Oh there's plenty that will, got plenty that can't even do Hyatt correct when addressing me much the Nico family name. But the big announcers better get the shit right and quick
Yes I will😂. I’ve freaking watched the video of Nico saying how to say it and still messed it up. And I can rattle off some pretty tongue twisting stuff. He to me will always be Nico. 😂😂
@@Wilhelm1617 and I was working in the concession stands at the time as a 15 yo. The entire season I was working the concessions in Neyland in section g/h. The Stoerner fumble was literally the loudest I’ve ever heard Neyland. And I was (obviously) at the ‘98 FL game, ‘04 FL, ‘06 Cal, and ‘22 FL (unfortunately, missed being at the Bama game in ‘22, which I suspect was even louder)
I'm already pumped and excited enough sir!! All that talk about coming out of Doak Campbell stadium in December just took it over board!!! So ready for this 2024 season
Andy! Super proud of you! After stumbling thru Nico's last name on previous attempts (ending with LAY VUH instead of AH VAH) you have perfected the correct pronunciation! Your efforts will undoubtedly result in thousands of football fans finally getting the pronunciation right! Thank you sir!!
Nico was great in the Iowa game, mentioning their defense being great is one thing, having the lineman to protect him chose to opt out of that game is another… this year he’s got protection 💪
We’ve had other QB we were very excited about, not Manning level, but we’ve had several that were way hyped turned out over hyped, but it was obvious from their first series that maybe they wouldn’t live up to the hype. Nico exceeded expectations in his first start and he might go beyond the hype if he wins any one of these three SEC championship, National Championship or the Heisman he will have lived up to the hype if he can win 2 out of those three he will have surpassed the hype if he leads the Vola to an SEC Championship a Playoff appearance and finishes in the top three of the Heisman they’ll name a street after him. Maybe he can be like the Iceman on the road I know I’d take that, he’s got the wheels to make fast aggressive Defenses like Georgia pay if they blitz and he can slip in front of the rushers he can hit the long ball or run for the first down or TD himself. He could be Tennessee’s Cam Newton, Tim Tebow or Jonny Football ? It’s too early to tell but I hope he’s that type of player who can put the team on his back and will put a win when it seems like all hope is lost?
@@vols-deep everyone was pretty excited about Banks but they tried to run a two QB system that year nobody like Peyton or Niko hype but we’ve had several QBs that were supposed to be very good but they were either busts or not coached up. I guess we’ve had a string of should be more than adequate recruits that didn’t pan out. I really enjoyed watching Tyler Bray and those monster receivers his stats were pretty good except for the Ws and Ls if we’d had an elite high school defense that year with CP Dooley might have accidentally coached himself an extension. I’m a battered Vol and I would like to say I think Niko is special but I’m hesitant to get too excited just for the wheels to come off in the Florida game. I think we’ve turned the corner from that type of stuff I hope we have. By looking at recruiting ratings we haven’t had scrubs for 20 years we haven’t had anyone to get anything extra and coach them up but we’ve had QBs that would’ve started and been successful for any other school besides Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. On paper we should’ve been finishing 3rd or 4th in the SEC if we had any kind of coaching at all since Lane Kiffin and yeah he was the last coach that coached anyone up until Heupul . What he did with Crompton in the Georgia game and the rest of that season was amazing.
Jerry Colquitt started the 94 season but tore his knee up on the 7th play of the first drive. Todd Helton took over until he got hurt against Mississippi State and it was Peyton and Brandon Stewart pretty much the rest of the year until bowl preparation
Craig Colquitt started Peyton’s freshman year and was injured against UCLA where Todd Helton took over for that game until he was replaced by Peyton along with Brandon Stewart filling in later in season.
Craig Colquitt won two Lombardi trophies with the Steelers as a punter. He's the father of Britton and Dustin. Jerry Colquitt was a terrific QB out of Oak Ridge who sadly tore his ACL a few snaps into the '94 season.
I have my Nico Jersey ready for football season! This man is going to be the name that replaces Peyton Manning forever, that is how good he is going to be!
