Devin Bush - B1G Defensive Player of the Year

[hungry]

says he just has a hip pointer and will be fine. As of right now, he wants to play in the bowl game

but

has to talk to his family and make some decisions about the future.

 

[biggunsbob]

He should sit. Play the younger kids. I respect his decision whatever he makes.

 

[hungry]

He should do whatever he wants.

 

[Michlady]

Other all-team selections

https://mgoblue.com/news/2018/11/27...-big-ten-honors-on-defense-special-teams.aspx

 

[byco42]

Were I Devin, I'd opt out as well. All the bowl games other than the playoffs are mere exhibitions these days, without significance.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Were I Devin, I'd opt out as well. All the bowl games other than the playoffs are mere exhibitions these days, without significance.

How is that different from always, when a couple or three bowls each year might have championship implications, which pretty much were a matter of happenstance?

And how is it different from the regular season?

By week four or five, almost every college football game involves two participants that are both out of the championship picture.

 

[byco42]

How is that different from always, when a couple or three bowls each year might have championship implications, which pretty much were a matter of happenstance?

1. $$$$$ is the difference. Risking a career in the NFL to play in the Autobell Car Wash Bowl in Dover, Delaware, is not an appealing value proposition for college kid projected to go high in the draft.

And how is it different from the regular season?

2.That's where you get the initial attention of the NFL scouts.

By week four or five, almost every college football game involves two participants that are both out of the championship picture.

3. See point #2.

 

[TheVictors]

I have a feeling, to do it over again, Jake Butt might forego that Orange Bowl ...

 

[biggunsbob]

I have a feeling, to do it over again, Jake Butt might forego that Orange Bowl ...

Ageee. That Acl cost him millions. Seems like he was headed for a whole lot more then this?

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/denver-broncos/jake-butt-21887/

 

[tinselwolverine]

1. $$$$$ is the difference. Risking a career in the NFL to play in the Autobell Car Wash Bowl in Dover, Delaware, is not an appealing value proposition for college kid projected to go high in the draft.



2.That's where you get the initial attention of the NFL scouts.



3. See point #2.

My point is that bowls that aren’t for the national championship these days-which is most of them are no different than bowls in days gone by that weren’t for the championship which was also almost all of them.

Same thing with almost every regular season college game.

My point had absolutely nothing to do with the NFL draft-there are very few things I care less about than the NFL draft.

My point also had nothing- to do with whether Devin Bush plays or not-I also care very little about that.

Sure I’d like to see Devin Bush play because it would make Michigan better that day, but I’m not going to get my panties in a knot if he chooses not to for business reasons.

Edit: not that it changes anything but your example is I will politely call it hyperbolic and sophistic.

Michigan is going to the Fiesta Bowl, or possibly the Rose Bowl, not the auto car care in Dover Delaware.

Again, not that it changes anything about the meaning of my response.

 

[hungry]

Right, Tinsel.

I'd love to see Bush play for Michigan one more time. I won't be upset if he chooses not to.

I'm not going to advise him on what he should do. I think he can make that decision himself.

 

[byco42]

My point is that bowls that aren?t for the national championship these days-which is most of them are no different than bowls in days gone by that weren?t for the championship which was also almost all of them.

Same thing with almost every regular season college game.

Was a time when the bowls were actual exhibitions and the result did not factor into the rankings. When that changed, the New-Year's Day bowls often had national-championship implications, if the #1 team was defeated, because it was likely that #2 and #3 were playing that day, too.

 

[Mitchrapp]

College players sitting just means less good football. They get a scholarship, and free school to play. Play damn it. And more importantly a show for future recruits. Too many sit these days and it's ridiculous.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Was a time when the bowls were actual exhibitions and the result did not factor into the rankings. When that changed, the New-Year's Day bowls often had national-championship implications, if the #1 team was defeated, because it was likely that #2 and #3 were playing that day, too.

OK, but that would?ve been a matter of happenstance, not design, and still most bowls had no national championship implications.

I see them as being as much exhibition as they were in the past. I guess the primary new thing is that NFL prospects that announce for the NFL draft are sitting games out now.

There is a car care bowl but it?s not in Dover Delaware.

If I were to come up with a name for the worst possible fictitious bowl, I would call it the Roto Router Civic Smog and Waste Management Bowl of Gary Indiana.

 

[wlvrnstlr4life]

Bowl games are bragging rights for the better conferences.

 

[TheVictors]

All I know is that beating Washington/LSU/Wazzou or whomever in Rose/Fiesta/whatever Bowl would make the offseason a helluva lot better than the past couple doozies.

 

[byco42]

OK, but that would’ve been a matter of happenstance, not design, and still most bowls had no national championship implications.

I see them as being as much exhibition as they were in the past. I guess the primary new thing is that NFL prospects that announce for the NFL draft are sitting games out now.

There is a car care bowl but it’s not in Dover Delaware.

If I were to come up with a name for the worst possible fictitious bowl, I would call it the Roto Router Civic Smog and Waste Management Bowl of Gary Indiana.

The Bath Iron Works Depth Chart Bowl, played on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln. That might get the kids opting out to reconsider.