When Maryland football head coach Mike Locksley stepped up to the podium to address the media last Tuesday, he didn’t talk long to address what he described as the elephant in the room: quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa won’t play in the Music City Bowl.
Locksley rightfully thanked Tagovailoa for his contributions to the program, but then turned the page.
“You kind of look at this game almost like a preseason game leading into next year,” Locksley said. “Gives us an opportunity to evaluate our quarterback situation going into the next year.”
This offseason will be Maryland’s first since Tagovailoa arrived in 2020 with uncertainty as to who will assume the role of starting quarterback — the most important position on the field.