Utah vs UCLA

[Hairy Vols]

I wonder if Nico finishes the season? I could see things unraveling fast

I told my wife last night he is only a few bounced paychecks away from walking away from CFB. His heart just is not in it. You can see it and you can feel it. Money does not change the fact that true players with drive passion heart and love for the game will always find a way. When I look at Nico I see a guy whose eyes are searching for a way out. He doesn't love football.

 

[jmacvols1]

"we" or "you"?



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Social media users react to Nico Iamaleava's debut with UCLA just a handful of hours after Tennessee's win over Syracuse.

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[dduncan4163]

The supporting cast makes all the difference in the world. Having the league’s leading rusher and one of the nation’s top defenses helped pad Nico’s stats last season. Don’t get me wrong - I think he’s a very solid college QB and had good numbers for us last season. But he’s on a much weaker team this year and we’ll have to see what it looks like for him after they get into league play. He gets a return trip to OSU and their D looked to be at least as strong as they were last year.

I'm not so sure he is a solid QB. A good QB lifts the players around him. What I saw last season and last night was an average to below average player with the inability to put a team on his back. Maybe the light will come on at some point but I'm not going to hold my breath. I just don't believe he has the mental makeup to play QB

 

[jmacvols1]

ucla needs a new o-line?

 

[Sarms58]

I'm not so sure he is a solid QB. A good QB lifts the players around him. What I saw last season and last night was an average to below average player that with the inability to put a team on his back. Maybe the light will come on at some point but I'm not going to hold my breath. I just don't believe he has the mental makeup to play QB

I don’t think he processes the game fast enough to ever be an elite college QB….good physical skills but the CPU is underpowered

 

[I4Vols]

Wonder what college football coach’s phone is ringing this morning with a call from “Big Nick”? “Coach, I can give you Nico for $2M next year! Whadda ya say?”

I forget, are the Cleveland Browns a college team?

 

[n_huffhines]

This is just the way I am, as much as I liked rooting for Nico to learn his lesson on Saturday, a big part of me is already feeling bad for him. He's just a kid and lived for months on the hot seat, probably with a pit in his stomach thinking in the back of his head he made a poor choice. That uncertainty kills. Here he is, finally with a chance to move on from that, and when reality sets in, it appears the choice is probably the lower end of his worst fears without much hope for change by November.

If his Dad is a scapegoat and it's all Nico, I still feel bad for him because he's just a kid and they're supposed to make mistakes. If his Dad is legit the problem, of course I feel bad for Nico in a much more sympathetic way and I hope it doesn't tear the family apart.

They're gonna win maybe 5 games? They better be ready for UNLV and New Mexico. There is a chance this goes really badly. I only see 1 guaranteed win on their schedule. Could they go 2-10 or 3-9?

 

[LouderVol]

This is just the way I am, as much as I liked rooting for Nico to learn his lesson on Saturday, a big part of me is already feeling bad for him. He's just a kid and lived for months on the hot seat, probably with a pit in his stomach thinking in the back of his head he made a poor choice. That uncertainty kills. Here he is, finally with a chance to move on from that, and when reality sets in, it appears the choice is probably the lower end of his worst fears without much hope for change by November.

If his Dad is a scapegoat and it's all Nico, I still feel bad for him because he's just a kid and they're supposed to make mistakes. If his Dad is legit the problem, of course I feel bad for Nico in a much more sympathetic way and I hope it doesn't tear the family apart.

They're gonna win maybe 5 games? They better be ready for UNLV and New Mexico. There is a chance this goes really badly. I only see 1 guaranteed win on their schedule. Could they go 2-10 or 3-9?

without actually knowing what actually happened, I tend to give Nico the benefit of the doubt as stuff has come out about his dad.

I think he was put in a crap situation by his dad, and now he is going to suffer. Can't say I don't get some pleasure/justification watching him struggle, but I don't hate the guy.

 

[mprock]

I guess he didn’t have the players around him to execute. He got what he deserved.

 

[05_never_again]

He's got some bulletin board material for this week's game: UNLV DB gives blunt assessment of UCLA QB Nico Iamaleava: 'Nothing really sticks out to me about him'

If he doesn't bounce back pretty strong, that bodes horribly for the rest of the season.

 

[jmacvols1]

 

[Delmar]

I told my wife last night he is only a few bounced paychecks away from walking away from CFB. His heart just is not in it. You can see it and you can feel it. Money does not change the fact that true players with drive passion heart and love for the game will always find a way. When I look at Nico I see a guy whose eyes are searching for a way out. He doesn't love football.

Remember Todd Marinovich and his old man.