(01-01-2022, 05:54 PM)kevin Wrote: Any college player who is healthy but skips Bowl Games such as Rose Bowl and such for NFL Draft, should get a negative mark by NFL Teams. Not helping his team win a Bowl Game should be a Character Issue. If he quits on his College Team, he will quit on his Pro Team. If he takes off big games in College, he will take off big games in The Pros.

I'm not talking players with injuries. I'm talking about healthy players who skip College Bowl games and let their team down in a Big Game. That is a Character Issue. These type players, the Bengals don't need. These are not true Madden type Football players if they let their College teammates down by skipping a Bowl Game the others worked so hard to get to. If they are not Rose Bowl or Bowl Game players, what makes anyone think they are Super Bowl players.

NFL Owners, GMs, Coaches should put a giant check mark next to all healthy players who skip the college Bowl Games, as having a Character Issue. I am not talking about things like The Senior Bowl, because those are not their teammates the last few years. As they skip Bowl Games to save themselves for the NFL Draft, they let their college teammates down and show they are selfish players, not team players.

Joe Burrow was a team player in his college bowl games, for example.

(01-01-2022, 05:54 PM)kevin Wrote: Any college player who is healthy but skips Bowl Games such as Rose Bowl and such for NFL Draft, should get a negative mark by NFL Teams.  Not helping his team win a Bowl Game should be a Character Issue.  If he quits on his College Team, he will quit on his Pro Team.  If he takes off big games in College, he will take off big games in The Pros.  

I'm not talking players with injuries.  I'm talking about healthy players who skip College Bowl games and let their team down in a Big Game.  That is a Character Issue.  These type players, the Bengals don't need.  These are not true Madden type Football players if they let their College teammates down by skipping a Bowl Game the others worked so hard to get to.  If they are not Rose Bowl or Bowl Game players, what makes anyone think they are Super Bowl players.  

NFL Owners, GMs, Coaches should put a giant check mark next to all healthy players who skip the college Bowl Games, as having a Character Issue.  I am not talking about things like The Senior Bowl, because those are not their teammates the last few years.  As they skip Bowl Games to save themselves for the NFL Draft, they let their college teammates down and show they are selfish players, not team players.

Joe Burrow was a team player in his college bowl games, for example.

(01-02-2022, 05:12 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote:

That’s Shannon Sharpe’s childhood home. I can’t imagine looking down my nose at a college football player for sitting out the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl because he is looking out for his family’s future instead of a college athletic conference’s pay day or a network’s ratings.

(01-02-2022, 02:54 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: That's great, I'm glad to hear it. The overall point is a career altering injury could happen. Ifo Ekpre-Olomu in 2014 is an example of this which immediately comes to mind as an Oregon fan. First round graded corner, non-contact injury practicing for the Rose Bowl and he dropped to the 7th round, out of the NFL in two years. Now, his practice was for the CFP, so it is a different scenario but the overall point is that a career altering injury could happen and I personally don't care if a player sits out for a bowl other than the CFP. 

Either way, it is just an interesting discussion - I don't think there is a right or wrong, necessarily. 

(01-01-2022, 06:34 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Joe Burrow was in the middle of a perfect season and playing for a National championship. What a terrible example.

Sorry, but I’m not passing on an elite talent over not playing in a bowl game. I debated bfine about this stuff when all the players opted out of the entire season last year. Had teams taken guys off their boards for that they would have missed out on some absolute studs (Chase, Parsons, Slater, Sewell, etc). You can add Pitts as well, as he opted out for Florida’s bowl game.

(01-01-2022, 05:54 PM)kevin Wrote: Any college player who is healthy but skips Bowl Games such as Rose Bowl and such for NFL Draft, should get a negative mark by NFL Teams.  Not helping his team win a Bowl Game should be a Character Issue.  If he quits on his College Team, he will quit on his Pro Team.  If he takes off big games in College, he will take off big games in The Pros.  

I'm not talking players with injuries.  I'm talking about healthy players who skip College Bowl games and let their team down in a Big Game.  That is a Character Issue.  These type players, the Bengals don't need.  These are not true Madden type Football players if they let their College teammates down by skipping a Bowl Game the others worked so hard to get to.  If they are not Rose Bowl or Bowl Game players, what makes anyone think they are Super Bowl players.  

NFL Owners, GMs, Coaches should put a giant check mark next to all healthy players who skip the college Bowl Games, as having a Character Issue.  I am not talking about things like The Senior Bowl, because those are not their teammates the last few years.  As they skip Bowl Games to save themselves for the NFL Draft, they let their college teammates down and show they are selfish players, not team players.

Joe Burrow was a team player in his college bowl games, for example.

(01-11-2022, 02:06 AM)Synric Wrote: Did anyone else hear Kirby Smart ask Nick Saban about Jameson Williams and Saban answered "They think it's an ACL."?