Funaki, Alexander to share QB job

it was nice to see alexander actually grow DURING the game. started kind of slow. late on his reads, but he ended with a bang and confidence. i think UH answered several questions tonight.
we have a qb
we have a return guy
we have a punt return guy
lane is finally contributing
our d is pretty good
special teams is doing great
we are close to making a bowl
Warriors can finish
our LB corp is terrific
our team is starting to come together

3!

Top 5? If not, Top 10. Great win UH.

Pops braved the rain to lay claim to the most satisfying *win* he has seen yet from this ball club. We both were like two drunken sailors celebrating shore leave!

Warriors ruled in Halawa valley last night. The Hale Koa was rockin’ with the true, and very loyal fans to witness it.

I think there wouldn’t be a problem with Greg Alexander as UH’s starting QB. But, to allow for more flexibility, Inoke Funaki and Tyler Graunke/Brent Rausch should be given a significant-enough number of reps in practice for them to able to replace Alexander in the case that he is injured or underperforms in a game. Funaki should still get some time at QB, to keep defenses in-check and on-their-toes. I think–and have ever since–that Funaki is capable enough as a passer to win games for UH.

In regards to the game, the defense played great (aside from the two long TD runs). I was impressed more with their run defense than I was with their pass defense. Nevada was able to move the ball through the air in the 2nd half, once they realized they had to pass more often b/c of how UH was stopping them their runs. Ryan Mouton is a very effective blitzer. I saw him on at least 2 occasions, forcing the QB to scramble out of the pocket, and thus disrupting Nevada’s offense. Kaepernick had impressive speed though.

About the offense, O-Line again gave a mediocre performance. There were a few occasions where they held up pretty well, but they need to be more consistent. They can’t keep giving up that many sacks in a game. The impact of Kealoha Pilares’s absence was obvious, as UH practically had no running game to speak of. But that David Farmer TD run was well-executed, and was in my mind the best rushing play of the game. Passing opened up finally, and I guess that’s no coincidence, with Alexander playing. More should be done to free up and give opportunities to Greg Salas. He makes the hardest catches, and gains tough YAC. But Michael Washington played a very good game, and ran some good routes that separated him from his defenders. Ryan Mouton as a SB looks like a good idea, but shouldn’t be a permanent move. He’s a valuable asset on defense.

Special teams played great. Tim Grasso kicked some well-placed balls, and JoPierre Davis did a good job of keeping them in-field. Kickoff team played well, and gave Malcolm Lane his space to run. Aaron Bain did a commendable job, too. Less east-to-west than Washington. Coverage was good too, for the most part.

I agree that Alexander addressed many of the concerns about him in this game. In addition to the 2 that ST listed above, many of the people who went to camp said that Alexander just focused on one receiver all of the way and didn’t look off the D. Maybe because he knows the offense better now, he didn’t have that tunnel vision anymore.

I think it would be a bad idea to try to get 4 QBs reps in practice. If Alexander is the #1 QB, he needs starters reps. Inoke needs to get the backup QB reps, maybe something like 1/3 the reps. I don’t know if that leaves any reps for the #3 QB, normally it does not but UH has been giving a 3rd QB a limited number of reps in practice…though that was before there was a clear #1.

Good morning Tsaikos!

Three more wins to get the bowl bid!

Hey 99, pretty darn good prediction you had.

Pomai . . .

My guess is 38 us and 28 them — again.

Congratulations to Alexander for his reclamation of the #1 qb spot. Now lets get some stability and consistency on offense!!!

If you are going to the wessai meeting this morning drive safely and definitely continue the celebration!

Those stoic and faithful fans who went to the game last night the victory was made all the better for you because you lived some of the discomfort as our Warriors. Bravissimo to you!!!

Maverick . . .

Forgot.

And a congratulations to you on the ticket win, too! Too bad you could not go. Maybe next time.

I wonder if dj finally made it to the game. Geez, I sure hope so! She received those tickets in a particularly circuitous manner — you, me, Hoohiki, dj. Dang!

I do not recall if it has ever been that difficult to “get rid” of a game tickets? HA!

I think Grasso was the player of the game. Or maybe just special teams in general. No real mistakes and they consistently gave the O short fields and the D long fields.

I loved the win no doubt, but boy I sure would have loved to see Dan Kelly win it with a FG, then look right over to Coach Ault and smile.

Pomai,

Pomai:

October 26th, 2008 at 7:43 am
I loved the win no doubt, but boy I sure would have loved to see Dan Kelly win it with a FG, then look right over to Coach Ault and smile.

