UCLA, Tennessee and Nico Iamaleava
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If quarterback Nico Iamaleava handles the rest of the season as well as he did with his half hour of Q&A at Big Ten media days, chances are, UCLA will be good — maybe even very good — in 2025.
UCLA head coach Deshaun Foster reportedly wasn't 'forthcoming' with Joey Aguilar during the Nico Iamaleava transfer saga originally appeared on A to Z Sports. When Nico Iamaleava left the Tennessee Vols for the UCLA Bruins near the end of spring practice, no one’s world was turned more upside down than Joey Aguilar’s.
Iamaleava, the returning starter at Tennessee, left the team on the eve of the spring game due a reported NIL dispute, and eventually transferred to UCLA. The former five-star recruit’s departure was one of the stories of the offseason in college football.
"That's Disgusting to Me": Kirk Herbstreit Slams Nico Iamaleava's Dad Over Alleged Demands to Josh Heupel originally appeared on Athlon Sports. In one of the more bizarre sequences of the transfer portal era, the Tennessee Volunteers football program allowed its starting quarterback to walk after multiple threats from him and his camp.
And now, more details about his fallout with the Vols has been revealed via college football insider Kirk Herbstreit in his latest appearance on the Try That Small Town Podcast.
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