Day 1: Notes
The Warriors completed their first practice of training camp. I apologize — AGAIN! — for the system crash. Here are some notes:
• Defensive end Francis Maka said he will not play for the Warriors this season. He said his application for a sixth year was not approved. Instead, he will serve as a student assistant. He is scheduled to earn a bachelor’s degree in December.
Francis Maka• Defensive lineman Geordon Hanohano said he expects to be cleared to practice tomorrow.
• Receivers Jovonte Taylor and Dustin Blount are attending summer sessions on the Mainland.
• As expected Inoke Funaki, Greg Alexander and Brent Rausch took the most reps at quarterback. Tyler Graunke is being withheld from team activities until he resolves an academic issue.
• For now, Mana Silva and Keao Monteilh are the No. 1 safeties.
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Inoke Funaki is at the center of an onfield news conference:
Greg Alexander had an exhausting first practice:
Here’s the kicking team: Punter Tim Grasso, and placekickers Dan “The Iceman” Kelly and Brett “Thunder Thighs” Symonds.
Here’s linebacker Tyson Kafentzis sporting the new Under Armour practice jersey:
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Here’s the infamous sign:
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Colt Brennan said one of the most gratifying things about his breakout pro debut — 9 of 10 passing for 123 yards and two touchdowns — was that Hawai‘i viewers were able to watch the telecast.
He said he was so focused on football the past two weeks that “I didn’t even know the game was on NBC. … It’s nice to hear the people on the island got a chance to see it. That makes it even more special.”
On his big day:
“I’ve had bad luck throughout this whole draft process, trying to get into this league, and I think — I don’t know if it was karma or what — but I had a lot of things fall into place.”
On his success:
“Everything kind of developed. Whenever we called plays to go up top, (the Colts) kind of ran the coverages we needed them to run. I was happy to be able to go out there and have fun, and have success doing it.”
On feeling comfortable:
“The one that really set the tone was my first third-down pass, when I threw that corner route. Right after that, I remember all of the butterflies were gone. ‘This is something I know how to do.’ I just went out and had fun.”
On threading the pass that drew praise from John Madden:
“It was one of those things where I knew from pre-snap what the coverage was going to be. I was torn between what I wanted to do. I ended up looking to the outside receiver to see if anything opened up. I was going to come back inside. I saw him flash open. I know in that defense there’s kind of a middle linebacker dropping off in coverage. As I went to throw it, at the last second, I saw him, and I remember trying to put the ball up high and away from him as possible, and try to get it in as fast as possible at the same time. Really, I just got lucky on that play.”
On the aftermath of that last TD pass:
“I’ve had kind of a tight hamstring this last week. We’ve gone 14 days straight of practice. I kind of landed on my butt on that last play. It (hurt) my hamstring and butt a little bit. It wasn’t anything serious. but it was one of those things that was ‘ow.'”
On his first game:
“The coolest thing, what I’ll never forget, when I went in, I got a huge ovation by the crowd. Even before we started play. a lot of people were standing up and clapping. There was kind of this roar that got started when I went on the field, like people were really excited to see me play. I remember when that happened, I was really excited to play. I was praying to have a good start to my career. Thank God it just worked out for me.”
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Greg McMackin plans to skip Thursday’s practice to testify against proposed budget cuts that might eliminate junior-varsity sports. McMackin is scheduled to speak at the Board of Education meeting, which begins at 3:30 p.m. at Waipahu Intermediate School. The Warriors are set to practice at 4 p.m.
Love ya, Colt!
Woo Hoo!
Ok,ok now I can go sleep!
3rd!
#3 after 50 refreshes 🙂
Oops, try wait!…Good Morning ST, with all the excitement of Colt having a typical day at the office, did you remember to take your meds?
I apologize for the delay in posting.
Didn’t mean for anyone to miss their beauty sleep.
Uh, Yah, Colt… that was a pretty good start to your NFL career.
Remember Ke Akua is watching over you and everything that happens is ultimately good. Thank Ke Akua always- and keep doing what you do.
This whole state of uncles and aunties couldn’t be prouder of you in your NFL debut!
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Thanks Colt, ST. Time to turn in. See you at practice this morning–sjmacro & myki
I think the McKinley Tiger is a little off on the math.
COACH MACK- Mahalo for sticking up for Hawaii’s young athletes!!!
Ok was 4th…lol
So PROUD of you Colt! What an AWESOME showing boy-san, organized and professional. Work hard sommore and show them “analysts” just the integrity, will, strength, and etc. we your Hawaiian Auntays, Unkos(lol), Braddas, Sistas, Nephews, Nieces, etc. know you’re made of.
This is the kind of thing that makes Colt special.
Morning ST
Colt great start, keep it up.
Good morning ST and all Tsai-kos. Awesome game Colt! Keep it up. Looking forward to seeing you in many more games. Lots of luck to you.
Thank you ST for the heads up! Got Colton pics?
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Go Redskin Warriors!
Go Colt!
Okay. 3:37. Time to get some z’s. ‘nite all.
uhfan:
No pix that I can post legally, but I do have an extra one of those things you were asking about the other day.
UH fan:
Now that Steele is in camp, I guess we’ll have more pix of him.
I’m just so happy for Colt to have a game like this after the pain and heartbreak of the Sugar Bowl. I feel so good for him.
But I might be taking it too far. I was talking to my wife tonight and actually referred to our son as “Colt”. They both looked at me with that “Did I really hear what I just heard?” face.
Hey, Izzy, nice catch of the Shakespeare quote. Wasn’t sure if anyone was going to follow me on that one.
WM- on the Redskins Extremeskins board last week, I jumped into the fray early. Someone said something like, “who are you, his mother?” I said “why, yes I am” and pretty much said something about Colt being adopted by the whole state- making him OUR son (with Terry and Betsy’s permission, of course)…
No worries!
Yep, Liz, I really doubt those folks understand just how deeply Colt touched us all. Heck, I’m not sure I understand it myself. I just know it is a very real and very sincere feeling that we share.
“I’ve had bad luck throughout this whole draft process, trying to get into this league, and I think — I don’t know if it was karma or what — but I had a lot of things fall into place.”
Colt- you have been put into the right place at the right time. Take care of your hammy and your ham and see you next time!!!
‘k. Got my Camellias pix up and it’s time for Nitey Nite and Sweet Dreams!!!
ST-
You get Colt on speed dial? Talk about connections. You get ‘um bull. Awesome inside one on one scoops!
Colt is pretty good about calling.
Davone is the same way.
Now Grice-Mullins … not so good at that.
RGM’s mom is very nice. ‘Sports, James and I took a picture with her at the last years banquet. We made RGM take it for us. And uhhh… he not so good at that too.
Shugahz!
BTW, Top of the morning Tsaikos & Tsaikettes!
ST, thank you so much for posting Colt’s comments. *TY ST!!! TY Colt!!!*
It was really a thrill to have seen Colt play today, walking around the sidelines, talking to Coach Zorn and his teammates. Nice to see him in his new uniform and updated tough-looking physique with helmet on but also without his helmet so we could thoroughly recognize him (for sure). lol
Like the son of Hawaii Colt IS, can’t tell you just how great it is to see our son healthy and happy. Even from far away via TV. *TY channel 8!!!*
Tsigh…amazing wonders of technology..!
picking on us tigers, eh?
hahaha.
watched the taped game tonight. just awesome. i couldn’t help but wonder how many nfl teams were kicking themselves in the pants after watching the colt perform again as we know.
eh, was it my imagination or was he playing under center and in a different system?
nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.
Colt, just in case, please be serious and take preventative measures to resolve any minor aches and pain. I know you know already but it makes me feel better to write it. Pls pls pls pls pls don’t take your good health for granted.!!!
And yep, that goes for all our Warrior players, past, present, and upcoming…!
btw, how is rgm doing?
is rivers done?
too bad about tala getting cut today.
Morning, Tsaikos!!
Thanks for your aloha and ohana spirit and the great information that you shared yesterday, culminating in Colt’s great Hall of Fame game. That was the first step of redemption for the Sugar Bowl beatdown, showing all the doubters and haters what might have been. The next step is to put our stamp on the Swamp, by playing Warrior football against the best of the rest.
Of all the wonderful things Colt did yesterday, the one that most moved me was his greeting to Devine when Devine came off the field after his last three and out. Zorn greeted Devine with an atta boy, and Colt followed up with the same. He then followed Devine over to the water bucket and got into a friendly chat. Just more of Colt being Colt, hanging out with a team mate, even though they are both competing for the three spot.
We are the mighty Tigers *clap*
The mighty, mighty tigers *clap clap*
…grrrrr..! :mr.mean tiger:
lol
uhfan….do you think colt is reading this?
or is it a transcendental message on your part?
al-
Yep!
Can he feel the love or what???
Just want to communicate to Colt how much he means to us and that we still look out for him and his former fellow teammates. We get his back!
was funny today. even while we watched it for the second time we were still screaming with every big play.
it will be fun to see the evolution of colt.
the only letdown will be when the season starts and obviously jason campbell will get all the reps. i do believe though that by midseason colt will the number two guy at qb.
http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/showthread.php?t=254209
” Colt Brennan Shows MAJOR Improvement (Highlights Included)
As you probably know, I started the “Colt Brennan Needs A LOT of Work” thread about a week ago. Well I’m here with nothing but praise of him this evening. He looked VERY impressive out there tonight, showing great poise in the pocket, and great touch on his passes. To me, it really was a complete 180 from last week. He looked comfortable, and confident with where to go with the ball.
It’s amazing what one week of practice can do for a guy. His stat line w/ highlight vid:
Redskins QB Colt Brennan completes 9 of 10 passes for 123-yds and 2 TD vs. the Colts.
http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d809b832b “
#18 ST-
1) Oooooohhhhh whoa ST, so you get some non-legal pics??? Ah nah, dis auntay no need see ’em. Uh, fo real! lol
2) RE my previous message:
Rrrrrreeeeeeeaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyy?????????
Owowowowowowowowowowowoowowowowoowwowoowowowowowow!
The word “cherish” comes to mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And den “when?” x1,000,000,000. j/k but not but j/k
lololololololol
= )
ST, TY in advance!
UHfan – LOL. You are too funny!!!
ST- RE Steele – Shoots, twin and I await!
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Addahknowjoe- Saw-wee, wasn’t ignoring ur txt, was on one roll. lol. I know, I know, going afta dis! well 1st…
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Lopaka- RE Zorn’s & Colt’s Devine interaction – definitely warmed my heart too!
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Hawaiianbod- Tsycho! It’s the same in person! Have you met us in person yet?
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Ok, now knowing all is well in da family aka Colt World, can head to bed.
Nitey nite y’all!
See you later, Alligator!
Rob25 – Happy Belated Birthday!!!
Ahhh….to be 29 again.
UHfan – Good night and sweet dreams.
No, haven’t had the pleasure yet. I am looking forward in tasting your PB speciality.
I can’t believe I’m reading the play-by-play commentary by the Extremeskins bloggers…am up to page 118, second drive by Colt…love it!
“DAYUM! Brennan is…wow!”
“Holy crap.”
“Picture perfect”
“O wow. Colt is really good.”
“OMG!!! what a pass!!”…
“laser…………………..”
“Wow, that’s a sidearm bullet right there. Impressed over here.”
“(Mouth hangs open at that Colt throw across the middle. Perfection!)”
“Colt’s smiling. He’s having fun”…
“Who made that Brennan highlight clip? He’ll have a lot more to work with.”
specyality=specialty
We all know what Colt can do with the ball. We’ve watched that for years. Now the Redskins and their fans are seeing it too. What they’re really starting to know and love is Colt, the person. You can see it on their sidelines, amongst the team members and coaches, on their blogs and in their news media. To throw the ball like he does is just plain old thrilling, but the way he uplifts, excites and includes the people around himself is just as special. The Colt Phenomenon has been taken to another level.
To say we Hawaii fans are proud doesn’t begin to do it justice.
http://www.bnd.com/508/story/420226.html
“I thought it was important for us to come out fast,” said Campbell, who completed all five of his throws for 61 yards, setting the tone for those who followed.
