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re: McCaffrey sitting out bowl game, too.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:36 am to TailbackU
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:36 am to TailbackU
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I suspect that if LSU was in the playoff, Fournette would play.
I don't think he could be effective. He tried to give it a go against Florida and looked terribly injured. Our team doctors recommended Fournette not play in our bowl game, I doubt that would change.
But I wish we in the playoff so we could see for real!
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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 10:41 am to TheCaterpillar
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Also this is stupid.
Because my opinion differs from yours, it's stupid... Got it.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:41 am to TheCaterpillar
I think he'd play but Guice would still get more carries. No way he wouldn't suit up in a playoff, at minimum.
I can't blame a player for keeping their future in mind. These bowls are meaningless for everyone except underclassmen and big business.
I can't blame a player for keeping their future in mind. These bowls are meaningless for everyone except underclassmen and big business.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:44 am to cas4t
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I can't blame a player for keeping their future in mind. These bowls are meaningless for everyone except underclassmen and big business.
Exactly, we saw one guy fall from a potential top five pick to 34 because of a bowl game injury. Who are we to judge them for wanting to protect their financial interests?
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:45 am to TailbackU
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Because my opinion differs from yours, it's stupid... Got it.
No, that's not why its stupid. Its just stupid.
How is 4 teams playing for a title de-valuing bowl games so much more than 2 teams playing for a title?
Has the Citrus Bowl become less important than it already was?
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:49 am to TheCaterpillar
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How is 4 teams playing for a title de-valuing bowl games so much more than 2 teams playing for a title?
Agreed. Maybe you could say the increased emphasis/focus on the CFP is greater than the BCS therefore regular bowls are even more devalued because it is literally a different postseason, but that's semantics.
The difference is that people are more accepting and will eventually look at it as the norm as more and more players make the decision to sit out.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:50 am to SDVTiger
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Will bama fans break out the pitch forks over this news like they did with LF?
I'm a bammer, and I personally think it's understandable that Fournette would opt out, considering that he's been a bit injured for most of the year.
As far as I know, that isn't the case with McCaffrey. Seems like that is letting your team down.
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 10:51 am to IAmReality
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The playoff has made the public (and player's) perception of bowl games change.
Also there are so many junk bowls now they devalue the significance of playing in a bowl.
Exactly. Winner winner chicken dinner.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:52 am to 14&Counting
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Fournette checked out after the Bama game.
He played several games after bama on one ankle and kept getting hurt. He also wasn't that effective because he kept trying to play hurt. So you know...the exact opposite of checking out.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:56 am to bbap
The difference between Bama and L6U fans.. You don't have to win shite at L6U to get sucked off..
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:56 am to IAmReality
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Also there are so many junk bowls now they devalue the significance of playing in a bowl.
This I'll agree with, but has nothing to do with playoff.
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The playoff has made the public (and player's) perception of bowl games change.
The circumstances havent changed, just people's opinions.
Disagree.
Posted on 12/19/16 at 10:59 am to bama will rise again
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The difference between Bama and L6U fans.. You don't have to win shite at L6U to get sucked off..
Posted on 12/19/16 at 11:00 am to cas4t
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
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