Thursday
A Utah State spokesman said the team has been studying Hawaii’s weather forecasts, and the Aggies are preparing for rainy conditions for Saturday’s game.
It will be similar to the conditions of last year’s meeting in Logan.
The difference, fortunately for UH fans, is Aloha Stadium has concourses and other dry areas to watch the game (such as their living rooms for pay-per-view telecasts). No such luck in Logan, where the fans are exposed to the elements.
The Aggies arrive this afternoon.
The Warriors had their final full practice this morning.
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Some days you’re the hero, some days you have to serve as down-marker holder for defensive drills:
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UHs sack man: Art Laurel
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Slotback Miah Ostrowski:
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Kicker Kenton Chun and punter Alex Dunnachie:
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Weakside linebacker Aaron Brown and head coach Greg McMackin:
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Left wideout Darius Bright:
Go warriors!!
Deux!
November football in the rain; beats the alternative….
rain without football!
Also checking the forecasts for next week in the PNW.
Brrrrr….
Good morning Tsaikos!
Top 5?
GO WARRIORS!
GO WARRIORS! Cannot take Utah St. lightly–they should have beaten defending national champ Auburn in the first game this year!
Morning/afternoon, everyone!
Go, Warriors!!!
Ocho
Top Ten!
Top 10!
Go Warriors!
Ground game for the aggies.
EZ to predict.
pssst…Hey coach, got that?
Very impressed with the work that Coach Tuioti has done with the Warrior D-Line since he took the position. My only fear is that some of the larger BCS programs have also taken note of his work and in the future he will receive an offer the he can’t refuse.
Good morning, gang! Morning, ST!
I don’t think I’m going to practice. Wet! Not raining at this Mo-ment, though.
Glad to see him back with the Cardinals…
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/cardinals/articles/2011/11/02/20111102arizona-cardinals-fullback-reagan-mauia-returns.html
RAIN!
BOWS!
RAIN!
BOWS!
RAIN!
BOWS!
Go Warriors!
Shane Austin is awesome!
or should that be…
Shane “Awesome” Austin
or
Awesome Shane Austin
or
Sugar Shane Austin
anyway you say it, da guy is SWEET!
Good Morning ST!
Full Pads? More like top half pads? Where are you btw? Don’t see you on the field. It’s kind of hot on the field isn’t it? lol
So far the boys are warmed up and going through scout teams.
Corey looks to still be a little banged up, but is moving well considering the knee brace he has on his right knee.
AB and Art looks very good with there movements, you couldn’t tell if they where hurt.
FULL SPEED LIVE SCRIMAGE! THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT!
Moniz took one or two passes to find his rythem, but he looked good. Almost connected with Trevor Davis for. 70-75 yard streak pass down the sidelines against Mike Edwards. Trevor Davis is simply the go to guy. He will be a receiver to be reckoned with come game time. Even Scott Harding caught a nice pass from Moniz. Royce Pollard also caught a TD pass in the endzone but I think he may have been out of bounds.
Overall the team looks good, ready to take on the challenge against the Aggies.
Gottah get this win! Lock it down boys!
Warriors 38 Aggies 24
Tyler Hadden booted a couple of kickoffs too the endzone. Looks like he’s healing up. Hip! Hip! Horray!….Proof!…….and the kick is good! Hawaii wins! Hawaii wins! lol
That’s good news, regarding Tyler, re: # 18.
Hey ST, where’s Big RK? don’t see him on the sidelines….
GOOD MORNING HAWAII!
Oh, there he is, the Big Kahuna, lol. 8:19 A little late there fellah.
#18,
The only kind of proof is the ones found during the 60 minutes of a real game.
Let’s hope it happens come Saturday.
Hey ST, any update on George Davey Lyles? Didn’t see him on the field.
ST: A VERY GOOD ARTICLE ABOUT SHANE AUSTIN IN THIS MORNING’S PAPER. i HOPE HE GETS A CHANCE TO PLAY ON SATURDAY AFTER WE BLOW OUT UTAH. GO WARRIORS!!
Novice question, so pardon my ignorance:
I’m trying to buy some tickets to the Fresno State game. I notice online that the sections between JJ through MM (and J through M) — 30 yard line to 30 yard line sideline — are always “unavailable for purchase.”
Does anyone know what I have to do to get seats in these sections? I know a lot of these seats are for season ticket holders, but I don’t think every single one of those seats is sold out/accounted for, are they?
#23
I agree, let’s hope that we wouldn’t have to, “Poof” too win the game. Instead, “Boom!” the cannons a few times with a big lead in the game. lol
A astroid bigger than an aircraft carrier will pass closer than the moon
next Tuesday. Hope it bypasses the Pacific…
http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/03/asteroid-to-pass-closer-to-earth-than-the-moon/?hpt=hp_t2
#23
I agree, that’s was a nice article on Austin. I hope we have a blow out so these guys get to play for sure.
The Na Koa member spotlight is on Mike Biscotti who played quarterback for the University of Hawaii from 1970 to 72 and is now a member of Na Koa’s board of directors.
http://www.nakoa.org/2011/11/na-koa-member-spotlight-mike-biscotti/
Thats the key word ALMOST caught a 70-75 yarder still trying too hit the deep ball lets face it never going too happen.
Good Morning Gangeez! 🙂
Howzit Tom?
Thanks for the updates pw4l!
#31
key word NEVER. let’s face it, you will NEVER be a uhfan in 09 or any other year. LOL
what is there to study about Hawaii’s weather? be prepared for anything.
GO WARRIORS!
got any b2 bombers secretly hangared at hickam? would be good to have one of those do a flyover during the singing of the national anthem. ah, but stay stealth so may not be able to see it.
GO NA WAHINE Soccer!
#31 #33
Seeing is believing it will eventually happen, being that TD is a true freshman. TD had it in his hands, but Mike Edwards hit it out. Great defensive play by Edwards.
Words have power.
GO WARRIORS!!!
Thanks again polywarrior4life!
Take it as a warning…
knowledge is power.
力 – power
Let’s have plenty of “Katooshes” Saturday
but not one on Tuesday…
Well HAKA do I feel a man crush, sorry but Iam straight.
If it’s meant to be, it’s meant to be.
We had a good run, but i think we’ve over-stayed our welcome.
.8 lunar distance away is kinda far isn’t it? maybe it’s an alien mother ship disguised as an asteroid and plans to land on Oahu and mess with APEC.
according to my gaydar, haka is straight too.
Kevin, come on, no ways, the dinosaurs stayed a long time. we modern man should have at least a couple more 10,000 years. 😆
Kevin,
You’re assuming we were welcomed in the first place.
going be one exciting game this saturday! make the tackles!
GO WARRIORS!
no forget the ILH and OIA championship games too!
GO PUNS!
GO GOVS!
GO CHARGERS!
Each week there’s a post where the statement goes, “we cannot take these guys lightly.” After what happened to us with UNLV and SJSU, it doe not really need mentioning. If it does, as a team from coaches to players, we’re in “deep kim chee”.
Warrior Expat ~
Re: Tickets
Only sure way is to go down to the box office at the stadium. They are very accomodating, and will help you find that elusive seat.
Happy hunting!
adam and eve were welcomed, i just think eve was framed. i mean adam only had one scapegoat.
UH vs USU
3 – 2 Couch potato
20 – 17 Bowwar
21 – 17 Ipu Man
27 – 35 anklebiters
28 – 21 LizKauai
31 – 17 papajoe2
34 – 26 longdistance808
38 – 14 wafan
38 – 22 Pomai
38 – 24 polywarrior4life
41 – 38 BigWave96744
42 – 10 WarriorNY
42 – 21 DPK
42 – 28 krump1
45 – 21 Sean
45 – 31 Glenn
49 – 14 Tchanhng
50 – 00 AlaWai
59 – 28 d1shima
59 – 38 masatoshi-san
Another back against the wall must win game. I expect another outstanding game from the defense.
