Fallout from Nico Iamaleava, what’s next for Tennessee & the the rest of CFB | Always College Football

Always College Football with Greg McElroy

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Football, Sports

4.3 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Tennessee drew a line in the sand and separated themselves from Nico Iamaleava. McElroy addresses everything from Nico’s camp, the impact it has on college football, what other coaches are saying about it around the country, what Tennessee will do next and options for Nico Iamaleava moving forward. Plus updates on the QB competitions at Alabama and Notre Dame and does Ohio State need to hit the portal to sure up their defensive line? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know, I said it to the guys today. There's no one that's bigger than the power to you.
0:09.7	Hello and welcome. Today is Monday, April 14th, 2025, and I'm your host, Greg McElroy. It is always college football.
0:16.9	We hope you are enjoying the show. Every you get the show is on the podcast platform.
0:21.2	If you're here with us via the ESPN College Football YouTube channel, we appreciate you being here very, very much.
0:27.2	We have a really entertaining show coming up for you today.
0:30.7	Not only do we have a handful of spring games from this past weekend.
0:35.0	We had one of the most earth-shattering developments in the last five
0:40.6	or six days as it relates to a college football playoff starting quarterback that tried
0:46.5	to hold out against his school only to be shown the door.
0:50.9	And the fallout and the trickle down and the ripple effect that's been created by that has been pretty monumental.
0:58.1	We will talk about the Nico Iamaleava situation and how Josh Heipel did something that very few have been willing to do and how I think this could.
1:09.7	This could be a crossroads for college athletics as we know
1:14.2	it. Very, very excited about today's show. The second that I saw the news from Nico go down on
1:20.2	Thursday and or Friday morning, I couldn't wait for Monday's edition of Always College Football.
1:25.8	So we hope that all of you are liking, our rating,
1:28.9	are subscribing to the show. It helps us out an awful lot. We have been doing this all throughout
1:35.3	the offseason. The numbers continue to be very, very good. We're very pleased with the amount of
1:40.3	growth we've shown year over year, and we wouldn't be in this situation situation if not for the support that we receive from our incredible listeners and the fans that have consumed the show
1:49.5	for a number of weeks, months, and in some cases, years. Those of you that are joining the show for
1:56.6	the first time, our show is not usually as scandalous as it's going to be today. Usually we're celebrating the sport, but today you have to kind of acknowledge that
2:04.9	where the sport is heading might not be the most comfortable place, right?
2:08.8	We like to celebrate the sport.
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