Your career at JSU and high school doesnt have anything to do with this thread but youve mentioned it twice.
You think is Javy is a better punt returner. Some of us dont.
When this team goes 14-0 wins the SEC and MNC ill consider this a team worthy of discussion with 92. Until then they dont belong.
and this thread wasnt head to head until you made it that. The thread is best TEAM! not if they played each other. The 92 team is light years ahead right now because they completed every task at hand. This team is only half way through.
My playing experience falls into the same time frame as the 1992 Alabama team. Considering the fact that I played against members that were on the 92 team when I was a HS senior, and competed against several others in weight lifting competitions and various athletic events, it is relevant to the discussion. Unlike most of you, I have first hand personal knowledge of what kind of athletes they were relative to my own athletic ability - which was not bad. I also know what kind of athletes play today.
The thread was "Which team is better, 1992 or 2009?"
The question said nothing about outside competition or the season they played in. It is head to head - which is the better team. If you want a thread that contextualizes the accomplishments of the two teams (which is a stupid idea) start it yourself. You are fond of the 1992 team and let your emotions cloud your vision of reality...just like the Arenas v/s Palmer debate. Your heart tells you Palmer was the greatest ever. 2009 athletes are bigger, stronger, and faster than 1992. There were a few floating around in 1992 that were comparable to 2009, but in 2009, teams are 3 deep with players considered freaks of nature in 1992.
As I have said, the 1992 defense would be good today...Oden, London, and Hall were a solid LB corp, but would you trade the 1992 3 deep for the 2009 3 deep? honestly? Even without Hightower the 2009 group is very good. Hall (7th round) and London (3rd round) both played for a while in the NFL but their careers were not spectacular. Oden (6th round) made a roster for 3 years. Hightower and McClain are future 1st rounders, and the across the board talent level is much higher. Had London gone down with an injury, we would have been hurting...coach Stallngs himself has commented on our injury luck and lack of depth many times since then.
You could make an argument for Curry and Copeland over Washington and Deaderick (even though they are smaller, and weaker - Curry was tall and skinny), but would you trade James Gregory for Terrence Cody or Marcel Dareus?
The 1992 defensive secondary was probably the best group of starters ever in a secondary, but the 2009 group probably has more depth.
The real issue is back to the offense, as well as S&C. 2009 is a different world. The 1992 offense would have a hard time making a first down.
You guys remind me of the old white guy in the 70's arguing that Marciano would knock out Ali. The reality was, Ali would have knocked out Marciano inside of 3 rounds.
