Peach Bowl: #10 Florida 41, #7 Michigan 15

[ELA]

Jaylen Smith was the one who shifted all of this.

[MrNubbz]

It was pretty much out there before that even but his situation pretty much magnified it.Based on that pasting he laid on that saints player he appears recovered 

[ELA]

It was pretty much out there before that even but his situation pretty much magnified it.Based on that pasting he laid on that saints player he appears recovered

I don't recall guys sitting out bowl games prior to that.

[OrangeAfroMan]

Our nickel is leaving early.  We have a DE that is very likely to leave.  Then the RT, a LB, and a RB that might.  I'm always wary of how hard those guys will play in a non-playoff bowl.

[Anonymous Coward]

Shocking. Not.
Don’t know if he played all season. Seriously. Kid mailed it in all damn year. Announced he was going pro 15 mins after the OSU beatdown. A game in which he never showed up to play. Chase Winovich was banged up and still tried to give it his all. Can’t remember a #1 overall recruit disappointing so much. Said it before. I wouldn’t touch Gary with a 1st round pick if I was an NFL team. He’s talented but his heart/motor isn’t there. Not sure he loves football. He just happened to be freakishly big and athletic.

Ha, such negativity, such hate. He was a very consistently excellent run defender in each season. Maybe my expectations were too "low" (or maybe just right), because I've been happy about him the whole time. I'd say I'm not alone on that but you'll just say he was 2x 1st team All-Big Ten for no reason. I guess you think his Top 10 draft projection is a hundred spots off, too?

[Cincydawg]

My guess is Michigan will be a 7-10 point favorite, don't know if any lines are out yet.

[ELA]

My guess is Michigan will be a 7-10 point favorite, don't know if any lines are out yet.

They are.  UM -7.5

[Cincydawg]

http://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/25435852/full-list-spreads-every-2018-19-college-football-bowl-game

Odds for all bowl games.

I generally think the underdogs do better in bowl games than in regular games.

[ELA]

I would assume so.  The more variables you introduce the more friendly to the underdog.

[Cincydawg]

If course, if I'm right, the lines would shift to compensate.

[MrNubbz]

I don't recall guys sitting out bowl games prior to that.

Shit i forget if it was Roby or Shazier who were supposedly injured insiders were saying other wise.I can't recall there were some other studs on teams that dodged the last game in the last 5-6 seasons

[Mdot21]

Ha, such negativity, such hate. He was a very consistently excellent run defender in each season. Maybe my expectations were too "low" (or maybe just right), because I've been happy about him the whole time. I'd say I'm not alone on that but you'll just say he was 2x 1st team All-Big Ten for no reason. I guess you think his Top 10 draft projection is a hundred spots off, too?

Not negativity or hate. Just calling it how I see it. He was a solid rotational player as a true frosh. Didn't make a huge impact because he didn't get the minutes and he was playing on a loaded line behind a bunch of guys that are now in the NFL. His sophomore season was really good, not quite elite but close to it. His junior season? Catastrophe. Very little impact first 4 weeks while he was dealing with a shoulder injury, aggravated the shoulder injury and made it even worse, missed 4 games, then after he came back he basically mailed it in. He never had the best motor- add to that him trying to protect the shoulder from injury and secure his draft stock and that is why he had such a disappointing junior year. When he came back he was basically non-existent.
He's got the talent to be 1st round. But I wouldn't take him. He's not a sure thing by any stretch of the imagination.

[Mdot21]

Jaylen Smith was the one who shifted all of this.

can't say I blame any kid for sitting after what happened to him. It's amazing he's even playing football in the NFL let alone looking like an up and coming star LB. His injury was one of the more gruesome I've ever seen. He went from being a top 5 pick to 2nd round. That's a huge difference in up front, guaranteed money.
I'd advise any one to sit that's a sure fire NFL draft pick unless they were playing in the CFB playoff.

[Brutus Buckeye]

Congrats to the Maize and Blue for finally making it to the Peach Bowl after all these years. So that monkey along with beating a ranked team on the road hath been removed from off thy back.