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    Tear him down. Rip him apart. UCLA's Dorian Thompson-Robinson can take all the hits

    The public putdown spread thanks to an unlikely source. Its target. Earlier this summer, Dorian Thompson-Robinson retweeted a criticism of his play to nearly 17,000 followers. He wasn't trying to prove anyone wrong or motivate himself or send any sort of message. The UCLA quarterback shared the words of sports gambling analyst Brandon Walker because they rung true. "At some point this season," ...
    by Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times Aug 15, 2022 6 minutes
    UCLA quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson throws a pass against USC at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021.

    The public putdown spread thanks to an unlikely source.

    Its target.

    Earlier this summer, Dorian Thompson-Robinson retweeted a criticism of his play to nearly 17,000 followers. He wasn't trying to prove anyone wrong or motivate himself or send any sort of message.

    The UCLA quarterback shared the words of sports gambling analyst Brandon Walker because they rung true.

    "At some point this season," Walker wrote in June, "you will bet on UCLA because you've convinced yourself Dorian Thompson-Robinson is a good QB and you will be sad. Every single year."

    As much as it might have stung, Thompson-Robinson agreed that the critique accurately depicted the unfulfilled promise of his first four years as a Bruin.

    "Y'all watch, y'all know football, I'm not going to sit here and act like y'all don't know anything about the game," Thompson-Robinson said of the media, "so yeah, there's always some truth out there; he wouldn't be saying it if wasn't true."

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