Kirk Herbstreit Shares Details On What He Heard About Nico Iamaleava's Transfer

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“I don’t know the true story. I’ve heard different stories,” said Herbstreit. “Some people thought it was about money. I’ve heard from close sources it was more about Nico’s dad going to Josh (Heupel), back in December before they played Ohio State, like, hey, listen, you’ve got to get better at offensive line, better at receiver. You’ve got to get better around him if you want us to stick around – which blows my mind that a college quarterback’s dad would do that to a head coach. And I think, at the end of the day, when they got into spring ball, it was still more of, you haven’t brought people in to make him and this offense better.”

“Again, I don’t know if that’s true but that’s what I was hearing,” said Herbstreit. “So, I don’t think it was necessarily about the money. I think it was more about, is Nico going to be able to play well enough to eventually be a first pick in the draft with the players that they had around him.”

“That’s disgusting to me if that’s true,” Herbstreit stated. “I wouldn’t expect Drake Maye to go to Mike Vrabel, or Drake Maye’s dad to go to Mike Vrabel, in the NFL and say, hey, listen, you guys are doing a shitty job. Think about that. In the NFL, you wouldn’t do that. And, a college parent is doing that?”

“If that’s true, it’s mind-boggling that that’s where we are right now, that a Josh Heupel has to actually listen to a parent and feel threatened that his starting freshman quarterback might leave because he hasn’t done what the dad asked. Blows my mind if that’s in fact true,” said Herbstreit.

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