Per Thamel: Heupel informed team this morning that Vols would move on from Nico.

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

Now they can throw away "The Football For Idiots" playbook and start using a real playbook again.

Don't I recall a similar sentiment after Joe left?

I'll wait until I see what plays are called.

 

[OrangeTsar]

If the reports are true about him having dinner at Hazles place the night before the no-show , kind of have to wonder what happened?

Pretty sure Benedict Arnold dined with Washington too

 

[harrit4]

This is so, a Tennessee moment, but I’m ok, I’m over the Nico-ness. I’m ready to get Merky with it! GBO!!!!

 

[Pride85]

This is the only thing that is going to reign in the NIL debacle. More ADs, coaches AND fans have got to take this stance. Tell those who are ungrateful for a bounty they would otherwise not even sniff, should be shown the door immediately once the mercenary in them comes out. Play for the right reasons, or don't play at all. Do not get me wrong, I am OK with a "student" athlete making some money. I DO NOT agree with them making more money then the rest of the students at the University will make in their first year after graduation COMBINED. That is not money earned in any sense of the word

 

[MAD]

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

Well deserved after watching his horrid play for a season and him rewarding us after we gave him all that money and literally went to battle with the NCAA over him.

I hope his NIL market isn’t close to what he thinks and he has to exhaust his college eligibility before becoming a 1st round pick in the UFL.

 

[newyorkvol]

Does this mean more season tickets will open up?

 

[Majors]

this is exactly what I'm saying! except I was getting rocks thrown at me because I saw how bad he was last year people didn't like it when I kept saying Sampson and our defense were the only reason we made the playoffs.

Not sure that’s exactly accurate unless you address the weakness at WR. He had RB as good as any, but his WR group was very mediocre.

 

[OrangeTsar]

I was thinking Haiti, or Burma.

Hey, they have standards too man

 

[The_topis_Rocky89]

Thought about that but there’s only one mouth piece at CU and that’s Sanders.

They have stud QBs there already that want to be there

 

[Pride85]

This is so, a Tennessee moment, but I’m ok, I’m over the Nico-ness. I’m ready to get Merky with it! GBO!!!!

Unfortunately, it is not just a UT moment. This is a disease throughout College sports, no strike that, SPORTS in general. It has to be stopped.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

Fully prepared for Nico to wind up at Oregon. They are the only school that I think would have no issues doubling his pay and not blinking

Would they want to hitch their wagons to him though? I’m sure plenty of teams could pay 4 mil to a QB, but does anyone think that steaming pile of shít is worth it?

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

Imagine being in a job that has paid you 4 million in 2 years and doing them this dirty. That family I hope is catching hell on their Twitter and Facebook feeds. You don’t treat people that stood behind you like that.

Not to mention this entire state, including our attorney general, went to war for him.

We helped create this monster, but the way he and his daddy did us in the end, is the most egregious part of this mess. No loyalty, no pride, no Team.

 

[illvol]

I would imagine he has offers which is why this started in the first place.

 

[GreveHaller]

someone else can pay for his solid C+ work

 

[SpookyAction]

He was shopping/ looking for more money back on December. He did this on purpose. He took all the 1st teams reps throughout all of spring practice, denying the other 2 qbs 1st team reps, then bolted on the very last day of spring practice.

Major dick move.

This right here is the main thing that makes me bitter toward Nico. If the portal was the plan, he should not have taken the reps in spring practice.
If he simply left for more money, no hard feelings, really. Nature of the beast.

Keeping Merk and McIntyre from getting reps is just despicable.

 

[UTFranklinVol]

I wouldn't be so sure there's an offer in hand. The way the dad keeps shopping him around and posting on twitter calling journalists "bitch" makes me think he's not the brightest bulb on the tree.

maybe. they could believe that they can hit the portal and teams will line up to grab him. and they are probably right. I still think we find out he is headed to a B10 school on the West Coast for the exact money he is asking for. one thing is for sure, we will find out.

 

[newyorkvol]

Would they want to hitch their wagons to him though? I’m sure plenty of teams could pay 4 mil to a QB, but does anyone think that steaming pile of shít is worth it?

Yes. Oregon/nike don’t care. But it eventually take courts or other ncaa teams to stop feeding this unsustainable model.

 

[Capt Whiskey]

He was shopping/ looking for more money back on December. He did this on purpose. He took all the 1st teams reps throughout all of spring practice, denying the other 2 qbs 1st team reps, then bolted on the very last day of spring practice.

Major dick move.

100% premeditated

 

[njvols]

I would imagine he has offers which is why this started in the first place.

yes, and will become obvious pretty fast who the suiter was.

 

[ptcarter]

Confession: I still can't pronounce his name.

 

[claimjumper steve]

Can't believe some of yall defended a cookie pajamas wearing grown man

So we lost a california girly man with earrings and braided hair who was only an average QB. Why don't we look at character first next time. UT lived by the sword of the portal and NIL and now we die by the same. It'd time we return to sanity in football like the country had to in the last election. I'll take 8 or 9 wins with a mature QB any day!

 

[SMU Vol]

Judging by the reaction on Twitter, he just made himself the most hated athlete in college sports. When everyone is taking Tennessee's side, you know it's bad

 

[Ritzwatch]

I was thinking Haiti, or Burma.

Haven’t we pissed on Haiti enough? Don’t do that to them, too.

 

[newyorkvol]

This right here is the main thing that makes me bitter toward Nico. If the portal was the plan, he should not have taken the reps in spring practice.
If he simply left for more money, no hard feelings, really. Nature of the beast.

Keeping Merk and McIntyre from getting reps is just despicable.

This is a major “intangible”. He/they knowingly set Tennessee up for this. Not a great look imo.