I love Nico & know he's going to be great, but NO way will we ever 4get about Peyton!!! Both will be cherished by vol nation!!! I'm totally ecstatic for football season again!!! Go big orange! 🏈❤🏈❤
I’m betting that the “Nico” of Tenn QB battle versus Bryce Underwood (LSU QB in ‘25) and versus DJ Lagway (Fla Gators QB, no later than ‘25) will be a bigger deal and more entertaining than just about all NFL football matches
People act like he was bought and that's why he came to Tennessee. I'd say that's a slap at Nico and his character on an assumption. Like Tennessee doesn't have a rich history of great players and the coaching staff hasn't developed the Qb position and the head coach wasn't a great QB himself. And the culture and life of the players isn't the best. And the character of the coaching staff inst the best. So many things that we throw out when we assume Nico's character was to chase the money. Kinda makes our character look worse then what you assume his is.
@@willcampbell2485 I know, I'm with ya, but for learning purposes it's easiest think Molly-ahvuh in terms of total pronunciation then it comes together,
Did they even have recruiting rankings in Peyton Manning years. Even though Peyton didn’t beat Florida or win a National. But if TN’s next 2-4 years are similar to 1994-1997 I think we’d be okay with those stats and records.
JustTellingTheTruth556, I couldn’t care less about a bunch of useless stats like the underachieving Manning years. I want a National Championship. While we’re happy with stats, Georgia and Alabama are leaving us in the dust.
@@patricksmith5282 32-5 during manning years with an SEC championship wasn’t under achieving. On top of the team built around Manning into the next year. 45-5 within a 4 year span, 2 SEC titles and a National Title is definitely not under achieving. If TN did that the next 4 seasons, that’s pretty elite team these days. And 10 times harder today than it was 20-30 years.
With a 12 team playoff and single elimination, who knows what could happen. But the other side of that is : does the last man standing represent the real #1 ? It's more about $$$ .
EVERYONE its Football Time in Tennessee Tennessee are u ready to knock out some offensive Qbs we should be 3-0 we need to go to oklahoma and dominate oklahoma Afterwards Oklahoma is going to be ready for us so we need to take each game serious after oklahoma then our team doesn't have a easy schedule now we have georgia florida and Alabama our team has to stay healthy but really we have a chance as a team we have a great chance to get into the play offs Go vols
The 98 game was in Knoxville. BTW, Nico was NEVER going to play last year down the stretch because there was no chance to make the playoffs. ZERO chance. We were losing players left and right. The defense couldn’t stop anybody and the WR’s couldn’t catch a cold. In their defense Joe threw it late and way too hard. A lot of those drops were 100% on Joe. Plus, Joe couldn’t read the coverages and we had trouble with protections. I’m so bored with the revision of history that UT fans are so fond of. We’re still hearing about Alvin Kamara being mis-used when at the time Jalen Hurd was working on setting UT records. I don’t remember a single article from any outlet covering UT or any debates online about it at the time. It wasn’t a thing until AK went off for the Saints. There you go. Consider yourself straighten out on the subject.
As a Vol fan I wish everyone would hit the breaks on Nico. What have we really seen in him yet on the field. In the Iowa game he only had a couple of passes that were good. The rest of his plays were running the ball.
I’ve been told he’s Vegan and that contributes to his low weight for its hard to get enough protein in. I don’t know if that’s accurate or not, but have been told that.
I’m rooting for Joe but he always performs way better in practice than games, he beat out hendon hooker in practice in 2021 but hooker could turn it on for game time
I mean he’s not wrong. TN was handicapped offensively bc of Milton. TN offense went way down in production with overall better talent. TN had to basically abandon the whole middle of the field with Milton bc of his accuracy and touch problems.
I already love Nico here at UT. Kid is already beyond his years. Humble and talented and a fantastic representative of the University of Tennessee
And to think he's just getting started
Amen and well said! GBO 🍊🙏🏻
No one will miss pronounce his name after this season
You haven't met my dad. He'll say his name in 10 different ways when we talk Vols football, but he never says it the correct way.
