That was malfeasance in the highest. Do you know how many extra practices you get by going to a bowl game? Many coaches say they get more player development done during bowl practice than any other time of the year. Skipping a bowl is asinine and will set a program back.Look at MO refusing their 1st bowl invite until they received the one they wanted to go to.
Would you turn down millions of dollars if offered? That’s what it is to turn down a bowl. Answer an emphatic NO. If you have multiple suitors then you can be selective. MO may only have one so they are playing with fire if soLook at MO refusing their 1st bowl invite until they received the one they wanted to go to.
No, you don’t refuse a bowl invite when you’re in our position. At worst we would have gone to the Cotton Bowl. While disappointing, you don’t turn that down. Now it looks likely we may go to the Orange Bowl. If TCU slips up and loses today, Alabama could slide into the playoff (complete garbage, but…) and the VOLS would be heading to the Sugar Bowl.
More than anything, I hope Heupel uses this situation to drive home how important it is to stay focused on what’s important and avoid whatever situation(s) the week before that was the catalyst behind the disaster that was the SCar game.