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Running list of players skipping bowl games...
Posted on 12/3/18 at 12:42 pm
Posted on 12/3/18 at 12:42 pm
This is what I've been able to gather so far. I've probably missed some. Let me know and I'll edit.
*Nick Bosa, DL, Ohio State
Ed Oliver, DL, Houston
Isaiah Johnson, DB, Houston
Noah Fant, TE, Iowa
Greedy Williams, DB, LSU
Ed Alexander, DL, LSU
Justice Hill, RB, Oklahoma State
Larry Williams, OL, Oklahoma State
Karan Higdon, RB, Michigan
Devin Bush, LB, Michigan
Rashan Gary, DL, Michigan
N'Keal Harry, WR, Arizona State
Kelvin Harmon, WR, North Carolina State
Germaine Pratt, LB, North Carolina State
Deebo Samuel, WR, South Carolina
Yodny Cajuste, OL, West Virginia
Will Grier, QB, West Virginia
Bryce Love, RB, Stanford
Donnell Green, OT, Minnesota
*Nick Bosa, DL, Ohio State
Ed Oliver, DL, Houston
Isaiah Johnson, DB, Houston
Noah Fant, TE, Iowa
Greedy Williams, DB, LSU
Ed Alexander, DL, LSU
Justice Hill, RB, Oklahoma State
Larry Williams, OL, Oklahoma State
Karan Higdon, RB, Michigan
Devin Bush, LB, Michigan
Rashan Gary, DL, Michigan
N'Keal Harry, WR, Arizona State
Kelvin Harmon, WR, North Carolina State
Germaine Pratt, LB, North Carolina State
Deebo Samuel, WR, South Carolina
Yodny Cajuste, OL, West Virginia
Will Grier, QB, West Virginia
Bryce Love, RB, Stanford
Donnell Green, OT, Minnesota
This post was edited on 12/20/18 at 9:06 am
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Posted on 12/3/18 at 12:43 pm to Bham Bammer
This is starting to become the norm, unfortunately.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 12:45 pm to TechDawg2007
Definitely think we're heading to the biggest list yet of guys deciding to do this. I think it started out with Fournette and McCaffery that first year and now it's become more widespread. Can't blame these guys, though. There's a lot of money at stake.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 12:46 pm to Bham Bammer
I feel like soon it's going to be unfair to judge teams and coaches based on bowl results when their best draft-eligible players won't play.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 12:55 pm to Bham Bammer
You can add bosa I suppose
Posted on 12/3/18 at 12:57 pm to Bham Bammer
Business decision - each player looking after his financial interest. So he doesn’t care about your feelings about team loyalty.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 12:57 pm to Bham Bammer
All low character. Nothing surprising
Posted on 12/3/18 at 1:03 pm to PeteRose
I made no comments about loyalty or anything else. It's just a list.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 1:05 pm to Mr Perfect
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All low character. Nothing surprising
Yes. Anyone that does something you dont agree with is low character.
Says more about you, than it does about them, since you are the one judging people you never met.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 1:07 pm to Bham Bammer
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I think it started out with Fournette and McCaffer
Fournette was already hurt going into the game..
Posted on 12/3/18 at 1:07 pm to Bham Bammer
I’m not referring to you. I’m referring to fans who are butt hurt. I’m simply offering an explanation. Athletes treat sports as a business. Fans treat sports as personal. Sometimes the goals and objectives of business and personal align. Sometimes they don’t(like players not playing bowl games). But some people don’t understand this.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 1:08 pm to Bham Bammer
just get rid of the other bowls. frick it. You don't win enough to make the playoff, your season is over. Just like in every other damn sport.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 1:09 pm to Bham Bammer
quote:
Definitely think we're heading to the biggest list yet of guys deciding to do this.
I think this was part of the reason the redshirt rule was changed. Now it opens up a pool of players for the bowl games that weren't available before to replace the big name guys sitting out.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 1:34 pm to Elleshoe
He was, but he had over a month to rehab the ankle and play had he wanted to. Again, I don't fault the decision.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 1:38 pm to TechDawg2007
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This is starting to become the norm, unfortunately.
Ehh. Fans ask players to play in bowls, but if the player gets injured, the fans ain't compensating for lost pro income. Loyalty tends to be one way like that.
Really, this is about how most bowls don't matter. They're easy to skip because they're essentially an exhibition for the spectacle.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 1:40 pm to Bham Bammer
I’m sure memories of Willis McGehee and Marcus Lattimore getting permanently fricked up didn’t help matters.
A lot of these kids who are seen as legitimate high 1sts are probably scared to death of playing one last game that could wreck their chance at the big paycheck.
A lot of these kids who are seen as legitimate high 1sts are probably scared to death of playing one last game that could wreck their chance at the big paycheck.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 1:41 pm to TechDawg2007
quote:Unfortunately, but understandable.
This is starting to become the norm, unfortunately.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 1:42 pm to PeteRose
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Athletes treat sports as a business.
So do the teams. It's only the fans who expect it to be personal
Posted on 12/3/18 at 1:43 pm to Bham Bammer
Can you blame them? Not only is injury a concern, but ESPN and the college football media has made the bowl games a complete afterthought
It wasn't this bad with the BCS, but the bowl games were still given recognition .
It wasn't this bad with the BCS, but the bowl games were still given recognition .
Posted on 12/3/18 at 1:43 pm to Rep520
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Really, this is about how most bowls don't matter. They're easy to skip because they're essentially an exhibition for everyone but the players to make more money.
FIFY
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