“That’s one thing we talked about as a unit, coming out and trying to move the ball quickly and having a rhythm and a tempo.” Promisingly, the metronome tick-tocked away after Campbell departed.
Todd Collins clicked on five of six short passes. Then early in the third quarter, rookie Colt Brennan trotted onto the field and suddenly, he was back at Hawaii, flame-toasting Idaho or some other Western Athletic Conference slug.
The sixth-round draft pick moved the Redskins 74 yards in eight plays, cashing the drive with a pretty 20-yard rainbow to somebody named Maurice Mann to tie the score at 16.
Brennan followed up by orchestrating the game-winner halfway through the fourth quarter.
The Skins motored from their 12 to Indy’s 5 in 14 plays, at which point Brennan dashed to his right, away from a snorting Colt rusher – get it? – and side-armed a TD toss to somebody named Marcus Mason.
That made Brennan 9 for 10, with two touchdowns. That made the Redskins’ first three quarterbacks 19 for 21 with three touchdowns. And that made the proverbial bar Zorn has set high blink and glow up there on its perch.
Sleep???
Bwahahaha!
I respect this guy… He’s very akamai.
http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5404646#post5404646
Om
The Advisor
The Legend
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“I thought that too when I watched the play live … but after seeing the replay angle from behind him, I’m more inclined to think he simply didn’t see Mason as early as we did at home. Seemed to me he was looking inside as he rolled out, both at the other Skin (didn’t catch the number) drifting at the goal line, and at the Colt that was breaking coverage and starting toward him.
Maybe he could or should have picked Mason up a split second quicker, but given the circumstances, I think it was a pretty damn good play by a kid QB with precious little experience with football played at that speed. The thing that pleased me most, once he did see and focus on Mason, was the coolness and poise he showed in quickly and accurately getting Marcus the ball.
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Overall, I will admit to being surprised, and more than a little intrigued, at how poised the kid looked out there. I think I saw one play where he held the ball too long (where he also could have ended Todd Wade’s season by running up his leg). I thought he made Collins look like the happy-footed rook, not the other way around. And the accuracy and touch he showed down the field … that stuff isn’t taught. You either have it or you don’t.
To me he was clearly the biggest player story of the game. If nothing else, the kid certainly got everyone’s attention.”
And I close with this one… thank heaven for small favors:
“I wont be freaking out if he has to come in….
Thats all that matters”
Nitey Nite!
View Poll Results: Who was the player of the game for today’s 30-16 win over the Colts?
QB, Colt Brennan 154 70.00%
QB, Jason Campbell 20 9.09%
RB, Marcus Mason 18 8.18%
RB, Rock Cartwright 2 0.91%
DE, Rob Jackson 3 1.36%
LB, Khary Campbell 0 0%
CB, Matterral Richardson 0 0%
S, Chris Horton 21 9.55%
P, Durant Brooks 2 0.91%
Thanks LizK!
lots of left over adrenaline showing on the blog, all of Hawaii fb fans were rooting for Colt and we knew he would do very well, but its time to go to bed. Now if ST posted earlier, many of you could have been to bed by midnight…
surprisingly no comment from far away….99club, maverick, Pomai, FT, Meiling….late breakfast for them….
Wow, sure is fun seeing Skins fans begin to realize what they have in Colt.
Can’t wait for practice tomorrow.
Well I went over to my friends house to watch the game and was very nervous that Colt would not do his normal thing. After the first pass I knew that he had it all under control. Now one preseason game does not make a career It does make it a good start.
As one comment that was made about him playing the Colts scrubs, that was true but they forgot to mention that his team(The Washington Warriors) where playing theirs also.
I would have liked to see what would have happened had he been playing with the first string OL and WR?? I dare say that he would have had even better stats!!!!
I do feel that my comment a few weeks ago will come true, Colt will be the #2 QB at the start of the season, and midway through the season he will be starting, and the rest will be history..
Hey Mike:
I think the Skins fans are on to him, and we should be onto the Skins.
I think Zorn had a dream debut as a coach, but I think he deserves it.
ALL the Skins QBs combined for unbelievable stats, so I think that Colt is in the right place, and he doesn’t need to start this year. The Skins fans seemed to have taken a liking to him. It was comforting to hear Al Michaels trying to not be too generous.
Madden made generous observations/commentary too, and a lot of other folks have finally gotten to see Colt do work at the NFL level.
As proud as I am to have Colt play for the University of Hawaii, I’m newly intrigued about the Washington franchise now that that is his home for the next few years.
I plan on following the WR franchise very closely, and I’m happy that Colt doesn’t NEED to be a starter in his rookie year. I’m kind of intrigued by Coach Zorn and his philosophies, and who his mentors were. Despite being a career NFL QB (a position that takes a lot of shots to the head), he’s sharper as knife I’d use the kitchen.
I like Zorn’s style. He’s subtle, quiet, and understated. I hope he has a long stay. (He already has).
ST ~ Thanks for getting in touch with Colt and getting the story from the horse’s mouth, da Colt.
Liz, you’re right, I feel like one of his Aunty’s. Actually, I feel that way when I see the HI guys at the Cardinal’s practice, too.
Colt, imua…forward with your career under the protection & guidance of Ke Akua. WheeHa!
nascent – Welcome to The Warrior Beat. Is this your first time? Are you from Oahu?
Great post!
nascent I agree with you that Colt dose not need to be the starter but I have a gut feeling that he will end up the starter in the second half of the season.
Hi Nascent. I agree that the Redskins will be a team to watch this season. Zorn seems like an ideal coach to help Colt develop into a quality NFL quarterback. Also agree that Colt will benefit from not having the pressure of starting this year. It would be great for Hawaii fans if he did, as Pomai predicts, but he has a long career ahead of him and it’s important that he get off to a good start. A year or two of apprenticeship might serve him well.
Countdown to the start of practice: 5:12…
Great Job! Madden gave alot of love. Colt deserves it. We need JV. Give it to them Coach!
OK. I going run up Manoa, take out a trash can and start clanging away!
WAKE UP MEN!!!
Day one of another awesome season has just begun!
BRB
Good Morning Tsaikos!!
It was good to watch Colt play yesterday and he made all of us proud. I guarantee the tv rating was an all time high in Hawaii for a preseason game.
He did great and I hope he continues his progress in the NFL. One thing bad about the way he played is that it was almost perfect. It will be hard to top his first performance. If his stats drop a little the next time out, the people against Colt will be “His first game was just a fluke”.
Good luck Colt and thank you for making Hawaii proud.
Good Morning Tsaikos!
Thank you ST
Today is the begining of 5 months of non-stop coverage of the UH Warrior Football team. We all appreciate and value your hard work.
morning gang
Just great Sunday for sons of Hawaii. Mahalo again to dem for representing.
More lattas got to make sure children get safely across da road.
ST & Tsaiko Blog Dogs,
You could tell who was watching the Redskins game in the neighborhood yesterday. Lots of joyful screams and “Aw right!”s. A great beginning for Colt! After a few minutes, you knew what was going to happen once he got to throw the ball. The only difference was it wasn’t to Rivers, RGM, Bess, or Hawthorne. Now I’m really excited for the season to begin!
Go Warriors!
Hi, Dave! Haven’t seen you in a long time. How are you?
morning gang!
Happy Belated Birthday Rob25!
congrats to Shane, Parker and Colt!
watching yesterdays game, i got the feeling that Colt really energized the team in the third quarter, up to that point everything seemed so ho hum and business like until he made that perfect throw down the left side and everyone was like wow and then to follow up with two td’s gave me chicken skin
i also thought that coach zorn and staff had the team well prepared and made great play calls from the very first offensive series
good luck to the Warriors today as they open training camp
have fun but not too much fun, its time to get down to business
everyone have a safe day!
Good morning Tsaikos everywhere!
great way to put smiles on all Hawaii, COLT!
26 days to da Swamp!
gotta work gotta work Warriors.
i liked Zorn’s comments: Colt studied really hard the last three days!
Graunke, you too! C’mon! Get past the mental block. The problem is between your 2 ears. IT IS NEVER TOO LATE! NEVER. Darrell Green said it best on tv yesterday: when others told me No [because i was too small], my father said GO!
GO WARRIORS!!
Aloha Kakahiaka!
Have a great day, Ka Kou!
hi sjmacro and myki1
represent us at praktiss 2day!
have a great day everybody!!!
GO WARRIORS!!
esme woooshhhh!
btw
grabbed some Warrior Football, Volleyball an Soccer Posters. gonna distribute to my fave 3 barz, blanket da wallz! 😀
k/den
esme wooooshhh!
Good morning (again) Tsaikos & Tsaikettes!
….Ahhhhhhhhh..! big 🙂
Have a teriffic day all!
It’s going to be interesting comparing Colt’s NFL debute to the other QB’s drafted ahead of him. I doubt that ANY of them have Colt’s footwork, accuracy,read skills and poise in the pocket at this point. Plus, Colt’s leadership skills are off the charts. And Colt is already hugely popular amongst the ‘Skin fans!! Oh my gosh, we have a Hawaiian rock star in waiting!!
What a nice way to kick off the football season…. watch our No. (1)5 walk out on the field at Canton and calmly direct two long drives with passing TD’. Recieve accolades from fans, players, coaches and of course John Madden.
Great start Colt…. keep it up.
Now I’m ready to plug back into the Warriors
KL
you right about Colt’s leadership skills – off the charts. adversity and learning survivor skills made him a better man. good lesson for all wannabe survivors. gotta keep fighting hard! no mercy for the chum! gotta fight your way up da food chain!
GO WARRIORS!!!
howzit HiloGreg
have a nice day 😀
aloha Tsaikos,
Have a kick butt day! Congrats Colt 🙂 awesome job….
“We’re going to treat them like grown men,” leftside linebacker Blaze Soares said. “We can’t be babying these kids who come from (junior) colleges and … senior-prom schools.”
au’rite! KAAATOOOOSHHH!
GO WARRIORS!!!
mornin Tsaikos
absolutely awesome weekend – congrats to parker, colt, mr. victorino, kala. keep it up fellas. 2 hours and change til da start of fall practice, exciting times ahead.
colt on the radio now.
Is everyone’s breakfast on the ” Taste Ono” side this am?
The same feeling we get just like those morning afters a Warrior win, where we all check the highlight films, mulit- columns , and comparible stats, Colt manages to keep us all in check to let us know he’s being Colt at his finest.
It feels like our College season has begun, and really it has with camp starting today, but we plugged into an NFL game yesterday with the rest of America to cheer on on # 1 son.
Mahalo colt for re-energizing us!
Good Morning all,
Dayam, what a game!! I am am diehard Steeler fan, but I’ll just have to say that I am now a Redskins fan. Excitement is not even a word that compares to what Colt brings to the game…Passion is a better word I say!.
Me and my fiance (who was wearing her lucky “Colt for Heisman” T-Shirt WOohoo!! ) went crazy when Colt came into the game and he did not let us, the University, and the great state of Hawai`i down!!! Unreal, just totally unreal. The best is yet to come, I feel um in my bones.
Re: Mojo (20) ROFL, Classic! about calling your son Colt hehe. I joked to the other half last night too that we should, if we every get one, name our son Colt. Now even though she loves that guy, she still gave me that asian stink-eye….who knows.., maybe I can make it his middle-name =P
Re: BHF Aly came over to Hibachi friday night..it was good, just relaxed and talked story. Having left the Big Island more then a handful of years ago, man, she has grown up great and all the credit goes to you guys down there. Shes got her head on straight thats for sure.
My bad about the “Camp”, its a tournament and according to her, those Norwegian girls are tough lol.
What can I say about the Puna boys…REPRESENTING!!! I still remember when you helped me out years ago, you asked if I wanted to paddle…I should have taken up that offer lol.
Anyways, take it easy my peoples and now back to work and LuRking.