Warriors-14
Utah State-10
Good morning everyone!
Today’s forecast for Saturday says “considerable clouding with windward showers. Breezy. Easterly at 13 mph, gusting to 32 mph.
Gusting winds could be a real test.
Good thing we have waterproof boat binoculars. 🙂
Na Wahine soccer vs NMST on WAC TV today. Game at 3:25 p.m. MT (hour difference)
http://www.wacsports.com/LiveEvents.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10100
MT is 4 hour difference from HST
Couch Potato…
AH! That’s how all that enmity between the sexes began, eh? Adam called eve a goat….not a lamb.. or a beav… erm … ah.. beauty…
according to tom hanks and the davinci code it started when the church slammed mary magdalene. 😆
GO WARRIORS!
GO NA WAHINE!
Pomai
Please out in as, Hawaii 43. USU 18
Mahalo,
Go Warriors!!!!
Ipu Man:
Maybe we should be moving the next weeks ‘NOVEMBER 9: NATIONWIDE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM TEST’ to Tuesday?
Pomai
UH 34 USU 24
Thanks
so boise going east? if they are then they still in MW for 2012 since i don’t think they want to pay the $5 mil exit fee. money sure does talk.
POMAI:
UH-35
USU-7
OSD – I couldn’t agree with you more Coach Tuioti has done an impressive job and if we don’t get Mac to signed a contract soon, like it or not; we will lose Tuioti along with our DC Aranda and OC Rolovich. Yeiks!
Re #26
Warrior Expat, are you going to be in town for the Fresno State game? Drop me an email at WarriorMojoRocks. It’s a Gmail account so complete the address as normal. Might have two in JJ.
Any other out of town or out of country (Aussies? Kiwis?) fans drop me an email there as well for other games this season. The BYU game might not be available, though.
#42 –
My friend couch potato – Words and knowledge are both essential to manifesting power. Without words, most knowledge would be undefined and unconveyable.
Humanity is still changing and evolving. We will be very different in a few hundred years. We’ll have to be, or the Earth won’t survive. Kevin’s astroid and climate changes are just warning shots across the bow.
Hey bp! Big game at Aloha Stadium tonight. You going to the game?
And before anybody asks, “Hell no! I haven’t given up on the team at all. I’ll be there in my regular seat every game, God willing.”
UH Warrior fan for LIFE! “‘Till the casket drop.”
WM –
You can exhale. I don’t think there’s much chance of anybody in their right mind questioning your devotion and passion for Warrior football.
The Idaho State Board approved Boise State going to the Big East. There was only 1 no vote–someone who graduated from Idaho tried to vote it down, then tried to get a delay approved, but all the other Board members voted for the move.
Boise State going to the Big East was actually the last item on the agenda. The first item on the agenda was regarding Boise State adding a PhD program on Bimolecular Sciences. They spent a *lot* of money (8 figures) to build up their research in that area before asking for that PhD program to be approved.
By the way, Pres. Kustra did not even need to be at the Board meeting. I’m guessing he’s back East somewhere with the other Presidents of the Universities that will be at the official welcome to the Big East press conference.
HOPE ALL of You Predicting Hawai’i WINS By Blowout are Correct —
They NEED to Play HOT to take on the Cold & Wolfpack in the “Big Little City”
WHY Are so many teams running the “Pistol”?
BOTH Kamehameha AND Punahou …
WHY? Don’t wanna take on St. Louis @ their own game ?
Pres. Kustra said on radio that *2* more teams in the West (west of Texas) are in play for the Big East. I know that San Diego State has been talking to the Big East, they have discussed that publicly. Maybe the Big East wants a western division that will combine MWC/CUSA teams…BSU, AF, SMU, Houston, BYU? SDSU?
Kustra also said that La Tech and NMSU would be going to CUSA!
If La Tech and NMSU go to CUSA and Utah State and SJSU go to the MWC, there would be no WAC football anymore. Only Idaho would be left behind.
Reports yesterday had Texas State and UTSA calling CUSA, Sun Belt, and MWC to try to find a home for their football teams.
By playing next season in the MWC, Boise State doesn’t have to pay an exit fee…and they won’t have to join the Big East until the Big East gets their new TV deal.
The $$$ make all the difference for Boise (hard to argue). At least Air Force seems to be thinking long and hard about the Big East…
At least UH will have 1 year with Boise State in the MWC with UH. I hope that the MWC makes that game in Hawaii instead of Boise.
“Early man walked away, as modern man took control, their minds weren’t all the same, but to conquer was their goal. So he built his great empire and slaughtered his own kind… He died a confused man, killed himself with his own mind.”
Da Punchbowl Kid, bits and bytes; encrypted data; chemistry, math, and physics formulas. some of those unspoken knowledge power like you mentioned.
now i going send out my message using my fibonacci decoder app to the UH board of regents and see if they can decipher, decrypt, unscramble, crack, or whatever to read the message.
here’s my message: “GOT CONTRACT?”
Article from Utah regarding the UH-Utah State game.
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=17935477&nid=858&title=what-to-watch-for-utah-state-at-hawaii
Interesting to read that Utah State might actually have bigger special teams concerns than UH.
The schedule released this summer shows that we got Boise at home in 2012. Pretty sure that the MW will not change that now.
early man went to live in the himalayas and the pacific northwest. mutated to gargantuan proportions and became yeti and bigfoot.
So, if Air Force gets cold feet then San Diego State will get its wish and will become a football-only member of the Big East. That would be horrible for UH, as SDSU is one of the schools that are really attractive for UH to play and the travel distance is minimal for UH.
When SDSU’s President and AD go on every radio and TV station here and openly talk about how they are hoping for a football-only invite to the Big East…that sure doesn’t make the MWC seem secure for UH.
Darren,
Tell that to TCU, where they had a home game against Boise State this season…until the MWC switched the game to Boise at the last second.
If the WAC is killed off as a football conference…then Boise State, Air Force, and maybe San Diego State will have an option for their non-football teams.
I would think that San Diego State would actually choose the Big West, better geographical fit.
That’s because TCU decided to ditch the Mountain West…
Welcome to a New Na Koa Member and board of directors: Mike Biscotti
I remember Mike well playing under Dave Holmes who in my book is the greatest coach ever to coach the “Green Machine” as it was call back then at the ole Honolulu Stadium in Moilili.
I still remember the 10-7 upset victory of University of Washington which I still think is the Greatest Upset of UH history in my era.
And to this day I still don’t know why and how he left us with no explanation?
The following years was a very trying years almost as bad as Von App Era.
That’s the same years that JJ was our bench QB and left us and Got Drafted as a QB to NFL
Welcome back Mike Biscotti… from Mikey
SDSU to the Big East!?! Who’s paying the travel subsidies for that one? Oh, ABC/ESPN, right.
if the big east does have a western division then SDSU travel will not be that much different than what it is now. big east share of revenue would surely cover a lot of things for SDSU.
I guess it really is about television markets, ’cause SDSU has pretty much sucked for years.
i mean travel cost would not be that much different.
Yeah, I know why SDSU accepts. But how about the Big East teams flying west? They’re doing what they have to do to protect their BCS status, fine. But let’s not hear anymore complaints about Hawaii being too far. West coast to Hawaii and West coast to East coast are comparable in both cost and travel time.
WarriorMojo,
Let us forget about conference names–the Big East will have a western division, the Big 10 has 12 teams, the Big 12 has 10 teams, etc.
What the Big East is looking to do before their TV negotiations start is to create an Eastern division that has huge media markets and a Western division that spans the Central, Mountain, and possibly Pacific Time Zones. Then, when they negotiate with TV providers (NBC/Comcast and Fox) who need football inventory in all time zones, they are a one-stop shop for football inventory.
