You might blame it on me being old but it's a sad, sad

world that we have developed into. At least when compared to the days when players considered themselves part of a TEAM and would give 100% (not the oft-spoken and impossible 110%) to lift their team to the highest point possible. There were times when reaching a bowl game was a source of pride and senior players were proud to participate to bring another victory to their school. So many players today skip the bowl game for fear of injury instead of being like Christian Wilkins and our other returners who could have been drafted last year who came back for 15 games (not 1 game but 15) so they could be with their TEAM for another season. And worst of all we have to hear about losses are because one team did not "want to be there" or "the other team wanted it more". Give me a break Kirby Smart and all the media folks who use this as an excuse. The real reason behind this attitude is that their feelings were hurt because they were left out of the playoff. If you are part of a TEAM - stick it out with them and give your best effort to the end. And that includes bowl games at any level of prestige.

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Re: You might blame it on me being old but it's a sad, sad

Jan 2, 2019, 2:10 PM

Also, this may not come out the right way, but can we stop pretending that our guys coming back this season compares to sitting out bowl games? I love all those guys, they all seem like great kids, and they all seem to care about each other so I'm not debating any of that. I'm sure them coming back had a lot to do with wanting to continue playing together and winning another title. However, it's not like that was 100% their reason, as based on draft projections they have all improved their draft stock by returning.

I'm not saying that to take away from the decision to return, but statements above make it seem as if they were all projected to be top 10 picks last year and 100% of the decision to come back was for the team alone. More than anything though, we have no idea how any of our guys would handle a bowl game if we didn't make the CFP. On top of that, we have no idea how any of them would handle a bowl game if they had been playing through an injury during the season and were concerned with reinjury or wanting to make sure they were 100% for the draft.

I'm not saying any of this to be difficult or to take away from any of our players because I do think they all have awesome character, and love playing on this team together. I'm just uncomfortable with looking down on the character of players on other teams in comparison with ours when we've been in the CFP for every single season since the sitting out bowl games thing started. It's not like Alabama has had players sitting out bowl games either...

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It's only a matter of time before someone does***

Why do they need a job? They are given

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Amen!***

Blame mercenary coaches and the almighty $ in general

Selfish World we live in

Which section will you be sitting in @ Levi's Stadium?***

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