ONE last thing, Hope all goes well in fall camp and NO ONE get hurt *Knocks on wood*
Liz provided this link to ESPN 1420 the other day with their webcam/broadcast.
It loads much faster than the website link, with no registering involved.
Thanks again Liz!
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/espn-1420am-honolulu-hawaii
But don’t know why their RE-broadcasting Friday pm’s show!. hmmmph
Good Morning Gangeez! What a great weekend for Hawaii Sports.
Hey Tyler,
You seen da way yo big braddah wen nail ’em yesterday??!! Dat can be YOU, cuz, this season!!! Work hard and work it out, we need you!
Thank you BHF2, you always get da blood boiling up in here! (In da best way, I mean.) I don’t know the name of your Canoe Club, how did you folks do yesterday?
Great Morning All!
MacEra Day 1….
Hoo, so exciting! 😀
Have a great day everyone.
bhf2: good seeing you and your “head paddler” last week. Let us know if you need more posters. Yes, we’re out the door to run some errands and represent at practice. I suspect PP and gramma will be there. Laters—sjmacro & myki
we have to move on without tyler.
Good morning everyone!
I admit I watched Colt’s highlight video at least six times and clicked on every Colt posted link. I wonder how to take Colt’s comment about Zorn saying “You’re scaring me” on the sideline…unreal good scare, I hope.
Today is the last day of my almost-vacation. It’s the start of fall practice and my mom’s 80th birthday. It’s also U.S. Coast Guard birthday.
Good Morning Tsaiko Ohana (which of course ALWAYS includes Colt)!
I’ve got this perpetual grin that I’ve carried since Colt’s first pass completion. Man-o-man…I’m still pumped, and so proud to be a Believer!
Heading out the door with Pops to attend practice this morning.
BBL…
i think zorn meant that colt was scaring him as to how well he played with such poise and accomplishment.
the good ones, they perform went it is important. colt has that.
on another note……………happy birthday “mom”!
We can still encourage him, can’t we?
sure we can encourage him. it still starts with him. this may be his last straw. he has had many second chances. he needs to grow up. he needs to have discipline. he needs to be a disciple of commitment.
these things have been weighing him down for four years. time is up.
a leader leads by example. plain and simple. you gotta walk in the footprints.
Good morning Tsaikos and Tsaikettes…
Great game from Colt. Me thinks that after yesterday’s performance…(and God willing…the rest of his performances throughout the pre-season turn out the same way….) the talk of Colt being on the practice squad for a year to prepare himself to play will be silenced….and he will be suiting up this fall….
Hey, I thought McKinley was known for their students math skills???? MWAHAHAHHAHA
classic colt…..gotta love it
Not sure if anyone linked this interview with Washington Post’s Jason La Canfora, but in case you haven’t seen it yet….
Just to highlight one thing, his email is: lacanforaj@washpost.com
First question asked about CB was the kicker, “Do you see most of the guys that Colt Brennan was playing against eventually becoming UPS drivers, or do you see them as landscapers?”
Have fun, Coltmania!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/08/01/DI2008080102534.html
Sorry. A little rusty, I guess. Posted the link under “website”.
Happy Birthday, Steve’s Mom!!!
I hope Jaworski likes the taste of his words. Kau kau um big boy.
Colt, you da best. Sign me up as a new Redskins fan.
Football is finally here. A start to another year in which we should build on the start of a rich football program. The defense should dominate this year and really set the tone for the entire team. The offense should still put up 35 points per game and be more balanced this year which will help the team against tougher competition that we want to constantly compete against. And Coach Mack seems to really care about the program and these student athletes, making it his primary goal to graduate all of his players. Yes we are moving toward bigger and better things and I have never been more excited to be a Warrior fan than I have been these last few years.
Not that it really matters to us but those cocky Georgia fans in New Orleans really do have a team to be proud of. Yes maybe they are in the top five but this summer five players have been suspended for their first game due to conduct detrimental to the team. At least here in Hawaii we can win with players that we can be proud of and truly be happy for them as people.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3518653
Well, practice should have started by now. Can’t wait for practice pics from ST.
Happy Birthday to SteveM’s mommy!
Happy Birthday Coasties! Semper Paratus
Thanks again for the birthday wishes.
BBL gotta finish up last night’s blog…
Oh wait…Good Morning Tsaikos and Tsaikettes!
So proud of Colt! Now let’s hope he does as well or even better in the upcoming pre-season games. Does anyone know if they will all be televised on NBC?
ST thanks for the pics of the guys. That Steele guy – does he not own a shirt? Daayyyumm!! No complaints here…
Have a great Monday to everyone!!
Interesting reading the washington post q & a. is it me or does it seem like coach zorn was actually scared at some of the danger taken in some of colt’s throws?? doesn’t seem like this guy is too big on him either. he’s big on his enthusiasm, but not his ability. oh well screw em, go colt, go warriors
Hey Koakane…when you have a chance, check your spam….LOL
I’m still on a high after Colt’s performance yesterday. The feeling almost rivals the same one I had after our WAC title win against Boise State!
PLUS! Under Armour jerseys are in for da boys!!!
Now… how about da ones for DA FANS???? 😈
Vanessa…I am quite appalled that you promote such sexist attitudes among the Tsaikettes…it offends me to think that women are only interested in these guys for their looks. I’m glad the male Tsaikos don’t talk about women like they were objects or anything…MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAA j/k LMAO….
Seeing a lot of posters who have been away appearing again as the season nears. Hi folks, welcome back!
Time to check for far-away new friends…
Wondering just how far-reaching The Warrior Beat blog is in the world?
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Went to work this morning on 1 hour of sleep after watching the Redskins game, which started at 1 am London time. Was dead tired at work but being able to watch Colt win the game for the Skins by throwing 2 TDs made it all worth it…..
Just a thought…
Did the scene of Colt celebrating with his teammates and smiling remind you of a certain QB who just returned to the NFL yesterday?
Bobby Curran used to make the Colt/Favre comparison a lot when it comes to the way they carry themselves on the field.
Well, “one snap and clear”…
Yesterday’s game is pau and it’s onto the next one.
Enjoy, celebrate, reflect, and then FORGET!
Braddah Colt still has a long way to go and many more games to play before he solidifies himself into the player we BELIEVE he can be.
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Morning Tsaikos!
What a weekend! Still smiling about Colt’s performance!
Nice to see the players in the new UA uniforms. Thanks for the pics ST!
Thank you to Coach Mack for taking the time to testify against the proposed cuts to the JV programs!
What a debut, Colt jus’ bein’ Colt. You did Hawaii proud. With all the doom and gloom news of layoffs, gas prices, a downturned economy and Tyler’s misfortune, your performance uplifted many a Hawaiian soul. Stay humble, work hard and learn your craft of NFL quarterback. Now you are the grasshopper, be patient, don’t take shortcuts. One day you will surely be the Master.
Al — first? ST already told UHfan808 us McKinley grads can’t count. Makes the five of us look bad… although we are better singers than counters 😆
Here’s my haiku of the day:
Colt of the Redskins
Nine for ten and two T.D.
Showed them what you got
Okay, I would never make it as a poet. Good thing I have a day job.
kazz….true.
he will disappear during the regular season.
i still believe that by mid-season he will usurp the number two qb slot. redskins will trade collins to a team in need, thus reducing their payroll as well as implanting colt in that backup role.
hopefully in three years he will become the starter when campbell’s term expires in d.c.
Well the second annual TSAI-KOS pik’s begin, first up is da geko’s
in da swamp. If get an X by your nane that means you need to change your pik
7 – 21 Hoohiki
17 – 14 UKU@LA
17 – 59 Calvin from Kona
20 – 17 Hawaiianbod
21 – 17 Ralph
21 – 14 stacyj
24 – 20 Esme:
24 – 17 bighilofan2
24 – 21 Pocho
28 – 27 LizKauai
28 – 24 Kekoa
28 – 21 Da Punchbowl Kid
29 – 24 A-House
30 – 28 Unkanesson
31 – 21 las vegas
31 – 27 FloridaTed
31 – 17 Pomai
33 – 30 koakane
33 – 31 BG
34 – 24 Pauoa Boy
35 – 32 longdistance808
35 – 34 James
35 – 28 HiFlyer
35 – 24 curveball
35 – 31 Merv
35 – 38 jm2375
37 – 34 Koauka
38 – 35 702WarriorNation
41 – 38 Jack Flash
41 – 40 UHfan808
42 – 35 MasaBoy
44 – 38 d1shima
45 – 35 Ronnie
49 – 35 TChahng
63 – 49 Glenn
63 – 12 homey
Hooray for CB! I’m so happy! Thanks again chawan_cut for the video. I’ll try to get my cousin to watch it with me tonight, if he’s not preoccupied with playing construction worker.
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I thought the funniest question to Washington Post’s Jason La Canfora was Why did they put the political affiliations next to the players names
” Colt Brennan (R) “.
steve….but, i was first after the new title was posted.
math prowess at mhs was in more recent times. shortly after some of us graduated. although my teach was the one who got them going and she was good looking too.
i think in our era we excelled in p.e. and agriculture.
old diver…i believe the R is for rookie.
Al…true about the agriculture…I heard that places like Manoa Valley, Moanalua Valley, and areas east of Kaimuki (over the hill) were all farmlands in your younger days, when kids walked barefoot to school or rode horses if you had money….MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
midori,
Yup Coach Mack made it clear at the Pearl City/Aiea town meeting that he is going to give a piece of his mind to those looking to destroy JV sports in Hawaii.
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Happy belated birthday to Rob25.
Shouldn’t her handle be Rob26 now?
Pride,
good one, man, so quick for a lineman…impressive 🙂
From the man whose opinion counts the most:
http://theredskinsblog.com/2008/08/04/notes-from-coach-zorns-press-conference/
“An interesting note about the quarterbacks: Zorn says he’s telling them “Do NOT stand tall in the pocket,” so they’ll be ready to move. He mentioned the Colt Brennan scramble-throw touchdown as an example of this working effectively.”
“Last thing on the QBs: Coach is apparently focusing on their ability to drive the tempo and speed of the game, so keep an eye on that. His analysis of this game is that Campbell was steady but could be faster, Collins did a good job pressing, and Brennan could use to pick up the tempo slightly. (Devine was excused, as his job was to burn clock.)”
(j)j………whoa jus pick on us old guys eh?
agriculture: we had a field in the middle of the pensacola st side of the campus. there was it taught “agriculture”. truly a class to learn about farming. although i never took it, many did. the guy even had on campus housing. i think his name was feiteira.
sorry, to disappoint but my legacy does not go that far back!
bulla…..actually wasn’t he (pride.) a bit slow to comment. like a whole day. besides wasn’t he really flattering himself? aren’t they classmates?
26?
ahem. more like mmmphhtty mmmphhttt.
Congratulations Parker!
Awesome debut Colt!
Way to deliver in the clutch Victorino!
Happy belated 26th birthday Rob25! BTW, how did ST get that pic of you wearing only a bra?
I enjoyed this article (the whole thing is a fun read) – kinda applies to our own “wondering what to expect” from the Warriors this season 😉
http://www.redskins.com/news/newsDetail.jsp?id=37456
“I do not expect the Redskins to set the world on fire this season. I expect them to look inconsistent, and uncertain, and struggle as they learn their new coach and as he learns how to be a coach. This is perfectly acceptable since for much of the last four seasons under Joe Gibbs we were inconsistent, and uncertain, and struggled so that a new guy in maroon and black won’t really be all that much different.
With those expectations, I watched the Hall of Fame game, waiting for the appearance of disorganization.
It didn’t come.
There were no delay of game penalties. The last four years, the act of calling a play was an adventure where brave men huddled together to figure out a plan of attack for getting into that rabbit-guarded end zone (Holy Grail reference).
The one unexpected time out came when Colt Brennen appeared to have an equipment malfunction, not because the play wasn’t there. People were not running onto the field and off with raised hands as if to ask, “Where am I supposed to be?”–as we saw so often in recent seasons. Everything was calm. Normal. Efficient.