A western division of Houston/SMU, BYU/BSU, and AF/SDSU would be credible…and basically suck all the oxygen out of the MWC and CUSA TV deals in the future.
If the conference breaks up in the future due to the Big East getting poached by the ACC, Big 12, SEC, or Big 10, the western division have a core of 6 schools that are far superior to the cores of the MWC, CUSA, or WAC…so, they will be able to form their own conference and not have any of the bottom-feeders that drag down the conference’s money and power rating.
WarriorMojo,
If there are 2 divisions, then a Big East team might fly west just *1* time per year. If that flight is to Dallas or Houston, that really is not much more than they travel right now.
By the way, if UH was at the 2006/2007 level of performance, I would bet that the Big East would have invited UH to be a football-only member. The Big East would not have been able to afford to miss a team recently coming off a BCS game. A division with BYU/BSU/SMU/Houston/AF/UH would have been a dream for UH. Plus, travel subsidies would be not an issue and UH would be able to keep PPV.
Oh OOOOoooo
Here we go justs minutes ago:
Boise State gets State Board approval to accept possible Big East invite
http://www.idahopress.com/news/boise-state-gets-state-board-approval-to-accept-possible-big/article_a48b02f8-0655-11e1-9366-001cc4c002e0.html
The dominoes affect will be starting and where and how far will it fall?
No I didnt plan on it DPK. But you know who I’ll be rooting for.
Go Warriors from Kapalama.
Pomai:
UH 35 USU 27
Boise State’s President said on the radio that Boise State will not join the Big East unless a school in the West (defined as west of Texas) is chosen to replace West Virginia. Boise State sure wants that western division and I’m guessing that goes to BYU first and SDSU if BYU says no. If Air Force declines, then they go down their list in the west (UNLV?).
Next time you eat chicken… remember.. that’s your early ancestor.
Boise State wants *7* schools in the Western Division! I guess that means that Temple would be added to the Eastern Division of the Big East and the MWC would lose another team.
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/boise/2011/nov/03/kustra-big-easts-proposed-new-western-division-attractive/
#26 Warrior Expat
Tickets in these sections ar enow held in the ticket office at the SSC.
Getting through on the phone is always a challenge but they should be able to sell those not previously spoken for via seson ticket holders.
Okay, so basically we’ll be left to cobble a conference together out of:
New Mexico
New Mexico State
Wyoming
Idaho
Colorado State
San Jose State
Utah State
Fresno State
Nevada
Mikey #88
Coach Holmes was ‘eased’ out by the powers that were behind the scenes at the time.
A large part of it had to do with the team chemistry the last two years of his tenure as well as the gambling scandal in that last year.
FYI
When I was formally with Na Koa I asked two friends to help out with Na Koa business.
Scott Kaulukukui stepped up and took over the membership committee and is now the Na Koa Prez.
I asked Mike Biscotti ( a former teammate) to help out the ‘new’ Na Koa Board by joining the Board and he accepted. He is now a driving force behind Na Koa and he is fully committed to helping UH Football reach the next level.
So the Western Division of the Big East would include all new members, eh?
ST’s pics are up.
I know travel subsidies are supposed to be a huge deal. But I look at it as guarantees, and paying out $150,000 to $175,000 is relatively affordable given the amount of money UH generates in gate revenue.
Pre-game report from Utah State fan site:
http://www.usufans.com/News/7291
105: Don Weir
Can you share with us Na Koa’s vision to take UH Football to the next level? Also, what are Na Koa’s plans of execution.
Sharing your insights could help us envision where we could help Na Koa with moving the program forward.
Mahalo
polywarrior4life: I hope you don’t mind – I brought your post over from the football forum
http://www.sportshawaii.com/sh/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=40749
Garret, I suspect part of what’s going on behind the scenes is that both Louisville and Cincinnati are VERY averse to being in the western division of the new Big East. To keep them in the eastern division, and also add UCF and Navy, the conference will need to go to 14. It could end up looking like this (non-football members are asterisked):
UConn
Rutgers
Louisville
Cincinnati
UCF
USF
Navy*
Memphis
SMU
Houston
Air Force*
Boise State*
BYU*
San Diego State*
I’m also concerned that when Kustra said that CUSA is considering adding Louisiana Tech and NMSU, he either misspoke or was misquoted and meant Louisiana Tech and NEW MEXICO. CUSA could also bring in North Texas (Sun Belt basketball champion) to create a western division that could have some appeal for the Lobos:
New Mexico
UTEP
Tulsa
North Texas
Rice
Louisiana Tech
The decimated MWC would be left with:
Wyoming
Colorado State
Nevada
UNLV
Fresno State
Hawaii
In that scenario we’d be welcoming back San Jose State, Utah State and New Mexico State, and possibly even Idaho.
I feel a little sick…
Saw yesterday’s Cheap Eats on KFVE with Augie and Hagi. They showcased Gateway Cafe on the UH Manoa campus – in the dorms. All you can eat for anywhere from $8.50 – $10.00 (lunch, dinner). The food actually looked good with a variety of choices. Kids up there are eating well. Not like the old days when all of the food up there had a same bland taste and you’d find an occasional brillo pad in the tossed salad (true story).
Speaking of food at UH. I’m sure players from the 1974 team can remember the grilled cheese sandwiches they were served as a meal the week of their game with BYU.
Great pics, ST! Mahalo!
Kinda weird seeing Coach Mack wearing shoes with shorts. Where’s da slippahs?
A-Joe #110
Na Koa has a new Exec Dir so I am not in the loop as to their ‘new’ vision.
Even though I left I know that my view of UH Football’s future is the Weir Family Trust Na Koa Endowment.
today’s musings…
if all those teams leave the wac causing it to no longer exist, will we no lonber be required to payout the exit fee or will it all go to idaho?
perhaps the university of hawaii should sell the naming rights to the big east since they want to venture further to the west, east-west center.
i first learned of the 2″ rule years ago, mike biscotti sat next to me in a couple of classes although listed at 5’11” to 6’0″ he stood no taller than i by no more than 1″.
i know he didn’t get too much publicity this past game, however, darryl mcbride had a great game hurry the qb last weekend.
Research Your Diet plan
old school dave…remember when the east-west center cafeteria used to serve uncle ben’s rice. (((bong!)))
being a numbers guy, i finally called oc16 about them offering a rebate to those of us who purchased the road package. as you know, half of the ppv games were/will be televised nationally. so i politely asked if they were going to give out any rebates.
after conferring with a supervisor, the clerk came back on and said that they will not issue rebates. she explained that inspite of having only three games in the package i still got a good deal because i paid but $100 when in fact the ala carte price for the ppv for the three televised games, uw, idaho, and la tech would have cost me $175. so i still got a good deal.
i tried to explain that i paid the $100 for six games however, i am receiving only three games. that was the deal.
i guess i’ll have to write to the president of the company.
HawaiiMongoose,
Due to their partnership, I do not think that CUSA will try to raid the MWC and vice versa. So, I think that Kustra meant to say NMSU, not NM for CUSA.
Given that the MWC and CUSA have a partnership, they both kind of have to look at the WAC for replacement teams…
Garret, hoping you are right about that.
WarriorMojo,
That looks like it could be the case except NMSU would be taken by CUSA and not in the MWC. NMSU and UTEP are perfect travel partners–you basically fly to El Paso and drive to Las Cruces to get to NMSU anyway.
Boy, talk about bare shelves! 🙄
HawaiiMongoose,
I hope that I’m wrong about everything and the MWC will stay the conference that UH joined last year…I am afraid of the consequences to UH if I’m right.
If SDSU gets its wish and goes to the Big East for football (and Big West for basketball), then a space will open up for Idaho in the MWC. That is the only way that Idaho’s football program could stay in D-IA.
SDSU would simultaneously be in the Big East and Big West.
