Over the last several days, announcements have come out about college football players deciding to skip their teams' bowl games to protect their NFL futures.
It's a trend that is growing more popular over the last couple years, but it wasn't even discussed in Stillwater as Oklahoma State began its preparation for the Camping World Bowl.
The Cowboys have three players who could be potential first-round draft picks in quarterback Mason Rudolph and receivers James Washington and Marcell Ateman.
Yet it was never a question as to whether any of them would play against Virginia Tech at 4:15 p.