The reason about the players watching the game is that they would need to know how well a fired up Big 10 team can perform and just be ready, and not fall into the trap that Florida or even Oklahoma were in. Yes, I would tend to believe Les knows what he is doing; he knows his team best.
in patrick fishers BCS blog he said that the Tigers got the day off to go home and watch the other bowl games. You gotta remember that these guys are football fans too.