Conference name sugg: The Big Deal
Right now it’s: The Big Time Suck
As a result of the upcoming APEC festivities, the University of Hawaii has been invited into the PAC 12 Conference for all sports.
Travel subsidies will be paid to UH by the conference.
The magic of APEC strikes again!!!!
boise must feel so smug right now.
i truly hope UH has a marketing stake with all these countries coming here repping the asia pacific region.
give those dignitaries some Warrior UA shirts. tell them it is the official uniform of APEC.
The name should be Who Gives A ****
At this point conference alignment and the BCS are both things that should be relegated to the 7th circle of hell.
iwonderwhytheyhateme, i thought you loved talking about conference alignment and bcs. what circle are you in? 😆
To the victor goes the spoils. We’d feel the same way if we were them.
There is a banner welcoming APEC at the front of campus at the corner of Dole and University.
A this rate I wouldn’t be surprised if the Big LEast contacted Hawaii.
I mean if AF declines or whatever and they are going down the list of things and BCS numbers are what matters.
Hey Jim Donovan…you there? Any comments? No sense be all hush hush about all of this. Whatever is going to happen is going to happen anyway.
If the Idaho State Board of Education voted 7-1 in favor, I wonder who that lone vote of nay was. Two of the eight board members are Idaho alumni. Conspiracy? Nah.
Guess we find out next week what Boise State’s decision will be. Damn those Donks, always screwing up the rest of us.
I’m guessing the MWC will take almost anyone before Idaho. UTSA, Texas State, or even Montana.
I normally don’t enjoy arrogance of a program, but BSU is not in the BCS country club. A no name nothing program rising above the rest deserves some arrogance pass points.
Remember the way Hawaii was in December 2007? Imagine if we kept rising and rising after that? My God, the level of SMUG in Hawaii would be unbearable. Unbearable to the point where everyone would be driving hybrids and there would be a wine and cheese store at every corner.
Sorry I missed practice. Turned out to be a nice morning. Darius Bright looks chipper. That’s nice to see. Had lunch at the guys’ occasional lunch spot: SOUL.
Hope they had a productive practice.
GO WARRIORS!!!
couch,
I do. But its gotten to the point where even I feel its totally effen stupid already.
At this point I could honestly give a flying F where and who goes to what.
Good luck, god bless, etc.
Kevin, yep, boise enjoy the moment, one day the smugness will be gone. just ask the third reich and the japanese imperial navy.
If the MWC is relegated to the worst case scenario and they were to poach from the WAC, I’d consider Texas State very strongly.
A new face coming from a football-crazed state powered by general enthusiasm and dedicated school officials on developing their athletic department into a successful D1 mainstay.
They have the COMPLETE support of the student body and Texas has deep pockets.
I wish everyone was as instructive as you are. This really helped me a lot. I can’t thank you enough.
iwwthm,
THERE YOU GO!!!! THE WHOLE THING IS ON A NEW LEVEL OF RETARDATION.
Now, go back and watch the dancing pumpkin video again.
If UNLV and SDSU and whoever wants to go, thats fine.
Hawaii football is still going to be Hawaii football. We weren’t ever going to have BCS access to begin with so no matter.
We will do what humans do best, adapt.
All will be well in Warrior Land. That much I know and care about.
Never come between a man and his pumpkin.
iwonderwhytheyhateme, there you go! i said that a long time ago. waiting for the dust to settle and see where the Warriors end up. it’s not like us peons have an influence on who goes where but for some it’s a good guessing game to play.
Utah State…one word…Turbin!
Good to hear that Mike Biscotti is on the Na Koa board.
Watching the 2007 UH-Fresno St. game as I dub it from tape. 😀
GO WARRIORS!!!
After I initially left a comment I clicked on the -Notify me when new comments are added- checkbox and now whenever a comment is put in I get five email messages with the exact same comment. Perhaps there is a way you fix this? Many thanks!
winchester gun safe, that’s what you get for clicking on the notify checkbox. stoopid.
So the new Director of Operations for Basketball…He can’t recruit?
I been reading that he has a reputation as a pretty good recruiter. So much experience on that BBall staff.
Shoko,
The Board member who is an Idaho grad and lives near the Idaho campus voted against BSU’s motion to change conferences. That Idaho grad even voted against BSU adding that PhD program.
That would be the case if the MWC had a *choice*. Montana isn’t going to move up for the teams that are left in the MWC with that limited MWC TV contract.
Texas State and UTSA are trying to get into CUSA and are a better geographical fit there. If CUSA wants to go back to 12 schools, at least 1 might make it.
UH paying travel subsidies to Idaho is a worst-case scenario that I wasn’t even considering during this realignment process.
To sedate a Hippo it takes about 5 tranquilizer darts the size of what looks like flares.
Nice story on Shane Awesome Austin.
[Cool to see Leon W-J running in for a TD. Commentators saying CB moving the team down the field 5, 8 yds. at a time.]
I thought Coach Mack wears slippahs on Fridays.
Hi, Don Weir! Hello to the Missus, too.
GO WARRIORS!!!
UH could use the threat of going to the WAC or going indy to try to get the MWC to not require travel subsidies to any school that joins the MWC *after* UH joined. Then UH wouldn’t be paying travel subsidies to Utah State, SJSU, and whoever else the MWC adds.
UH agreed to pay travel subsidies to Boise State, Air Force, and the rest of the schools that were in the MWC when UH joined. UH didn’t agree to or plan on paying subsidies to other schools. The MWC could make a condition of its offers to Utah State, SJSU, etc., that they won’t get any travel subsidy from UH…after all, USU, SJSU, and the rest have no leverage now.
We’ll see if the MWC is actually going to look out for UH. I won’t post what I think will happen.
oh well, Wahine soccer got booted.
#154
That made me chuckle.
All this conference realignment reminds me of the game musical chairs. I just hope that UH is not the last one standing without a chair.
Congrats to Coach “Bud” and her Wahine though on an improved WAC regular season!
Some positives to build on and finishing in the top tier of the WAC during the regular seasons compared to previous seasons is something to be proud of.
Conference re-alignment reminds me of a room full of crackheads going after the giant 8 ball behind bulletproof glass.
UH vs USU
3 – 2 Couch potato
14 – 10 Old Diver
20 – 17 Bowwar
21 – 17 Ipu Man
27 – 35 anklebiters
28 – 21 LizKauai
31 – 17 papajoe2
34 – 24 eagle
34 – 26 longdistance808
35 – 07 tommui
35 – 27 Haleakala
38 – 14 wafan
38 – 22 Pomai
38 – 24 polywarrior4life
41 – 38 BigWave96744
42 – 10 WarriorNY
42 – 21 DPK
42 – 28 krump1
43 – 18 Ballpicker
45 – 21 Sean
45 – 31 Glenn
49 – 14 Tchanhng
50 – 00 AlaWai
59 – 28 d1shima
59 – 38 masatoshi-san
I hope Jimmy D is talking to the Big East about adding Hawaii as a serious candidate for the next spot in that western division. Out of all the schools that could be left, we look the most attractive…except for the big disadvantage of distance. And, that’s a big disadvantage…again.
#141- Kevin – You are more than likely right, but I still hope that they fall flat on their collective arse, I hope they have a 0 – 12 season, like how you don’t care for fresno is how I don’t care for BSu, they can take their stuipd blue fake grass and stick it where the sun don’t shine. Did I mention I don’t like BSu.
Pomai,
UH 568
USU 278.75 and two oranges
any rumors of basketball players signing at next weeks early signing period? any more news about falyn f.?
Curt, for some distance does make one attractive but not so much in Hawaii’s case.
Couch potato,
I believe Falyn is enrolled @ UH and will play next year.
Al (#119): I forgot about the East-West Center cafeteria. They had some good food there overlooking the garden and fish pond.
Pomai,
I don’t like Fresno State because their worst fans have had their kids wear —K Hawaii shirts on without the first word being censored or modified.
