As poet laureate Nick Saban put it a year ago today regarding the NIL era of college football, “If you don’t pay the right guys, you’ll be shit out of luck .”

UCLA looks to be shit out of luck. And Tennessee looks to be shit in luck.

It traces to the adventures of Nico Iamaleava. He wanted more from Tennessee than Tennessee wanted to pay. So Tennessee turned its back on Nico. Who transferred to UCLA. Which opened the door for UCLA quarterback Joey Aguilar to transfer to Tennessee.

Both quarterbacks debuted with their new teams on Saturday. It did not go well for UCLA.

Via Paolo Ugetti of ESPN.com, Iamaleava struggled in a 43-10 blowout loss to Utah. In a UCLA home game at the iconic Rose Bowl.

“We got punched in the mouth,” Iamaleava said after the game.

For the game, he co

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