I was hoping for that to happen when the Warriors were driving for what I thought was going to be a FG attempt by Kelly.

Then I was hoping for Stretch to write on his board and show the UNR coaches…. TIMEOUT? Ha ha, that would’ve been funny.

KUDOS to Mouton!!!! What a terrific game he had playing offense AND defense!!!!

KUDOS too to Grasso!!! Great field position and no easy task, especially in the rain!!!

GO WARRIORS!!!!

Yes, I concur too on the 10-4. It’s in the cards

10 – 4 good buddy, affirmative that Rubber Duck.

Put the pedal to the medal, and get this rig to the Hawaii bowl. Don’t forget to stop at your favorite “Choke-n-Puke” for some carbo loading for the next VICTORY.

Now that was a flashback moment.

Great win last night!

I give all the credit to the win to the coaches for game planning and more importantly adjusting the personnel in the game to get this important win.

Great Morning All!
Great Win Warriors!

Heading out to Nancy’s for the Post Game Celebratory Breakfast.

For those who wanna join us on da Wessai, see you at 9:00! 🙂

LizKauai at d1’s hale…
3/3 parts showed up for the game last night.
Woo Hoo!
Congrats COACHES!!!

GO WARRIORS!!!

Who makes the footballs that were bleeding color all over the hands of the QBs and punters?

Alojah Kakahiakaz Gang…

I agree Kaepernick and Vai Taua make a great combo for Nevada’s ground game. No wonder there rushing offense is tops in the WAC and in the nation. Looks like the WAC will be tough the next couple years… Figure Boise State got Kellen Moore – Freshman, Nevada got Kaepernick – Sophomore, they will be tough to play against. Kaepernick was surprising to see, what a big improvement from last years game in Reno. I remember watching that game thinking he was decent but nothing special, but after this game I gotta give him credit, he’s dangerous! Regardless, I’m glad our boys won…our defense is awesome, our linebackers are all studs…and we still got more waiting too!

Anyone else surprised that Alexander was able to escape the rush several times. Boise he was like a statue in the pocket. This game he showed more awareness of the rush and was strong enough to break the grasp of would be sackers. He’s not Inoke when it comes to running but in this offense you need a little escapability. With more game reps he’ll only get better.
The game will slow down for him, he’ll process what he sees quicker, then react quicker. This game was a confidence booster for him.

and thanks also to ST for personally delivering the tix 🙂

Well for some second-guessing the coaching or play-calling treads on sacred ground, but here’s another way to look at it: the running back depends on the O-line to open running lanes. Our O-line is weak in places at times, and that limits the RB’s options. Pilares being out doesn’t hurt nearly as much when you have Libre, LWJ, Farmer (beware the TD threat, woohoo!), and Rego in reserve. At least three of ’em are credible run threats, we just need the O-line to do more than defend the QB.

CRW . . .

How does the iPTV perform? Are the pictures and sound clear? Do they run into any bandwidth problems like 1420 or some of the other video sites?

Hey ST, next time there’s a ticket giveaway and a neighbor island Tsai-ko wins, I’m offering my Friendship Travel Pass (FTP) to the winna. It cost $65 for a roundtrip, STANDBY! You may not get on the flight you want, but it’s a lot cheaper than $250 R/T. Plus we have a few conduct codes and dress policies.

And BTW talking to Nalani and Kaipo were like talking to friends I’ve know all my life! Kaipo and I know quite a few people know to both of us! I’ll be cheering for the Kamehameha Maui girls basketball team!

GO WARRIORS!

So who was the 3-star prospect from the mainland at last nights game?

LTUHF

Nope just pau! Had a 6:00 am time. I was going to see Nalani in concert, but that was only for Kaiser members, not HMSA! 🙂

Trip to Utah for the next one, will we have a road win?
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pomai

41-35 warriors of course

djmitcho – keep the head warm & keep the body warm with a CR shot

Shyloh — if Alexander had “grown up” in this system and was currently a junior, we’d have a big-time player on our hands. It’s come to a evaluation based on experience, performance during practice, and game-time results. Things are finally starting to sort themselves out now, and the two-QB system (or at the very least, having a second QB come in right off the bench when it’s clear the first is udnerperforming) could be a very workable strategy for the rest of the season. Funaki gives defenses that “other look” and when he’s on his game and sticking to short-to-mid-range passes he’s very dangerous. That 35-yarder to Washington in the 2nd quarter, for example, was a beauty of a throw.

Good Morning Tsaikos!!

