Honestly, what a great move by the Tennessee brass. This kid really thought he had any kind of leverage….

2 minutes ago, Connor Vaughn said:

Honestly, what a great move by the Tennessee brass. This kid really thought he had any kind of leverage….

If they go 9-4 or 8-5 and Heupel gain a spot on the hot seat it might not turn out to be such a great move 

17 hours ago, CoachBobbyFinstock said:

They should tell Nico and his dad to kick rocks 

Pound sand

17 hours ago, CoachBobbyFinstock said:

They should tell Nico and his dad to kick rocks 

Pound sand

17 hours ago, CoachBobbyFinstock said:

They should tell Nico and his dad to kick rocks 

Pound sand

This kid and his handlers overplayed their hand. Right move by Heupel. 

Here’s the interesting dynamic of the Nico situation for me.  He’s being represented by his uncle (Cord Landers) and he tried the tactic of holding out of practice to force a better NIL deal.  

However, on the other side, Tennessee football has Jimmy Sexton (most powerful agent in college football) as both a huge program donor and a member of the Board of Trustees of the university. 

It’s like mortal combat of the agents here 😀.

It is also telling that Nico / Uncle Cord are trying to pull this during the Spring portal when some of the deepest pockets programs in college football (SEC schools) can NOT even bid for Nico and have him eligible to play for them in the fall.  That really trims down the list of programs that can pay big money for Nico.  Memo to Cord Landers: learn the basics of supply and demand before advising your nephew / client to put himself on the market.

Sam Leavitt’s market value just went up…a lot.

17 hours ago, CoachBobbyFinstock said:

They should tell Nico and his dad to kick rocks 

Go pound sand

 

sorry about the double posts… don’t text and drive.  

Edited April 12, 20251 yr by SpaceCityWrangler

Guess we will play him Columbus.   Good, I’m not impressed. 

Nico to sand aggy?  No clue.  Sounds like something those mouth breathers would do. 

Edited April 12, 20251 yr by Drunk randoke

There were red flags with him the way he got to Tennessee in the first place. Plus he isn’t exactly a world beater so good for Tennessee to move on. Now they will be the tamperers.  

Who is hated more in Knoxville, Nico or Lane Kiffin? 

Nico

13 minutes ago, Tuco Ramirez said:

Who is hated more in Knoxville, Nico or Lane Kiffin? 

Nico is not a good name to have in sports right now

I respect Tennessee for cutting ties and not continuing to be held hostage/.   Seeing these stories of money grabbing, no loyalty, low character, makes me appreciate Arch and his family for Arch’s character, patience, loyalty and ‘team first’ mindset even more.   
 

Hope this story sends message to other kids and parents they need to stop and think twice before calling other schools.   We don’t know behind the scenes what drove this.   Was it Nico or his dad?

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/44642537/sources-tennessee-moving-starting-qb-nico-iamaleava

 Nico will be cancer regardless where he plays next season. He isn’t a team player.

 

 

 

 

Looks like the market has spoken. Good. 

1 hour ago, THookem said:

 

Thanks for posting that. 

# 6 QB in that class was Jaden Rashada, who accepted a supposed $9 million deal with Miami, backed out when Florida offered $13.5 million (there are copies of that contract on the internet, it was real), showed up on campus as an early enrollee only to learn the boosters couldn't raise the money.

He got a release from Florida and ended up at Arizona State (not much NIL money in the desert but his dad had played here).  Played OK but not worth big bucks, entered portal again when ASU took Sam Leavitt and is now at Georgia.

With the unlimited transfers and NIL bucks being tossed around there are a lot of interesting career paths for today's QBs.  A lot of them are making poor choices chasing the $$ and playing time.