Do any Ole Miss players opt out for the EB?

[travis.sixpack]

Or do they wait for the Las Vegas Bowl or wherever?

 

[57stratdawg]

Need a couple of their DL to decide April is more important than Oxford.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Non contact injuries are a big threat for them next weekend

 

[bulldognation]

It won’t make a difference. Judging by our effort, it’s felt like our players “opted out” these last few games too.

 

[pseudonym]

Egg Bowl? No. But they will have some opt outs for their meaningless bowl.

 

[8dog]

I’d imagine some payments would stop if they did.

 

[patdog]

Nope. They’ll take out some frustrations Friday then opt out of the bowl game.

 

[OG Goat Holder]

No. Best you can hope for is that they are checked out. But that didn’t hurt Missouri too much. Of course it helps to be playing against our coaches.

 

[GloryDawg]

I don't think so, but they will give a half *** effort. The Egg Bowl means nothing to the players. Just another game.

 

[85Bears]

Worst case scenario, they are hanging on to hopes of sneaking in with a few more upsets, and need a 90 point victory to impress the committee**

 

[DecadeReb2]

I would not be surprised if we saw a few season ending “injuries ” early in the egg bowl.

 

[patdog]

Worst case scenario, they are hanging on to hopes of sneaking in with a few more upsets, and need a 90 point victory to impress the committee**

This is what will happen. With the Bama & A&M losses, they’ll still have a very very slim chance.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Nope, they need NFL Combine film.

 

[johnson86-1]

I’d imagine some payments would stop if they did.

Yea, surely these NIL deals are getting smarter and holding back a decent amount based on them finishing the season. Not sure the market will let them hold back too much for the bowl games, but surely transfers can't telegraph that they want to keep their options open for opting out of the regular season.

Really they need to be structured where the vast majority of the money hasn't been paid out until they play in their fifth game to stop this opting out to redshirt, or at least save money when it happens. Then maybe make finishing the last game of the regular season get you to 90%, then 10% for finishing out the post season. You'd maybe have some fights when players try to fake injuries to not play and still get around it. And the 5 games thing could be problematic when there is an early injury, but it's ridiculous to pay that much money and then not even get a full season out of them.