Jaylon Smith. Luckily got drafted by the Cowboys in the second round and had a couple good seasons. However, he was never the same player after the injury.
This really is the nexus of the argument. If the universities really wanted to end this phenomenon they would issue game checks for games played. Now, we all know this will never happen because that would take money from the executives pockets who don't offer anything to the game played on the field. Our fans would rather give the players nothing financially but stuff the pockets of corporate America. Fkn lemmings they are.
For decades, guys that grew up in poverty didn't skip bowl games. You think Christian McCaffrey grew up in poverty?
Well I think the transfer portal and the early signing period are ridiculous. College football is now officially the minor leagues.
That's because for years, players dsrung to look out for themselves had it held against them. Nowadays, the "student-athlete" scam has been exposed and rightfully ridiculed and has been struck down by a bipartisan SCOTUS ruling.
20 years ago, the NFL still wouldn't have cared, foolish SCOTUS decision notwithstanding.
Ok. Based on this post, I don't see where we disagree all that much. As for players fearing injury in bowl games, it's been documented in posts 15 and 17 in this thread.
Totally different era of football. Making a bowl back then actually meant something. It meant status in college football. Now it's statistically harder to NOT make a bowl game.
Please you're putting expectations on players that you wouldn't entertain if you were in the player's shoes. Completely hypocritical.
And this is why players rightfully conclude that many (maybe most) fans don't care about the players as people. Bowl games are a reward for players. They love them. And its an opportunity for more players to get reps as the coaches assess needs and the portal/recruitment strategy. For players, December can be a great time. If you don't like the bowls, or don't care to watch more of our team, don't watch them. But the game isn't there for you.
I’m pretty sure he got about 7 million dollars from the Cowboys and made the pro bowl in 2019. He essentially got in his 4 years in the NFL which is more than most and got cut because he couldn’t grasp the defensive schemes. He publicly came out and said that the Dallas defensive scheme was too complicated to keep up with. That’s not going to win you any favors especially when the guy the team just hired is known for his complex schemes that depend on the LB.
But how many players have made life-changing money like DJU through NIL? To the best of my knowledge, he's an exception. And based on what Dr. Pepper got out of that deal, there's a good chance a lot of businesses and boosters are using him as a cautionary tale
It was early December of 1999 when Bob Stoops bounded into the locker room, pumped that in his first year as Oklahoma's coach the Sooners had finished 7-4 and earned a trip to the Independence Bowl. He was ready to go to work, but his players weren't. They were shaken because their offensive coordinator, Mike Leach, had just been named the head coach of Texas Tech.
Relax big dawg. I was being facetious. I love bowl games and love for players to battle one more time with their team. I was in Charlotte last time and will be there again!
He did, but he was a superstar player that was set to be a top 5 pick. He got some money, but not 1st round money and is now no longer in the league because that knee just has not been able to hold up. We are obviously getting different information because the word I have gotten over the past two years is that he is just too slow to play on passing downs. I don't know why fans argue so hard about this. Those guys don't owe us anything except to play hard as long as they are here. This even goes on at the high school level. No one gets mad when a kid quits his High School basketball team after he makes his commitment in football. It's a business and these guys deserve to do what is best for them. Just like coaches and administrators in the sport do.
Two injuries out of how many thousand Bowl players? They have more risk of career-ending injury just driving to combine workouts.
It goes both ways. If they want to quit then fine but it doesn’t change that they quit and people can still call them a quitter. Just because you think something is justified doesn’t make it different. For every one guy who takes a bit of a draft hit there are more that don’t even get drafted and quit on their last shot to see the field with their teammates.
Senior Bowl is coached by NFL coaches that coach and run NFL schemes and attended by numerous NFL scouts.
Where is this info coming from? Jaylon went to Notre Dame which has stricter academic standards to play football than maybe every other Power 5 school except maybe for Stanford. He blew out his knee completely in a bowl game, with all of the lummoxes that play in the league Smith would be one of the last that would have a problem understanding a defensive scheme. Geez I mean Randy Gregory plays on that team.
The question was asked who had been affected by playing in the bowl games. Not only did I provide a factual response, but that article also mentioned several others.
That's fine. However, random butt-hurt fans don't change anything. OU fans are mad at Lincoln Riley. Think he cares. Is Lincoln Riley a quitter. All successful people quit something for a better opportunity. If someone feels jilted and wants to call them a quitter. Have at it. Wasted air in my opinion.
