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,

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.

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.