{"id":435548,"date":"2024-11-15T18:32:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T23:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=435548"},"modified":"2024-11-15T18:32:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T23:32:52","slug":"tennessee-has-optimism-regarding-nico-iamaleavas-status-vs-georgia-per-report","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/tennessee-football\/tennessee-has-optimism-regarding-nico-iamaleavas-status-vs-georgia-per-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee has &#8216;optimism&#8217; regarding Nico Iamaleava&#8217;s status vs. Georgia, per report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tennessee has &#8220;continued optimism&#8221; that Nico Iamaleava will be able to suit up on Saturday night vs. Georgia, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s via 247Sports&#8217; Matt Zenitz, who said a source went as far as to say that it would be &#8220;surprising to a degree&#8221; if Iamaleava isn&#8217;t able to play vs. the Bulldogs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The good thing for Tennessee is, from everything I&#8217;ve heard, is [Iamaleava] has continued to progress throughout the course of the week,&#8221; Zenitz reported. &#8220;And there is continued optimism that he will end up being available come Saturday when they face off against Georgia in that massive showdown.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The latest information they got last night from one source is that it&#8217;s reached a point that it would be surprising, to a degree, if Nico does not end up being available for that game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The latest with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cpetagna247?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@cpetagna247<\/a> on Tennessee QB Nico Iamaleava heading into the Vols\u2019 matchup against Georgia <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kRlBnR5IB9\">pic.twitter.com\/kRlBnR5IB9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mzenitz\/status\/1857502020975870396?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Iamaleava has been in concussion protocol since halftime of the Mississippi State game this past weekend. He&#8217;s officially been listed as questionable on each of Tennessee&#8217;s first 2 SEC-mandated availability reports this week.<\/p>\n<p>However, another report will be issued on Friday evening. A final report is scheduled to be released approximately 90 minutes before kickoff on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/tennessee-football\/nico-iamaleava-reportedly-making-the-trip-to-athens-for-georgia-game-amidst-injury-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iamaleava did make the trip to Athens<\/a> with the rest of the Vols on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennessee is reportedly optimistic about Nico Iamaleava&#8217;s chances to play vs. Georgia on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":356456,"featured_media":428146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","tags":[],"class_list":["post-435548","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_types-news","teams-tennessee-football"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/435548"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/356456"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}