Oh there's plenty that will, got plenty that can't even do Hyatt correct when addressing me much the Nico family name. But the big announcers better get the shit right and quick
Yes I will😂. I’ve freaking watched the video of Nico saying how to say it and still messed it up. And I can rattle off some pretty tongue twisting stuff. He to me will always be Nico. 😂😂
It’s not that hard. E-uh-mah-lee-ah-va🤷🏼♂️They’ll still butcher it🤦🏼♂️
My wife is Samoan. 3 years of marriage and I still cannot pronounce her last name correctly on the first try.
The Stoerner fumble game was in Knoxville not Fayetteville
@@Wilhelm1617 and I was working in the concession stands at the time as a 15 yo. The entire season I was working the concessions in Neyland in section g/h. The Stoerner fumble was literally the loudest I’ve ever heard Neyland. And I was (obviously) at the ‘98 FL game, ‘04 FL, ‘06 Cal, and ‘22 FL (unfortunately, missed being at the Bama game in ‘22, which I suspect was even louder)
Jerry Colquitt started the 1994 after backing up Heath Shuler in 92 and 93.
Until he got hurt playing at UCLA
I'm already pumped and excited enough sir!! All that talk about coming out of Doak Campbell stadium in December just took it over board!!! So ready for this 2024 season
Andy! Super proud of you! After stumbling thru Nico's last name on previous attempts (ending with LAY VUH instead of AH VAH) you have perfected the correct pronunciation! Your efforts will undoubtedly result in thousands of football fans finally getting the pronunciation right! Thank you sir!!
Hooked On Phonics
It’s a thing.🤷🏼♂️
Ee-a-ma-Lee-ava
NATTY NEXT YEAR!!! Maybe this year if the cards fall our way!!! GO BIG FREEKIN ORANGE!!!! #talkinwawls
Let’s see the kid play first.
If your son can beat people with South Carolina he must be great.
So hyped for this season!!!!
Nico was great in the Iowa game, mentioning their defense being great is one thing, having the lineman to protect him chose to opt out of that game is another… this year he’s got protection 💪
Awesome show and also excited for Nico.
We’ve had other QB we were very excited about, not Manning level, but we’ve had several that were way hyped turned out over hyped, but it was obvious from their first series that maybe they wouldn’t live up to the hype. Nico exceeded expectations in his first start and he might go beyond the hype if he wins any one of these three SEC championship, National Championship or the Heisman he will have lived up to the hype if he can win 2 out of those three he will have surpassed the hype if he leads the Vola to an SEC Championship a Playoff appearance and finishes in the top three of the Heisman they’ll name a street after him. Maybe he can be like the Iceman on the road I know I’d take that, he’s got the wheels to make fast aggressive Defenses like Georgia pay if they blitz and he can slip in front of the rushers he can hit the long ball or run for the first down or TD himself. He could be Tennessee’s Cam Newton, Tim Tebow or Jonny Football ? It’s too early to tell but I hope he’s that type of player who can put the team on his back and will put a win when it seems like all hope is lost?
@@vols-deep everyone was pretty excited about Banks but they tried to run a two QB system that year nobody like Peyton or Niko hype but we’ve had several QBs that were supposed to be very good but they were either busts or not coached up. I guess we’ve had a string of should be more than adequate recruits that didn’t pan out. I really enjoyed watching Tyler Bray and those monster receivers his stats were pretty good except for the Ws and Ls if we’d had an elite high school defense that year with CP Dooley might have accidentally coached himself an extension. I’m a battered Vol and I would like to say I think Niko is special but I’m hesitant to get too excited just for the wheels to come off in the Florida game. I think we’ve turned the corner from that type of stuff I hope we have. By looking at recruiting ratings we haven’t had scrubs for 20 years we haven’t had anyone to get anything extra and coach them up but we’ve had QBs that would’ve started and been successful for any other school besides Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. On paper we should’ve been finishing 3rd or 4th in the SEC if we had any kind of coaching at all since Lane Kiffin and yeah he was the last coach that coached anyone up until Heupul . What he did with Crompton in the Georgia game and the rest of that season was amazing.