Pomai:
38-35 LizKauai

there I go again, not hitting the correct “key” or tab, but any way to continue my “observtions”:

2) noticed, for the second consecutive game, 3 same players on a dead run for the locker room as soon as the game ended – WHAT’S UP WITH THAT???????

3) noticed that many more players chose NOT to participate in the Ha’a before the game – thought Coach Mack said he wanted all the players to do it – Ha’a has nothing to do with religion, but a means to bring the team together and prepare for battle!!!!!!!!

4) If Nevada is dead last in passing defense, why the strategy to run the ball so often which netted very few yards for Hawaii – noticed that the Nevada LBers were almost never engaged by the Hawaii O-line, stayed in their assignments, and were able to hit our runners.

5) Many, many kudos to the “special teams” which did a heck of a job on put returns, kick off returns ( couple break down for 40 – 50 yards ) – but one huge effort – yea, this should move the Warriors out of last place.

6) O-line still struggling with keeping the D-ends from getting into the face our Funaki, Grunke, and Alexander.

6) Last, but the best saved for the outstanding food and fellowship at the Tsaiko tailgate!!!!!!!!!!!

stretch,
CR not something I keep in my place. I’ll have to take the glass with me somewhere to “earn” it. Probably this friday at my friend’s halloween party. She always has a bottle of CR around.

All I want to know is what exactly, truely, for-sure-for-sure; how tall is Alexander??, before the start of the season, he was 6’5″ and x-amount of lbs., as the season progressed, he has been announced anywhere between, 6’2″-6’3″??? how come he grew shorter over the season?

ST:

Good neighbor, any more really great news on the recruiting front? Have a feeling that you know of O-line commits but keeping us in suspense.

Hope the 2 recruits are going home happy and decide to join the Warriors with a commit this week!

How many more offers are out there to Hawaii seniors, mainland seniors, and any more offers to sophmores and juniors? Still confident Hawaii will be pau the 2009 recruiting class by 12/31/08?

Hope the coaching staff is still keeping open “commo” with the verbal commits to solidfy their signatures in February. Several mainland commits are saying that other schools are still talking and making offers.

glad Nalani and Kaipo got a chance to hook up with the Maui Tsai-kos! Games are better with great company!

And
Mahalo to HeinekinHealer who demonstrated his powers last night. And it was fun watching Mrs. HH and Betty having fun together at the T-gate afterhours!

*Steps on the Soapbox*

Heard that Mana Rosa committed to OSU last night. Don’t you all remember Maui peeps crying that UH does not offer scholies to their FB players and such. Now when one comes along, they wait and wait for a Pac-10 – BCS offer and say Thanks, but no thanks to UH when they get a offer…Just no act up like Perry or else you going to get cracks…and please don’t be a Kaluka and bad mouth UH and the state.

I know peeps will now say its their decision yada yada, but there better not be any chirping that UH does not offer neighbor island players….

Good luck to him and out of sight, out of mind. Buh Bye../wave

Ok, off my soap box..

BTW, GREAT, GREAT win lastnight. Me and the woman were STOKED that UH pulled it off. =)

reset your DVR’s!

Stretch,

Agree with you on your first point. I’ve mentioned this to a few Tsaikos already…IDK who the top 20 DE’s are in CFB; I just know that if you only watch UH games, you’d think 16 of ’em play for the eight teams we’ve played so far! 😯
…and yeah I was watching that last TD!

xxFaith, you may have a point about chirping from Maui, but no tell me that your Oahu group don’t chirp all the time. In tact, your chirping reminds me of those who come to Maui and think you know it all and expect us to follow you.

We do not know why UH was “slow” in offering Mana Rosa a scholarship, but hopefully it was for a good reason; is, not enough scholarships to go around; they already had enough commitments for his position; they were waiting for other players to commit or reject UH’s offer making a scholarship available, etc. The coaches have their list, by position, of players they want in the program and I have no idea where Rosa was.

I have no idea who he is, what position he plays, academic standing, etc, but I’m sure he was an outstanding player on Maui.

Let’s us hope that it does not came back to bite as it did for the Waianae line backer who went to the mainland and played several years at the Pro-level.

These are the “hard” choices coaches have to make and stick to it.

All the best to Mana Rosa at Oregon St!!!

Utah #10, Boise #11 in latest BCS poll.

WooHoo! Ho’omaikai to the team & coaches for a great game last night. Good to see that Greg Alexander is a viable QB now.

As always, it was wonderful to hang out with the Tsaikos. Glad to hear Pops thoroughly enjoyed himself.