Quarterbacks took the snap and handed off to running backs with great frequency as if our new coach wasn’t a former quarterback. “
Kekoa – Missed the CC call yesterday as I was in your neck of the woods yesterday, HHL in Kapolei. I looked for your mafia car but couldn’t find it. Also, I think I saw a relative of yours working at Safeway.
Hey there XLiz! Just say the CC pics…you look fabulous!
gee homey….i wonder how many of us went back to yesterday’s post just to see what color she was wearing?
isn’t that the same one from phuket thai?
girl needs to go to ross’.
http://skinscast.com/redskins/hof/BRENNAN.WMA
Colt interview.
Reality check comment:
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“thanks for the coverage- i had to stop watching at 0450 (2150 EDT) here to go do a PT test– sounds like Colt Brennan did well also– I’m not overly excited, but heck anything to be excited about is good in Iraq. It’ll put a smile on my face knowing we won for the rest of the day… even if it is one hundred and twenty f’ing five degrees out.”
Wow, cool new UA practice unis.
ST – Do they have practice pants as well? I’m going to miss the old Rainbow pants at practices if they do.
How come the kickers don’t have numbers? Are the QB jerseys still red?
More pics!!!
al – if you search the internet you may be able to find the full body shot of her! 😯
xs-homey- now I see what all the buzz is about at Camellias… But, for me, it was too full, too fast. The fuud was sooo good!
Highlight of the evening was talking football with Pride.
And watching my friends having fun!
missed ya and all the odda Tsai-kos!
Great to see James – even for a short while.
I see the kickers have the technique down! Just fold the arms and press the biceps against your hands and instant muscles! 😆
Uhhh, guys…I was wearing brown long-sleeved shirt. What you get xray vision now?
BTW, neither top was from Ross…
You guys need to get a life!
afternoon gang
happy birthday SteveM’s mom!
If the HA techsters had their way, I would be Rob23 or even 22 now.
“# Rob25:
August 4th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
If the HA techsters had their way, I would be Rob23 or even 22 now.”
BWAHAHAHA!!!!
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http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=442019
No rookie nerves in Zorn’s winning ‘Skins debut
Zorn’s specialty is the quarterback position, and numbers left little room for criticism. Jason Campbell went 5-for-5 with a touchdown. Todd Collins was 5-for-6. Rookie Colt Brennan went 9-for-10 with two touchdowns.
But, thanks to the modern magic of the rewind, pause and slow-motion buttons, Zorn found plenty that wasn’t perfect.
“The majority of it was what we wanted,” he said. “The quarterbacks were trying to throw on rhythm. The receivers were trying to get to their spots with efficiency, running hard. I thought the efforts were good.”
Brennan had the flashiest plays, including a nice scramble that turned into a 5-yard touchdown pass to Marcus Mason, but Zorn said the rookie from Hawaii made “risky throws” and is still coming to grips with the demanding tempo of the West Coast offense.
“I thought Colt Brennan was the least of the quarterbacks who got the tempo up,” Zorn said. “He would come up a little bit too slow for me. I thought Todd did a wonderful job, pressing the tempo. I thought Jason was steady. I want him to go even faster.”
The obvious sobering reality is that the game was a typical first-week exhibition. The starters didn’t play much; some didn’t play at all. Many people on the field in the second half won’t be on an NFL roster come opening day.
The last rookie coach to have such an auspicious start in Washington was Steve Spurrier, who won his first preseason game 38-7 in an American Bowl in Osaka, Japan, in 2002. The rest of the year was downhill from there as the Redskins finished 7-9.
Damn Colt was the man out there…but lets see what he does for the rest of the pre-season….Zorn said the roles might be opposite next game, to where Devine could start the 2nd half and Colt come in to run the clock out…i would like to say, the battle for 2nd string is on…but thats kinda getting too ahead of myself…although i would love to see him against 1st and 2nd team speed
Geez!
The refresh is S—L—0—W——
C’mon tech guys. This is only the 1st day of camp; with the build-up of interest as we get clower to the season, I can’t imagine what it’ll be like on the week of Game 1!
To reduce operating costs we have replaced our LAN lines with snails to post your comments in the blog.
clower=closer
I guess I should slow down also to avoid sperring ellors 😉
Yeah d1, I was looking at prices for my planned Christmas/New Year’s trip and came back…only three posts and it took forever just to refresh.
Even homey has disappeared…maybe he is at Ross, with al.
The Geckos started fall camp today, too.
Their coach had something to say to their highly-touted freshman class.
Of course, they do have some pretty amazing talent in the group
Happy Birthday SteveM’s mom!
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hmmm, either something is getting fixed because it is broken or the east coast tweak techs forgot that it is LUNCHOWA in Hawaii!
…and of course, after getting two “broke ankles” from Chris Rainey in their spring game, Ahmad Black will be feeling some heat as well
sheeeesh, almost one minute to refresh
cj hawthorne signed by the bills. woot woot!
http://www.buffalobills.com/news/news.jsp?news_id=6327
Loa,
Must be da tekkies like 7-up…the pause that refreshes.
heheheh
Dayum! Just had a haircut and by the time this thing refreshed I had to cut my hair again!
al wishes his romantic interludes lasts as long as a refresh!
So how did Colt do in his second preseason game?
yup….rob26 homey and i met at ross’ during lunch break. we got you a whole new wardrobe. hope you like. hope you like purple w/yellow polka dots.
Okay gang, trying to post this for the third time today….arrrrgggghhhh.
Football season, particularly the Warrior Football Season, is upon us (as we are reminded daily by BHF’s countdown to the Swamp). As most of you know, I’ve been in charge of away game viewings for Warrior Football games and we have visited many establishments around town to watch our favorite team play when on the road. This year will be no different.
For those of use who can’t make it to the Swamp to cheer on our beloved Warriors, we can do the next best thing and get together and cheer them on. So, the first TV Tsaikogate viewing of 2008 is on. Come join us for a great time watching our Warriors take on the Florida Gators.
2008 WARRIOR FOOTBALL SEASON OPENER
Genji’s
Date: Saturday, August 30, 2008
Time: 6:00 a.m. (yes, that’s six in the morning)
Cost: $20 (all you can eat breakfast and all you can drink coffee)
Breakfast menu includes:
Miso soup
fresh fruit
muffins
scrambled eggs
vienna sausage
SPAM
portugese sausage
Genji fried rice
steamed rice
endless coffee
Please visit Steve M’s website for further details and RSVP to either myself (on this blog) or Steve M.
GO WARRIORS!!!
GO CJ!!!! Mahalo Tombo Ahi!!!
maybe they neva turn the ac back on after saturday shut down?
Yea James and SteveM! Sounds like a great place to watch the game! Mahalo, Genji’s. You are a home away from home, your food is yummy and we LOVE you!
Nice find Tombo Ahi.
Their coach got it right; he can also lead the pregame prayers quite well.
Sorry Stephen, but this is too frustrating right now.
laterssss….
colt against cj on saturday, will any1 will pick it up
Way to go CJ!!!
Thanks for the info Tombo Ahi!
GREAT news about CJ! Way to go!
Congrats CJ! REPRESENT!!!
(j)j…….will the bar be open?
hahaha..homey. at least i do.
Got refresh?
hmmm, the pictures have disappeared.
Ho’omaika’i, CJ!!! Way to go!
al – the funny thing is yesterday I was telling my daughter that I wanted to repaint my bathroom….purple with yellow polka dots. The sick part is that I seem to be channeling you and homey….heaven help me!
Yea, C. J. He is sooooo sweet and loved his story at the Football banquet…anyone have a video of that? I would love to have that video! Thanks Tombo Ahi for that.
OK now I have to figure out if I can get up that early to watch the game on the 30th! You guys are just a non-stop party animal train! But then again…this is football, Warrior football!
congrats to CJ, awesome job!
June who?
per brand x – looks like scott smith maybe wasn’t very “homesick” after all, looking to go much farther east (louisville), not considering us anymore. oh well best of luck 2 him, how’s practice coming along? any updates?
June….Thanks for agreeing to pay.
Rob26 – No need wake up so early. Just go Karaoke at Genji’s Friday night and hang out till 6:00 a.m.
gigi – I still can see the pics. Try look at yesterday’s one of Rob26!
channeling……..and we just met.
mwahahahaha.
we’re sick???
homey, do you have a cough?
Howzit Tsai-kos!!
Congrats CJ and dress warm up there with the Bills.
I’m very happy at the performance of Colt Brennan and especially stoked with the coverage he is getting on the NFL network. He really does have to continue to work if he’s going to play against starting guys who may have been able to defend those plays he made.
OK, I see the pics now. Saw the one of Rob yesterday.
Why is Zorn raining on Colt’s parade? I would think he’d be so stoked about those great passes.
Maybe, he doesn’t want Colt to have a big ego?
Just back from opening practice. Nice to see SJ and Myki there, as well as the lovely and talented Stretch, and the vivacious Warrior Mojo. Kekoa and Pops made the journey from da ceded lands. Lord Tsai was there as was his bro, Prince Mike. The newly minted sports columnist from another paper also stopped to chat. We were able to address him only by avoiding direct eye contact and speaking in general, non-specific terms. (The operator of the SMU button was following it all like a hawk.)The video genie was there wifout her cameras, we heckeld and hassled her to hurry and bring the movies back to the blog. The guys looked good, there new UA practice jerseys looked good to. We had the usual cast of huge poly players, but goodness me, Josh Leonard and Jake Heun are two of the biggest white boys I have ever seen. Kaeao M. has some serious guns this season, it was a pleasure visiting with his Dad.
al – No cough but do have a rash.
gigi – I see you haven’t really played sports.
Once again, gonna put this out there. Anyone wanting to play fantasy football, I have a league set up on yahoo. The live online draft is on Sunday, August 24, at 8pm pacific/ 5pm hawaii. So far it’s me, pauoa boy, jason, and checkraze. We need a minimum of 8 and will have a max of 12 players. If you want to play, get me your email address and I will send you the invite. You can email me at djmitcho at yahoo dot com or djmitcho at tsai-kos dot com.
al – I think we should get us a couple of those orange QB UA practice jerseys so Rob26 won’t hit us.
Francis Maka’s petition for a 6th year was denied?! UNKO!
Thanks for the updates ST. Don’t forget the sunscreen!
yeah, homey, I played sports in elementary and intermediate school, but not since then.
hubby and I are looking forward to the Olympics, though. It starts Friday and he deleted stuff from the DVR to make room for it.
djmitcho – I would but I will be unavailable on draft day.
They system is very slow today.
Stephen,
Is the 2nd pic, is that the back of Kevin Hashiro’s head? Was he picked up by another local sports entity? I was sad he got let go from KKEA.
Stephen,
Is the 2nd pic, is that the back of Kevin Hashiro’s head with the blue cap? Was he picked up by another local sports entity? I was sad he got let go from KKEA.
gigi – Not that kind of sports. Let’s just say if I was Colt I would welcome Coach Zorn raining on my parade. Ask hubby about resting on laurels.
2 bad about Maka – but good luck to him in all he pursues, he’s very smart so he’ll have no problems. he only had 1 year but what a year it was 🙂
HOW SLOW IS IT?
gigi…they had sports back then???
Actually, it is a good sign that he gets critiqued by his coach. That means the coach is watching and cares about him doing good. If he didn’t say anything, I think it would be more of a problem…
To speed things up I decided to post by carrier pigeon.
Umm, Al? I know the (R) stands for rookie, that’s why I thought it was a funny question. Heh!
Homey,
It’s up to you, but if you want, you can do your pre-draft rankings online, and the computer will draft for you based on your rankings and if the player is available.
Best wishes to Francis Maka. Mahalo for being a Warrior!
Tim Grasso needs a nickname too.
yeah, James, even though I pre-date the cave age, there were sports back then.
I agree about constructive criticism, but why did Zorn praise Todd Collins, when the latter did not score a touchdown at all! Doesn’t seem fair.
who’s “they”?