IDk if you slow the tempo and put Joe in the pocket with protection he may excel in an offense like that Go Vols!
yeah, I think Joe will be alright in the NFL. He's certainly making the team. And I think his receivers will be better at catching his rockets
My take... if you can get him to stop showing off his arm and get him to try to actually compete, maybe.
I just want to thank Hendon Hooker for setting us up for such a great season in 22 to recruit guys like Nico. Hooker was an absolute stud.
Jerry Colquitt started the 94 season but tore his knee up on the 7th play of the first drive. Todd Helton took over until he got hurt against Mississippi State and it was Peyton and Brandon Stewart pretty much the rest of the year until bowl preparation
Nice job on the name! Now if we can just get them to say it right on the video game lol
Craig Colquitt started Peyton’s freshman year and was injured against UCLA where Todd Helton took over for that game until he was replaced by Peyton along with Brandon Stewart filling in later in season.
Jerry Colquitt
@@Wilhelm1617beat me to it
Craig Colquitt won two Lombardi trophies with the Steelers as a punter. He's the father of Britton and Dustin.
Jerry Colquitt was a terrific QB out of Oak Ridge who sadly tore his ACL a few snaps into the '94 season.
Excellent work once again Andy
darn cute Andy!
You can see the maturity uptick looking at him in that interview.
I have my Nico Jersey ready for football season! This man is going to be the name that replaces Peyton Manning forever, that is how good he is going to be!
Let's wait and see that, there's not many Mannings
“Replaces”? Calm down now. “Stands along side”, maybe, nobody is replacing the legend of Peyton Manning
I love Nico & know he's going to be great, but NO way will we ever 4get about Peyton!!! Both will be cherished by vol nation!!! I'm totally ecstatic for football season again!!! Go big orange! 🏈❤🏈❤
@@robinmartinez6158the great Manning. 0-4 against Florida, 0-1 against Memphis and bearly got one SEC championship.
Mr. Underachiever.
I’m betting that the “Nico” of Tenn QB battle versus Bryce Underwood (LSU QB in ‘25) and versus DJ Lagway (Fla Gators QB, no later than ‘25) will be a bigger deal and more entertaining than just about all NFL football matches
People act like he was bought and that's why he came to Tennessee. I'd say that's a slap at Nico and his character on an assumption.
Like Tennessee doesn't have a rich history of great players and the coaching staff hasn't developed the Qb position and the head coach wasn't a great QB himself. And the culture and life of the players isn't the best. And the character of the coaching staff inst the best. So many things that we throw out when we assume Nico's character was to chase the money. Kinda makes our character look worse then what you assume his is.
Hooker was 220, so 215 for Nico not far off
The only difference is nico has about 3-4 inches on hooker
Hooker is also shorter, big difference, he’d have to be 230 or more to compare to Hendon
@@paumni8801indeed, hooker is 6’3 nico is 6’6
@@paumni8801Trevor Lawrence was 6’6 220 when he started at Clemson so he’s not too far off from that
Idk if it’s clickbait but you have media people at ESPN saying Milton is going to win the QB job lol
Nico Iamaleava
Height 6'6", Weight 215
Bryce Young
Height 5′ 10″, Weight 205 lbs
Kyler Murray
Height 5′ 10″, Weight 207 lbs
C. J. Stroud
Height 6′ 3″, Weight 218 lbs
Caleb Williams
Height 6′ 1″, Weight 216 lbs
@@vols-deep As they say, it ain't about the size of the dog in the fight. It's about the size of the fight in the dog!
Yes the hell he can say back an watch
Not hard to learn!!! Ee-ah-Molly-ahvuh -- easiest way to learn it.
Mah-Lay*
@@willcampbell2485 I know, I'm with ya, but for learning purposes it's easiest think Molly-ahvuh in terms of total pronunciation then it comes together,
@@Ethan_Robbins_ right and when you say it fast and with a southern accent, it comes out as Molly anyways
@@willcampbell2485 that's exactly my thoughts. So it's just learning how to have it roll off tongue naturally
NICO MENTIONED
They’ll be more Tenn fans in charlotte then nc st
Did they even have recruiting rankings in Peyton Manning years. Even though Peyton didn’t beat Florida or win a National. But if TN’s next 2-4 years are similar to 1994-1997 I think we’d be okay with those stats and records.