Esme & out…

POMAI

UH30
Utah State-13

Hi wafan! About the iPTV service:

There are two components: The web-player and the television set-top box.

1.) The web-player is an actual live feed of the game that is accessible starting at 9pm Pacific. Video and sound are clear, and there are no bandwidth problems I’ve noticed unless you happen to be doing something on your end that is sucking up most of it. Overall, the feed isn’t that bad. I would compare it to last year’s Hawaiian Telcom game casts.

2.) The set-top box feed is much different. The video quality is EXCELLENT, but in almost all the football games it took a little while (usually a couple minutes or so into the game) for the sound to match up with the video. The volleyball games were just fine in this regard! Access to this feed usually isn’t available until well AFTER the game, so with last night’s game I had to wait until ~1:30am to watch it.

Overall, I’m very satisfied with the service despite laying $300+ for the box and 1-year prepaid service. With them showing the UH sporting events live, I feel I’ll be getting more than my money’s worth when it’s all said and done.

d1

You think with the oil prices declining, they must have a crystal ball… 🙂

Back to lurking……

d1, forgot to tell you that if you or anyone else living on the outer island wins another Tsaiko contest which involves going to HNL, please let duffer know cause he has offered to get you a special pass, currently $65 r/t, from your island to HNL and back.

Great game.

It will be interesting to see who is our QB and if he plays the whole game.

I don’t understand why we were doing running plays on first and second down in the fourth quarter when we were averaging 1.5 yards per carry.
Nevada has one of the best run defenses and worst pass defense. Why not just throw the ball.

Trip to Utah for the next one, will we have a road win?
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game night observation…………….

alexander scrambling about,

giraffe being terrorized by a pride of lions.
(clarification: a thick legged giraffe)

Did Inoke suffer a concussion in the game? I know that having a concussion (like Inoke had in the Weber State game) makes a player much more vulnerable to future concussions, and Ron Lee’s quote makes me wonder if Inoke had another one. If he did, that might force Inoke to not play in the next game or two and would change the backup QB plans…

ST’s article was the only one from the game that had this mention about Inoke:

“Inoke was seeing stars. He might have got his bell rung again. … We tried Greg Alexander. For the amount of reps he got, he competes. It wasn’t pretty, but we got what we needed.”

so where are all the pundits from last week?

ah, they are having their sunday dinner no doubt.
stewed crow.

sorry, shoots = shots

ok, time to get on the space craft cause friends called to come watch the Phillies play in “Wailuku”. hoooooooohaaaaaaaa!!!!

d1, might work if you tell duffer you want to come to Maui for a golf game and a muu call after that. hahahahahaaaaaa!!!!! try ask him, i like see what he going say. mooooooooooohhhhhhhaaaaaaaa!.

ok, bye.

Uh-oh…I sense a spell check coming soon 🙂
Sorry, Garret (and Garett)

whitey:

October 26th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
d1, as a loyal HA customer, I am very concerned about the direction HA is going. they moved their reservations to the phillipines to save money, but cut the local job market. they raise the airfares, then add on baggage charges. they make mucho money from Mesa group and no say how they going spend the money. not long ago, another airlines (begins with U) advertised about their special corner in the world and was the largest carrier to HI, then had the employees strike and put all of us in HI in deep pilikia. Lucky, in the meantime, other airlines started to increase service to HI and now that airline is no longer the largest or most dominant in HI. looking at the future, HA is on the same track as U and if the other airlines start to promote HI, HA not going have it easy. you remember how a lot of people did not support GO! because Aloha was having problems, then Aloha puts the screws to us after all the support from the people. baically what i am saying is that if you forget about the people who helped make you successful, it going come back to bite you big time.

Whitey- have question maybe you might know or not? here goes….
Did you or anyone you know, ever have to cancel an interisland flight that you reserved online via Hawaiianair website? reason i am asking is that rules say non-refundable and non-transferrable. Apparently, flight can be cancelled but not refundable and billing will be made to credit card nonetheless. my question is what if I booked flight along with a friend, canceled flight, was told that have 1 year using Hawaiianair eticket numbers to reschedule, but am not sure my friend can get vacation next year to use ticket. I know, non-transferrable, but do you have any idea how strict they are on these rules? Stupid question on my part but since you seem to fly Hawaiianair and have knowledge about their procedures, i thought I would ask? thanks.

Stretch ~ Check your yahootie mail box.

Dinner time…be back later. At least we got the hit count up with talk on the game.

