So even though head coach Steve Sarkisian rightfully called Taaffe’s ascension from walk on to second-team All-American “probably the coolest story on our team right now,” the Austin Westlake product arrived in Atlanta at SEC Media Days with the flood victims of Camp Mystic on his mind and on his tie.

The camp where 27 girls died successfully challenged initial risk designations by US regulators, according to reports.

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing