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Touch of class goes a long way for Boston College

By Ivan Maisel
ESPN.com

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Night School Dividends Once you get past the obvious difference in talent, one of the biggest ways in which NFL football is more advanced than college is the amount of time that the players devote to the game. In college, coaches are limited to 20 hours of practice and meeting time per week. In the NFL, 20 hours barely gets a team into Day 3. Andy Altenburger/Icon SMI Matt Ryan has been able to devote more time to football this season. The pros have all day. There are no classes, no study ha ...

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