so are you one of the folks who has purchased their airfare, hotel, game ticket plus alloted spending money and are going to the game...I totally get that what the poster wrote about signing an agreement could be a starting point to changing this trend..bowl games are a joke anymore
DT, Derrick Tangelo opts out of Outback Bowl
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There's that angle. How about the backups who bust their tails but might never really see the field and still might not? I know I'd love seeing my team have a disadvantage why the elite can just walk away.
Why should these guys even show up? Yeah the scholarship is a big deal. Go a lower division and get a decent aid package and still pay not very much.
One friend was offered a great grant in aid package at Lafayette close to 20 years ago. He would have to pay $1500.00 a year.
No I’m not going to game this year. But if I was I would be happy seeing the young guys get some experience. My life doesn’t change on a college football team winning the outback bowl. I would still enjoy the trip to warm weather and the fun going to the game which is why you go to bowl games like this.
Yes, but that still does not deal with the issues around opting out.
Having played a little football, one of the best ways to get hurt in a game is to start playing not to get hurt. To me there is a distinct difference between not playing hard in games and opting out of a bowl game to avoid possible injury and prepare for the draft.
I've heard that, never believed it. I'm sure there are a lot of "business decisions" plays going on towards the end of regular season.
The amount of PSU players opting out would make you think we were Alabama. Geeeeeesh!
We wonder about your posts and state of mind all the time.
Clemson played in meaningless the Alamo bowl and none of their players opted out.
Why play in the Michigan State game on a very bad field then?
Lots of players are opting out but PSU has a disproportionate number.
PSU seems to have more players that will get their name called during the NFL draft than many other teams.
Clemson seems like a young team, for example, that is used their game as a preparation for a better 2022 season.
In the same way, Franklin getting the chance to play lots of his young talent that will be filling in for the opt outs is also getting a chance for early preparation for the 2022 season.......
Good luck getting an answer. I've been asking that question for a while.
I wouldn't presume to be in a position to share an opinion on a player's personal decision to opt out or not opt out. But I would love for someone, anyone, to discuss the logical inconsistencies of playing in a going-nowhere game against MSU on, as you said, a terrible field, but then opting out of the bowl game for fear of injury. That just makes no sense to me.
It’s not illogical. Many posters on here will defend any position that even remotely reflects poorly on a player or coach. It’s off limits. It doesn’t matter if it’s inconsistent to them.
Sounds like Franklin is supportive of the opt out's, but naturally is focusing on getting his team ready to play, especially focusing on the new faces that will play more prominent roles due to those not playing....
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Projecting Penn State Football's Outback Bowl Depth Chart
What will Penn State's lineup look like against Arkansas?
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Two things:
1. Logic is out the window.
2. College Football, as we knew it, is likely in very serious trouble of imploding.
Bowl-game injuries to projected first-round picks Notre Dame's Jaylon Smith and Michigan's Jake Butt cost each of them millions of dollars as a result of injury.
True, but Butt said recently he would play again in that game if he had the chance. He had a number of injuries. That was his second ACL tear. He had at least one more in the NFL.
Smith wasn't even really hurt on a football play. He was shoved after the whistle by a tOSU lineman and landed awkwardly. Kind of a fluke thing. Smith says he doesn't regret playing in that game.
Of course they keep their scholarship. Here's the deal. All these elite athlete football players are treated like primma donnas, completely removed from an average student. All of them who are opting out will not get any push back, none. Will not even get a question. If word got out and it would that PSU treated one of these opt outs shabbily or even questioned them why then that probably hurts our recruiting. They have all the leverage. The world we live in now.
He has to publicly support opt outs otherwise he would come off as a total jerk and it would crater recruiting.Sounds like Franklin is supportive of the opt out's, but naturally is focusing on getting his team ready to play, especially focusing on the new faces that will play more prominent roles due to those not playing....
Projecting Penn State Football's Outback Bowl Depth Chart
What will Penn State's lineup look like against Arkansas?
Eventually that will come in some form. It takes a high level talent to start that trend and it will follow. It won't be as pervasive because the non playoff bowls are a level playing field for all. Once you creep into the regular season then you have important rivalry games etc. so they need to be careful that they don't cross the line from smart business move to preserve your health to quitting on your team. It will happen but it will be on teams with multiple losses and then they will probably try to hide behind a nagging injury excuse.
The only opinions these players care about are those who are in a position to draft them (NFL GMs, scouts, coaches, etc). The fact that fans may think they are a quitter means absolutely nothing to them.
With that experience they can then someday transfer or decline to participate in a future bowl game.
Just kidding although as a fan I hate what this sport has become, even if we were having success.
I agree hating what it has become. Gotta adjust to the times. Getting young guys experience is a step in right direction
Experience for what exactly? To tweet “I’m out” after Purdue throttled us in West Lafayette in Week 1 and effectively ends the season?
I can give you an answer, and I am not saying I agree with it. The bowl game is more than just a game. It adds weeks and in this case a month to the season. The extra grind of practices and then the game is more risk than one week to get ready for the last regular season game.
Of course you're right... so the easiest thing would be for every football team to do the same thing.
So... it won't happen. But it would be nice.
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