Tennessee football is entering a new era with redshirt freshman Nico Iamaleava leading the offense full-time. This could be a fun year where Nice lives up to the hype and leads Tennessee to the College Football Playoff, or a key year to build the Vols over the next two years.Cody Bellaire joined Staples in recognizing Tennessee’s cap for a spot in the newly expanded College Football Playoff.
Yeah, and you know what helps in the playoffs? A generational point guard,” Bellaire said. “Nico Iamaleava has a chance to bring Tennessee back into the playoff conversation and light up the scoreboard like we saw when he played for the Vols. He was the nation’s No. 1 in On3 for a reason.
He’s elite. He’s a dynamic athlete. He has all the tools that Josh Heupel is looking for as a quarterback.”Very exciting team,” Andy Staples said. “Tennessee is one of them. It’s one of them. I explain to people that when divisions are eliminated in these different leagues like the Big Ten and the SEC, the schedule draw means a lot. Tennessee’s schedule draw is not a schedule draw , the schedule draw isn’t much closer to Ole Miss’ schedule draw. That’s why I’m changing Tennessee’s playoff spot.”.
