(12-27-2018, 06:00 AM)Austroturf Wrote: 1) Not all bowl games are meaningless. The CFP games and the NY6 bowl games definitely have value. It is still a big thing to win a Rose Bowl, and I haven't heard of any players sitting this one out (though I admit the one or the other might have slipped past me). The games leading up to the national championship are very meaningful for the programs and players involved.
Re: NY6 games
LSU has two players skipping the Fiesta Bowl
Greedy Williams
Ed Alexander
https://sports.yahoo.com/college-footbal...23415.html
Michigan has four players skipping the Peach Bowl (Bushell-Beaty a recent addition to the list)
Juwann Bushell-Beatty
Rashan Gary
Devin Bush Jr. (he cites a hip injury)
Karan Higdon
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/colle...414164002/
Nick Bosa left OSU earlier in the year when he was injured to heal and train for the draft, no idea if he would have been healthy enough to play in the Rose Bowl if he had remained with the team.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nc...658347002/
Clemson QB Kelly Bryant decided to transfer and left the team after their fourth game when he was replaced as the starter. He's going to Missouri
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/...58669.html
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"