On the eve of the College Football Playoff Championship game I want to explore the topic of players sitting out of bowl games a little further. For all intents and purposes we’ll use 2016 as the unofficial start of this trend among college football players. If you recall, Stanford Running back Christian McCaffrey and LSU …
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Friday, November 23rd: Oregon Oregon State Washington Washington State Saturday, November 24th: Arizona State Arizona Notre Dame USC Stanford UCLA BYU Utah Colorado California
Saturday, November 10th: UCLA Arizona State California USC Washington State Colorado Oregon Utah Oregon State Stanford
Friday, September 28th: UCLA Colorado Saturday, September 29th: USC Arizona Oregon State Arizona State BYU Washington Utah Washington State Oregon California Stanford Notre Dame
Saturday, September 15th: UC Davis Stanford New Hampshire Colorado San Jose State Oregon Idaho State California Oregon State Nevada Eastern Washington Washington State USC Texas Washington Utah Fresno State UCLA Arizona State San Diego State Southern Utah Arizona
Notre Dame: 100% Pac 12: 11/11 = 100% ACC: 12 /14 = 86% Big Ten: 11/13 = 85% SEC: 10/12 = 83% Big 12: 8/10 = 80% *Overall = 90/104 (87%) *only counting the Duke vs. Northwestern, Clemson vs. Texas A&M, Virginia vs. Indiana, Penn State vs. Pittsburgh, Mississippi State vs. Kansas State, UCLA vs. …
