Anyone watching Nico tonight?

[Sara Clark]

I will, on occasion, watch UCLA, just to see how he's doing. While it was just the first game, dare I say, I like the trade that was made.

I spent way too many hours practicing the guy's name. Thinking if he was going to play here, we should be respectful and not butcher his name every time it was spoken. Oh well.....this is the last I'll comment on the subject of Nico.

 

[Cartervol]

Half empty stadium and Nico was azz. You could kind of tell last year he just didn't have it, or yet maybe he just doesn't want it all that bad. I don't see any fire in that kid. Very passive. Can't play QB with that mindset.

 

[Vfl2407]

Utah 43-10 UCLA (Aug 30, 2025) Box Score - ESPN

Box score for the Utah Utes vs. UCLA Bruins NCAAF game from August 30, 2025 on ESPN. Includes all passing, rushing and receiving stats.

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[mackievol]

Someone might need to send big Nick a safety check this morning.

 

[CPVOL]

I tried to stay awake and lasted the first quarter.
At the 8:37 mark in the first, while on a slant, Nico literally knocked his receiver down by delivering the ball to the side of his helmet. I wish I could post the video.

No kidding-he ear holed his own receiver.

 

[Vfl2407]

35k high schools have bigger crowds

And the majority of the crowd was Utah fans.

 

[kcvols1]

Looks like I made the right move throwing away the orange & white Hawaiian lei I received as my annual gift from Spyre last year.

 

[Carp]

He'll leave UCLA at the end of this year as well. He'll probably go play for Neon Deion or something like that.

 

[white65]

You just know his dad is already lining up his next transfer destination. He’s gonna blame everyone and everything but Nico for his performance.

 

[Carp]

Does anyone else feel like we lose yesterday if Nico is still here? Certainly the game would have been much closer.

 

[DaddyChad]

He'll leave UCLA at the end of this year as well. He'll probably go play for Neon Deion or something like that.

Idk how long Deion is going go to coach for. Looks like he’s over it already

 

[Carp]

I said it in another post. But Nico might not even be starting by the end of the season.

Isn't his brother QB2. Lol, UCLA doesn't have too much of a choice.

 

[Volnanza]

Idk how long Deion is going go to coach for. Looks like he’s over it already

He may not be around much longer. His health is very poor.

 

[HLD]

Bad decisions usually have bad consequences. A mediocre QB, with great potential, transferred to a mediocre program.

 

[strkr]

Just a bad move by nic and his boy immaleava. UCLA is a bad team and one reason why they wanted to leave Tennessee is the lack of players around him. I saw Nico bail out on a pass play and tuck and run a lot in first half. I didn't get to watch much of second but sounds like it didn't go too well either. Long year for the Bruins and I feel Tennessee may have come out better regarding Joey football as our QB.

 

[TAF]

 

[Cartervol]

Does anyone else feel like we lose yesterday if Nico is still here? Certainly the game would have been much closer.

No way they would have ran the offense as fast as they did. Either lose or comes right down to the end.. I was thinking the same thing.

 

[DaddyChad]

After that game I’m wondering how much Nico even cares about football other than a way to provide his family with money. Just looked so disinterested. I’m wondering how much time he’s really investing into getting better as a QB. He looked like he had regressed as a QB not got better. His surrounding talent was pitiful. There is zero chance he starts this entire year; unlikely he makes it through the year healthy with that line.

 

[VolGirl81]

Wow, that’s pretty telling. I watched the first half of the game and he was struggling badly. He thinks he had no offensive line here??? UCLA looked like a JV team. He’ll be gone somewhere else next year.

 

[Cartervol]

Anyone think he could actually get benched at UCLA.. It might happen.. He looked like dog shat..

 

[Doc_Vol]

Thanks Big Nick

 

[adam.vol]

Looked real bad tonight. I don’t feel for him at all. He made his choice. It’s fairly obvious it was the wrong decision

I said it in another post. But Nico might not even be starting by the end of the season.

I’m wondering if he would have lost the job here. Had he stayed, it was going to get ugly for TN quickly.

I believe this…Nico is soft…not trying to pile on the kid but that’s what he is…a soft kid…it’s pretty clear to me now…it’s the by product of being a star his whole life and being treated accordingly…

Last night’s game looked exactly like last year’s Ohio State game. He spent the first half trying to execute the game plan and fell behind. He spent the 3rd quarter trying to do it all himself as RB, and then he spent the 4th quarter trying to preserve himself.

Just a bad move by nic and his boy immaleava. UCLA is a bad team and one reason why they wanted to leave Tennessee is the lack of players around him. I saw Nico bail out on a pass play and tuck and run a lot in first half. I didn't get to watch much of second but sounds like it didn't go too well either. Long year for the Bruins and I feel Tennessee may have come out better regarding Joey football as our QB.

It’s amazing to me that I catch myself feeling sorry for Nico when he fails. He’s a cocky looking kid when there’s no game going on. He looks like a whipped puppy in the 4th quarter most games.

 

[EZE]

Isn't his brother QB2. Lol, UCLA doesn't have too much of a choice.

Yep.

 

[DaddyChad]

Anyone think he could actually get benched at UCLA.. It might happen.. He looked like dog shat..

Idk I think it’s more likely he gets injured and has to miss time due to that.

 

[KTrain]

I guess the Citrus bowl, I had such high expectations last year after that game. Then the first three games he had some amazing strikes to wr running in stride, something Milton struggled with, but then it was mostly all down hill after that.

He struggled vs any SEC not named Vanderbilt or Miss State. This tells me he's at best a G5 QB or a good FCS team. He's comfortable facing less talented across the board teams. The Orange Bowl was fools gold any Bowl IMO not a playoff game can be a opt out Bowl and no morale for a lot of teams but even in that game his numbers were not great. He had very few 200+ passing games. Beasley should have been the MVP but the press wanted a narrative and Vol fans bought in. He is who he is.