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David Wharton: Not all players are into bowling

If anyone had a good reason to skip the bowl season, it was Josh Allen.

The Wyoming quarterback had been sidelined since mid-November because of an injured shoulder. As a potential first-round pick in next spring's NFL draft, he had little to gain from facing Central Michigan in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.

But Allen insists that he never considered sitting out.

"I'm not that type of guy," he said. "I want to play."

It was just last season that two of college football's marquee names - Leonard Fournette

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