The referee’s did look the other way when Lane made the TD catch at the end of the game. I thought for sure that we were going to get penalty for excessve celebraton….

okay….let’s leave hawaiian air alone. a family member is employed there. i must say though that the employees are pleasant.

okay time to get the family dinner going.

the boss is making some miso soup with a boatload of clams and some fried chicken. we are hoping for some musubi, too.

oh, and something to do with some head on shrimp she bought.

but, before i disappear. here’s one the ’tiser missed out on.

why didn’t they have shane victorino do a daily blog or diary during the world series?

I’m not sure but I think I read that Alexander and Grasso were roommates…what an awesome room!

“Last year, the theme was ‘believe’; this year, ‘trust'”. (Malcolm Lane)
I like that….

Wow, Duffer, a generous offer no one can resist. (Not to be greedy, but I hope I win again.lol)

Go, Navy!! Reasons: 1. They beat up on SMU and JJ. 2. They have alot of local connections especially from my hometown of Kapolei. 3. Can’t help it, I’m a military brat.

Good afternoon, folks!!!

Hoohiki,

You should have joined us at Tiffanys last night!

Wac Refs-
Sort of a mild chop suey,
but without the shoyu

They play on the road at Utah St, and the game starts at 1:00 PM MST. I don’t think they’re open that early.

Nalani and her brother Kaipo were fun last night.

Probably the Idaho game…….We’ll keep you posted.

Rich2176,

Ah, he was probably rushing to get to the cabana… 😉

d1 – I forgot he joins in the post-game activities…lol.

and homey catches the errors in grammar

dj:

October 26th, 2008 at 10:11 am
made it to the game about 30 min before kickoff. sat next to jojo and her daughter and enjoyed the warriors’ victory. thanks again to maverick, wafan, and hoohiki for letting me & the bf witness it in person (and while staying dry)

Time fo’ dinnah…and wondering about the wondrous spread that some people with clean carpets and newly repaired refrig, washer/dryer are having tonight 🙄

I feel bad for Graunke apparently still not fully healthy yet, but what Greg Alexander said after the game seems to confirm what I’d originally thought — that Graunke’s still the team player and supports his fellow QBs. We’ll probably need him sometime down the road this season, and hopefully, he’ll be 100% when that time comes.

Really liking the idea of a one-two Funaki-Alexander punch. Alexander brings more passing options and the ability to score more points, Funaki brings run versatility. Who says the two-QB approach doesn’t work?

A-House,

I understand your frustration, but as ST pointed out there is no such thing as WAC refs being the full crew at WAC games anymore. And the refs at the BSU and Nevada games I thought did a decent job. I’ve seen *much* worse with Pac-10 games.

In my opinion (and I haven’t seen every game of course unless you are talking about UH), over the past 10 years or so I’ve thought that the SEC refs were the best. The Big 12 refs were the second best in my opinion. The MWC conference refs were next best. And the Pac-10 refs were better than the WAC refs. I did not see enough games for the Big 10, Big East, and the other conferences to judge their refs.

That was why I was happy that the Big 12 and MWC refs would be working WAC games…that is an upgrade in my opinion. I hope that there is some type of sharing agreement for basketball…at least in time for the next game UH plays in Reno.

Wahine VB won tonight’s match 3-1 over Fresno.

Hi Liz, just got through watching the Wahines beat Fresno on iptv, well worth the money paid. Hey Pomai, Hawaii 35, Utah St 21

rumor says that Liloa Nobriga formerly from Iolani now at some high school in Las Vegas… committed to Hawaii. Is that true?

Garret:

Apology accepted, but unnecessary. It’s all part of sharing our thoughts about UH football and the many facets to it and learning.

During the mid-sixties, I watched many Big 10 games while stationed at Fort Knox and the refs were awful just like the old and new WAC. The better refs were asked to move to the MWC and we got the left overs.

St:

I understand that the refs we now see at Warrior games are a hybrid, but some of the non-calls and/or flags are awful. Maybe, I need to study more film and see what I am missing.

My biggest gripe is the “protection” afforded to them from criticism and penalties. Yes, we all make mistakes, but some of theirs are so glaring it makes one wonder if there is an agenda. Much like Benson’s setting up Fresno St and Boise St game before the season began for the WAC championship. Now the possiblity exist of a 3-way tie if Fresno St beats Boise St in late November and they plus San Jose St win out or beat up on each other allowing a 2-loss team to share in the crown. Just like the National Chamapionship game with team having 2 losses in 2008.

Changing gears, it appears that there is greater parity amongst football teams nationwide making unheard of upsets more common each year. And the Warriors are getting their share of it. With better athletes, the Warriors will become a significant factor.

