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Tua sure was a lot of hype without much accomplishment
Jan 6, 2020, 12:37 PM
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For him to be such a "generational talent", he didnt accomplish much. His greatest claim to fame is taking over for Hurts vs UGA. Make no mistake about it, that was Hurts team.... not Tuas. He seems like a good kid, but hes not the talent Bama, the SEC, and eSECpn tried to make him out to be.
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He has a national championship ring and there's no way
Jan 6, 2020, 12:41 PM
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Bama wins that game without him. He also won the SEC Championship as a sophomore and made it to the national championship game. I'd say in 3 years he accomplished a lot, especially given the 2 injuries he experienced last year and this year.
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With the talent he had around him, anything less than 2-3 Nattys
Jan 6, 2020, 12:44 PM
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Should be considered a disappointment
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Re: With the talent he had around him, anything less than 2-3 Nattys
Jan 6, 2020, 12:49 PM
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he had one. This year he was hurt. The max he could have gotten was 2 but we stopped that.
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Re: With the talent he had around him, anything less than 2-3 Nattys
Jan 6, 2020, 12:49 PM
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If Clemson weren’t so dominant it would be a disappointment. However, you may be diminishing his accomplishments too much. Tua was a winner and a good player. He suffered three injuries and played through two of them, often winning while injured. He’s tough.
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Re: He has a national championship ring and there's no way
Jan 6, 2020, 9:15 PM
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I think the legend of Tua was a lot more narrative than on the field accomplishments.
1. Tua played 1/2 of the Georgia National Championship game in 2017 and is credited with the win.
2. Tua went 14-1 in 2018 with nice wins over 3 loss Georgia, 3 loss LSU, 4 loss TAMU and 2 loss Oklahoma
3. Tua went 9-1 in 2019 with a loss to LSU and a best win over 5 loss TAMU.
Tua was hurt late in 2018 with an ankle injury. Tua was hurt in 2019 with an ankle injury and severe hip injury.
Is it too critical to suggest Tua's career was more narrative than substance?
Tua started with a bang versus Georgia in 2017 CFP. In his entire career his best wins were the first one against Georgia and he beat Oklahoma in the CFP semifinal in 2019. His other best wins were over 3, 4, and 5 loss SEC teams. His highest award as a QB was 2nd Team All America. And he was the QB of record in the worst loss Nick Saban ever (?) posted as a Bama head coach.
Probably me just looking to closely at the facts instead of the emotion of that first win over Georgia in the last game of the 2017 season.
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Re: Tua sure was a lot of hype without much accomplishment
Jan 6, 2020, 12:52 PM
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As others said, he did win a ring... and that is the important part. Who knew that backup QBs would be the bane of Kirby Smart
And if Alabama had a defense like those of the early 2010... they might have made Santa Clara close (within 7 points). Might have needed to punch it in the redzone in the 4th rather than take a knee.
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Re: Tua sure was a lot of hype without much accomplishment
Jan 6, 2020, 12:55 PM
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I think he's the best they've had since The Snake .
He's also apparently a really good dude with a strong character according to what I have read about him and seen of him .
Good luck to the kid .
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He sure won an awful lot of ball games and
Jan 6, 2020, 12:58 PM
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probably beats anybody else in the National Championship last year. It just so happens that another generational talent had too many weapons. Did you want Tua to cover Ross or something? Why talk about Tua as if he were Jake Fromm?
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Re: Tua sure was a lot of hype without much accomplishment
Jan 6, 2020, 1:10 PM
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He's the best qb Bama has ever had. He'll be great at the next level.
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Re: Tua sure was a lot of hype without much accomplishment
Jan 6, 2020, 1:21 PM
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Hey, he was the first Alabama QB in a long time who was actually a threat to complete passes downfield. Can't blame them for being excited.
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Re: Tua sure was a lot of hype without much accomplishment
Jan 6, 2020, 1:45 PM
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Dissing Tua is silly. He had accomplishments most college QBs can only dream of. After giving so much to the Alabama program, I wish him the best in the NFL.
Watching he and his parents hug after beating UGA two years ago was awesome despite my feelings about Alabama.
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you are the toughest grader I’ve ever seen***
Jan 6, 2020, 1:47 PM
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It's like the old f@rt who sits near you at the games...
Jan 6, 2020, 1:58 PM
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and b!tc#es about every play on offense and defense that doesn't result in a TD or a tackle for loss.
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Re: It's like the old f@rt who sits near you at the games...
Jan 6, 2020, 11:26 PM
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Or he boos and says things like “ we got out coached “ .
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Dude, seriously?
Jan 6, 2020, 9:47 PM
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He won a ton of games, including conference titles, several bowl games, and a national championship. He rarely lost. He was a national player of the year, a Heisman runner up, and set numerous school records. He was a good student and is widely considered a fine young man.
I can’t stand Alabama, but it’s easy to acknowledge what an outstanding player Tua is. He’s had an outstanding college career, and will likely be a top 10 draft pick.
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That one hail Mary he threw a couple of years ago was
Jan 6, 2020, 10:00 PM
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pretty good.
Not much since then.
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Re: Tua sure was a lot of hype without much accomplishment
Jan 6, 2020, 10:05 PM
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Hmm idk if you can say that. He was the best QB to ever play at bama, he won a national championship and if it wasn't for the down year on defense for bama they probably would of been back in the championship game even with Tua's injury.
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Re: Tua sure was a lot of hype without much accomplishment
Jan 6, 2020, 11:30 PM
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He did throw a pretty sparrow .
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