Children's hospital visits are rewarding for patients as well as players

A Baylor player visits with a patient at Children's Medical Center

   One of the great traditions of the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic is the team visits to local children's hospitals.
   On Monday, Baylor players visited Children's Medical Center while Michigan State players spent time with the kids at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital.

   Every year, the players come away thinking they've gotten more out of the visit than the patients

"It's always a unique perspective because we seem to be the heroes, quote unquote, and to me it's them that are the heroes," Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty said. "They have to go through things that I've never had to go through in my life, and they do it day in and day out.

"For everybody to see a day in the life of those kids, I think it puts a unique perspective on life for all of us, and really understand it and truly realize the blessing that we have to be able to get up each morning healthy and play football. Not being in a hospital every day is something you take for granted if you're not in there. For us to be a part of that was huge."