I like the idea of more super conferences across the country with the best team from each playing for the national championship. This idea,IMHO, is slowly spreading and some day may become a reality. Maybe Hawaii, Boise St, Nevada, and Fresno St joining the PAC-10 “north” with Washington, Washington St, Oregon and Oregon St making a nice 8-team conference. Hopefully, air fare will not be a major factor especially for the PAC 10 members who get plenty $ or is this reserved only for the “southern” teams in the conference.

It’s like the executives of major corporations who know that if they screw up, they may get busted, but they keep the millions they get paid while the company they ran goes belly up because of many bad managment decisions and the common folks suffer. To bad Congress, in passing the “bail out/rescue”, did not include specific penalties such as voiding Board of Directors decisions on pay, pensions, etc that the “bad” guys walk off with. Thus, like refs, they know there will NOT be the significant loss of $. A slap of the hand and walking to their bank laaughing all the way.

good evening taikos, hope everyone enjoyed their dinna tonight because today was just glorious.

wondaful tgate with mucho friends, fuuuuud, gift from Choy clan (mahalo-music so ono), den the victory staged by an outstanding Warrior performance and lastly topped out with good conversations back at cabana.

sorry d1 for missing the coffee hour but sleep won out ova kofe. when finally got up it was after 12. know you all had a good time.

finally to top off my day was the Phillies taking another game in the NLWS. go shane boy and the rest of the Phillies team. one more to go den NLWS champs.

back to catch up reading

Hi Rich!

Hi Koakane! Glad you got some rest. Missed ya but sleep is good too! I zzzzd on the plane home.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4925262982628320567

Warriors and Wolfpack take the field.

I still remember the Hawaii, Alabama game a few year ago in Alabama. It was one of the worst officiated games I ever saw. The SEC refs were homer’s with the best of them. Seemed like the only honest guys there were in the replay booth. Even the home town play by play guys were stinking up the place causing Russell Yamanoha ( who called the game with them ) to sarcastically mention there was a lot of home cooking there.

As we sat down to dinner tonight, kid says, “Do we have to watch volleyball?” Hubby says “Yeah, why do we?”

Uh, who are these people and what are they doing in my house? 🙄

well if it is true that nobriga committed, he did have us high on his list, and i think he was there last night.

then, we have an incredible athlete coming in. its a matter of where he will play. remember that at iolani his soph year i believe he was first team all-ilh and 2nd team all state in basketball! which tells you what kind of athlete he is. he could stay at lb, play dline, or even become a great offensive tackle with his good feet. nah, who we kidding, make em a running back at 6’3″/235 lbs 4.73 speed and hands of a basketball player.

ouch!

Nalani & Family ~ I know I speak for all of our Tsaiko Village people when I say thank you for your gift of music to us and to the world. It is indeed an honor and a prilviledge to have met you, and your very loving family.

I know you’ve heard it from all of us, but we have been your fans for many years prior to our meeting you. May Ke Akua allow you to continue spreading your uplifting sounds of our culture far and wide. We love your vocal style, and can’t wait to have you back in our midst at the next t-gate.

And I would like to thank the “boss” in charge of cabanas for helping us make that move. He even moved our fire and gave us an electric line!!!

Rich2176:

Gotta agree with you on a D coaches nightmare in preparing for a “dual-QB” situation and having the right personnel in there for Funaki or Alexander at game time.

Like the way Coach Mack and his staff are evolving and maturing as the season goes by.

Nalani:

Mucho, mucho thanks for the CDs and thanks to Shelton for delievering the goods!!

See you and family in 4 weeks!!!

A-House ~ I’m so glad I have the easy job of just being a rabid fan. No headaches about Defensive alignments or Offensive shortcomings. I just have to yell, and scream (at the officials of course) at the top of my lungs.

Duck Soup!

Go Warriors!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4185850599531059958&hl=en
Greg Alexander refuses to go down and makes a pass.

jm2375…RE #176: Sounds like my household! I hear you sister!
How’s this…I spent more than $400 last year when I dragged my husband and 2 boys to watch the Maui Invitational championship game with Duke vs Marquette, just to have ALL of them keep saying, is it done yet? Is it done now? To top it off, they were wrestling, including my husband in the corner of the gym while I sat with the Duke booster section (not very friendly) by myself.

Mrs. A-House ~ Thank you for sharing your personal post card photo album and memorabilia stuff with those of us who are mere mortals. You do such a creative job of making memories, I forgot to remember I was there with you and your Ohana at the Sugar Bowl!

