Taulia Tagovailoa enters transfer portal

What's he gonna do there? Lead them to another mediocre season. He should be looking at places like USC or Washington!

Miamis gonna be desperate after whiffing on Cam Ward. Taulia's getting paaiiiid because at minimum Miami is driving up the asking price

Honestly I'm glad OSU took Will Howard first because I'd be more afraid of OSU with Taulia

For his sake, I hope he can transfer to a place that doesn't have a November.

I think someone on here mentioned before that he only played a few snaps of game 5 one year, so hoping for some sort of red short exception that both bama and MD would have to approve. Not sure if that is completely accurate, but makes as much sense as any other solution.

How does the COVID year factor into his eligibility? Didn't the NCAA grant a blanket waiver exempting the COVID year from counting against players' eligibility?

The pandemic created a bunch of unprecedented situations with players being granted sixth and even seventh years (e.g., Alan Bowman, Cameron Rising). That's not likely to happen again.

Alan Bowman just got his 7th year of eligibility approved.   Why not Taulia?

I don't at all blame players for trying to max out their eligibility. I would. But it's absurd for any player to get more than 5 years of eligibility. You literally have 24-year-old men playing. 

You sure you aren't combining Tua and Taulia or something?  Taulia was just finishing his freshman year at Bama 4 years ago

He doesn't and shouldn't.  This was covered in a thread a few days ago; he is definitely out of eligibility.  I'm sure he'll get some kind of waiver because rules only apply to Michigan but he should absolutely be done. 

Trick question. He doesn't. Played 5 games at Bama in 2019, free covid year, then 12-13 games in 21, 22, and 23.  I guess he's trying to get 2019 to count as a redshirt but I don't really see how. He played 5 games

He used his Covid year but still has his German Measles year.

The flip side of this issue is all the younger players who have fewer opportunities because of this.

The "five to play four" window should have been without exception. Sure, there would be injury situations where we'd like to see individuals have a sixth or seventh year, but for every exception is one less player who doesn't have an opportunity.

As major college football increasingly becomes a professional sport, though, why have age or service limits at all? Taulia doesn't have an NFL future, but he could have a good career as a journeyman in the ACC. Why deny him that opportunity?

I'm guessing he is banking on the now obvious decision tree utilized by the NCAA:

Is Michigan somehow involved? 

    TRUE: apply rules in most draconian manner possible...hell, make up new ones to screw UM over just for shits and giggles.

    FALSE: shrug shoulders and rubber stamp request/ignore obvious rules infraction.

He wouldn't want to come to a 60/40 run/pass system, but even more so, I don't think Michigan/Harbaugh would want his maddening inconsistency and tendency to make back-breaking mistakes.

He's not an upgrade over Alex Orji.

If JJ goes pro, the April portal window will be very interesting.  Any good college QB who did not portal in December will have a decision to make.  The Arizona kid? Ewers OR Manning? (Peyton said he had UM on his short list. Or claims he did.) Maybe Cam Ward does a U-turn from the draft?  With our attrition and 2024 schedule we will not exactly be natty faves… and may well have a new HC… but we will be an upgrade for 99% of QB situations. 

I don't think Harbaugh would look at Taulia, mainly due to his penchant for terrible interceptions and 20-yard sacks. Michigan really wants to control the ball, stay in front of the chains, and minimize mistakes. TT is talented but too erratic, IMO, for Michigan's system.