They have incited fights at Aloha Stadium only to have one write a letter full of LIES and have it spread out in national media circuits making UH fans look like the SOLE guilty party.
Thrown red hot pennies on the backs of opposing team players for basketball.
Their softball fans at Bulldog Stadium called our own Wahine “c—-“.
Their women’s basketball team has a bunch of u— a– t—- o– c—- that probably just served time and their head coach instigates a bunch of their questionable on-court behavior.
Etc…..
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People don’t like BSU because they are arrogant… UH OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BSU fans I’ve met in person have been aloof at the worst and gracious in defeat and victory at best.
To me it seems more like sour grapes when people think BSU are the evil of the WAC/MWC or whatever. I hate Fresno for some damn good concrete reasons.
Haka,
FO REAL?
sorry, couch potato, it may be that she will enroll next semester although, like all the talk, it is just that…but i do believe she will be a wahine in any case. I guess I didn’t add anything for you. 🙁
It would be nice to know what JD and our folks on upper campus are doing in respect to the conference realignments. It seems we’re always sooooooo “reactive” versus “proactive” in these type of situations and end-up with what amounts to as: table scraps. We should be actively lobbying, networking, negotiating, and positioning what is BEST for the University. For “joe-fan” we see nothing of that, just a smug UH administration sitting back and watching the world pass them by.
Heck, they can’t even renew coaching contracts, etc. ———-Fire them all!!!
kevin,
i am sure…maybe…but…definitely…hearsay…from a reliable source…i believe…
Agree with Kevin about Fresno…They are just outright “trailer trash” and poor sports in whatever they do. BSU is outright arrogant and they will get their “day” when the house of cards falls and they become the doormats for whatever conference.
UH should at least request that their travel subsidies be cut in half. Or that all travel costs be lumped together and divided equally. No school pays more or less.
If our Warriors had BSU’s record in football, many of our fans would be pretty arrogant, too.
Especially the fair weather ones.
haka and Kevin, knowing that falyn did not get a release from usc i guess that means she can’t sign on the early signing date next week and will need to wait for next years signing date. shoji should have an available schollie. DAMN, she is some serious height and talent. too bad she didn’t come here as a freshmen and play alongside kanani.
UH’s Sagarin computer rankings (final rankings used in 2010/2009/2008):
2011: 93
2010: 53
2009: 87
2008: 79
This doesn’t give JD much leverage with the Big East, especially when the Big East is trying to keep up their football computer rating.
SMU, Houston, BSU, and Air Force are the western teams invited to the Big East and they are all above UH’s computer ranking this season. BYU may also have an invitation and they are well above UH in the rankings. UH is ahead of Central Florida this season, but UCF won the CUSA last year and beat a team from the SEC in a bowl game last year.
San Diego State is above UH in the computer rankings this season and were ahead of UH in the final Sagarin computer rankings last season also. They are also a shorter distance away in a bigger TV market…and they have already publicly applied for the Big East.
If AF and BYU turn down the Big East, SDSU will get an invitation and accept. If there is another spot that opens up, I think that UH would be just as strong as any other candidate since last season was so strong…
In the end, I think that Boise State is in the position of power and can basically choose who the Big East will invite. Boise State recruits a lot in Southern California, so SDSU works for them.
I am going to stop posting about realignment for the rest of today, but I’ll end with this: if enough teams turn down the Big East so that there is a spot open after SDSU takes one, then I don’t see a better candidate in the West than Hawaii.
There is *nothing* proactive that JD can do right now. Other schools are in the position of power due to TV markets, success on the field, and geography. Things won’t be over for UH even if UH doesn’t make this cut…remember what happened last year when Fresno/Nevada left. If UH wins, UH will have options.
It would be pretty ridiculous for the western most state to end up in the big east.
kev-1, alaska is joining the big east? 😆
Don’t forget that ESPN is heavily involved in these discussions too. Obviously, Hawaii has something to offer if ESPN has UH games on ESPN3 almost every week. If demand was so poor, UH wouldn’t even be considered for online broadcasts. So, despite outward appearances of ESPN towards the WAC, they seem to understand that UH has some value to them.
I think 95% of the people that were on edge about UH between the months of August 2010 and December 2010 might have ASSUMED that UH wasn’t doing much about our situation with the WAC then.
There was pretty much silence coming from upper and lower campus.
I ran into JD one on one during a women’s volleyball game and when I joked if he was getting much sleep, it seemed like he was about to say something, but then paused and just said, “we’ll be ok”.
Then the WAC announced Texas State and UT San Antonio as additions and JD appeared on the Bobby Curran Show almost hyping those programs and up-and-commers and to us that seemed like UH was waving the white flag of surrender and will STAY in the WAC…. UGH.
Then in speaking with a UH coach and asking his opinion on the new WAC for his sport, he then said, “well, I don’t think we’re staying in the WAC anyway”… NOW, this was direct from a UH employee obviously.
So from my perspective it went from silence from UH, then a hint of staying the WAC with more silence, then this small hint we won’t stay, to BAM!!! We’re moving into the BWC and MWC.
While I ASSUMED that the silence indicated no progress, I was wrong indeed.
That’s all I have to say about UH not saying anything.
One last article.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_19258568
Lets just win, beat BYU, get to a bowl game and win that bowl game on national television. Lord help us.
for whom the bell tolls…
watching this all unfold is like watching a bunch of obese drag queens fighting over one piece of cake.
i got a really tasty red velvet cake recipe and a box of razor blades.
run the table.
IWWTHM
Let’s just focus on Utah, then Nevada, then Fresno, first. Win those and we can at least hold our heads up high for this final(maybe final) WAC season.
Garret,
As always, thanks for your insight. Truly appreciated. One thing JD could do NOW, however, if he hasn’t already, is get on the phone with the Big East commissioner. It’s going to be a tough sell so might as well get the dialogue started.
He’s going to have to call in ESPN support for this, but if you are correct that the Big East is going to market itself itself as a one stop shop for televised games all day, then they need to be reminded that Hawaii is the only school that can offer that last game of the day. We know ESPN likes and wants us to stay relevant for the Hawaii Bowl and Diamond Head Classic so there’s a chance.
you really know how to party, red velvet cake and a shave afterwards!
KELVIN: #188 – what Kelvin is saying (I paraphrase) is that loose lips sink ships.
Why should upper campus and the AD’s office say anything until it is actually happens?
Remember all the flack on this blog and elsewhere when Benson was trying in public to get BYU into the WAC when he should have done things quietly and get things signed first?
Football only. Gladly pay travel subsidies to Boise, BYU and whoever else. I’m liking it more and more. Go Big East!
kelvin? is that his drag queen name? 😆
Warrior basketball in the big east would be awesome too!
The Big East should simply absorb all of the MWC and WAC… create different tiers and rename itself.. the
BIG GIST
#104 Don Weir – Thanks for the update info but he was still a dam great coach in my book. I think he produce some 26 NFL players when we were still considered a Division II Program.
Whenever powers that maybe ‘eases out’ a coach in the program, there is a history of downfall dominoes consequence:
Homles, Rocha, Wagner, Goo, and anyone else you care to add.
#126: Garret: If SDSU gets its wish and goes to the Big East for football (and Big West for basketball), then a space will open up for Idaho in the MWC. That is the only way that Idaho’s football program could stay in D-IA.
SDSU would simultaneously be in the Big East and Big West.
If that happens Idaho who would be the only one left in WAC will get an invite and pay them the travel supsidy too?
#141 Kevin: Thanks for the Laugh of the Day
‘My God, the level of SMUG in Hawaii would be unbearable. Unbearable to the point where everyone would be driving hybrids and there would be a wine and cheese store at every corner.’
I would love to see it happen.
