OT- Kenneth Walker to the draft

Even the "mid-tier" bowls are still more interesting matchups with meaningful opponents than most of the regular season games.  MSU vs Pitt should be a *much* better game to play (and for NFL scouts to watch) than vs Indiana, MD, Rutgers, NW and their MAC/Sunbelt opponents.  This mindset of the games being "meaningless" is rather absurd.

Does he still get the swag bag?

He signed his LOI today.

The coaches have talked about him, which they can't unless he signs the LOI.

What???  Are you sure?  Let me check the schedule.

Might not want to ask Jake. I just heard guys on the radio referencing him as someone who would've played the game again if he had the chance.

Yep. What's the average NFL career length for RBs? <5 years I'm sure. At some point you gotta make a business decision and the majority of the bowls are just exhibition games

Completely support any NFL-bound player who chooses to protect himself rather than play in the fucking Peach Bowl.

I certainly understand that viewpoint and I don't blame players for opting out if it's not an elite bowl game.  That said, I think some/many players just love playing football and more yet feel like they achieved that high draft status in part because of their team and teammates.  They don't owe the fans anything but its very understandable (and commendable) to feel a bit of an obligation to the team.  So I think your use of "should" is wrong because it implies they are making a poor decision by playing. 

I wish it weren't this way, but it's getting there. Particularly, frankly, for players that aren't surefire top picks. Trevor Lawrence could have gotten hurt on his first postseason pass last year and still would have been picked #1 overall; someone that's not as much of a sure thing needs to go through the NFL evaluation process (particularly when playing a position where measurables are important, like RB) and they can lose quite a bit getting hurt in a bowl. 

I would say/hope that the only real exception to this rule is the Rose Bowl, which is not just another bowl game. At least, not to me. We'll see what the OSU future pros think about it.

Walker is making the right choice for him. If we were in the Peach Bowl, we'd see the same thing. 

I was at that game and Jake's who family was in the section next to me. It was really sad to watch them as he was helped to the locker room. Jake will always be a Michigan legend though!

People on blog message boards should quit telling players what they should or shouldn't do and just allow them to make their own damn choice and support it either way. 

Why did he play vs Penn state? 

Good thing Karan Higdon sat out his bowl game to preserve his unstaffed, zero career carries NFL career.

I get what's at stake but ........why have these bowls if the players aren't going to play in them? Tickets are hundreds if not thousands of dollars (for the CFP games), getting there is hundreds of dollars, then there's hotel, food....I mean why pay all that money when the teams aren't the same ones that played during the season? 

If your goal is the NFL and NFL $$$, is the college Playoff really even relevant?  

Might not be long until players sit that out too.