I don’t care what Homey says about you, you still our best playhouse mama!

Kekoa – Yeah, especially since he messed up my tape of the replay of last night’s game, since I was out between 10 and 1!!! grrrr.

Liz – I prefer to go to games with those who are actually fans – usually, my sis and brother-in-law. I think we’re looking to go to da Wazzou game, since she doesn’t have to work that day. Somehow even execs in the retail biz still gotta work weekends.

Today, Liz and I compared our sideline notes when we had watched Jake and Grasso practice their complete kick routine over and over. It felt extremely good to see it all come to fruition in such a tremendous way last night. What a feeling that must be for them to be able to ‘kick-back’ and watch film of their exploits today.

okay grasso has the nevada punt returner to thank for those great stats.

i thought the guy let go punts that he should have run up to. i am sure his coach was not pleased with him all night.

Three teenagers grabbed a 68-year-old woman’s handbag…and even though she was wearing sandals, she ran after them and caught up with the 15-year-old boy who had her handbag. When she grabbed him by the collar, he dropped her bag and begged to be let go.

36% of the police academy graduates in Atlanta have criminal records.

I love this story about a man and his aging dog…especially since Katie is officially a senior dog now and I can relate to what this man says about his dog.

A Chicago woman won an eBay auction for a home in Michigan $1.75, which she plans to turn around and sell.

I don’t want any recipes from here to show up in the Tsaiko cookbook!

Free play links pau.

I like the idea of a platoon system with Alexander and Inoke…unless Inoke suffered his second concussion of the season in yesterday’s game. If Inoke has had 2 or more concussions this season, I really hope that the trainers and coaches hold him out of the next 2 games. With the bye week after that, Inoke would have 4 weeks between games.

garret….please go try that recipe. but, gotta be whole head on shrimps that have not been cooked yet.

and don’t overcook it either.

gurantee dat one.

Al ~ We who are about to dine on left overs, are envious.

Ok…ok…so I held back a personal stash of Lomi Salmon and poi for serious late eve munchies…still, I think your shrimp slathered and sauteed in heavy butter and wine concoction trumped my leftovers!

Kekoa – you were supposed leave some lomi salmon in da fridge for me!!! grrrrr.

You cant really see this very well but near the end of the game a Nevada coach was punting objects around his sideline. Prolly cheaper than a laptop and less effective on the team.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3997461791874735991&hl=en

jm2375…..tsaiko tailgate rule of food number 12 (in honor of mr. alexander)

snooze you lose.
you shoulda come down yesterday.

jm2375…one of thing you really missed was Kekoa’s unbelievable lomi salmon with poi. It was good beyond belief. OMG. Other lomi salmons tastes like tomato, onion and salmon flavoring “cooked” in salt. Kekoa’s one is HUGE chunks of freshly-salted uncooked salmon. Gourmet to da MAX!

a few weeks ago i was asking for a hero to emerge. one to come in on his white horse and his steel armor to save the day.

could it be????

i remember colt had a rather inauspicious start too.

Oops, here is the second sentence:

That’s the motto of the Texas Longhorns.

jason…..erovic to cook with balls as in testicles?
what are you thinking?

al,

Tailgate leftovers du jour: pulled pork on potato rolls and Progresso soup.

Nobriga was a stud at Iolani; in football and basketball.

in fact wasn’t he all ilh basketball as a freshman?

Am I seeing the replay right? A little concerned that ERob got beat back-to-back on Nevada’s last scoring drive – on the TD and the play before.

I like how the coaching staff are going after the players early in the season and really building a raport… Things are looking good for the future of Warrior football.

sometimes we are charging down the field and forget to breakdown just prior to making the hit. i saw that a couple of times last night and a slight juke step left them sprawling on the floor grabbing the atmosphere.

i am sure that the coaches saw that too and will address those things.

i want our team to play with a lot smarts and discipline. those things are always the intangibles that can make or break a team.

Don’t forget about Lewis Walker and Steve Christian at cornerback. I like their potential a lot, their athleticism really stood out during fall camp. Let them grow into their bodies, get stronger and faster, and I think they can really help us in the defensive backfield.

Sorry, actually maybe it was Desmond Thomas covering on those plays. (?)

They say that Nobriga committed during the recruit dinner tonight. If so, wow.. what a get!

