JavaI think when UCLA’s season went south Nico started running. Said screw it my season and $ are trashes I may as well
Take off. And he has. From what I have seen that’s made a huge difference
I’ve said all along that maiava was not a gifted athlete. And had a weird throwing motion that dropped his arm and turned him from 6’4 to 5’10. Gets a lot of passes batted down.
But Nico has to play for ucla and we’ve learned state Penn wasn’t that good and neither is moo u. So the rest of the season will be fascinating for them. We will see if they can add the October national championship to all their off season titles.
Maiava is perhaps Riley’s ultimate system qb prize. It’s why I speculated about him staying. Longstreet leaving. And getting lyons. I just don’t see him as a top level nfl qb by a long stretch. I hope I’m wrong. The one thing about him that Caleb didn’t do is he’s playing within the system. And that takes discipline and humility. The system is very good. Two tight end sets have changed the USC offense. They could probably afford the injuries to the rb more than if they were the te