Mo Hurst undecided about playing in the Outback bowl

5th year seniors can do no wrong.

I would honestly rather see Solomon and some of the other DL guys get an extended run.  Bowl games are about either salvaging the season or getting a sneak peek at the next season.  We can't salvage a 10-win season, so I'm more interested in what the 2018 roster will look like.

there is no way to get an insurance policy even close to his value in the first round.  Mo has given us 5 great years and deserves the right to opt out.  Plus, we want no risk to his 1st round draft position - that moniker is very valuable for recruiting his position ... its like gold.

Bowl games are for developing returning players anyway, so his backups will greatly benefit for next season by practicing with the other returning 1st teamers as well as getting the start in a big game.  Very motivating for the guys being asked to step up.

I guess I understand it but still dont like it;;just feels like the team is being abandoned

If I were him. I'd sit it out and prep for the draft. In my mind he has nothing, at all, left to prove about how good he is. 

This bowl game is really the start of next year's season, so I think it's fine if Moe makes this decision and we play younger guys.  He's been awesome for us and we need to show him love.

Don't play. Millions of dollars are more important than hurt feelings. Especially the feelings of fans.

Ruin the sanctity of the Outback Bowl and not play. Seriously, this isn't hard. Are you a potential top 20ish pick? Is your bowl game meaningless? Sit the F out. 

This is the future.

Meaningless bowl game, massive risk to the nfl payday.  

I don't like the trend of sitting out bowl games. There is more to life than money. 

Personally I think that he should not play in the game. Its an unnessesary risk that does not need to taken. Jake butt would have been a first or second round pick had he not been injured.

is kinda dubious. You're not gonna be able to seal yourself in bubble wrap until you sign your contract. Injury can happen in the bowl, injury could also happen in any practice or workout session or walking down the street for that matter. I feel like once you get into this mindgame of trying to avoid injury at all cost..you probably make it more likely for it to happen in a random way.

In contrast, *if* the NFL doesn't work out for one reason or another (like you know, an injury in a situation you can't sit out), you may wish your final memory of playing for Michigan wasn't seeing Buckeyes partying in Michigan Stadium.

no benefti for Mo to play.  Could only hurt his draft stock.  Makes no sense.  He has been a great ambassador for Michigan.  Mo, you worry about you.  If this was a playoff game that would be different. This game cannot benefit him in any way.  #1 rated PFF player in country.  Played every game this year.  Was unblockable.  If I was coach, I would be 100% supportive of his decision not to play.  Other players, who are on the bubble of a 2nd rounder, might want to play to improve draft stock. 

I would probably feel differently. But it's just a bowl game. In the past, these bowls were a team celebration of the conclusion of a successful football year. Mr. Hurst, prowl the sidelines and cheer on the younguns. You did your part on the field for the team through the years. Time for the new guys to develop and prepare for next year. Enjoy.

I would like to see him play, after getting one of those insurance policies that pay off big if he gets hurt.  This would be similar to the policy Willis McGahee got just prior to blowing out his knee in his last Bowl game as a Hurricane.

I totally understand his decision if he sits. But dang, I hope he plays. 

Don't play...you've done enough, now it's time for you to get yours, young man!

If I were him, I probably wouldn't play.  He's almost a guaranteed 1st round draft pick who will get a multi-million $$$ signing bonus.  All he has to do is make it to Draft Day with all of his body parts intact. 

There is literally zero reward for him playing. It isn't like Michigan will hang an Outback Bowl championship banner in the Big House or something. 

I mean as a fan, I WANT him to play.   But my motivations are selfish.

I wouldn't blame him either way.  Obviously would be nice to have him for a final game, but he's looking at a big NFL payday and I'd hate to see him lose out on millions because some Gamecock lineman clipped him.

Anyone lecturing Mo that he should play is out of their mind. There's no way most of us can even fathom the amount of money Mo is in line to make when he gets drafted. Then we are supposed to understand what it feels like to put that money on the line for a meaningless exhibition game? Get the fuck out of here.

Don't play Mo!  No need, let the man up take it from here.