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We now know Miami Dolphins' Tua Tagovailoa as Alabama's former star QB, but he almost ended up at another big program...
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beauchristopher•25 months
His dad sure is strict. Also made him throw left handed even though he is naturally a righty.
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GatorPA84•25 months
He almost went to a different school to play football for college but picking to play at alAbama instead of going to USC
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BurrowToChase•25 months
Dad took the money for the best corrupt program in history
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The Dude Abides•25 months
Tua didn't go to Auburn.
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This guy larry•25 months
Bama paid for the family to move. USC was not going to…..at that time…
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Damathe•25 months
Prolly no mental health issues on the way from Dad dominating his life or anything. Tiger says "hey, Tua".
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3down10•25 months
I'm pretty sure you'll find the overwhelming majority of those with mental health issues are those who didn't have fathers in their lives who cared.
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Dragula•25 months
Crazy what a bag of cash can do...
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tigerterrace•25 months
Daddy got a sweet job at Mercedes and brother got a starting QB slot at a AL HS. Probably got a free house and all the perks.
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jeff70121•25 months
Who gives a shite?
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panzer•25 months
Ya know the free house, cars, jobs, private s hook tuition… gumps gonna gump
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PeleofAnalytics•25 months
Yet tell us... LSU or Bama... who has a coach on FBI audio tape talking about paying players.
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mbogo•25 months
It was nice of the rival schools not to document these illegalities and alert the NCAA.
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The Boat•25 months
No surprise. Tua's dad owns him and beats him. Whatever dad says goes.
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3down10•25 months
That's not as bad a thing as you think it is honestly. I am thankful I got my arse beat as a kid after seeing the generations who didn't.
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CanebreakCajun•25 months
His daddy is an a-hole.
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LSU Grad Alabama Fan•25 months
Tua is telling us the school he wanted to go to, but his daddy said the money was too much.
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eugene1928LSU•25 months
Gumps got him a Charger
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Godfather1•26 months
Daddy popped that belt a couple of times and Tua dutifully complied.
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sportjunkie69•26 months
He's a daddy's girl.
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RazzleDazzle•26 months
Who cares?
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RidiculousHype•26 months
Always been an SEC fan.. but when the top 5 stars from out west stopped going to the PAC 12 schools it was bad for CFB. No regional balance.
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lsusteve1•26 months
Bama was NIL'ing way before it was a thing.
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LCL08•26 months
LSU was as well!
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atltiger6487•26 months
every major school has been doing this for decades. Including our beloved LSU.
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mbogo•25 months
Fans have to have something to rationalize the success of a rival school. The most common is "they cheated."
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Tshiz•26 months
Daddy got the check cleared
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cajunmud•26 months
History has been mostly guys from the islands want to stay relatively close to home...the west coast.
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MWP•25 months
True. Getting on one plane instead of two.
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