who started it

[baddog25]

this crap of skipping your bowl game to prepare for draft?? i've always thought that thats kind of a middle finger to your teamates. JMO. Mcartey (Spelling?) at stanford was the 1st i remember?????

 

[HawkCapt1912]

this crap of skipping your bowl game to prepare for draft?? i've always thought that thats kind of a middle finger to your teamates. JMO. Mcartey (Spelling?) at stanford was the 1st i remember?????

Don’t remember the year but it became a thing after Michigan TE (Hake Butt) tore up his knee in Bowl Game. He was projected high round (maybe 1st round). His draft stock went to nothing and he never really panned out. Didn’t get paid.

 

[UndercoverHawk]

Am I misremembering or did Jadeveon Clowney sit out an entire season to not get hurt?

 

[MeetTheFerentzes]

Christian McCaffrey is generally considered to be the trendsetter after sitting out Stanford’s bowl game after the ‘16 season (too bad he didn’t do it a year earlier….).

 

[curtisj157]

Christian McCaffrey is generally considered to be the trendsetter after sitting out Stanford’s bowl game after the ‘16 season (too bad he didn’t do it a year earlier….).

Our defense sat out that game.

 

[Hawkfan_08]

Am I misremembering or did Jadeveon Clowney sit out an entire season to not get hurt?

IIRC it was more than a bowl game.

 

[Fan In Black]

I think it was started when when half of the eligible teams make bowl games with no real meaning and there is millions at stake in NFL and NIL. But that's just a guess.

 

[MeetTheFerentzes]

Am I misremembering or did Jadeveon Clowney sit out an entire season to not get hurt?

IIRC it was more than a bowl game.

IiRC, he sustained a minor injury early in season, then decided to sit out the rest of the year instead of fighting through it.

 

[hawkdave007]

McCaffrey and Fournette skipping bowl games. Is this a trend?

Two star players who’ve been injured this season are sitting out of non-New Year’s games.

www.sbnation.com

Headline: Christian McCaffrey and Leonard Fournette are skipping bowl games. Will this become a trend?


This was from 2016. Nowadays we pretty much assume the draft ready players will be outing out, and we're surprised when they don't.

 

[JerseyCityHawki]

Don’t remember the year but it became a thing after Michigan TE (Hake Butt) tore up his knee in Bowl Game. He was projected high round (maybe 1st round). His draft stock went to nothing and he never really panned out. Didn’t get paid.

Hake? lol 😝 just giving you crap.. Jake

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Christian McCaffrey is generally considered to be the trendsetter after sitting out Stanford’s bowl game after the ‘16 season (too bad he didn’t do it a year earlier….).

Yeah I don't think he was THE first, but he is considered the one that really opened the door for others to say, "if he can do it, so can I".

Trash.

 

[IowaHawk1994]

Yeah I don't think he was THE first, but he is considered the one that really opened the door for others to say, "if he can do it, so can I".

Trash.

Man … that kind of money for a meaningless toilet bowl
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