….
shucks on maka’s situation. was he on scholarship? or is he on scholarship? his graduating in dec is a good thing.
Yeah right…you ain’t Daniel Libre and neither is al (no offense).
🙄
At least it’s a beautiful day in Hawaii nei.
ST – Thanks for the updates! Much appreciated!!
Keao and Mana REPRESENT!!!
Rob84 – We got the experience over Libre. 😆
(J)J: Put me in for the Florida game and could someone give me a wake up call?
homey – Are you going to be at Genji’s Friday night…maybe we should start the party then and carry it into the Gator game.
Gigi – I’m sure Zorn is happy overall but there are elements of what Colt did that he wants him to improve on. It seems they want the QBs to force the tempo of the game more, i.e. break the huddle and get up to the line of scrimmage quickly and snap the ball. Also, even though they were completions, there were 2 throws Colt made that were risky in that there was a very small window to get the ball through or there would have been an interception. Collins operated more within the box that Zorn is asking his QBs to play within.
Colt did great and this will all be very positive. No worry about the minutiae of the Coach’s comments.
Oh and by the way Gigi, are you going to go to a game this year?
Experience at what? Wait, don’t answer that!
Any other reports on today’s opening practice?
I can answer for Gigi….NO, just some Tsaiko tailgates! hehehe
Hey Gigi, at least you showed up for the tailgates. I didn’t go to one.
Rob85 – I may still be working at that time of the morning. I’ll see if I can put in advanced sick leave for that day.
gigi…..perhaps after the clinic you will understand.
perhaps ask hubby.
he praised one phase of the game that he is trying to emphasize in his version of the west coast offense. this is a new type of offense compared to what the redskins ran last year. none of his current qb’s have run the type of offense and pace that he wants to implement at wash.
his comments in what you are referring to has to do with how fast he wants to run the offense. they were all not up to “speed” literally according to his comments. although he felt that collins had the best “up” tempo as compared to campbell who was steady and colt.
he did praise colt in another quote.
as james said, critique is good if you want to be corrected.
Rob21 – FYI, just for you, tailgates for this season has been moved to Blaisdell Park. See you there.
I tried to post this earlier…
Just back from opening practice. Nice to see SJ and Myki there, as well as the lovely and talented Stretch, and the vivacious Warrior Mojo. Kekoa and Pops made the journey from da ceded lands. Lord Tsai was there as was his bro, Prince Mike. The newly minted sports columnist from another paper also stopped to chat. We were able to address him only by avoiding direct eye contact and speaking in general, non-specific terms. (The operator of the SMU button was following it all like a hawk.)The video genie was there wifout her cameras, we heckeld and hassled her to hurry and bring the movies back to the blog. The guys looked good, there new UA practice jerseys looked good to. We had the usual cast of huge poly players, but goodness me, Josh Leonard and Jake Heun are two of the biggest white boys I have ever seen. Kaeao M. has some serious guns this season, it was a pleasure visiting with his Dad.
Pay Per View all da way, baby! Only way to go for us oldies but goodies…
Well, thanks, all, for your explanations, but I sure hope the critique does not force Colt to THINK too much before throwing. I really believe his INSTINCT is what won the game. He is naturally gifted.
homey – Then you can bring the tequila sunrises with you…you don’t need to sleep…just come straight from work!
Gigi- better to be critiqued, otherwise they say nothing and then get rid of you. That’s what happens on “Deadliest Catch.” Hopefully, there’s always some room to improve.
DPK – you did post that earlier. 🙄
rob00
orange jerseys are for the qb’s so that the defense won’t hit them in practice. something like the jpo’s in the orange vests on the streets are clearly identifiable so you won’t run them over.
and yes, we are too slow to be libre. we are more nacho libre types.
you’ll catch on soon. right now you are in the same class as gigi.
What Jim Zorn is looking at is different from what you and I are looking at as fans. The coaches go into a game and are looking at having the players make progress on some of the techniques and schemes that they are working on at practice. Colt’s progress will be measured by him making progress on some of the things that Coach Zorn has him working on, like tempo, footwork, vision, what to see, how to read the defense. The coaches are not looking for him to make big plays and touchdowns. They are looking to see if he is coachable, and to see if he is making the progress that they want him to make. If Colt is making touchdowns within the plan that is set for him by the coaches, then he is doing well. If Colt is running around and making big plays like he did in college, but not sticking with the coaches’ gameplan, then he didn’t have a good game. We as fans will never know what Zorn’s gameplan was, so we will not know what kind of eveluation Colt received from Coach Zorn. It appears that all of the Quarterbacks have a lot of work. Although Colt wants to realize and experience success early, he needs to be patient and understand that he needs to do what the coach tells him to do. Sometimes someone as gifted as Colt is, will automatically start doing things his own way because it worked before. He needs to resist that temptation and do what the coach tells him to do the way the coach tells him how to do it. He needs to work in the conscious incompetence quadrant for now and be patient until the coach gives him the green light to do his thing. Touchdowns and big plays will come later.
wait, go 2 da tailgate but not da game. knew some dudes who used to pay $5 to park and just tailgated thru the whole game. can’t imagine gigi doing that, does that mean u leave after the tailgate and b4 da game starts? that’s a new one, avoid da traffic going home, not have 2 pay insane prices for alcohol, sodas, food or whatevas. no bathroom line. but all dat’s worth it 2 watch da warriors in dat college atmosphere. it’s cool though as long as that suits u, it’s all dat matters. went to an nfl game last year after da nevada game, CANNOT compare. probably won’t go 2 another nfl game again.
hmmmm. what’s in dpk’s water?
when did he last look in the mirror? (only homey will catch this)
“Naturally gifted”, “god-given abilities”, “freak of nature”…
Can someone be taught to be gifted?
Are there other abilities that are not god-given?
We all are freaks of nature in one way or another. 😆
GO WARRIORS!
It’s nice to see some practice jerseys without faded numbers
OK, pride, gotcha!
DPC, I probably won’t attend all of the tailgates, but will definitely make the 1st one. Yeah, after the t-gate, hubby and I go home to watch the game on PPV. Works just fine for us.
By cracky, yur right lil buddy. Except when I tried to post it, the blog server had a brain burp and never showed it as posted. Sowwy for the confusion, blog roulette is a tough game to play. I don’t even know if this post will go through… Stay tuned to “As the Blood Boils” aka the new HA websitle. Are they ever gonna fix all this cr*p!?
thanks for further clarification old wise one. well, actually pride. is junior to me but, light years ahead in knowledge.
rob99…..its exactly what i tell my kids when they tell me i am too critical of them. “when i stop talking and critiquing you then you better worry.”
“Oh know DPK, not da shotgun!!!” MWAHAHAHHAA
Eaaaassssssyyyyyy Tigah…don’t want the heights of Punchbowl to be rattling too much…LOL
Let me take a stab at this one, al. I see big when I look in the mirror. Stumpy, lot’s o’ mass, no muscle or height even. Leonard and Heun are tall, wide and got enough guns to be destroyers. Am I luke warm at all?
al – to be safe…I didn’t catch that.
Pride. – “conscious incompetence quadrant”??? That made me go WHOA! Then I tried to think what are in the other quadrants…unconscious competence, conscious competence, and unconscious incompetence. Now it all makes sense. Thanks for the enlightenment. YOU DA MAN!
Tanx everyone for the play-by-play of the Colt-Colts game. I knew the result but it was fun to read everyones comments. Mahalo to HiFlyer too for the link to the NFL broadcast.
oops… know=no
GO CJ! Lots of talent, even more character. You can DO it!
“conscious incompetence quadrant” = realize you have a lot to learn so be patient and learn.
*DPK sez nothing*
da princess’ classmate- whoa, no scare gigi away… it too all of last year to get her to come to da T-gate! We’ll work on the live game this year attendance 🙂
da princess’ classmate- whoa, no scare gigi away… it too all of last year to get her to come to da T-gate! We’ll work on the live game attendance this year 🙂
Thanks for the updates ST. I think I can speak for all of us who are working right now that we all wish we coulda been there.
Does anyone know if there are any other pictures of today’s practice posted anywhere else? I didn’t see any on sportshawaii.
Blog “server”= a huge misnomer
How come Robxx keeps moving all around Oahu?
Pretty soon I gotta stop commenting because I’m running out of pigeons.
so sorry — not trying to scare gigi away, any and all fans are good fans. no one fan better than da next, right 🙂
like JD said, PPV’s good b/c it gives all fans the option, in case they cannot or do not want to battle game day things to view da warriors live.
like i said, that’s cool as long as it suits u. das why options are great
whoa dpc,
i mean dpk, (not going call you chump) you are on it today brother. i guess cause you were up so early yah. was it like 0215.
time for a nap don’t you think?
s malai…..cameras were banned from practices. unless you were a member of the press.
OK now al, give me more credit than that.
I know what the orange jerseys are about.
We didn’t have JPO’s at Kamehameha.
I was asking about practice and homey asked if I was going out for MLB.
I go to every game and then go home and watch the telecast all over again. I don’t have the luxury of watching on a gigantor Sony Bravia either.
Rob1024 – No use have gigantor if cannot view in HD. Sunday’s Redskins/Colts game was the bomb in HD!
Al — are you going to attend the games or watch on PPV this year?
Rob1024 – No use have gigantor if cannot view in HD. Sunday’s Redskins/Colts game was the bomb in HD!
Last pigeon…
d1 – Gotta find Libre, that’s why.
Al – MLB: Middle Linebacker
Homey – Tell your pigeon to get off my car!
how about you, homey? watch the games at the stadium or on PPV?
D1,
“B;og Server”.. oxymoron perhaps?
Like these:
ABSOLUTELY UNSURE
ABUNDANT POVERTY
ACADEMIC SORORITY
ACCIDENT ALERT
ACCORDION MUSIC
ACCURATE ESTIMATE
ACCURATE FORECAST
ACT NATURALLY
ACTIVE RETIREMENT
ACTIVE NEUTRALITY
ADULT CHILDREN
ADVANCED BASIC
ADVANCED BEGINNER
A FOOT AHEAD 😆
AGED CARE INDUSTRY
AGING YUPPIE
AGREE TO DISAGREE
AIR FIELD
AIRLINE FOOD
ALMOST ALWAYS
ALMOST CERTAIN
ALMOST EXACTLY
ALMOST NEVER
ALMOST PERFECT
ALONE TOGETHER
AMATEUR EXPERT
AMERICAN ENGLISH
AMERICAN HONDA
AMICABLE DIVORCE
AMISH TECHNOLOGY
ANARCHY RULES
ANTICIPATED SURPRISE
AQUALAND
APPEAR INVISIBLE
APPROXIMATELY EQUAL
ARMCHAIR ATHLETE
Pomai-
10-7
“….in a cross-fire hurricane!”
-Mick Jagger
DPK – if bro Mike is a Prince, shouldn’t ST be King Tsai? Methinks Lord is lower ranked than Prince.
Time to head out. Didn’t know about the server crash. We had internet probs here at work for most of the morning too. Will lurk more tonight.
Esme and out…
My impressions from practice:
The starting O-line for now looks to be Kia, Bear, Estes, Lafu, Steiny. It appears that Letuli was the first to rotate in at LT with Hisatake third. This group was at the far end of the field and I was too lazy to walk down as they seemed to be mostly working on technique drills. I was a little concerned when the team ran sprints at the end of practice because Bear, Hisatake and Ginlack seemed to be laboring pretty hard.
I didn’t really focus on the passing drills so I can’t really comment individually on the QBs or receivers. I will say, though, that there were a lot more dropped balls than we’re used to seeing. At one point Mack got so ticked off, he interrupted the drill to berate the receivers for all the drops, telling them to “start acting like D1 players” and to “catch the ball” because he was tired of seeing so many balls hit the turf. Gotta add that there were some very nice catches, including a nice one by Pilares towards the end of practice.