Dam I though I was caught up now there’s more posting…
Have to leave for a while another late meeting came up…
Oh one last thing before I go…
#174 Kevin: Please define u-a-t-o-c I’m a little naïve Please provide more hints. I’m bad a Passwords.
Department of Athletics Staff dealing with marketing prograns.
John McNamara Associate Athletics Director – External Affairs (808) 956-0912 johnpm@hawaii.edu
Sales & Marketing
Brent Inouye Marketing Manager (
Kara Romersa Corporate Relations Manager
Aaron Mandich Assistant Marketing Manager
NOTE: Students majoring in Journalism or Marketing can apply for student intern positions in the Department of Athletics as long as there are staffers available to oversee the students’ projects.
Senior management team for the UH System .
M.R.C. Greenwood, President
Nainoa Thompson, Advisor on Hawaiian Affairs
Linda Johnsrud, Executive VP for Academic Affairs/Provost
Howard Todo, VP for Budget and Finance / CFO
John Morton, VP for Community Colleges
Rockne Freitas, VP for Student Affairs and University/Community Relations
David Lassner, VP for Information Technology / CIO
Darolyn Lendio, VP for Legal Affairs / University General Counsel
James Gaines, VP for Research
Brian Minaai, Assoc VP for Capital Improvements
Lynne Waters, Assoc VP for External Affairs and University Relations
Lui Hokoana, Assoc VP for Student Affairs
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There will be THREE openings coming up on the Stadium Authority between December 1, 2011, and July 1, 2012. Two of the members have maxed out their memberships (eight years) and the third person can serve another six-plus years because he was named about a year ago to fill in am unexpected vacancy. Each term is four years.
The ONLY requirements are: The applicant must be a citizen of the United State of America and a resident of Hawai’i for at least five years.
Will provide application procedures and a description of the appointment process by the end of the weekend.
If you want to call or send an e-mail to the various UH administrator, you can click http://www.hawaii.edu/dir/ to get the specifics. When I posted all of them including contact info in an earlier version, the post was “awaiting moderation” which never happened.
Haka #15 & 16: I like your style…and I like Austin’s style too! He is a stand out guy…many times we could have used his arm, quick feet, and consistency! Mack…u listening? There is still time. Plenty of more game time this year to treat his “loyal fans” who have been patiently waiting.
class act and solid character is an understatement! Austin is the best QB on the roster hands down!!! Hope to see more of your consistently sweet passes this year…even in the warmups you stand out above the rest.
#141 –
Thanks for shooting down the possibility of and Hybrid auto dealers or wine and cheese distributors sponsorship support of UH football. You just had to say that didn’t you! We were soooo close, too! 🙂
How can “kelvin” be a drag queen’s name? It’s still a guy’s name.
My drag queen name would be “Marianna the V-8 One Hitta Quitta Titta”
I think there is a lot more going on behind the scenes upper campus than anyone can imagine as regards UH and all this conference alignment crap.
#212 –
That’s hot!
Watching the conference re-alignment mess is like watching a bunch of people shove around for Colt Brennan’s autograph and when it’s time for him to go to class and some don’t get their stuff signed, they all yell “YOU OWE THIS TO US!!!” to him.
Damn, I LOVE my memory.
We’ll see how hot it is when Marianna corners you at 2am on Lewers St. trying to sell you beef jerky to send her halau to Merrie Monarch…
BEEN to Boise … didn’t see No Wine & Cheese Shops on Every Corner …
That’s NOCAL Stuff … Stanford, SJSU ?
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We NEED GOOD Plate Lunches INSIDE Stan Sheriff Center …
Maybe UH should look for some sort of Federal funding for equal opportunity if it becomes the ONLY FBS team that has to pay for travel subsidies. There has to be something in books for that.
Kevin,
Tittas, Tontas, and Buffas
I was referring to the South Park episode where one of the kids parents bought a hybrid car and started telling people that they should buy one and if not they are morons. They’d do so my closing their eyes and thumbing their noses at everyone else.
South Park then made the joke that they then moved to San Francisco to join “like-minded people” who also thumbed their noses at others for not “thinking progressively”. They depicted San Francisco full of wine and cheese stores and people walking around with turtlenecks and driving hybrids and talking smack about people that don’t.
The biggest punch line of the episode is when the family hosted a party with their neighbors and they all eventually started farting into wine glasses and taking a BIG whiff. This joke here explains and illustrates that the level of smugness in San Francisco is to a degree that they can even stand the smell of their own farts.
I don’t watch this show as much as I used to, but their eccentric views on the way WE conduct ourselves as a society tends to be not that far off from their purposeful and blatant exaggerations.
I mean when you think about it, don’t we agree that arrogant people essentially don’t think their own —- stinks?
There are plate lunches inside the arena. It started this fall. They are sold by the CPK stand. 7.50 I believe.
I don’t know if they’re good or not. I don’t go to a sporting event because of the food.
I know mind don’t stink cause I take two drops of Noh BSU daily.
When they have double headers like supporting wahine AND men’s basketball or Diamond Head Classic, helps to have good food in the arena …
Thanks… since i brought it up, i’ll go try the plates …
Basketball starting Next Week !!
we don’t go to football games for the tailgates, beers or fights either
(i figure the UNLV crowd goes for the fights — they have so many )
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i think rules already allow that for teams traveling TO Hawai’i they can schedule An Extra Home Game — THAT was supposed to cover their additional travel cost — NOT get it handed over on a stick-em-up charity plate IN CA$H — GREEDY Buggahs — The MWC-WAC Runaways ………..
OOps..
BIG GIST …
should have been..
BIG GEST
I concur with your conclusions and will eagerly look forward to your future updates. The usefulness and significance is overwhelming and has been invaluable to me![…..]
Ah…. fb conference silliness.
OK… So I finally got my Jersey. Not too much selection at the KCC Bookstore. I wanted 17 but they only had youth sizes.
So I got #1 … for Salas and for Aaron Brown
GO WARRIORS!
*There are certainly a lot of details like that to take into consideration. That is a great point to bring up. I offer the thoughts above as general inspiration but clearly there are questions like the one you bring up where the most important thing will be working in honest good faith. I don?t know if best practices have emerged around things like that, but I am sure that your job is clearly identified as a fair game. Both boys and girls feel the impact of just a moment’s pleasure, for the rest of their lives.
wow, slow night…
SLOW
CHILDREN
Any score on Warriors vs Puns?
Speaking of the conference silliness… and what motivates a university to do what it does…
I offer this thinking:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc
This lively RSAnimate, adapted from Dan Pink’s talk at the RSA, illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace.
Kamehameha comes up a yard short at the gun. Punahou, 24-17
Hawaii 45- USU 24
You gotta let people know you’re a player before they can dismiss you…Problem is UH is not a player.
Watching the 2007 UH-Boise game. Two blocked XP kicks in the first half. So…it’s not like they haven’t happened to us before. I think the special teams guys recovered well in the Idaho game. Good going…keep improving.
Hey! I like wine & cheese. 😛
Met Falyn with Siaki Cravens’ sister at the Colorado game. She didn’t say anything about playing here, but I didn’t ask. Staying NCAA-compliance safe.
Curses, foiled again!
Great game by both teams. I’m calling Farrington the team to beat.
Did I hear Guy Hagi right? It’s supposed to rain on Saturday? ugh.
#209 and #210
I think we (and alot of others) really know that Shane has every right to be furious over how he was treated…having to stand there and watch Mo struggle when he was off but not getting the call to get a chance to lead the team to victory. And then the slap in the face when he didn’t even get garbage time to keep him sharp if Mo gets hurt and he has to take over for the rest of the season. But Shane took the high road and showed some serious integrity for a young man. Hopefully the older man can learn something from Mr. Austin.
It’s not about conference realignment. It’s about the networks and how they will make the most money and who they would want to showcase and be able to control.
