc.
However, when comparing the players you would have to either take away some of the assets of todays players as you transferred them back to the past or vice versa. You would have to add speed, weight, etc. to the players from the past when transferring them to the future.
I still think you can make a case for players from the past, but you would have to keep in mind the players from the future would be on an even keel with them when transferred back to the past.
It would be extremely hard to overlook the backfield of Bill Brigman (QB), Glen Turner (FB), Leon Hardeman (HB) and Bill Teas (HB). It would be difficult to find a better backfield group in Tech's history than this group.
In fact, pound for pound, it could be stated that Leon Hardeman was the best back to come through Tech. It would be hard to overlook Bill Teas.
For the task of playing one-platoon football, it would be difficult to match Wade Mitchell at quarterback and safety.
It would be difficult for any of today's punters to beat Dave Davis. Hawk Cavette was quite a punter in his day.
Manget would have to be considered the best field goal and extra poing kicker of the ages, but it would also be hard to leave off E. J. Wheeler and Scott Sisson.
George Morris was one of the best football players to ever come through Tech. Larry Morris could have held his own with any of them. Had Kim King been the quarteback in today's wide open passing game, he would have made a much greater impact.
It would indeed be hard to keep Billy Lothridge and Billy Martin off the all-time teams. It is impossible to compare teams and players from different ages.
Those who have already left this world and saw the players under Heisman and Alexander would probably give me a sermon on the teams and players from that era.
You would have to place Eddie Lee Ivery, Sean Jones, and Joe Hamilton in the mix. You would have to throw Jimmy Robinson in as a wide receiver. It would be impossible to leave off Kelly Campell.
It is almost impossible to pick the greatest players of all time due to the different eras and styles of play.
However, it is fun, and I like to hear some of the names repeated to jog my memories of the different players. I know I have left out hordes of players that others will mention.
