STILLWATER — The list of players skipping bowl games to focus on preparing for the NFL continues to grow, and it hit Oklahoma State for the first time with the news earlier this week that Justice Hill and Larry Williams would not play in the Liberty Bowl on New Year's Eve.
“It's become very popular now,” OSU coach Mike Gundy said. “I hate to see that happen, but as I've said before, we live in a society today where things are considerably different than they ever have been before, and (if) young people feel that there's a better opportunity for them somewhere else, then they're gonna make that decision to move on, and so we do the same.