As for the defense, they looked very good. Very quick, very focused. I was impressed with the way Miano was working the DBs and with Cal Lee’s handling of the linebackers. Josh Leonard is one dude I wouldn’t want to see in a dark alley. Rocky looked good too. During conditioning drills Veikune and Purcell looked to be ready to go full blast. In general the D looks like they could play this week if they had to. They will have to carry us during the early part of the season.
Most unusual sight was at the end of practice when Blaze was doing some judo-looking shoulder rolls all the way up the field. Basically, he started at the goal line and did shoulder rolls on the same shoulder all the way up the field. Somebody on the other board thought he was being punished since Coach Mack was walking alongside him for a good part of the exercise, but there’s no way you discipline a player by having him stress the area where he had a season-long injury the year before. I think this is just part of Blaze’s routine to make sure he’s ready to go.
There are going to be very few photos out of practice in light of UH’s new policy. Which really sucks in my opinion.
Nice to see so many Tsaikos at practice today. Stretch and Sleeze, SJ and Myki, DPK, Kekoa and Pops. The media types were everywhere too. In addition to ST, Brother Mike the El Supremo, and the enchanting Princess Leila (who was looking particularly attractive today, Chawan), we also saw Dave R., Kanoa Leahey, Rob DeMello, John Veneri, the KHNL guy whose name escapes me, etc.
You wanna know how lame that no photography policy is? AFTER practice was over, they stopped SJ from taking a picture of the jugs machine, that he wanted to send to Big Hilo. The jugs machine had just been brought out to the field and wasn’t even being used yet. There wouldn’t even be a (working) jugs machine if not for Big Hilo. I know the guy was just doing his job, but still, there’s a certain bitter irony to that.
The only thing LAMER than the photo policy is this blog’s refresh rate.
I’m ready for “Lost.”
I’ve survived numerous crashes today.
Smalai:
UH prohibited fans from taking pictures/videos.
Advertiser is on a video strike.
I guess you’ll have to wait for the news stations.
Well, the old blog used to crash, too, remember? This is nothing new. Maybe, too many people are clicking on the Warrior Beat?
Anyway, Mojo, very good assessment of today’s practice. Now, I am worried about our receivers. We cannot afford dropped balls during the Florida game! Hope they wake up and start catching.
OMGI I FINALLY was able to log on.
WarriorMojo – Thanks for your thorough recap of today’s practice.
OMGI=OMG!
About that photo policy — is that something you can bring up with Mack? Donovan? Who came up with that lamebrained policy in the first place?
Well, obviously Mack does not want our opponents to see photos of our formations and players. I am okay with that policy.
Well, the “top secret” stuff I understand. But I don’t remember this total ban already having been out there. JJ didn’t have anything like this, IIRC.
I guess it’s hard to be selective as to whom or what can be photographed so a total ban was probably viewed as being easier to enforce.
ST, your thoughts on this?
Actually, UH is one of the few places where fans are allowed to attend practices.
Boise, Fresno and Nevada now bar reporters from all but 20 minutes of practice. It’s mostly because they don’t want opponents to know about trick plays on the Internet.
The UH beat reporters have an agreement that we don’t write about tricky stuff until the day of the game. It’s mostly a fairness issue. If Florida opened its practice, it would be different.
Anyway, coaches tend to get more nerjus during training camp or before big games. So if people abide by the rules now, things will open up later.
Well, at least practice is still open to the public.
Once Ching Field is completed, I wonder if the “Practices Open To The Public” policy will carry over?
Agreed. I’m just thankful that it is open to the public.
Just hope Coach Gerke won’t rush me if I pull out my cell phone to answer a call. 😆 …. 😯
ST, what are your thoughts about the receivers dropping balls? That makes me nervous.
I also think that people who make the effort to go out to practice will be rewarded.
I know some spectators want to share with others who can’t be there. Unfortunately, opposing coaches are among those “who can’t be there.”
OK, I gots the scoops. Thanks for the clarification.
Gigi:
It’s the first day. Things happen. It’ll be different if they were dropping balls in three weeks. The QBs threw between 150 and 200 passes apiece. That’s a lot of passes; some drops are OK.
I used up my last vacation days of the year (18th thru the 21st) to make sure I catch the boys the week before the Florida game. I was thinking about using my brother’s laptop to blog live there, but alas… he is protective of his “baby”…
How’s the wireless connection out there and is this still allowed?
Howzit Gang…
Gosh I love DVR…after watching Colt’s game about 5 times last night and another 3 times today, I gotta say Colt Brennan is the SHIZNIT!!!
Like always had the haters at work talking smack but I continued to rave and rub it in there face that Colt is the bestest QB ever!!! I’m still awaiting my authentic Colt Brennan jersey from NFL.com but they are taking to dayum long 🙂
Good luck C.J. hope you stick with the Bills, too bad you gotta play against Colt and are not on the receiving end of his “perfect passes”
New UA jerseys look plain, but no matter hope the boys focus and get to business! Jones’n for some Warrior football alreadeh…I think my blood turning green fo reals…au’ryte!!!
Coach Mack, please tell the dummehs JV sports needs to stay. Whoeva made the suggestion to do away with JV sports is just plain D-U-M dumb LOL Nah, but they must have fallen from the retard tree and hit every branch on the way down…
COLT BRENNAN I never thought I’d say this to another man but I LOVE YOU MAN, now lets have a beer…CHEE HUU!!!
Per Mojo –
At one point Mack got so ticked off, he interrupted the drill to berate the receivers for all the drops, telling them to “start acting like D1 players” and to “catch the ball” because he was tired of seeing so many balls hit the turf.
The funny thing is JJ didn’t have a ban as much as the sports media relations department did. For instance, we were told we only had Tuesdays and Wednesdays to interview players. OK, let’s see, there are five weekdays. How are we supposed to fill that with two days of interviews. Then JJ once asked why I wasn’t out there on a Monday. He told me it was open. Then I asked him: how come reporters can come to Friday practices on the road but not at home? He said: What are you talking about? Friday practices are open.
See? Sometimes rules are made for the convenience of others.
Somewhere in Dallas, TX June Jones just felt a shiver go up his spine.
Stephen,
thats another reason we miss THE Princess’ videos… just doesn’t seem right to not have them during football season.
your photos of jantz, smith and the other players make uhfan808 and the other tsaikettes happy, but us guys (and yes, i’m speaking for more than just me) miss the videos.
Hey I could work for the sports information department!!!
Based on this confusion and some of the interdepartmental non-sense I have to deal with at work, I would be right at “home”!!! 🙄
Good evening, Tsaiko-Nation and Tsai-Meister.
Well, the fourth time is the charm, I guess, 4 x I’ve tried to lock on this afternoon and finally got in.
Nothing to add to Colt’s lore that hasn’t been said. I’ve said my piece on the last blog, but boy, what a start!!
Gigi,
Don’t get nervous about the receivers yet. We all knew that the defense would be way ahead at this point.
The offense has a ton of new people who are still thinking too much. Once they get in the groove with repetitions, they’ll be fine. If you worry about your route, it’s easy to drop a pass. If in two weeks they’re still dropping a lot of passes, then I’ll worry.
Aunty gigi – no worry once they put JUGS 1 and 2 into use and get into the flow of practicing they’ll be alright. I’m sure there are going to be some surprises of players emerging and solidifying themselves either as starters or players who will get significant playing time…
I think Kealoha Pilares will emerge eventhough he’s not really a sleeper…
I also like Vaughn Meatoga on the DLine
I know Inoke Funaki will start this year 🙂
Gigi,
A part of me likes what Mojo posted about the receivers and the dropped passes.
Hey, there’s NO CRYING IN FOOTBALL!!!
But just like ST said, it is the first day, I believe things will gel soon enough.
However… while da blog wen kahputz.. I saw elsewhere that LWJ had some issues (conditioning? “gassing-out”). There were numerous people “reporting” this…
In any case, that was disappointing to read.
dropped balls….opening day jitters.
that’s why you practice.
mojo,
thanks for your recap. i can count on you for some oline detail. i think lafu will surprise many an opponent with his leverage and lower body strength.
chawan_cut – I second about Princess Leila’s videos…missed very much!
plus mahalos for the set I let you know when come in…
Thanks for the info. I completely forgot about that policy. Tough for people who can’t be there to watch, but understandable.
I came across this online and had to share it. I wonder what would happen if any of our players wore this to camp:
http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2008/07/31/rey-maualuga-is-not-as-he-seems/
I not worried Coach Mack going get the boys conditioned and into game shape…
Garrans he not going pull one June Jones and leave our boys hanging when we go into Florida. I believe he has an awesome gameplan and will definitely have our boys better prepared to go into battle.
I’m sure once practice starts flowing, leaders on the team start barking, and coaches start getting into there arse and start coaching, our Warrior Boys will come full circle and be Ready to Rumble in the Swamp!
S Malai – LMAO @ Rey Maualuga…I still wouldn’t make fun of that guy though, but what da heo? haha Okay either he lost one bet or he been hanging around too many mahu’s. Plus would be better if was USC colors bwahahaha…
Eh how old is Brett Symonds, you sure he old enough to play D1 football??? Nah, nah hope his thunder thighs can boom some accurate field goals! Bruddah look like he stay in Junior High still…
For the first week I will completely reserve judgement on the whole team. By then we should have enough info from ST’s reports and others observations to have a much better opinion.
S. Malai — and some of the comments in that link are off da wall!!!
LOL. I know right, who’s gonna make fun of him?
Symonds is awfully youthful looking.
It was Mack who started calling him “Thunder Thighs.”
First Practice, everybody excited to get back on the field so they probably trying too hard instead of focusing in on what they gotta do. Have high hopes for our team this year and can feel the warrior green blood starting to boil and generate throughout my body. Pray our boys stay injury free and healthy throughout the season and solidify themselves as legit TOP 25 caliber team!!!
I would think Symonds looks a little too small to have thunder thighs but what do I know, whateva Coach Mack says I’m going with it!
Haha! you’re right gigi. Comments 12 and 17 are my favorite. lol.
Grasso = “Fierce Foot”
How’s that for a nic? You heard it here first…
Regardless, I have full faith in the team and coaches and I know that Big Mack will have them as ready as can be for the swamp. If we should lose, it will not be because we’re not prepared.
I really hope the Gators will believe in their own hype. If our corners are able to cover their outside speedsters (and we do have great lockdown corners who are capable of that) and our linebackers can contain their running backs (we have six of them capable also), Tebow will run and we can get to him. My only concern is their two TE’s. If our defense really shows up, the lizzrads will be shocked and that could really ignite the whole game for us.
I sure hope I’m right, but I’m a believer.
Like we said before, the first day is for everyone. After that, it’s for the fans.
By Thursday, there will be more blog readers than reporters at practice.
Thundah ties…. I remembah one Wahine back in high school who had dat nickname…
Anyway…
If we can avoid another “play like you belong” speech, we will be ok”.
S Malai – LMFAO das some funny chit…but I agree some football terms are a little uh mahuish I think…
Tight End…blocks and catches balls
Wide Receiver…catches all the balls thrown to him
Corner Back…sticks to the wide receiver and blocks his balls
Free Safety…roams around looking for a wide receiver to lay out
Special Teams…guys looking to either receive the ball or lay out the guy with the ball
hmmm…wonder who came up with this game haha
Kazz, no chit ah? I thought that what so dumb…cause they did belong, JJ should have prepared them to play the dayum game not just too belong in the dayum thing! I dunno the SB still pisses me off, cause I know our boys could’ve played way better if prepared to go into battle correctly!!!
what = was
Florida Ted,
I already KNOW that Florida believes their own hype, and justifiably so. They are talented.
If they blow us out, it will be because of sheer skill over an inexperienced and overwhelmed team. I’m just being honest here. Simple as that.
If Florida wins, it will NOT be because they prepared well for us. The Florida coaches can go on and on about how they are “concerned” about what our offense will look like and how they have no tapes to see how we will throw/run the ball (probabaly Coach Derrick Dooley will help out Florida as much as he can 👿 ), but the fact of the matter is that they ARE taking us lightly.
Coach Mack and Co. will have to OUT-COACH Urban Meyer and Co. to win this game. This, CAN be done.
