Tennessee Football Citrus Bowl Practice Highlights
At the time of this publication, there are less than 70 hours until Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel leads the No. 21 Volunteers into their third straight bowl game with a matchup against No. 17 Iowa in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on New Year’s Day. The Vols and the Hawkeyes will square off at 1:00 […]
What To Expect From Nico Iamaleava In His First Start? Here’s What History Says
Well, hello there, old friend. I’ll get the pleasantries out of the way quickly, but it feels good to be writing an article for Rocky Top Insider again. This is not my return to sports media, however; I just want to scratch that itch to write about Tennessee sports occasionally, and the great team at RTI […]
What Tennessee’s Backfield Will Look Like For The Citrus Bowl
Tennessee’s backfield is going to look a whole lot different than it has all season when the Vols take on Iowa in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on New Year’s Day. What was once a group that featured running backs Jaylen Wright, Jabari Small, and Dylan Sampson alongside quarterback Joe Milton III will now be the […]
Nico Iamaleava Recruiting Bru McCoy To Return For His Super Senior Season
Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava called the Vols’ Citrus Bowl matchup against Iowa “the beginning of the 2024 season” when he met with the media in Orlando on Thursday. It’s Iamaleava’s first career start and a number of other young players are also stepping into a larger roles against the Hawkeyes due to injuries and transfers. […]
Highlights from Nico Iamaleava and Tennessee Football During Vols’ Citrus Bowl Practice
No. 21 Tennessee Football took to the practice field on Thursday as the Vols continue to prepare for Monday’s Cheez-It Citrus Bowl against the No. 17 Iowa Hawkeyes. Tennessee is using the UCF practice facility to handle business this week as the Citrus Bowl will be played in Orlando’s Camping World Stadium on New Year’s […]
Everything Nico Iamaleava Said Before His First Career Start
Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava met with the Knoxville media following the Vols’ Thursday practice in Orlando ahead of the Citrus Bowl. After playing sparingly in four games during the regular season, Iamaleava is making his first career start in the Citrus Bowl matchup against No. 17 Iowa. Expectations and hype are sky high around the […]
Nico Iamaleava Joins Peyton Manning in Noteworthy Tennessee Statistic
After starting all 12 games of the 2023 regular season, Tennessee quarterback Joe Milton III is turning the keys to the Vols’ offense over to freshman quarterback Nico Iamaleava. Milton announced on Wednesday morning that he will be opting out of the Citrus Bowl in order to start preparation for the NFL Draft, thus allowing […]
‘Excited To Go Play With Him’: Heupel Discusses Nico Iamaleava Starting In Citrus Bowl
Tennessee football begins a new era on Monday when freshman quarterback Nico Iamaleava makes the first start of his collegiate career in the Vols’ Citrus Bowl matchup against Iowa. The former five-star recruit No. 3 prep player in the country according to the 247sports composite rankings was already the presumed starter for Tennessee entering 2024 […]
Everything Josh Heupel Said After Arriving In Orlando For Citrus Bowl
Tennessee football arrived in Orlando on Tuesday for the 2024 Citrus Bowl matchup against Iowa. Third-year head coach Josh Heupel met with the media on Wednesday afternoon in Orlando to preview the matchup. Heupel discussed Nico Iamaleava moving into the starting role, him returning to Orlando and much more. Here’s everything Josh Heupel said. More […]
Joe Milton III Declares For NFL Draft, Opts Out Of Citrus Bowl
Joe Milton III has played his final game in a Tennessee uniform. The super senior quarterback declared for the NFL Draft and announced his intentions not to play in the Vols’ Citrus Bowl matchup against Iowa on Wednesday morning. Milton did travel with his teammates to Orlando for the bowl game but does not intend […]