With a spot within the 12-team School Soccer Playoff on the road, No. 7 Tennessee will reportedly be with out freshman quarterback Nico Iamaleava after they head out on the highway to tackle No. 12 Georgia this Saturday, in keeping with Fox Sports activities’ Chris Fallica.
Fallica spoke about Iamaleava during an interview with UGASports.com on Tuesday. He revealed that the quarterback is not anticipated to get well from his present concussion to go well with up in opposition to the Bulldogs.
“I do not know what you will have heard about Nico Iamaleava taking part in this week,” Fallica stated. “I’ve heard that it was a nasty concussion, and those who I’ve spoken to don’t consider that he’s going to play.”
Fallica additionally talked about how Volunteers head coach Josh Heupel “supplied a distinct tune” concerning the staff’s quarterback earlier this week, however that was anticipated to drive Georgia to organize as if Tennessee could have its beginning signal-caller on the sector this weekend.
Iamaleava did not play within the second half of the Volunteers’ win over Mississippi State final Saturday after suffering an upper-body injury in the midst of the second quarter.
In keeping with ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Tuesday, the Tennessee quarterback is currently in concussion protocol, and his standing for this weekend in opposition to Georgia continues to be “undetermined.”
As Fallica alluded to on Monday, Heupel stated that he believes Iamaleava will “be in great shape” to face the Bulldogs on Saturday.
If the freshman is unable to play this weekend, one would assume that senior Gaston Moore will begin at quarterback for the Volunteers. He changed Iamaleava within the second half of Tennessee’s win over Mississippi State final week.
Throughout his 4 years with the staff, Moore has by no means began a recreation for the Volunteers, so Georgia would not know what to anticipate from him. On the identical time, the Tennessee quarterback’s inexperience as a starter could possibly be a substantial drawback in opposition to a ferocious Bulldogs protection.
No matter who begins beneath heart for the Volunteers of their subsequent matchup, an unknown state of affairs on the quarterback place definitely does not look like it is going to assist the college’s possibilities of ending its present seven-game losing streak to Georgia on Saturday.
