UNCONTESTED: Joey Aguilar’s Numbers CRUSH Nico Iamaleava and Tennessee Made the RIGHT MOVE

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🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Was Joey Aguilar the right choice over Nico Iamaleava for the 2025 season? Eric Cain breaks down Aguilar’s SEC-leading passing stats and clutch performances, stacking his numbers against Iamaleava’s UCLA campaign. With Tennessee fans restless and playoff hopes (slightly) still alive, the analysis asks: are the Vols really missing anything at QB, or is Aguilar’s arm powering their strongest offensive push? Cain also spotlights Tennessee basketball’s dominant win over Northern Kentucky, praising JP Estrella’s breakout double-double and exploring how Estrella’s inside-out presence could transform Rick Barnes’ squad. Key segments include the Volunteers’ shooting spree, improved turnover margins, and an early look at New Mexico State’s struggling football team. Don’t miss the sharp position-by-position insights as the Vols gear up for homecoming and weigh their football and basketball futures.

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0:00.0	Would Tennessee football have been better with Nico a quarterback this year?
0:03.5	Based on what it's gotten from Joey Aguilar.
0:05.9	Let's discuss.
0:12.3	You are Locked on Balls, your daily podcast on the Tennessee Volunteers.
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0:22.1	What is up, everybody? Welcome in to it.
0:24.3	This is Locked On, Vols, and I am Eric Kane.
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0:56.1	You can download the app today. I am Eric Kane, a member of the vaultwest.com team here in town covering your Tennessee volunteers each and every single day. Got a fun show coming up here today. We're going to look at New Mexico State later in the show. We get our first glance at the Aggies of what Tennessee is going to be in store for this Saturday when he gets back out there on the football field.
1:13.7	It feels like forever, right? Second bye week of the season has come and gone. It's now back into game week. We'll look at Tennessee's win over Northern Kentucky and what J.P. Estrella can mean for this basketball team coming up in segment number two. But first, a question, Joey Aguilar or Nico Iamaliava, which one would have been or was,
1:34.3	okay, let me phrase this, which one would have served Tennessee best in 2025?
1:39.4	And, you know, to me, and you might be sitting here thinking this as old news, you know,
1:43.0	who cares, you know, Nico's been gone forever. And yes, yes, all that is true. But, you know, I'm sitting here and I'm having a conversation with my buddies and, you know, guys are guys who make fun of one another and we give each other a hard time. And when somebody has just the worst take ever in the world, you're going to make sure you call them out on it.
2:02.9	And when you have a platform where you have a show, you're going to spend a segment talking
2:07.4	about why that take is just utterly, utterly wrong.
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