In addition ESPN is telling the MWC network partner, you can’t compete and cannot do anything about it cause you don’t have the money and clout we have. Advantage BE cause of their connections to ESPN upper brass.
If ESPN wants Hawaii in the BE they would be in the BE. Is there a way to convince ESPN that Hawaii has a lot to offer? If not too bad too sad.
If what Garret states and BSU, Air Force & SDSU leave for the BE than it will be best for the MWC & WAC to close shop and petition C-USA and hope that ESPN will be sold on a plan to create something for these schools left out of the ballroom.
Pomai;
UH-17
USU-14
GO! WARRIORS!…get the “w”
212….hmmmm. if i am not mistaken, it sounds like you been keeping that name in your hip pocket for awhile?
now that’s scary…you could have chosen kevvie.
Lightning!
GO STRIKE FORCE!
Thunder!
GO WARRIORS!!!
we ain’t seen nothing yet…regarding conference realignments.
soon the super conferences that are bcs will be letting the weak go. it could happen.
i still can’t understand why congress has not yet stepped in to put some sense in order.
they get involved in steroid use which only affects a handful whereas this bcs positioning affects millions.
AL, I didn’t like Kevvie but we must meet one day!
Garret, curious as to why you use the Sagarin ELO_CHESS rating instead of the overall Sagarin rating.
The overall Sagarin rating would read as follows:
2011: 80
2010: 47
2009: 105
2008: 91
Is the ELO_CHESS rating the one used by the BCS?
Pride,
ELO_CHESS is utilized by the BCS.
Look on the positive side… your sun-cheapened mauka sideline seat near the roof is gold during overcast skies and 15 mph trade wind rains. Oh, wait…sun sets at 5:53 pm on Saturday anyway. How much you want for your ticket?
There are certainly a lot of details like that to take into consideration. That?s a great point to bring up. I offer the thoughts above as general inspiration but clearly there are questions like the one you bring up where the most important thing will be
In the world, the Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away…..in football the defense giveth(punishment), and taketh away the ball…….let’s do lots of that on Staturday. Offensively not one wasted down…every down has to contribute to field position or scoring opps…..let’s give the Aggies a real “Aloha” coming and going!!!! Go Wariors and a big Aloha to Mike Biscotti!!!!!
The MWC may be getting raided even worse than currently thought…it sounds like NMSU might be an invitation to the MWC. Maybe SDSU leaving gives a spot to NMSU?
http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-sports/ci_19258919
Yes, Congress needs to reform the NCAA so the BCS doesn’t walk all over it.
Post #252 should say that NMSU might “get” an invitation, not “be” an invitation. My younger daughter had just gotten up and was watching me type and I was rushing.
If the MWC loses 2 schools (AF/BSU) and adds 3 schools (USU/SJSU/NMSU), that doesn’t make sense to me because that would put them at 11 football teams. That is why I think that NMSU getting an invitation could only happen if SDSU or some other school leaves.
If NMSU, SJS and US are in the MWC might as well buy the rights to change their name to the WAC.
the ruskies Or american dollar For 28%
I don’t think that Kustra is wrong when he said this, UH probably will feel the same way if BSU and AF leaves.
http://www.nesn.com/2011/11/boise-state-gets-clearence-to-join-big-east-conference-in-2013.html
Pomai,
With La Tech looking solid for an invitation to CUSA, only Idaho is left to collect the exit fees…they have a small market, tiny stadium, and are the last place team in the WAC at the worst possible time. Poor Vandals.
I’d like to know what the TV guys involved on both sides (MWC and WAC) think of the possible new landscape. If teams gravitate to the MWC, what is the bottom line for CBS Sports and Comcast? If teams move back to the WAC, how would ESPN address the contract? Keep in mind, we still have other sports to consider, aside from football.
It may come down to which network will give a bigger payout per team.
But then again, Fresno and Reno may not want to return to the WAC, and bring UNLV and whomever else with them. Network money will do the talking.
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It may seem like it’s too late, but Upper Campus better be pushing hard on research grants, from now until forever. It’s one thing for them to be whining about the Athletic Department. It’s another that they can’t even take care of their own departments and strive for academic excellence. Every single academic department should be performance based, just like what we expect from our student athletes.
I don’t think I remember JJ ever getting a QB commit this highly ranked before…and he committed over the summer, before this Big East stuff happened. It would be nice for UH to get a QB recruit like this someday.
http://247sports.com/Player/Eddie-Printz-839
Wes’side Warrior,
WassupDoc posted the news about how UH’s research grant money was tens of millions less this year than last year…that is the wrong direction! While other schools are getting millions more this year than last year, UH is going backwards.
You have to spend money to make money with research. Schools pay a lot of money to attract the top researchers, spend a lot of money to equip them with labs and everything else they need, then give them $1+ mil endowments to pay for grad students, post docs, etc.
Yes, Garret, that’s what I’m saying. They constantly whine and complain about the athletic side of the equation, but don’t even notice that huge 2×4 stuck in their own eyeballs!
Wes’side Warrior,
Good point about the how the TV providers are a key factor in everything. CBS/Comcast refused to let BYU show replays of games on BYUTV…BYU could have stayed in the MWC if they could have had BYUTV replay rights, but the MWC’s TV providers refused.
So, BYU left their $1.4 mil MWC TV share to get $10 mil in TV money from ESPN, with full replay rights. The MWC lost big when BYU left but the MWC’s TV providers did not seem to care.
Wes’side Warrior,
You are not wrong with your point in #263. The thing is, Upper Campus *is* paying close attention to the research side, and they pay way more attention to that than UHAD. They just cannot or will not do anything about that.
With the budget cuts that UH is getting, I honestly do not think that there is anything UHAD can do in the short-term to fix their research grant decrease. It takes years to build up a research group, even when you have $10 mil to throw around…when you don’t have the $10 mil then…
Like others have said over and over… seems like we just don’t have a plan to achieve whatever vision we supposedly aspire to reach.
It’s fine to say you’re gonna learn to surf one of these days… but it’s never gonna happen if you don’t get off of the sofa and get into the water. We don’t even have a plan to leave the house and walk down the road yet.
Regarding QBs, JJ also got the #1 recruit overall (not just QBs) in Arkansas to commit to SMU. So, the top recruit in Arkansas is their QB in the 2012 class, and the top QB recruit in Georgia is their QB in the 2013 class. Wow…
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/playerrankings/_/state/arkansas/class/2012/view/state
And here we go with the catch-22 stuff. We see many mainland schools getting creative with fees and bonds and whatnot, all to move forward. All we see back home is, “Well, we can’t because we don’t have money, and no one knows how to raise money, so we just gotta keep cutting the budget until finally one day it will all balance out. Then, hopefully, the world will still be revolving around the sun, and the PAC24 may still want us.”
I remember a dozen years ago, or so, how people would ask 5* and 4* recruit questions, and the general answer was (and I’m paraphrasing) “well, it’s too far away from their homes on the mainland, so their families wouldn’t get to see them play, so it’s nearly impossible to go after those types of recruits. We gotta go after those that are under the radar. The 4*+ recruits want to stay near home and play for big name schools.”
Even when Coach Jones and his staff were here, and even after that miraculous turnaround season, we still didn’t get those types of recruits looking at us seriously.
Probably won’t happen unless/until we finally get into a BCS conference.
Wes’side Warrior,
The California public Universities raised fees (UC schools don’t have tuition, so the fees really are tuition plus fees) aggressively after budget cuts last year and will raise them again. That let them keep expanding their research programs while not cutting classes and other things that affected the students.
UH should have raised tuition a LONG time ago, they have been talking about it for years and not doing it earlier will cost them for years. It took UH years just to get the student athletic fee passed, they should have raised everything back then.
So, do we need to streamline our course offerings and concentrate more on those programs that are unique to Hawaii, the Pacific, Asia, tourism, etc.? Maybe we’re trying to do way too much and we’re spread too thin on resources. Take another look at the overall, and revamp the whole thing.
