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re: So where does Nico end up?

Posted on 4/12/25 at 2:21 pm to
Posted by YMCA
It's Fun to Stay
Member since May 2011
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Posted on 4/12/25 at 2:21 pm to
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I’m guessing Colorado



They’ve currently got Julian Lewis who was a 5 star(#2 overall recruit in the ESPN 300), so I don’t see him going there. If he does, I could see Lewis leaving.
Posted by HunterDawg
Member since Oct 2024
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Posted on 4/12/25 at 2:34 pm to
He'll be a failure wherever. He's got loser mentality.
Posted by BZ504
Texas
Member since Oct 2005
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Posted on 4/12/25 at 2:37 pm to
Hopefully some SWAC school
Posted by Che Boludo
Member since May 2009
20279 posts
Posted on 4/12/25 at 2:38 pm to
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SEC has banned inter-conference spring transfers. So Nico has to go outside the SEC, and if Tennessee wants to replace him they'll need to pull a non-SEC QB.

While true, it's always a lawsuit away from being overruled. The winter transfer window was from Dec 9-28, and Nico was the starting QB for a CFP team. He could very well ask for an exception if he wanted the SEC.

That said, I'd bet it's West Coast (UCLA, USC or Oregon in that order) or Big (Michigan) with deepest pockets and unsettled QB situations
This post was edited on 4/12/25 at 2:58 pm
Posted by Bielema Dat
Jasper, Arkansas
Member since Sep 2015
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Posted on 4/12/25 at 2:42 pm to
Mercer or The Citadel. He wants to beat Bama
Posted by 1999
Where I be
Member since Oct 2009
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Posted on 4/12/25 at 2:52 pm to
Sounds like ucla. Don’t see him coming out ahead financially if that’s the case.
Posted by Emmanuel Goldstein
Member since Jul 2021
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Posted on 4/12/25 at 3:08 pm to
Hearing Drink is having Nico visit next weekend
Posted by OleVaught14
Member since Jun 2019
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Posted on 4/12/25 at 3:09 pm to
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While true, it's always a lawsuit away from being overruled. The winter transfer window was from Dec 9-28, and Nico was the starting QB for a CFP team. He could very well ask for an exception if he wanted the SEC.


The SEC put in place a Feb 1 date for transferring for fall eligibilty in 2021. Nico chose to attend Tennessee, with full knowledge of that rule, over similar institutions without that rule in place. Unlike the NCAA rules where there are no alternative organizations to play college sports, he chose to attend an SEC organization knowing the inter-conference transfer limitations. He could have attended any Big 10, ACC, or Big 12 school who are all similarly situated. This would be akin to an athlete choosing to attend an Ivy League School and then suing because he wants to be on an athletic scholarship knowing full well that Ivy League Schools do not offer athletic aid.
Posted by Che Boludo
Member since May 2009
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Posted on 4/12/25 at 3:16 pm to
Yes, although the latter part of your position is a bit of a logical fallacy, all things can be litigated.

And, in the current era, players have come out very well in arguments over NIL, transfer portal, and additional eligibility. I don't think anything is off the table should his team choose to pursue it. That said, I also don't think he is the talent he thinks he is, and SEC school's see that. So, the liklihood is low that he would be an intraconference transfer for the money he wants even if eligible
Posted by David Fellows
Chicago but Georgia on my mind
Member since Mar 2024
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Posted on 4/12/25 at 3:40 pm to
San Diego St., Fresno St., something like that. I have a feeling he's going to have a hard time from here on out.
Posted by Carter
Member since Nov 2003
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Posted on 4/12/25 at 3:47 pm to
Last Chance U
Posted by LetItBe
Columbia, MO
Member since Apr 2022
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Posted on 4/12/25 at 3:53 pm to

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He already said it’s either Colorado, Oregon or Ohio State


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Tennessee was aware that Iamaleava's representatives had reached out to at least one other school, Oregon, prior to the start of spring practice, sources told ESPN, but Oregon said it wasn't interested.


ESPN story
Posted by LouisvilleKat
Member since Oct 2016
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Posted on 4/16/25 at 5:47 pm to
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UCLA
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