Fran Brown Mirrors Josh Heupel as 1310-yd WR's $2M Demand Triggers Blunt Message After Stance on Rickie Collins Cleared

Paul Finebaum blasts Nico Iamaleava's 'greedy' family, 'overbearing' father

Paul Finebaum didn't hold back in his criticism of ex-Tennessee football star Nico Iamaleava amid his bombshell transfer from the Vols.

Syracuse Football Let Top WR Walk With Refusal To Be Held Hostage By $2M NIL Demands

Syracuse football coach Fran Brown reacts during a game. The Syracuse football team will be without its top returning wide receiver in the 2025 season. Trebor Pena has entered the transfer portal after failed NIL negotiations. Coach Fran Brown opened up on those discussions in an interview this week. He refused to let his program be held hostage. Pena ranked second on the Orange offense with 921 receiving yards a year ago. He led the ACC with 84…

Syracuse Coach Fran Brown Was Not Giving Into NIL Demands From WR Trebor Pena, Told Him 'You Got To Go'

Fran Brown found himself in a tough spot this week. Looking to build off a successful 2024 season, he will be doing it without wide receiver Trebor Pena, after deciding that Syracuse was not going to give in to his NIL demands, which led to him entering the transfer portal on Tuesday. While the college football world was fixated on the Nico Iameleava situation, there was another negotiation brewing within the sport that was about to see the ligh…

Fran Brown Mirrors Josh Heupel as 1310-yd WR's $2M Demand Triggers Blunt Message After Stance on Rickie Collins Cleared

Nobody’s keeping it more real in college football right now than Syracuse HC Fran Brown. He’s that guy who just doesn’t sugarcoat anything. Things seem to be falling along the lines of Nico Iamaleava’s failed negotiation with Josh Heupel. Suddenly everyone’s making unreasonable demands! So when his sixth-year WR entered the transfer portal, you’d think he would offer some long-winded statement, try to play it politically correct. But nah. Instea…

Fran Brown addresses Trebor Pena transfer decision: 'I'm not giving no wide receiver $2 million in college'

After Trebor Pena decided to transfer from Syracuse, Fran Brown addressed the move and the role NIL played in those conversations.