January 16th, 2024 at 12:19 PM ^
Going to miss him. I could call his next INT or fumble on the spot when watching the games with friends and family.
January 16th, 2024 at 12:20 PM ^
Josh Gattis with the Taulia schadenfreude - that’s entertaining
January 16th, 2024 at 12:21 PM ^
Your username + post is a beautiful combination. Well done.
January 16th, 2024 at 12:22 PM ^
there is hope--if you can get the CFL on your cable
January 16th, 2024 at 12:59 PM ^
*UFL
like fun a Tagovailoa is playing in the cold
January 16th, 2024 at 2:41 PM ^
He was the highest variance B1G QB and therefore one of the most fun QB's I can remember watching...when not playing UM.
Made NFL type plays that scared the shit out of you, only to follow it up with yackety sax plays. Was fun watching him put the fear of god into OSU fanbase. Not so much watching him go full Joe Burrow on a drive against UM.
January 16th, 2024 at 2:52 PM ^
I was there. It was Joe Burrow indeed. But then he followed it up with a Tommy Rees drive . . .
January 16th, 2024 at 12:21 PM ^
I get why the waiver was denied, but I also feel for Taulia. Maybe a snap % makes more sense than a flat four-game counter for redshirts. Let guys play in garbage time!
But someone soon will sue the NCAA on this. Likely this cost TaTa a lot of scratch, as he's a viable college QB and I think his pro prospects are, uh, limited. He's not the only guy worth a lot on the college market who may not hang in the NFL.
January 16th, 2024 at 12:33 PM ^
Your post made me think of something. Is there any rule preventing someone from returning to college from the NFL if they still have eligibility left? Take a guy like Zack Wilson, his pro career is going to shit - could he jump BACK to college ball if the NIL money was strong enough?
These are strange times we live in that's for sure.
January 16th, 2024 at 12:37 PM ^
Yes, there is a rule. Once you sign with an agent (or presumably an NFL contract of any sort - including a declaration to enter the draft), you are no longer eligible to play CFB.
January 16th, 2024 at 1:49 PM ^
I thought they got rid of the agent rule because of NIL. But there are other rules once you get paid directly for play at a professional level.
January 16th, 2024 at 5:14 PM ^
...and i believe eligibility lasts 6 years from when you step on campus w/o ncaa permission.
January 16th, 2024 at 12:53 PM ^
As soon as you become a professional in a given sport, your NCAA eligibility expires for that sport. Admittedly, this line is certainly blurred in the time of NIL, but that is indeed why nominally there are still prohibitions against "pay for play" NIL. It's also why occasionally you can have an athlete playing professionally in one sport while maintaining NCAA eligibility in another.
January 16th, 2024 at 1:55 PM ^
In addition to losing amateur status (or whatever the NCAA calls it now) issues raised by others, I thought eligibility is also limited based on when you start college - five years from when you start college to play four years or something like that. There are some exceptions for medical redshirts, COVID year, etc.
Jordan Kovacs used his redshirt when he was enrolled in Michigan as freshman and not even part of football team and had four years to use up his eligibility.
January 16th, 2024 at 1:01 PM ^
I like your idea regarding the snap count %. On average there are 67-84 offensive snaps per team in a game, so the average of the average would be about 75 snaps per team per game.
75 X 12 games = 900 snaps per season
1/3 of 12 games = 4 games (current limit)
So, by my basic math you could consider giving a player 300 total snaps or less. Less if the logic is a freshman would not get a full four games, then maybe you make it 150 snaps or some other number.
Either way, a snap count percentage logic would probably be more fair for all involved because it would eliminate the situations in which a player gets docked a full game for literally going in for 2 snaps because a starter sprained an ankle in the last two minutes of the game and a sideline coach was scrambling to find someone to throw on the field.
Something to consider.
January 16th, 2024 at 1:16 PM ^
I think the only advantage is certainty - you don't want a guy getting burned because you had a few less snaps than you thought during the course of the season, or a dude gets locked on the field during a tempo drive, or someone just fucks up counting, and poof goes a redshirt year. Something like four games or ~75 snaps.
January 16th, 2024 at 2:40 PM ^
I like that; go with 4 games or 300 snaps, whichever is less.
January 16th, 2024 at 12:23 PM ^
There goes one of the few transfer upgrade possibilities. Not sure there are any left, but I haven't kept up with all the comings and goings.
January 16th, 2024 at 12:29 PM ^
I would have kicked the tires on Jayden de Laura from Arizona who ended up at Texas St. Pre-injury that happened this year he looked pretty good in '21 and '22.
January 16th, 2024 at 3:54 PM ^
I promise you several quality QBs are currently thinking maybe they should transfer to Michigan this spring.
January 16th, 2024 at 4:45 PM ^
Yep. It will be less time to learn a playbook and develop a rapport with the rest of the offense, but I’d be surprised if we don’t get the one of the top QBs in the spring transfer window. Especially considering there are certain to be some QBs who need to graduate first so they can transfer as a grad student.
January 16th, 2024 at 12:24 PM ^
Was this denied due to Maryland and Alabama saying no? or was it 100% on the NCAA? I thought i read somewhere (probably here) that both schools had to agree to it.
