Should UM skip bowl games?
The general sentiment on the board even before the Peach Bowl seemed to be that this was a meaningless game. I think some players on the team played like it was a meaningless game.
If the B1G allows teams to skip, should UM skip non-CFP, non-Rose bowl games?
Does your calculus change if Michigan beats OSU, wins the B1G, but doesn't go to the CFP or Rose?
I did a little research, but I haven't found whether the B1G has to weigh in on this decision or not.
January 2nd, 2019 at 1:09 PM ^
Agree. We don't want to keep risking players NFL draft-stock with an injury!
January 2nd, 2019 at 12:59 PM ^
Everybody on this page is now dummer having listen to you speak. I award you zero points and may god have mercy on your soul.
January 2nd, 2019 at 1:04 PM ^
The extra practices make it worthwhile to go to the bowl, regardless of the bowl's outcome. So, no, they shouldn't skip them.
January 2nd, 2019 at 1:05 PM ^
Of course not - the players get a well-deserved trip, there are more practices etc. Why would they?
January 2nd, 2019 at 1:08 PM ^
I think we should work out a deal with ND where if both teams aren't going to the playoffs or a NY6 bowl, we play our own bowl against each other. Alternate it between Ann Arbor and South Bend.
That bowl would sell out and people would watch the hell out of it on TV, even if both teams were mediocre to crap that year.
Figure this "nerd bowl" would happen a few times each decade and then we don't have to play them during the regular season anymore.
January 2nd, 2019 at 9:16 PM ^
Id just as soon avoid acc member nd entirely, but i like your creativity
January 3rd, 2019 at 12:48 AM ^
Actually one of the best ideas I've heard in a long time. Marketing genius right there!
January 2nd, 2019 at 1:16 PM ^
No the experience gained from an extra game is very important next question
January 2nd, 2019 at 1:20 PM ^
No, but they should try and win bowl games and get better coaches
January 2nd, 2019 at 1:35 PM ^
Don't we already skip the bowl games?
January 2nd, 2019 at 1:35 PM ^
It's not a matter of the conference letting a team skip a bowl game--the school can just elect not to take the bid. OSU did it with a Rose Bowl in the 50s, ND has done it, other schools have recently done so for lesser-tier bowl games with pitiful payouts that would end up costing them money just to go...
But it's dumb as a matter of blanket policy. And this is dumb.
January 2nd, 2019 at 1:39 PM ^
No thank you. If they were to only skip non-CFP and non Rose Bowl games, then we would rarely have a bowl game.
January 2nd, 2019 at 1:39 PM ^
no, we shouldn't.
January 2nd, 2019 at 1:46 PM ^
not a bad idea -- if Michigan is not in the CFP or the Rose Bowl -- we decline the invitation --for a number of reasons, even though we lose the practices & the dough --
1/ As long as we beat OSU in the last regular season game -- we insure that we win our last game of the season
2/ since we are skipping the bowl --all the players who want to save their bodies & health for NFL or the future, will not have to opt out - as the team has opted out--The TEAM
3/ do this at least once, in memory of what the Big 10 did to us in 1973
4/ at seasons end -- instead of the usual dinner -- have something much bigger -- schedule it in December at Ford Field -- charge fans $50.00 each to attend --open the concession stands & make money from attendance & concessions -- introduce the whole team, one by one & then give out the awards -- invite back as many of the old players as possible & introduce them --show a highlight video of the whole season (at least the wins) bring in the Michigan Marching Band to do a halftime show not limited by the clock, sing Hail To the Yellow and Blue & other forgotten tunes -- have Carl Grapentine narrate, & also do the announcing for the event -maybe even bring in the great grandson of Whisky to roll the ball across the field again ---have the whole thing televised on BTN or FS1 --split all the revenues with the B1G --
and as a finale -- viewer advisory -- have the whole team moon Delaney --
January 2nd, 2019 at 2:34 PM ^
JFC, MGoBlog.
January 2nd, 2019 at 2:34 PM ^
The B1G would never allow it.
January 2nd, 2019 at 3:34 PM ^
Michigan certainly skipped this years.
In a bowl pool and didn't do my typical holiday travel this year so I watched more bowl games than I have in the past. Anyone who says these are meaningless games needs to tell that to the players on the teams playing. I saw the exact opposite. These games meant a lot to those guys in even the most far flung weedwacker whatever bowl. I can name about 10 Michigan players that seemed like they gave a shit, and that is a very sad statement. Doesn't appear any of the coaches gave a shit.
January 2nd, 2019 at 3:37 PM ^
Never, those 15 extra practices are a bigger deal than the game itself in getting work in for next season. Especially for the younger guys.
January 2nd, 2019 at 3:49 PM ^
It’s really a year to year thing, there’s way where we are in a bowl just short of actually mattering but we are psyched for it, just look at Florida.
January 2nd, 2019 at 3:59 PM ^
This is fucking stupid. No we shouldn't skip bowl games. You are literally arguing that we have too much Michigan football. That is just dumb. Your main logic flaw was assuming the "general sentiment on the board" was representative of real world. It is not. This place is overly negative, overly reactionary, overly self righteous and mostly just wrong. 90% of this board thinks they could coach football better than the staff at every school in the country.
January 2nd, 2019 at 4:22 PM ^
dumb question
January 2nd, 2019 at 4:29 PM ^
No dummy
January 2nd, 2019 at 5:21 PM ^
Maybe. It’s no fun seeing them lose all their bowl games for whatever reason.
January 2nd, 2019 at 8:25 PM ^
You are joking? Right?
January 2nd, 2019 at 9:14 PM ^
If you have been to bowl games and had a blast, the answer is no. Good times often, not always.
January 2nd, 2019 at 9:14 PM ^
Fat thumb
January 2nd, 2019 at 10:15 PM ^
Well we skipped the Peach Bowl...so there's that.
January 2nd, 2019 at 10:38 PM ^
Not caring about the bowl game, unless we lose, is, in fact, caring about the bowl game.
January 3rd, 2019 at 1:29 PM ^
Pretty sure you would miss out on the payout from the bowl revenue. That alone would make this a monumentally bad idea.
January 7th, 2019 at 1:50 AM ^
Pose the questions again when we finally win something and are choosers, rather than beggars.