Watching these old games for the 80's I am amazed how small those guy are.

[Commercecomet24]

Kent Hull in his first game was right at 200 lbs...

Beat me to it. Kent Hull played as a freshman at 200 lbs, and the guy was a beast even then. Of course he did grow into a nice sized young man! Amazing!

[tcdog70]

remember it was mid-80s before a OLineman could use his hands . That to me was 1 main reason for bigger linemen. Back then you actually had to block some body-not hold them.

[Jack Lambert]

remember it was mid-80s before a OLineman could use his hands . That to me was 1 main reason for bigger linemen. Back then you actually had to block some body-not hold them.

Watching the florida vs GA game the lineman always chopped blocked. They also all had J Pads on hands and arms.

[msudawg1200]

remember it was mid-80s before a OLineman could use his hands . That to me was 1 main reason for bigger linemen. Back then you actually had to block some body-not hold them.

I was playing high school football the year they allowed O-Linemen to use their hands(either 86 or 87 can't remember the exact year). Anyway, I played the wing in our Wing-I set, and I would have to block DE's and LB's from time to time, so I'd sometimes do blocking drills with the OL. I remember being taught to throw a flipper first. We'd do these on the seven man sled. I remember that first practice when our coach was explaining we could now use our hands. We were all excited. Also, back in the 80's a 170 pound white boy defensive back(me) could legitimately dream of playing in the SEC. Now, that is nothing put a pipe dream.