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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3161566, member: 289"] From the Dino Babers Show before Maryland: “Coach I saw a report on TV that Georgia is very proud of their starting interior offensive line which averages 328 pounds per man. Our starters average 304. The famous “Sizable Seven” line of our 1959 national champions average 215 pounds per man. Our 1987 undefeated team had a line that averaged 275, which seemed impressive at the time. Where is this trend going? Where were all the 300 pounders in the old days? Is it a healthy thing to have this many players who are carrying this much weight?” I called in my second question about the weights of linemen. Dino said that he “had to go to a grocery store” to answer that one. When he was a kid you couldn’t buy a chicken breast, a leg, and wing like now. You had to buy a whole chicken and cut it up. Today my wife cooks chicken and she gives me a breast and I tell her that I can’t eat a whole bird. I just want half a breast. She says that is half a breast. They make bigger chickens these days. They kill the insects so they can’t eat all the grain and there’s more meat to eat.” As to whether it’s bad to have players carrying all this weight, it depends on what that weight is made of and how it’s distributed. He said that Georgia wants a power running attack so they want all those big guys clearing the way. At Syracuse it’s all about tempo. Some players think they need to be big but they usually lose weight in SU’s work-outs. Evan Adams can get by being 352 because he’s a freak of nature. Most of our guys can get away with a speedo. If we brought them in you’d think they were 260-270 pounds. Muscle weighs more than fat. [/QUOTE]

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