Yesterday, Malcolm Lane..
Today… catch of the day… Nobriga…!

i am sure that st knows for sure.
something tells me that the coaches will tell a recruit that since the ncaa prohibits a staff member from making a formal announcement. the recruit should call st with the verbal commit so that he can be given the proper headline in the advertiser.

you know get your name in the “bright lights”. some kids like that and it also serves notice to other schools that we got em already.

al- you are sooo sly 😉

I notice Keao did not make a single tackle, solo or assisted…Nevada had about 500 total yards and two were long runs for TD-where are you Keao?

Nice story on fellow math major Francis Maka. Geez, taking PDEs. I stopped after the first semester of ODEs! 😀

Was just looking around and we are losing quite a few Seniors next year.
Calvin Roberts       DB
Dane Porlas       DB
Desmond Thomas       DB
Erik Robinson       DB
Guyton Galdeira       DB
Jameel Dowling       DB
Keao Monteilh       DB
Ryan Mouton       DB
Ryan Perry       DB
C.J. Allen-Jones       DL
David Veikune       DL
Fale Laeli       DL
Francis Maka       DL
Joshua Leonard       DL
Keala Watson       DL
Adam Leonard       LB
Solomon Elimimian       LB
Tyson Kafentzis       LB
Jake Ingram       LS
Keith AhSoon       OL
Keoni Steinhoff       OL
Lafu Tuioti-Mariner       OL
Nathan McKay       OL
Tim Grasso       P
Dan Kelly       PK
Jake Santos       QB
Tyler Graunke       QB
Alonzo Chopp III       RB
Daniel Libre       RB
David Farmer       RB
Khevin Peoples       RB
Aaron Bain       WR
Dylan Linkner       WR
Michael Washington       WR
Nathaniel Nasca       WR

Wouldn’t it be something if we saw Alexander at QB and Funaki at either RB and WR? I could definately see some trick play possibilities.

jason…..leave the engineer alone.

did you hear that after getting his math degree he was then going to get an engineer’s degree?

but, engineer’s have short term memory, because jason did tell us last year that maka was a math major as they had a class together.

I know that during the spring and summer there are times that the coaches can not coach the players, but is there anything saying that during the season that they can’t advise the players what they should do during the spring and summer to help themselves?

Life makes changes without asking permission.

Yesterday, after getting some really bad news from our veterinarian about Saturn The Dog probably suffering from lymphoma, DrDoc and I used the time as we drove back to the T-Gate to talk about our options. As part of the conversation, we discussed the issues revolving around euthanasia and how it’s too bad that it’s not an option for our human loved ones.

It’s not just Saturn who is only five and change, We’re also dealing with Hercules, our 16-year-old cat, as he comes closer to his final days as well. So far, diet & medication are working well, but he is not the same playful, loving cat that he was just a few months ago. We take him in every six or eight weeks to be checked over, but we have accepted the inevitable; we just don’t know when that will be.

Yesterday’s conversation turned out to be prescient. As we were getting into the car earlier this afternoon to go to the Wahine volleyball game, DrDoc passed out and I didn’t even bother to call 911 for an ambulance but drove him straight to the emergency room just in time for him to go into cardiac arrest. It’s still touch ‘n go as to what the long-lasting impacts will be. He’s going through a variety of tests overnight as well as first thing in the morning so we should have some news later tomorrow.

Cross your fingers for all three of my guys. Mahalo.

Please cross

Oh, well, at least the UH won last night and the Wahine did so tonight although not without a struggle in the second set according to the story in the Advertiser.

wdoc…..i will pray for dr doc.

al I know that, but my line of thought was for next year and the year after, seeing how we are losing quite a few starters. What I was thinking was that if I was coach Rolo, I would call all of the redshirt freshmen and freshmen into my office and the conversation would go like this:

Rolo: So you guys think that you should start?
Group: A collective yes(and if they don’t say yes then they shouldn’t be playing)
Rolo: Ok here is our playbook and If I was you guys this is what I would do, I would get together as a group(in other words all of you) everyday from now till you graduate and run these plays over and over till you can run them without thinking, with them just coming natural as if it is a part of you. I know you all have a busy life but if you want to be a winner you make the sacrifice’s that need to be made.

One of the things that made Colt and the boys so good is that they had this mental telepathy, they knew each other so well that if was just reaction rather than a thought process, and the only way you can get that is by doing it over and over. Can you imagine how these guys could be if they would do this for the next two years, come their Jr. year they would be awesome.

On paper our Freshmen look really good, then add the rest of the team WOW.

Go Warriors!

Iosefa and Nobriega commits to UH warriors! welcome aboard, you won’t be disappointed with your choice.

WassupDoc. Got my fingers crossed.