3 SEC football teams who probably offered Taulia Tagovailoa ‘crazy money’ to transfer

1. Nick Saban could have tried to bring Taulia Tagovailoa back to Alabama

Maybe, just maybe, Nick Saban wanted to bring Taulia Tagovailoa back to Tuscaloosa.

The quarterback concerns for the Alabama Crimson Tide after the departure of Bryce Young for the NFL Draft have been well documented. Throughout the spring, every word from the program appeared to be that the battle between Jalen Milroe and Ty Simpson was uninspiring at best.

Ultimately, after the Tide brought in Tommy Rees from Notre Dame to be the new offensive coordinator, Alabama went into the portal and brought his former quarterback, Tyler Buchner, into the fold. That, however, happened late in the spring, meaning that we didn’t get to see much of the newcomer. But what we did see in South Bend doesn’t ignite a fire of confidence that he’s an upgrade over Milroe or Simpson.

But Saban and Tagovailoa already have a connection, one that extends beyond the quarterback’s older brother. Tagovailoa began his college career with the Crimson Tide before ultimately transferring to Maryland now where he saw more opportunities — the Bryce Young effect again!

There have been rumors throughout college football this offseason, though, that Alabama was reaching out to virtually every big-name quarterback in the country, including Drake Maye and Tyler Van Dyke, most notably. So if Tagovailoa — especially with the previous connection to the program — wasn’t also part of that conversation, it would actually be surprising.

While Auburn and Florida have perhaps more pressing needs at quarterback, situationally, it seems like Alabama actually might be the most likely candidate to have offered Taulia Tagovailoa the bag to try and get him into the transfer portal and back to Tuscaloosa.