At the risk of stating the obvious, any team looking for a victory MUST use their team’s strengths to the fullest against the opponent’s weaknesses.
So for us, it may be intangibles vs refined skill.
In that, we have a good fighting chance to surprise the nation.
Georgia should have played against USC, and we should have played against Illinois in the bowl. That would have been a better match, don’t you think?
Kazz…any new word on when and if the new UA jerseys coming out for us die hard fanatics of Warrior Football or what? Everytime I talk to the chick at Rainbowtique she always tell me I dunno I think soon though…what da heo? Frikk no chit should be hea alreadeh dayumit!
Pauoa Boy,
Nothing seemed/felt right from the beginning way before the ball was snapped.
There are a lot of people still on the team that remembers 01/01/2008.
Again, Intangibles VS Refined Skill is what our game against Florida will be.
In that alone, we CAN win!!!
NEVER FORGET!
gigi-hawaii – Georgia was supposed to be #1 but thanks to the Bull Crap System they got shafted and played against us. We actually should have played LSU instead…I think.
Chit did I just give GA props *cough* sorry, my throat *cough*
nah, LSU was too big and strong. Didn’t they dump Ohio State? We should’ve played Illinois, like I said.
Florida = Tebowling
Fresh legs
Good rotation
Keep hydrated
Keep cool heads (literally)
Offense, Defense, Special Teams are all ways to score.
anything else???
Oh yeah.
COACH MACK- WHAT COLOR SHOULD THE FANS WEAR???
Can’t believe I missed this earlier, BUT..
This is the BEST post today:
we are watching ESPN. In a controlled scrimmage, Aaron Rodgers had 9 incompletions in a row.
There should be no competition between him and Brett Favre. Let Favre start!
Kazz,
I not too worried I believe in our boys and Coach Mack. What we bring to the table as far as intangibles far surpasses any ounce of talent Florida brings to the game. So what if they have all the big 4-5 star recruits, all the speed demons blah, blah, blah…that can be beat with proper planning, strategy, heart, will, and desire. Plus I think our boys can out physical the Gators and reduce there so called speed. I think knocking them on there arse a few times and hitting him hard in the mouth will slow em down. I say attack and never let up from the start, no need feel em out, just bum rush and Go Go Go!!!
We are watching NFL Live.
Two things:
-Either they know and the employees are saving some for friends and family 😆 ….
-They truly have NO CLUE.
I will not bug them until the week of August 18th (I’ll probably call them on Friday 😉 ) to check again.
The Ward location told me on Saturday that they are “slowly getting their shipments” and they do not know in advance what comes in. I assume managers must know.
The UH location told me LESS today and are clueless. Again they advise to keep checking http://www.uhrainbowtique.com for updates. Which I will not adhere to… I mean the UA polos were out and for sale about a month and a half before the website even listed them…. AND I noticed that the Rainbowtique website seems to mirror what the UH location has and NOT what the Ward location has…
Aiyesoooosss… to much da kine!!!!
BG,
Can ask Johnny Mac tomorrow when the UA jerseys are coming in? 😉
This was a controlled scrimmage. They were playing their own guys.
Interception in the end zone.
Rodgers is no Colt Brennan and definitely no Brett Favre.
gigi-hawaii – das how though go aftah the big boys, nuff play the lower level teams. we need to play the best to be the best! Not saying Illinois is junk but I felt we could compete with anybody anywhere, maybe Illinois would’ve been better who knows?
Rodgers did look very sloppy in that exhibition game. Favre should start if the QB position is an open competition but I doubt it. I think the coaches made there mind up to start Rodgers but I dunno, he looked…terrible.
Lost a pretty long post earlier but things seem to be smoother now so, try again…
Anyway, I catch you guys tommorrow…dayum I wonder what they put in Vicadin…dayum medicine is strong make you sleepy eyed…
Be easy everybody have a good one…
Funaki is tough but kind of short. Will he last in Florida? Gotta have 3 QBs to play against Florida. Hope the 2 JC guys can step up.
Mojo,
Thanks for the practice comments. Good stuff.
Pride.,
Awesome synopsis. Had me drawing lines and wishing I had graph pepah. 😉
again,
i think we need a nickname for Tim Grasso.
Dan is the Iceman
the new guy is Thunder Thighs.
what is Tim?
Height don’t mean chit at QB, Funaki is very much capable of leading the team in Florida…I have much faith in him!
Gotta have killer instinct no scared em just go get em!!!
K time to hele…
Hmmm, nice that it goes to the bottom after you post sumtin…
First day for da Geckos, too.
Some notes from Da Sunshine State (wea nevah had sunshine wen I was dea)
Kazz!
Very well analysis on your # 306.
Plus, I predict Dooley is gonna have a “Not so friendly” welcome this year to Aloha Stadium.
Grasso = FIERCE FOOT
They jumped in with two-a-days for the newbies
I guess Percy Harvin wasn’t just sitting around while his heel healed.
But Meyer seemed like he didn’t want to push him too much.
Big stated goal for Meyer is to find a QB to take some of the load off of Tebow.
FIERCE FOOT?
Try medicated foot powder!
gigi,
Please explain the correlation between height and stamina.
btw gigi,
Did you ask your two neighbors about “Mona”?
Anybody seen the new 2008 Upper Deck Ryan Grice-Mullen card? It looks like they messed up and it is actually a picture of Davone Bess. Click on my name for a link to a “Grice Mullen” auction on eBay.
d1– Isn’t Tebow 6’5″ tall? Hard to knock him down, methinks.
nah, Mona stopped moaning. I guess she was in ecstasy.
Rob25:
August 4th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
I wanted to repaint my bathroom….purple with yellow polka dots.
Rob25 sorry but just have to say to this ajoe………”we have a winner”
Rob25 sorry but just have to say to this ajoe………”we have a winner”
If Georgia made the BCS title game, then the Sugar Bowl would have taken LSU.
Illinois was only in the BCS bowl rotation because that was the Rose Bowl’s pick to maintain a Pac-10 – Big-10 rivalry. Any other bowl with that pick would have taken Missouri.
LizK:
Spoke with Coach Mack during the 2nd blog bash and his response was “we”, the coaches must wear UA shirts, but was non-commital on color of shirts for fans to which I replied, “I’m wearing a white UH T-shirt” because of the heat and humidity.
Al-righty then! 😕
momotaro:
correct amundo – #7 is Bess – RGM wore #1
Peachy Dude,
If RGM (or Bess) makes it big, that card might be valuable.
#49 Tim “Grasshopper” Grasso. 😀
BTW – IMHO, the “kicking team” should include #57 Jake Ingram …. Jake “Automatic” Ingram. 😀
wadup with double post
anyway good evening tsaiko country. how you amigo and amigas doing? 😀
how did part 2 of practice go today. look like from the 6 o’clock news Mac was all business like he said. in addition da team running from here to there. plus it was hot out there around 90° and very humid 😳
hey, where can I purchase a card – it could be worth something for the misprint!!!
besides, it would be funny to approach Bess and ask him to sign for RGM – hehe
Evening Tsaikos!
momotaro – isn’t it supposed to be Grice-Mullins not Grice-Mullen?
I’m still ecstatic about our “sons” performances yesterday. Way to go Colt, Parker & Shane!! 😀
Thanks to everyone for their observations and analysis of da 1st day of practice. Sounds like typical 1st day. It’ll get better and quick. Still waiting for Tyler to get out there.
attn ajoe…..ta dahhhhhhhhhhhh we have another winner
Success will breed success. The byproduct of Colt’s success is confidence. And some positive reinforcement form Coach Zorn helps too.
Let Coach Zorn make the evaluation, Colt is HIS QB. The West Coast Offense relies on footwork and timing. I heard a comment form Coach Madden yesterday, said that Coach Zorn wants Colt to work on his footwork first, sort of training him from the ground up.
And the side arm throwing motion will be worked on LAST.
Hey, footwork in football very, very important. Just like in baseball and softball.
Think lot of success and confidence training happening in Lower Manoa too.
Pride:
Spoken like a true baller. Experience speaks.
d1 — Tim Tebow is 6’3″ tall per google. I stand corrected.
WassupDoc – check you tsai-kos.com email.
oops. 😳 you = your
Did the addahknow‘s leave town already? I wanted to send them a “bon voyage”. I hope they have fun with Garret & family and get to meet other interesting people on their trip. Wait – I know they’ll have fun!!! Ha! 😀
Did anyone see the story about the Israeli family that was so intent on catching their flight to Paris (they had four other kids and 18 suitcases), that they left their 3 yr -old daughter behind!
Yikes! I hope A-joe doesn’t get left behind! 😆 😯 😆
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080804/ap_on_re_mi_ea/odd_israel_home_alone
Brew, aren’t you going to be at the Bay area cattle call?
That story sounds like Home Alone. lol
Koakane said:
No scare me Koakane.
Remind me of basketball in high school, with da coach not bringing any balls to practice for first two weeks of practice. Players had a chuckle. Dumb coach, what the heck can we do for two weeks without da ball.
Found out there’s a whoooooooooole lot of running you can do for two weeks without the ball.
Coach said da same ting. We goin train you guys from the ground up.
Still sounds stupid to me.
Run shuffle run shuffle shuffel run run run shuffle run cut shufflle back peddle run back peddle run shuffle jump run jump jump shuffle pivot run pivot run shuffle run shuffle shuffle.
We wuz running and shufling in ouyr sleep.
How stupid is dat. Playing basketball witout da ball. Hmmph.
here’s the local news for the day.
UH Fall camp day 1 on the field
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hzKyOp5Gw8
Colt’s post game news and interviews.
CJ Hawthorne gets picked up by the Bills
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKEG5EFBb2M
Thanks chawan_cut.
Esme Out.
Kazz, (206),
Agree with everything you’ve said, but more than our intangibles, I truly believe that this year we have just as good talent in many position that they have,
No doubt they have tremendous talent, but so do we, maybe not quite as much as the Gators, but enough. Add to that the Warrior hearts and Coack Macks ability to adjust and gameplan and we’ll have a true fight.
I can’t wait, what a test to start a season.
d1 yea talk about asports now she is off island and flying to america (j/k) bwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
wow, we actually get a warning this time when the blogs will go down. from the main blog page:
The Honolulu Advertiser blogs will be undergoing maintance tonight from 12:00 midnight – 1:00am HST.
Coach John Madden has a daily (weekday) interview on SF/Bay Area radio station KCBS. 8/04 – He commented on the HoF game and Colt’s play in the first couple of minutes of the interview. He said about Colt – “yeah, he looked real good”, “exciting player”, “fun to watch”, “gunslinger”, “going to be a fun guy”, “obviously he’s not going to be a starter”, “will have to fight just to make that team”, “Jim Zorn … feels pretty good about him as a project”. The link is below. BTW, the local sportscasters love Colt – starting from mid-2006 on! 😀
http://www.kcbs.com/John-Madden-on-KCBS/82845
Grasso is a punter, right?
‘Boomer Grasso’ sounds good to me.
Good night all.
pride feet most import for big linemen. agile and mobile or ride the pine.
kden since chawan giving us the gotta go esme out whoooooooooooosh
where i gotta go?
1000 mahalo’s mr. chawan_cut!!!!!
koakane….not yet. its at midnight.
you need a brewski.
Tim “Kickinda” Grasso
#49 – Tim “kicka$$” Grasso 😯 😀
al,
Like “Happy Hour”, it’s midnite SOMEWHERE!
tim “eat my” grasso
d1…..did the boy go up already?
how’s he liking it so far?
tim “blue” grasso
smok’n grasso
jus kid’n
al,
we all leave the week after the KKall.
He’s excited.
“Kissma” Grasso
“Watada” Grasso
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sorry CC…I thought, “what could possibly go with Grasso besides A_ _ H _ _ _?”
Bad Kekoa!…Take one time out.
“Attahfisho” Grasso
is he going to play ball?
tim “no hassle” grasso
Dat’s da plan.
