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2 unusual facts about Mike Iupati


Mike Iupati

Nansen, then an assistant at Idaho under head coach Nick Holt, offered him a spot with the Vandals the next day and spent considerable time trying to convince Iupati and his family that the Western Athletic Conference university on the Palouse was a better choice than junior college.

As a sophomore in 2007, he started all 12 games at left guard and became an impact player on the line for the struggling Vandals, under first-year head coach Robb Akey.



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