Comments on: Live football blog: Hawaii vs. Air Force

By: winning

winning — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 21:19:11 +0000

One key in stopping the trip-option is to penetrate and disrupt the pitches and get the qb too. However we don’t got those players yet. Not athletic enough from the looks of it. Just gotta recruit better. Plus get that big and long armed fast RB. Ok, got to hope for 10-3 now. Its possible and doable. UH has to rely too much on McDono’s accuracy and when its not good we lose.

By: Inyoface

Inyoface — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 09:18:59 +0000

Not to say we can’t use bigger receivers in the slot position and smaller receivers as wide outs or vice versa. We just need a couple bigger bodies for the qb to aim for.

By: Inyoface

Inyoface — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 09:14:16 +0000

I love our smaller quick receivers but hopefully Rolo can recruit a couple tall fast receivers over 6 feet in the coming years for a balance on offense and give the quarterback something big to aim for to make his job a little easier. It’ll cut down on interceptions and bigger receivers hold on to the ball a little better under pressure so less fumbles. They also give the smaller slot receivers a break and less wear and tear on them.

By: Inyoface

Inyoface — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 09:08:01 +0000

21 total turnovers given up so far this year. Ouch.

By: Inyoface

Inyoface — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 08:56:18 +0000

The offside penalty put the nail in the coffin.

By: THE burro sabio

THE burro sabio — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 08:00:57 +0000

Reno was 3 weeks ago.

By: tom-warriornation

tom-warriornation — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 02:37:24 +0000

Think the team was jet-lagged from both Boise and Reno. Who makes their ridiculous travel schedule?

Last week at Boise, the team finished the game before midnight; got to their hotel at 1am; and had to take a 6am flight back to Hawaii. What; only 2 hours sleep? Team needs at least 8 hours!

Two weeks ago at Reno, again the team finished the game before midnight; but had to shower and go straight to the airport, catch a delayed flight to San Francisco; and wait at the airport basically all night, catch a 9am flight to Hawaii which turned around after a hour in flight to SFO; and took another airline back to Hawaii. This was the most absurd schedule of all. After that big Nevada win, the team deserved to get a good night’s rest before returning home.

By: sackkabooya

sackkabooya — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 00:50:07 +0000

Just watched the video. Looked like the BYU game last year. Air Force controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides. Even Taala was pushed backward often. So explosive, quick and relentless. No chance. Even the pass rush was real active and physical. So fast and strong. Unreal. Cole ever have enough time to exploit the mismatches vs their secondary (lots). That’s what it looks like when pass rush is synched up with coverage.

The defensive scheme looked like it was designed for players who can make plays in the open field. Hawaii doesn’t have many of those. Thus failure. There was no adjustment second half (such as somebody make sure the QB is on the ground every play, tackle him with or without the ball, make somebody else beat you) either. Very exasperating. Learning process. It looked like they might have underestimated how physical this Air Force team would be (I didn’t see this kind of ability on their videos either). Learn. Prepare. Everything is still possible. I know this team is capable of better. Lots of returnees. Need some leaders now.

By: sackkabooya

sackkabooya — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 22:04:20 +0000

I remember Aranda’s defense being similar to Batoon’s at the same stage (year 2). It has such a different design that is hard for us average fans to figure out what we’re seeing, just like Aranda’s. So it drives you nuts when you see guys out of position and seemingly confused. Sucks. But are we looking at the next Aranda here with Batoon ? IDK. I think this was his first time he defensed an option team without Tavai, a real vocal leader. Part of the learning process as Phase II ensues I think. They have to play (and practice) hard (like Air Force does) from right now. Mind-set has to readjust. Anything is still possible. Everything.

By: Sea Lord

Sea Lord — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 19:34:57 +0000

And New Mexico, our next opponent, also runs a version of the option. We had better learn to attack instead of filling gaps and waiting for the faster opponent to make the first move. If the defense has to think before reacting, then they will be tackling ghosts.