Since it started a few years ago, this new movement of not playing in YOUR Team's bowl game, is bull****. They're still your team and your season isn't finished yet. Those guys all put in work like you did, see it through, and finish it out.
It does make a bit more sense when you've got nothing left to prove and will get drafted early. Unfortunately for Mike, he's still got a lot to prove and should've been trying to play in a senior bowl game and the teams. Good luck though and if that last game of yours is the way you want to go out, that's on you.