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RichRod, Brohm take different stances on bowl self-benchings

It’s been one of the most controversial topics in college football ever since Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey and LSU’s Leonard Fournette did it last season. Should stars sit out their bowl games to protect their NFL Draft stock?

Fournette sat out last year's Citrus Bowl, and McCaffrey opted out of the Sun Bowl. Both were then taken in the first round of last year’s draft.

The argument for — and against — sitting out goes like this:

Some believe that football games are moments in time. Why not play one more game with the coaches and teammates that contributed to the personal success?