Bama players sitting out of the bowl game - a running list

[CoachJeff]

So Bama plays in a (essentially) meaningless bowl game for the first time in a long time. How many guys sit out the bowl game? I’ll update this as news comes out.

Playing: Jerry Jeudy

Sitting: Terrell Lewis, Trevon Diggs

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Thanks for starting this. I would not blame any if they did. They shouldn't run the risk of injury in a game that doesn't matter. All this bowl game will be is some extra practice for guys that will be here next year.

 

[CoachJeff]

Thanks for starting this. I would not blame any if they did. They shouldn't run the risk of injury in a game that doesn't matter. All this bowl game will be is some extra practice for guys that will be here next year.

Me neither. I can see Lewis, Davis, and Diggs sitting out. I’m sure others will as well. I don’t have an issue with it.

 

[RammerJammer15]

I guess some of the draft eligible guys who have been banged up will sit out. Lewis, Davis, maybe Smitty.

 

[B1GTide]

I kinda hope any player that will not be here next year sits out. Time to prepare for 2020, both the guys moving on and the guys staying.

 

[Tideflyer]

So Bama plays in a (essentially) meaningless bowl game for the first time in a long time. How many guys sit out the bowl game? I’ll update this as news comes out.

It’s a new day indeed. Well, perhaps an equalizer will be another team’s best sitting it out.

 

[AlexanderFan]

I don’t think Jeudy was in on the third down before the field goal attempt, he may have started early.


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[BAMAfan777]

Diggs sitting out! Lol!
What games were you watching this year.
Any decent team ran and passed all over him this year. Go back and watch the LSU game, I felt sorry for Diggs.

No disrespect to Mr. Diggs, but he looked like that overmatched kid you see in high school games in the LSU game, and how many other top 10 receivers did he cover besides that. He’ll be extremely lucky to go in the first half of the draft, and may slip to 5-6 round. He best not sit, he needs the reps.

 

[LSUgrad2BamaDad]

I kinda hope any player that will not be here next year sits out. Time to prepare for 2020, both the guys moving on and the guys staying.

IMHO, it’s a terrible precedent if that happens. If you letter on the 2019 crimson tide, you should play the bowl game unless truly injured. I hated when our players, most notably Fournette and Greedy, sat out.

 

[B1GTide]

IMHO, it’s a terrible precedent if that happens. If you letter on the 2019 crimson tide, you should play the bowl game unless truly injured. I hated when our players, most notably Fournette and Greedy, sat out.

It is the CFP era. Bowl games do not matter any more.

 

[Tideflyer]

IMHO, it’s a terrible precedent if that happens. If you letter on the 2019 crimson tide, you should play the bowl game unless truly injured. I hated when our players, most notably Fournette and Greedy, sat out.

Dead as the dodo bird, IMO. College football is, and has been for a while, composed of what amounts to NFL farm clubs.

 

[TitleWave]

How 'bout making the minor bowl games two-handed touch - and name Golding 'Bama's minor bowl game HC (and defensive analyst) until his contract expires.

Dead as the dodo bird, IMO. College football is, and has been for a while, composed of what amounts to NFL farm clubs.

 

[WMack4Bama]

Dead as the dodo bird, IMO. College football is, and has been for a while, composed of what amounts to NFL farm clubs.

That is quite literally what it is and has been for decades.

 

[Bama Lee]

It is the CFP era. Bowl games do not matter any more.

I’m old school.... if they sit out, they don’t travel with the team and get any of bowl goodies.

 

[Toddrn]

Lewis needs to come back. He has not played well enough this year to get drafted high.

 

[rgw]

Me neither. I can see Lewis, Davis, and Diggs sitting out. I’m sure others will as well. I don’t have an issue with it.

Diggs needs to get back on that field and put up a good game against a quality WR to help his draft chances. He got abused down the stretch.

 

[B1GTide]

I’m old school.... if they sit out, they don’t travel with the team and get any of bowl goodies.

I absolutely agree with this. Nor do they get the bowl ring.

 

[russtang]

Lewis needs to come back. He has not played well enough this year to get drafted high.

Did he even make a tackle tonight?

 

[CoachJeff]

Did he even make a tackle tonight?

Yes. He tackled Nix once.

 

[B1GTide]

Yes. He tackled Nix once.

I think that Lewis needs to come back, too - but not because of today's game. He might not have had many tackles today, but he definitely affected him. He had Bo running for his life many times. Unfortunately Bo converted some of those scrambles into completed passes. But his job is the affect the QB, and he did that frequently. Bo only completed 50% of his passes in this game.