Senior Donovan Edwards told WXYZ-TV on Saturday that he plans to sit out the Dec. 31 matchup against No. 11 Alabama to begin preparing for his professional football career, one of several NFL-bound Wolverines expected to miss the postseason game.

In an ideal world — at least from a sporting perspective — the bowl games that end every college football season should represent a high point for the schools and players involved. Increasingly, bowl games have begun to feel like more of an afterthought,

After suffering an injury that held him out of much of Michigan's regular season-finale win against Ohio State, running back Donovan Edwards has made a decision concerning his status for the Wolverines' bowl game.