“Nocutda” Grasso
“Greengo” Grasso
“Nut” Grasso
How about:
Foot of Fury
“Keepoffda” Grasso
Maybe:
Big Foot…or maybe Big Fut 🙂
curt….that is too close to fierce foot.
try this one
tim “kick em in da” grasso
Curt.
Well that might get some of the Tsaikettes’ interest.
al,
too close to 370.
we got dan “iceman” kelly
and
now we
have
tim “toolman” grasso.
i give up. lets change his name instead.
tim “punt” deball
Howzit Rolo. Are you having fun? Get those boys ready for the Swamp!
Al & D1,
You guys are too much! What kick.
Well, I only have clippings left for the Grasso Game, so….
Oyasumina-tsai.
tim “boomer” grasso
aw, D1, you’re going to bed too early. It’s not even 10.
Whoa! Did Gigi say that!!! 😀
Only one name fits Tim Grasso… Tim “Maytag Man” Grasso… ta da
Why, you ask. I say, “how many times did he punt last year?”
Wow Gigi. You’re really pushing it. Ha-ha. It must be getting late.
jm2375,
I think his name is supposed to be Grice-Mullins but on his birth certificate it says Grice-Mullen, so that is his legal name until he changes it. I thought he did or was in the process of changing it. All of the RGM football cards I have seen have him as “Ryan Grice-Mullen.”
Also, if you look on eBay there is a seller selling an authentic Houston Texans RGM jersey. If you look at the name on the back it is “Grice-Mullen.” Maybe Stephen can get a clarification for us.
Good Evening Tsaikos!!
Just got back home from a long day working. I haven’t had time to read all the posts about practice so not sure if someone already mentioned this.
It looked like there were a quite a few guys “breathing hard” during the practice. This was only during the drills they were doing. I didn’t get a chance to watch the entire practice since I had work to take care of but it’s a good thing they didn’t have the 220’s this year. Some guys wouldn’t have made it. They have 3 weeks to get everyone in game shape or else they will not survive in Florida!!
Tim “da mowah” Grasso
Tim “mowah da” Grasso
Tim “weedwack da” Grasso
Tim “hiding-in-da” Grasso
Stephen (or WDoc),
Was there a bid protest filed on Friday for the UH Cooke/Ching Field field turf project? I didn’t see anything about a bid protest so I’m assuming it is full speed ahead on the project.
Tim “if there’s” Grasso “on the field, play ball!!”
Auwrigh! Sports and I made it to the other side of the pond. Staying with a friend. Great view of the bay and city lights. Fogs in at the moment. About 50 something right now.
D1- that somewhere that’s midnight you mention is here.
ajoe – good to know you and asports made it safe. have fun and make sure you come back before karaoke!!
somehow that doesn’t sound right coming from you, there is a slight size difference.
Stretch- How was work today? Was real work or you had meeting?
Tim Guinea Grasso
i guess stephen can sort through all these suggestions and choose the worthy grasso nickname. i believe he gave the iceman his title.
good night everyone, I need to get as much beauty sleep as possible, although everyone can see it hasn’t helped yet.
Hey Addahknowjoe — please check your gmail. Have a great time in the Bay Area!
“Foosball” Grasso? No? Ok.
Hi Stretch-
The weather is comfortable right now. Not as cold as I thought it would be, although I think I will retract this statement by morning.
Looking forward to meeting up with our Tsaiko-pats Garret and Brew. Bwahahaha.
8)
Hey A-Sports! Howz you and da Hawaiian doin’?
SteveM- Check email. Thanx.
Blasto Grasso
Thanks A-House.
We still need something difinitive from Coach Mack so we can look like a unit- even if it’s only a couple thousand of us. I actually wouldn’t mind wearing white- like at the SB. White make us look BIGGER 🙂
Hi DPK!
Me and da Hawaiian doing alright. All I can say is we made it without small kine beef. Try rush around for do last minute stuff, pack, and clean up in the hot sun and nuts traffic with every slow driver in front you, not to mention the police motorcade of thirty-something bikes doing practice run on Waialae for Obama’s arrival when you already late fo go airport. Almost wen’ bust out da leadfoot.
A-Joe and A-Sports… HAVE FUN and Return SAFELY!!!
okay…thai version
tim “lemon” grasso
nuuanu version….tim “centipede” grasso
japanese version…tim “ahso” grasso
NFL NETWORK SCHEDULE (Satellite Networks) ET, I think
Buffalo Bills at Washington Redskins
Saturday, August 9 at 7:00 p.m. (HD) LIVE
Buffalo Bills at Washington Redskins Monday, Aug,11, 4:00AM
Buffalo Bills at Washington Redskins, Wed, Aug. 13, 1 p.m.(HD)
Washington Redskins at New York Jets, Sunday, Aug 17 7 a.m.(HD)
Washington Redskins at New York Jets, Tues. Aug 19 2:30 p.m. (HD)
Washington Redskins at Carolina Panthers, Sunday Aug 24 1 p.m.(HD)
Washington Redskins at Carolina Panthers Monday, Aug. 24 4 p.m.
+++
Aug 28 Redskins vs Jaguars 7pm ET NBC
2008 Regular Season
Date Opponent Time Network Score
Sept 4 @ Giants 7pm ET NBC
Sept 14 vs Saints 1pm ET FOX
Sept 21 vs Cardinals 1pm ET FOX
Sept 28 @ Cowboys 4:15 pm ET FOX
Oct 5 @ Eagles 1pm ET FOX
Oct 12 vs Rams 1pm ET FOX
Oct 19 vs Browns 4:15 pm ET CBS
Oct 26 @ Lions 1pm FOX
Nov 3 vs Steelers 8:30 pm ET ESPN
Nov 16 vs Cowboys 8:15 pm ET NBC
Nov 23 @ Seahawks 4:15 pm ET FOX
Nov 30 vs Giants 1pm ET FOX
Dec 7 @ Ravens 1pm ET FOX
Dec 14 @ Bengals 1pm ET FOX
Dec 21 vs Eagles 1 pm ET FOX
Dec 28 @ 49ers 4:15 pm ET FOX
++++
Streaming Radio:
http://www.espn980.com/index.shtml
kden returned since get till midnight
how about Tim “no hassle da” Grasso 💡
play nice
oh well esme gonso whoooooooooooosh
It’s supposed to be Grice-Mullins.
Nobody in his family is named Mullen.
The shirts he passed out to teammates say: Grice-Mullins.
Isn’t it amazing how easy it is to post when it’s late and the techs aren’t experimenting?
ajoe check out post 338 and 348 😀
nite nite warriors no fooling around after lights out
high school two a day camp out in da gym sometimes got brutal. shaving cream, toothpaste, face paint. short sheeting bwhaaaaaaaaaaa was funny come to think of it.
foa real pau now ova and out
For those not going to the swamp, please note James’s post #160 today describing the TV-Gate at Genji’s at 0600 on game day. RSVPs might be time-sensitive if we need additional space.
steve….would this be in the main room or the karaoke room?
is this working?
SteveM I’ll be there at the breakfast for the Florida game…..
hey ralph….visited your home town this weekend. i actually enjoyed it way more than anticipated. probably go back again.
chawan_cut – thanks for ths nightly sports report.
Al hope you spent a lot of money because they really need all of you well to do tourists.
Aloha Kakahiaka! It’s o’dark thirty here in AZ & I’m off to pick up my son from the train station. Laterz. Glad I missed the problems w/ the server.
Ralph – I leave the blog in your capable hands and whoever else is awake.
goodnite
I guess no one else is awake….usually Pomai, Garrett & Myki posts at 4…where or where is las vegas….he must be in the dog house again…
Merv Georgia appears to be keeping up with Florida and LSU with the number of suspended players….
Good Morning Tsaikos!!
ST, sj & myki – don’t miss me too much but can’t make it to practice today, I have some work to take care of, really, I do…. hahaha
Looking forward to the reports later today.
four four for…. for goodness sakes….
~•~ 😯 8) 😀 ~•~ Good Morning Tsaikos and Warrior Nation!!! ~•~ 😀 8) 😯 ~•~
~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~ GO WARRIORS!!! ~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~
Aloha Kakahiaka!
Stretch- one of the next times you come to Kauai, can you pick up the FB and VB posters and schedule cards from the AD’s Office? Cha Cha has them under my name.
THANKS!
LizK – Mahalo for the Redskin’s TV schedule! 😀
Tim “Barking Sands” Grasso (the other launching site for missiles!) 😀 😯 😆
Hi Brew! didja get my email?
mornin.
brew- got your email. thnx for the booster seat tip. =)
Koakane- you do have a winnah! Two times! Bwahahaha!!!
Tim “Ganja Green” Grasso
http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5409258#post5409258
So far civilized thread on the HA reporting about Colt.
addahknowjoe,
g’morning handsome!
ajoe and asports,
have a safe trip to america; look towards balceta ave in SF and wave aloha to my princess, my baby girl Isabella, all of 10 going on 18. she lives in SF with her mother…
enjoy the ‘cool’ weather, it’s still hot back in da homeland.
HiHo!
Have a great Tuesday!
Great Morning All!
Hope the team can get in shape quick. Sounds like not all were ready for the sudden change to Mac’s “sudden change” strategy in practice.
Have a great day erryboddy!
HiHo…
Good morning Tsaukos!
Hope everyone has a blessed day!!
HiHo.
running late but had to say:
Man I had chicken skin…stood up clapping and cheering loudly and even had tears in my eyes during Colt’s performance Sunday. We were watching it and all I said was “Colt’s had a run of bad luck lately. I think it’s time this fine young gentleman got a break.” It was nice to see the routes, passes and defense work out that way. Good luck COLT!!!!
oops….makapiapia still in the eyes. Tsaukos=Tsaikos.
morning gang!
hope the tech guys fixed the blog last night, so far refreshing ok
how about Tim “ikickyo” Grasso? 😆
have a safe and happy day
Good Morning Tsaiko Village! Hope everyone has a good day!
Good morning Tsaikos everywhere.
25. 25 days and counting! 25!!!
LizK,
I like Blasto Grasso
but jus 4 fun, how’s dis:
ta ta da dahh ….
“Gasso” Grasso! 😀
There are 2 head coaches i’m impressed with, Zorn and McMackin.
Zorn is right about the up tempo stuff. UH last year had choke delay of game penalties, gotta remove the muscle memory ah dat one.
McMackin is right about droppin da ball. Saw that in spring practice too.
No mercy and no excuses if you wanna be the best of the best.
anyone else notice how Funaki & Alexander holdin da balls in da picture? Alexander holdin em higher up, ready fo throw? i’m luvin da pikchas!!!
imho we get 2 fit QBs, an Rausch can grow sumoa.
accuracy an leadership, dats wat counts. i dunno about you guyz, but i seen both deze braddaz. deze guyz got da leaders look!
Hpw about:
Tim “The Torpedo” Grasso
grr…Hpw=How
Good Morning Tsaiko Ohana!
Loa ~ I like your # 458 post.
Bhf2 ~ What if we combine yours with Loa and call him “Blassto – Ikickyo Grasso!”
OMG!…maybe not. That hurt my head just yelling that!…Nevah mind.
Come to think of it, how often are we going to need a kicker? Like BG said yesterday, our kicker will be like the Maytag repair guy…waiting for a call that will never haver to be made.
haver or havem, your choice.
Wow ST…The refreshing thing about this blog is being able to finish a cup of coffee while you wait for it to refresh!
Are these guys on a strike of their own? This leads to the question, “Is it time to pack this baby into our lifeboat again and say, “THIS IS NOT A DRILL ~ ABANDON SHIP!
Since Tim attended Saddleback Community College
Tim “The Lasso” Grasso”
Mo Da Grasso
Jim Rome just had a short positive segment on Colt and his ‘Skins debut during his “Burn” segment. I think ESPN.com will have it online later:
http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?categoryId=2963048&brand=null
wow.
slow day today. i thought they were going to do the maintenance last night at midnight???
Jason – the link to your website doesn’t work. I get something strange – like a retail site.
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