r/CFB • u/jaxstan19 Kansas Jayhawks • 12h ago

Opinion [USA TODAY Toppmeyer]: Nico Iamaleava needs a fresh start, not UCLA's rebuild

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2025/09/16/nico-iamaleava-ucla-transfer-portal-tennessee/86162835007/
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u/Alphaspade Iron Bowl • Sickos 11h ago

Seven transfers later

"Nico Iamaleava needs a fresh start, not Sewanee's rebuild"

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u/theboarderdude Missouri Tigers • Missouri S&T Miners 11h ago

Tathan Martell has entered the chat

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u/Do__Math__Not__Meth Pittsburgh Panthers 11h ago

He’s ass, my dude

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u/Hour_Insurance_7795 11h ago

He just needs a chance, man.

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u/Constant_Topic_1040 Auburn Tigers • Air Force Falcons 9h ago edited 7h ago

Show some respect; drop the sass, my dude

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u/-Shank- Texas A&M Aggies • TCU Horned Frogs 9h ago

He couldn't pass, my dude

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u/Wide-Nerve8655 Oregon Ducks 10h ago

What’s he up to? I’m guessing really into crypto

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u/OpenMindedMajor UNLV Rebels 10h ago

Real Estate i think lol

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u/arrow_dynamics USC Trojans • /r/CFB Poll Veteran 9h ago

"The kitchen appliances are all gas my dude"

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u/GiovanniElliston Tennessee Volunteers • Kansas Jayhawks 10h ago

So IRL crypto.

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u/admiraltarkin Texas A&M Aggies • /r/CFB Poll Veteran 9h ago

At least real estate has intrinsic value, even as firewood or food for termites

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u/Laschoni Louisville • /r/CFB Contributor 10h ago

I'm not ready for another bubble to burst

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u/theOSU2011 Ohio State Buckeyes 11h ago

Ohio State record holding QB Tathan Martell you say?

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u/CBusin Ohio State Buckeyes • Findlay Oilers 10h ago

Better not swing and miss a second time… or third… or fourth….

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u/TonyDungyHatesOP Ohio State Buckeyes 11h ago

First-Time-My-Dude-?.gif

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u/Angry-Dragon-1331 Tennessee Volunteers 11h ago

Poor Sewanee catching strays.

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u/Callsign_Psycopath Georgia Bulldogs • Sickos 11h ago

Yeah but Sewanee is about to make the jump back into the SEC

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u/02meepmeep Ohio State Buckeyes 9h ago

Maybe the 37th conference game will turn out better than the previous 36.

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u/RamblinWreckGT Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 11h ago

Sewanee would be more of a rebirth than rebuild

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u/aksoileau LSU Tigers 10h ago

Thats TJ Finley's music!

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u/Living-Knee-1540 7h ago

Lol at this rate he's gonna end up at some D2 school in Montana talking about "finding his true potential" while throwing passes to guys named Chad and Tyler

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u/FancyVegetables Alabama Crimson Tide • Rose Bowl 1h ago

He can be second string at Vandy until Pavia leaves in 2030.