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On Fournette "opting out" of the bowl game
Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:43 pm
Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:43 pm
Leonard Fournette was a great Tiger, and it should be noted that he never "opted out" of a game. Too many on this board always throw out that he "started the opt out trend", and that's simply not true.
Before the bowl game against Louisville, Orgeron made the (correct) decision to not have his injured running back who was about to be a top 5 pick play in a bowl game.
NFL.con article on Fournette being out for the bowl game
Before the bowl game against Louisville, Orgeron made the (correct) decision to not have his injured running back who was about to be a top 5 pick play in a bowl game.
quote:
"To be honest, it really wasn't my decision," Fournette told NFL Now Live. "My coach brought me into the office. He told me 'You have a lot on the line.' He didn't want me to play. I cried like a baby. It was hard for me. That was my first time not really traveling with the team and I couldn't play in a game with my brothers. I'm going to miss them."
Later in the interview, Fournette reiterated the point, saying "my coach made (the decision) for me."
NFL.con article on Fournette being out for the bowl game
This post was edited on 1/10/21 at 12:35 am
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Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:45 pm to PP7 for heisman
Leonard was and still is a great tiger 
Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:47 pm to PP7 for heisman
He was fricking hurt.
Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:51 pm to RadarTiger
You could see his Tiger pads under his jersey tonight
Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:53 pm to PP7 for heisman
Leonard Fournette is #1 in my book.
Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:53 pm to PP7 for heisman
Do people here actually think he wasn’t committed to the team and LSU?
Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:54 pm to PP7 for heisman
I'm not a fan of opting out of bowl games, but no matter whose decision it was I'm glad he choose LSU. Tiger legend
Posted on 1/9/21 at 11:57 pm to PP7 for heisman
Obviously he was hurt on and off all season. I went to that bowl game and sort of wondered why he didn’t go to the game though. Thought he could of a least stood on the sidelines and gave the high five to all his teammates as they ran off the field for clowning Lamar Jackson and Louisville.
Posted on 1/10/21 at 12:32 am to OhioLSUfan
Jamal Adams told us the truth.....revisionist history is not truth!
Posted on 1/10/21 at 12:35 am to Choupiqueboy
quote:
Jamal Adams told us the truth.....revisionist history is not truth!
Jamal made a joke at Fournette's expense in 2020.... This article came out in 2017 just a month after the bowl game.
Posted on 1/10/21 at 1:27 am to PP7 for heisman
Thank you for poating
Posted on 1/10/21 at 1:48 am to PP7 for heisman
He was legitimately injured. Remember him limping out there and missing the blitz pickup at the end of the Auburn game?
Posted on 1/10/21 at 2:30 am to PP7 for heisman
I'll call BS on that. No way a coach wouldn't want his best player playing in a game. Telling him not to return next year, sure. But not holding him out of his last game.
Posted on 1/10/21 at 3:32 am to emanresu
Dale Brown and Shaq?
Posted on 1/10/21 at 5:18 am to PP7 for heisman
I used to be against the opt out of bowls, but the more I think about it, what would I do if I had millions of dollars at stake with an injury. Especially growing up without much of anything.
Posted on 1/10/21 at 5:27 am to PP7 for heisman
If it was just an injury; why didnt he travel with the team?
Posted on 1/10/21 at 6:03 am to josh336
Rehab and prep for the combine and NFL
Posted on 1/10/21 at 6:14 am to emanresu
You are so wrong about this dude. If coach knows a player is going pro after the bowl game and he’s banged up, playing him in a meaningless game is idiotic and selfish. The game means nothing. The player’s future is huge to him and generations of family. Some of y’all are clueless.
Posted on 1/10/21 at 7:39 am to jimbeam
He was hurt his whole career. Thanks Leslie for making him run into a 8 man box every single play
Posted on 1/10/21 at 8:41 am to PenguinPubes
Can y'all just imagine the damage RB Leonard Fournette would've done with QB Joe Burrow in the same backfield as him.
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