UCLA gives rise to the comeback tale of transfer linebacker Laiatu Latu

DerekJohnson

https://latimes.com/sports/ucla/story/2022-09-14/ucla-gives-rise-to-the-comeback-tale-of-transfer-linebacker-laiatu-latu

theknowledge

The possibility of getting paralyzed for getting your bell rung seems risky. Sometimes your head gets involved in a play when you don’t want it to. Wish him nothing but the best. Unless of course he’s playing my dwags.

OreDawg

I like how they had to doctor shop for over a year until they found someone willing to clear him. I had assumed UCLAs neurosurgery department had cleared him, but that doesn’t sound like what happened here. Kinda sketchy to be honest.

WoolleyDoog

Kind of surprised a school that seems even more interested in playing school over football than UW did it with Latu. Thought he'd pop up again but with like the Beav or someone.

SonnyShackelford

He was so promising. Him, Austin Joyner, and DJ Beavers are three huge what-if guys I still think about.

biak1

Joyner was a stud for sure.

RoadDawg55

I knew he would be fine and do well.

GreenRiverGatorz

RoadDawg55 said:

I knew he would be fine and do well.

He could still die on the field so let's LIPO

PostGameOrangeSlices

The guy had one fucking tackle at UW before getting Kam Chancellor'ed

LIPO

whatshouldicareabout

biak1 said:

Joyner was a stud for sure.

Joyner did eventually return to football and is playing for the BC Lions in the CFL, so a bittersweet ending to his story

SonnyShackelford

We probably win a NY6 bowl and another P12 title if Beavers stays healthy. He was the piece at LB we needed from 2017-2019

PostGameOrangeSlices

SonnyShackelford said:

We probably win a NY6 bowl and another P12 title if Beavers stays healthy. He was the piece at LB we needed from 2017-2019

Beavers played like 3 games in 2016 and looked.

Nothing would have changed with Franny or with UW. The offense was always the problem. Yah the defense got ass fucked in the first half vs PSU and OSU, butt that's because Pete's brownsocks offense went 3 and out every possession

RoadDawg55

GreenRiverGatorz said:

RoadDawg55 said:

I knew he would be fine and do well.

He could still die on the field so let's LIPO

He won’t.

RoadDawg55

PostGameOrangeSlices said:

The guy had one fucking tackle at UW before getting Kam Chancellor'ed

LIPO

He was good for a true freshman. Had a sack or two, was big and strong for a freshman. He was a big loss.

PineapplePirate

Without Latu they wouldn’t have won the game.

Did Latu play?

UW_Doog_Bot

SonnyShackelford said:

He was so promising. Him, Austin Joyner, and DJ Beavers are three huge what-if guys I still think about.

Latu was one of my favorite recruits. So much speed speed speed for a guy that big and all kinds of lateral quickness.