Nico out of the game

[Behr]

Well once again, TN didn't cover

 

[ConantheVolbarian]

Heupel just said it was precautionary and Nico should play next week

 

[loservol]

Josh has spoken. Enough with these ridiculous rumors.

Rumors are fun. Let's keep them going . The more ridiculous the rumor, the better the rumor.

 

[FranklinVFL]

Jackson?

Skywalker

 

[Behr]

Just listening to press conference on Bassillio on Twitter. Huepel said Nico should be good for next week. Booooom

That's BS, somebody here has a friend that's a pretty well known Vols fan that said his friend said different.

 

[Hulavol]

He coulda’ gone back in if this wasn’t miss state.

Glad to get Gaston some meaningful work, and am very impressed with what I saw !

 

[KeyVol14]

Heupel said Nico should be back for next week....this was just precautionary

 

[Nerwen Aldarion]

Hey my dads source was right

 

[FranklinVFL]

Perfect. I win money, VOLS win big.

More money for the "slush fund"

Ditto. MSST and the points. Did same game parlay with the under.

 

[Redleg68]

If Nico is out for season we might be out of playoffs even if we run table. They don’t like backup QBs

Neither does Miami

 

[Nico ee-ah-MAH-LAY-ah-va]

Heupel just said it was precautionary and Nico should play next week

NEVER believe a word that man says about player availability. He has intentionally misled in the past. He always says “should be” at the start of the week then sometimes says “he wasn’t available” at the end. He is throwing smokescreens until Nico is fully cleared.

 

[84Volfan]

That's BS, somebody here has a friend that's a pretty well known Vols fan that said his friend said different.

He has a leg tattoo bro...chill

 

[rocketskates]

Another reason that Heupel is a great coach. Rather than risk his starting qb, he knew that Moore could manage the game so he held Nico out. Not only that, he stayed aggressive and Moore played pretty good.

 

[zeppelin128]

That's BS, somebody here has a friend that's a pretty well known Vols fan that said his friend said different.

Somebody on reddit posted the usher in their section as a source. Lol

 

[rocketskates]

NEVER believe a word that man says about player availability. He has intentionally misled in the past. He always says “should be” at the start of the week then sometimes says “he wasn’t available” at the end. He is throwing smokescreens until Nico is fully cleared.

I really don’t think he’d straight up lie about such a thing. If Nico was actually injured it would be pretty disrespectful for Josh to use him as a pawn to throw Georgia off. If he didn’t anticipate Nico playing next week I think he would’ve used a different set of words. Just my opinion.

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

If Nico is out for season we might be out of playoffs even if we run table. They don’t like backup QBs

Bull crap, if we run the table no way. GBO

 

[joevols89]

Heupel just said it was precautionary and Nico should play next week

I’ll believe it when I see it. If he has a concussion like rumored, he’s not playing vs Georgia.

He told us he expected Tillman to play for like 6 straight weeks back in 2022 when he was out for so long.

 

[peerless98]

If it was just precautionary, why wasn't he on the sidelines in the 2nd half? I've never seen that.

 

[I4Vols]

If it was just precautionary, why wasn't he on the sidelines in the 2nd half? I've never seen that.

Inquiring minds want to know dis

 

[fefe]

If it was just precautionary, why wasn't he on the sidelines in the 2nd half? I've never seen that.

If it was a concussion, you don't want him out there where it is 115db and flashing lights. If it's worse, then well...

 

[joevols89]

Inquiring minds want to know dis

Someone made a good point, if he had any concussion symptoms you want him out of the lights and noise.

 

[Nerwen Aldarion]

Are you even allowed on the field after a concussion?

 

[peerless98]

Concussion symptoms wouldn't be precautionary

 

[fefe]

 

[advancedrescue27]

Rumor from connected source is concussion protocol. They tested at halftime after he said he had bad headache from the end of the half play where he got hit in the helmet.

I went back and watched from when the injury supposedly happened. The next play he ran to the side and threw a pass that was incomplete(on receivers hands). Then TN got the ball back with like 18 seconds and he made another good pass.

So his body itself seemed to be operating fine, and he didn’t act like something was bothering him(not grabbing or grimacing). So the concussion thing makes more sense. From my experience with 2 concussions, the worse/bad one I had it lasted about a week. I know each concussion is different depending on the severity, and everyone reacts different of course. But hoping it’s quick passing if true, for his health, and because we clearly need him. It’s been on my mind all season that we don’t have a solid back up plan behind him. GM is a senior that decided to stay again knowing a freshman was going to beat him out, so clearly he himself didn’t feel like he could fill the role or he should have gone elsewhere.