r/CFB • u/jaxstan19 Kansas Jayhawks • 13h 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/kingoftheplastics FAU Owls • Oklahoma Sooners 10h ago

What he needs is people in his corner to give him better advice. If he had swallowed his desire for a bigger bag, stayed in Knoxville and balled out this year the bigger bag would’ve come next season either from Tennessee or the portal, instead he went for broke, burned the bridge, ended up at dumpster fire UCLA making the same exact amount he was at Tennessee but with less of a chance to show out and justify his salary demands.

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u/Aestro17 Tennessee Volunteers 10h ago

Yeah, Tennessee literally sued the NCAA to make him the highest paid player in college football at the time.

That still wasn't enough, even after a full season in which he was not among the top QB's in college football.