January 16th, 2024 at 2:08 PM ^
He exhausted his number of years.
His "hail mary" attempt at getting a waiver was that one of his early years he only played five games (or something similiar) - and was trying to get that year removed from the eligibility counter.
Yet he had no extenuating circumstances (medical or otherwise) to justify it. If they granted it to Tualia they would need to basically give everyone an extra year.
January 16th, 2024 at 5:47 PM ^
If they granted it to Tualia they would need to basically give everyone an extra year.
We are talking about the NCAA here…
January 16th, 2024 at 12:26 PM ^
When 'Lia drops back to pass, somebody's band is going to play.
He was an exciting player . . . for both teams.
January 16th, 2024 at 12:29 PM ^
That's taulia bad for him. I figured he was trying to QB in college until he was mgrowolder than me.
January 16th, 2024 at 1:22 PM ^
Back when you went to college - did they still use the dropkick on extra points?
January 16th, 2024 at 12:29 PM ^
still has NFL upside. behind a really good offensive line, I could see him putting it all together at times in the pros. Not likely but you never know - see Penix.
January 16th, 2024 at 12:33 PM ^
That's a shame. Heard rumors he was 90% to transfer to Michigan and lead us back to the mountaintop
(/s, in case that's not clear)
January 16th, 2024 at 12:39 PM ^
“You know a lot of people go to college for 7 years.”
”I know, they’re called doctors.”
Getting coached by Josh Gattis should automatically extend your eligibility. It would be hilarious if it came out that Shea Patterson actually HATES playing golf, but he just had to hide somewhere where Gattis wouldn’t follow him.
January 16th, 2024 at 12:42 PM ^
Shout out from a former Bursley Hall occupant. Was there freshman year 80-81. 3rd floor Rotvig.
The Dorm Up North.
January 16th, 2024 at 1:35 PM ^
My guy! Waiting for the bus on a day like today SUCKED.
January 16th, 2024 at 1:59 PM ^
It sure did - but a big part of that is because my 19-20 year old self didn't wear a hat (can't mess the hair!), probably didn't have gloves, and certainly wasn't wearing long underwear.
Its a lot easier to take as a middle-aged dude with no fashion sense and decent cold-weather gear.
January 16th, 2024 at 2:12 PM ^
4th Bart
Good days.
January 16th, 2024 at 3:46 PM ^
4th Lewis. A million years ago.
January 16th, 2024 at 12:45 PM ^
What was Saban thinking having him throw 12 garbage time passes over the course of 5 games in 2019? That's awful redshirt management.
January 16th, 2024 at 1:34 PM ^
Apparently Saban was thinking "I'm going to retire before we need a 5th year out of this guy."
January 16th, 2024 at 1:57 PM ^
I could be wrong but I thought Bama promised Tua they would sign Lia if he came to Bama. Saban didn’t care about him for real and figured he would transfer after his brother left for the League.
January 16th, 2024 at 1:36 PM ^
He was thinking “How can I screw over Michigan six years from now?”
January 16th, 2024 at 6:03 PM ^
I think Bursley is on to something. Saban foresaw this day six years ago. Knowing Michigan would ruin the final game of his illustrious career by beating him in an epic game in the Rose Bowl, he put Taulia in just enough games for the season to count against his eligibility. Patiently, he waited six years for the last laugh.
Well played, Coach Saban, well played.
January 16th, 2024 at 1:05 PM ^
Also Arizona's QB Noah Fifita is sticking with Arizona so that pipe dream is dead too.
Looks like its clear Michigan is rolling with one of Denegal/Orji/Davis next year
January 16th, 2024 at 1:13 PM ^
Jordan McCloud (James Madison) and Will Rogers (Miss St) are the only top-25 portal QBs still undecided.
January 16th, 2024 at 1:26 PM ^
I think the portal will contain plenty of options in the spring, with QBs bailing on battles they don't see themselves winning. I'm not sure if these are guys we would want, but if the situation is looking dire enough, I could see the staff going in that direction.
January 16th, 2024 at 1:35 PM ^
I think there will be a lot of potential springtime transfer possibilities, for a lot of important positions. The only downside to the springtime additions is that they’ll only have fall camp to truly get up and running in an offense.
January 16th, 2024 at 1:50 PM ^
I am not sure McCloud is a high P5 level QB. Seems pretty telling that Cignetti didnt take McCloud with him to Indiana. Will Rogers I think sticks with Washington and also doesnt even fit our style of offense very well.
I also dont want a spring transfer qb (unless something really perfect comes along). Those guys would only have like 3 months to learn the entire offense before having to implement it in game. Just wont work.
I'd rather roll with the high ceiling dudes (Denegal and Orji) and see where an offseason of competition, and full reps with the 1s, takes them.
January 16th, 2024 at 2:03 PM ^
Jack Tuttle
January 16th, 2024 at 2:43 PM ^
Does he have eligibility? Wasn't his availability contingent on the same type of waiver that Taulia was requesting?
January 16th, 2024 at 3:01 PM ^
he's requested a waiver
January 16th, 2024 at 5:09 PM ^
And still no word on the outcome, right? Seems like a long shot to expect him to be on the roster as a player.
January 16th, 2024 at 2:55 PM ^
The entire game will be Tuttle Time.