JustTellingTheTruth556, I couldn’t care less about a bunch of useless stats like the underachieving Manning years. I want a National Championship. While we’re happy with stats, Georgia and Alabama are leaving us in the dust.
@@patricksmith5282 32-5 during manning years with an SEC championship wasn’t under achieving. On top of the team built around Manning into the next year. 45-5 within a 4 year span, 2 SEC titles and a National Title is definitely not under achieving. If TN did that the next 4 seasons, that’s pretty elite team these days. And 10 times harder today than it was 20-30 years.
Look here with Joe , u give him a 5 star o line , and he can do it ! Period
On a dime
Huh, Wonder what you gonna say about DJ Lagway here in the near future
he's a bust
With a 12 team playoff and single elimination, who knows what could happen. But the other side of that is : does the last man standing represent the real #1 ? It's more about $$$ .
Theres been buzz and we been excited aboit our qbs some just didnt do good duh
But will we get a senoir year from him
I picked up on that too! He has a quiet confidence! Also do we really have to keep on dumping on Joe! He’s a VFL!
2026 will be our top class
EVERYONE its Football Time in Tennessee Tennessee are u ready to knock out some offensive Qbs we should be 3-0 we need to go to oklahoma and dominate oklahoma Afterwards Oklahoma is going to be ready for us so we need to take each game serious after oklahoma then our team doesn't have a easy schedule now we have georgia florida and Alabama our team has to stay healthy but really we have a chance as a team we have a great chance to get into the play offs Go vols
The 98 game was in Knoxville.
BTW, Nico was NEVER going to play last year down the stretch because there was no chance to make the playoffs. ZERO chance. We were losing players left and right. The defense couldn’t stop anybody and the WR’s couldn’t catch a cold. In their defense Joe threw it late and way too hard. A lot of those drops were 100% on Joe. Plus, Joe couldn’t read the coverages and we had trouble with protections. I’m so bored with the revision of history that UT fans are so fond of. We’re still hearing about Alvin Kamara being mis-used when at the time Jalen Hurd was working on setting UT records. I don’t remember a single article from any outlet covering UT or any debates online about it at the time. It wasn’t a thing until AK went off for the Saints. There you go. Consider yourself straighten out on the subject.
No. Jerry Colquitt started the season. Then Todd Helton, then Peyton and Brandon Stewart battled it out
Nah there was tee Martin . Took us to the first ever bus title sec title . Not first sec title not natty
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U seen Bryce young I know there high school coach , Nico is better !
I think that is what their coach said too. Nico is the real deal
Bro clowning Milton for no reason
Tennessee wins 2 more games last year if Nico started, jmo...
Natty Nico
No respect for Jerry Colquitt.
As a Vol fan I wish everyone would hit the breaks on Nico. What have we really seen in him yet on the field. In the Iowa game he only had a couple of passes that were good. The rest of his plays were running the ball.
I’ve been told he’s Vegan and that contributes to his low weight for its hard to get enough protein in. I don’t know if that’s accurate or not, but have been told that.
During his interview Nico said he eats sausage as part of his breakfast
Does your son beat random people with SC because Michigan sent him some cheat codes? Lol
Hype will be elevated because of NIL.
His name is pronounced exactly how it's spelled. Not that hard.
😂
damn way to sh*t on joe milton. i hope he proves you wrong
I’m rooting for Joe but he always performs way better in practice than games, he beat out hendon hooker in practice in 2021 but hooker could turn it on for game time
I mean he’s not wrong. TN was handicapped offensively bc of Milton. TN offense went way down in production with overall better talent. TN had to basically abandon the whole middle of the field with Milton bc of his accuracy and touch problems.
8 - 4, it will be a good season. But playoffs aren't the Vols destination