Of course, we’d first need to form a committee to research if such a plan might be feasible (there goes a couple million on that committee). Then, another committee needs to be formed to read the report and make recommendations to yet another committee… etc., etc., etc.
Adrian Klemm got 4-star recruits from California in SMU’s past 2 recruiting classes, recruits with multiple Pac-10 offers. That was with SMU being in a non-AQ conference. Adrian Klemm was finishing up a degree at UH and sitting around in Hawaii when JJ asked him to come to SMU to work for free for a year before he could be hired…UH could have hired Klemm if they had wanted to, he was living in Hawaii, attending classes at UH, and his only offer was an unpaid job in Dallas.
When JJ was at UH, the recruiting budget was $50k. Now, the recruiting budget is $120k and UH also has a full-time recruiting coordinator that alone costs way more than UH’s entire recruiting budget under JJ, and that is in addition to the $120k.
JJ offered to reduce his salary at UH (to $500k) to increase the recruiting budget and fund a position that would assist the football program (basically, the position that JD funded that hired Tony Tuioti). UH turned that down.
People criticize JJ’s recruiting in his last year at UH, but the fact was that his contract was expiring! JJ’s contract was over after the season and every recruit knew that…on other forums I see the same people that criticize JJ’s recruiting when his contract had just about expired at UH also blame Upper Campus for killing Mack’s recruiting even though he has 1.5 years left on his contract.
Blaming JJ for leaving the cupboard bare means that we are saying that recruiting should be no problem with an expired contract. Blaming Mack’s trouble with recruiting before this season began means that recruiting is impossible if a coach has just 2 years left on his contract. How is that consistent when the same people excuse Mack but blame JJ when JJ’s contract had much less time left than Mack’s contract has now?
I’m depressing myself so I’ll go and work for the rest of the day…I’ve been on hold for a work call for awhile now but I think I’ll hang up and call another company that may want a 7-figure electronic equipment contract and won’t keep me on hold.
I’m not blaming Coach Jones for anything. All I’m saying is that it’s tougher to get those highly regarded recruits to Hawaii, no matter what. It might’ve made things easier for us had the NCAA gone with cutting football scholarships as they had considered previously.
I’m sure Coach Mack had his share of top recruits while he was with UofMiami, when Miami was running their hot streak.
It’s just plain tougher to get top recruits to come to Hawaii when considering all things they must weigh in their decision making.
Great Morning All!
IS IT SATURDAY YET?
GO WARRIORS!
GO WILDCATS X 2!
Yeesh! Talk about a road trip…
#2 got on the team bus an hour ago and they have 7 more hours of bussing to go before getting to Spokane.
Good wet morning Tsaikos! Hope everyone stays dry today.
GO WARRIORS!!
Re: research dollars – I’ve heard some say that some funding institutions (e.g. NIH) are very nepotistic (is that a word?). A researcher is far more likely to get the big grants if they’ve done a fellowship there or worked under someone who works there. It takes years for a researcher to work up to those big multimillion $ grants and to even get the first small grant (think 5 or low 6 figures) is difficult.
d1 – #277 – at least on a bus, you’re not packed in like a sardine!
This web site can be a stroll-by way of for all of the info you wished about this and didn’t know who to ask. Glimpse right here, and also you’ll undoubtedly uncover it.
jmxxxx,
Even at D3 level, a bus full of football players is always packed!
JMxxxx, I wouldn’t doubt that nepotism has a part to play in all of this. I mean, that’s how things have been for ages. That’s how families and relatives consistently get the inside scoops on job openings, etc. And I didn’t mean to put all Professors into the same group. Especially since we do read of the good that some departments are doing with regards to research. But, they are few and far between when it comes to pushing the envelope at UH. We constantly hear/read of other (even smaller, D-II and D-III) schools who are making breakthroughs in various other fields.
Surely, we can focus on what natural resources are readily available throughout our islands, and concentrate studies in these fields. Or, are we satisfied with the work done by prior researchers, and would rather just stick teaching what’s already known, instead of digging deeper?
We’ve got so much unused former plantation fields. We should see large scale research going on to try to come up with crops and methods to lead us to self-sustenance, for example. I go back home, and all I see are acres and acres of weeds! What good is that doing the state?
But, yeah…
Game Day eve! Another huge game for our boyz!
Let’s go, Warriors!!! The battle is on!
Listened to the Kamehameha – Punahou game last night online. Wow, you can’t ask for much more from a football game. Congrats to both teams as it sounded like everyone left everything out on the field.
We have an almost insatiable drive in this country to “cut taxes.” Decreased spending is killing UH and has been for several years. It is also having a profound effect on many — or maybe all — public universities around the country, not to mention the public school system. Even in “rich” school districts like mine (the only district in Oregon to have every school rated outstanding every year) we had to close one elementary school this year and will shutter two more next year to close a huge budget deficit because of reduced state funding.
Most recently it is, as Garret has pointed out repeatedly, one of the driving forces behind conference realignment. TV money. Corporations gaming the system to extract as much profit as possible. Many of these corporations don’t pay any, or very little, federal income tax as has been widely reported in the past few days.
The money has to come from somewhere. UH in particular cannot compete with schools on the mainland when it comes to faculty recruiting and retention. Hawaii has a high cost of living. Without the faculty, researchers, equipment and facilities UH cannot compete on an equal footing for the grants. As Garret mentioned, tuition has to go up. It hurts the students, yes. But it hurts the State more to have UH spiral downward.
There is plenty that upper campus can do without breaking the bank as well. The biggest push should be to focus on making UH the kind of place where you are in and out in four years. You know what hurts most about a higher tuition bill? Paying it for 6 years instead of 4. UH should be striving for at least 50% four year graduation rate among undergrads with a goal of getting it up to 70% over the next 10 years. That alone would make a huge difference.
A lot of that is just fixing bureaucracy and streamlining requirements and credit transfer rules.
Garret, re #254, there are rumors on the CUSA message board that UMass, Temple and FIU are candidates for CUSA invitations. And we’ve already heard that CUSA is considering LaTech. That would be four additions when only three schools are leaving. Perhaps the plan is to move UTEP from CUSA to the MWC, since CUSA is expanding eastward, and rebuild both conferences to 12. If so the MWC would look like this:
Hawaii
San Jose State
Fresno State
San Diego State
Nevada
UNLV
Utah State
Wyoming
Colorado State
New Mexico
New Mexico State
UTEP
The MWC could also pick up Seattle in the west and Denver in the east as non-football members. That would leave Texas State and UTSA to go to the Sun Belt and poor Idaho to drop down to FCS in the Big Sky, finishing off the WAC.
One benefit of the above arrangement is that, if the Big East were also to take SDSU, USU could be moved to the west and the east could be backfilled with North Texas or UTSA.
UH is the southernmost University, not the Westernmost, right? So Big East would like to expand South?
Gotta give the coaches a break on recruiting.
Seeing that only 4 coaches at UH actually recruit, they are doing a good job.
Imagine if all our coaches recruited like they do at every other program in the nation. We would probably get even better boys to come to UH.
Morning!
Guess my 1:45 pm post yesterday questioning UH athletic department current/future plan(s) hit a “raw” nerve soemwhere as it was deleted by ST – oh well what can I say?
Interesting discussion on Sagarin points versus home and away games …
http://www.sportshawaii.com/sh/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=40755
A-House,
You comment might have been deleted due to “collateral damage.”
Wonder where the Blogmeister is?
Morning, ST!
Why only 4 coaches recruit…That needs to be fixed.
Slugger,
The man who never sleeps is sleeping. Just got off the phone with him a few minutes ago. Try to keep the noise down in here, so he gets his much needed beauty rest.
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Bakers earn the majority of their income in the morning, they earn most of their dough at yeast by a leaven o’clock.