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McCaffrey sitting out bowl game, too.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:11 am
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:11 am
Christian McCaffrey sitting out bowl game
First Leonard Fournette, now Christian McCaffrey. I suspect other players will follow suit. Unless your team is in the playoffs, the bowl games are becoming tantamount to a spring Jamboree game. The only real benefit is looking at upcoming underclassmen, working with new coaches, and getting film on guys.
First Leonard Fournette, now Christian McCaffrey. I suspect other players will follow suit. Unless your team is in the playoffs, the bowl games are becoming tantamount to a spring Jamboree game. The only real benefit is looking at upcoming underclassmen, working with new coaches, and getting film on guys.
This post was edited on 12/19/16 at 10:13 am
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Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:12 am to TailbackU
The playoff has made bowls obsolete.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:13 am to TailbackU
This is bad for college football.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:14 am to TailbackU
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First Leonard Fournette, now Christian McCaffrey.
One is hurt, would not be effective in the bowl game, with a lingering injury and needs to rest to heal. The other is not hurt and is leaving the team to prepare for the draft.
They aren't the same situation.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:14 am to TailbackU
Those that sit out and aren't injured shouldn't get bowl gifts or be allowed to attend with the team.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:21 am to TailbackU
As they should. Why risk getting injured in a bowl game that nobody will remember next year?
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:22 am to TailbackU
Pulling the old LF1.6
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:27 am to TailbackU
Will bama fans break out the pitch forks over this news like they did with LF?
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:29 am to TailbackU
It's a selfish, bitch move but it's not totally bad for the teams. May hurt them for the bowl game but gets the next man up some valuable experience.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:31 am to TailbackU
The Non-Championship Bowl games were just as meaningless in the BCS era. The standard is now being set for top draft picks to sit out and eventually these bowls will be scrimmages/exhibitions. Will be even worse if the playoff expanded to 8.
Don't know how you put the toothpaste back in the tube unless you hold off on awarding postseason awards like the Heisman until January but that would be silly.
Don't know how you put the toothpaste back in the tube unless you hold off on awarding postseason awards like the Heisman until January but that would be silly.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:38 am to TailbackU
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Unless your team is in the playoffs, the bowl games are becoming tantamount to a spring Jamboree game.
Also this is stupid.
Bowl games didn't matter when it was just 1 title game. How is this different?
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:38 am to TailbackU
I expect this kind of move is going to start becoming more common as the playoffs have really made smaller bowls feel very degraded.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:50 am to TailbackU
The playoff has made the public (and player's) perception of bowl games change.
The circumstances havent changed, just people's opinions.
Also there are so many junk bowls now they devalue the significance of playing in a bowl.
The circumstances havent changed, just people's opinions.
Also there are so many junk bowls now they devalue the significance of playing in a bowl.
This post was edited on 12/19/16 at 10:51 am
Posted on 12/19/16 at 11:01 am to TailbackU
Coaches have been allowed to bail on these kids before bowls for years, I got no problem with a kid passing up a meaningless bowl to get ready for NFL
Posted on 12/19/16 at 11:02 am to TailbackU
Yeah, but they should have won the Heisman over Henry.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 11:03 am to TailbackU
Feels good to have a permanent spot in the playoffs.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 11:06 am to TailbackU
How meaningful were the non bcs bowls before the playoff? I don't think anyone cared about them then either, nothing to do with the playoffs
Posted on 12/19/16 at 11:11 am to TailbackU
So should any of the Cleveland Browns play this week? Yeah, I know they're pros, so it's not quite the same. But they're still risking their careers in an utterly meaningless game.
Ticket buyers have an interest also. Let's say Alabama had ended up in the Sugar Bowl. Sure, the ticket isn't going to be as big of a sell. But after thousands of fans had bought tickets, what if Allen, Williams, Howard, Anderson, Foster, Humphrey, Tomlinson, and Robinson all announce they aren't playing?
Ticket buyers have an interest also. Let's say Alabama had ended up in the Sugar Bowl. Sure, the ticket isn't going to be as big of a sell. But after thousands of fans had bought tickets, what if Allen, Williams, Howard, Anderson, Foster, Humphrey, Tomlinson, and Robinson all announce they aren't playing?
Posted on 12/19/16 at 11:26 am to TailbackU
This shite better not start becoming a trend.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 12:17 pm to TailbackU
I think McCaffery is just weak for it. I understand not risking injury, but it's the last time to represent the university that put you in a position to be a top pick in a draft.
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