Tim Skipper took a deep breath. What else could he do? His quarterback had just clutched his right knee and needed assistance to make it off the field with a little more than two minutes left in a taut game in which his team appeared on the verge of losing its magic touch. Skipper had been in enough of these …
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PASADENA, Calif. — No Power Four college football program has undergone more change during the last six months than UCLA. The Bruins swapped quarterback Joey Aguilar for Nico Iamaleava with Tennessee in the first “unofficial trade” in college football history during the spring transfer portal window. Then, last month, UCLA fired coach DeShaun Foster after a disastrous loss to New …
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No. 7 Penn State earned the dubious distinction on Saturday of becoming the first team this season to lose to UCLA. UCLA is now the first 0-4 team since 1985 to beat a top-10 opponent thanks to a 42-37 upset of the visiting Nittany Lions. Bruins quarterback Nico Iamaleava scored five total touchdowns in the first victory of the season …
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The Tennessee Volunteers have been doing well this season, despite having plenty of questions entering the season. One of the big question marks for the Tennessee Vols entering the season was “Will the QB position perform?” Through the games they have played one could make the case that Joey Aguilar has been the best quarterback inside the SEC since joining …
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Read More »After a tumultuous offseason in which he transferred from Tennessee, Nico Iamaleava made his UCLA debut on Saturday. And it was a rough night for the Bruins and their new quarterback. Facing Utah in a matchup of former Pac-12 schools, UCLA showed it has a long way to go for improvement under second-year coach DeShaun Foster. At the very least, …
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PASADENA, Calif. — By the time Nico Iamaleava stepped onto the field for his final drive of the night late in the fourth quarter of his much-anticipated debut as UCLA‘s quarterback, the Bruins were down 43-10 and the majority of the fans still left at the Rose Bowl were wearing red, chanting “Let’s go Utah!” as if the game was …
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LAS VEGAS — Whether Dan Lanning played any role or not in the palace intrigue surrounding Nico Iamaleava’s transfer process, the former five-star quarterback has “no animosity” towards Oregon’s coach. Speaking publicly for the first time since transferring from Tennessee to UCLA this spring, Iamaleava addressed various aspects of the high-profile and public saga that played out in April. At …
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On a typical sunny morning in late April, the UCLA Bruins began their last week of spring practice. Almost every other football program in the country had already wrapped up spring ball. But the Bruins, a team trying to replace 42 seniors after a 5-7 season, were still at it. Quarterbacks who had never thrown a pass in college took …
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