There was one common topic of discussion when the Citrus Bowl hosted a teleconference Sunday night with Jim Harbaugh and Nick Saban: The trend of players sitting out non-playoff bowl games.
This is familiar territory for Harbaugh, who watched as four of his top Michigan football players sat out the Peach Bowl last season. Yet in 2016, touted prospects such as Taco Charlton, Jake Butt and Jourdan Lewis decided to play in the Orange Bowl, and in 2017, Maurice Hurst Jr.