Game day

FIRST???!!!!

YYYEEEEHAAAAAAW! Let’s go everybody!!!!

So shocked, forgot to say “GO BOWS! err- WARRIORS”!!!! Hi ST. Hope all of you enjoy the tailgate Looks like an “onolicious” menu!

So, I was just going to post that SJSU was only 2 points down against Nebraska in the 4th…. Then Nebraska scored on a kickoff return 🙁

~•~~~~•~~~~•~Good Morning Tsaikos and Warrior Nation!!! ~•~~~~•~~~~•~

😀 • 😆 .·´¯`·.¸.·• Good Morning ST and Wena! •.·´¯`·.¸.·• 😉 • 🙄

It’s game day, everyone put on your game faces. Good luck to the Warriors tonight.
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Game day. Yeah!

LK . . .

How long is the hose? That is the only way I will be able to get my card.

HA!

wafan, curveball – Did you guys see Ronnie’s suggestion in the old blog regarding ESPN360? Darn – she’s soooooo akamai…..

Oh – Hiya Ronnie! 😀 😯 😆

Hi brew!

More like cheap… I mean thrifty 😆

I say it will pretty good game but Hawaii will run away with it.

Hawaii – 41 Weber State – 14

Lets go UH. First home game of the Season! Man this is exciting!

Hawaiianbod . . .

Have a great time today at the T-Gate! Glad to see you are getting out and participating.

Remember to cheer louder for the rest of us away from the islands.

Do you have to work today, Brew?

Haha –
Inoke showing support for the Dolphins?. My monitor shows Marine Green color

brew – don’t forget “crazy” and “loud” 😆

Ronnie – Oh yeah, I didn’t disclose everything…. I was being nice… Haha! 😀 😯 😆

😆 😀 🙂 OOOO>>>>>>>>•••••••••~~~~~~~esme! for real…

eek. Traffic jam. I’m late. Looks like a big funeral in Kalaheo.
ST- hope you can cut the pix down soon. It’s a strain on the mobile memory.
GAMEDAY!

Yahoo pigskin picks shows Nevada leading Texas Tech 42-10… Only problem is it doesn’t look like the game starts until 6PM…

Ronnie: I guess Oceanic does not get ESPN360……

curveball – that’s a big bummer!

Has anyone seen the Oceanic stream yet? I know they’ve shown volleyball games. I wonder if they will be able to handle the load when they are the only option to watch our Warriors play football on the internet.

ohio state looked oh so normal today. ohio had em for most of the game until they unfolded in the 4th. usc is gonna have fun in LA next week.
even michigan’s offense isn’t so hot as they win 16-6. they were sweating there at the big house too.
georgia tech beats the ryan-less boston college. go paul johnson!
byu is losing to washington now, 14-7 in the 2nd.
oregon state isn’t doing so well at penn state, losing 14-0.

Yea Liz!!

I hope that Letuli gets healthy soon! I feel so badly for players like Blaze and him who cannot show what they can do because of injury!

New appeal delays UH field work is the headline in Da Odda pepa’s Hawaii News section.

Lots of interesting stuff happening re Ching?cooke Field to track which will be reported on both by the daily press as well as the bloggers over the next two-three weeks. Meet-ups with UH folks and others are also scheduled as well.

See everyone in a couple of hours – we’re ready to go but have a couple of errands to run.

I posted the article at the end of the other blog, but I thought I should post a few of Cody Nakamura’s comments about UH here.

I really want to beat on them a little bit.

“They’re the same size, the same quickness, the same speed. It’s all mental. If we do the things we’re supposed to like any other game, we should win.”

addahknowjoe: I’ll be there eventually. Got some things I need to do first.

Game day folks!!!!!

Looks like East Carolina scores first on West Virginia.
Utah State-Oregon game getting ugly for the Ags.
Penn State tacks another TD over the Beavers. Looks to be 35-7 at the half.
BYU-UDub still tied.

Garret,

I hear what you are saying about BCS money, but in order for a WAC team to make it to a BCS game, they will have to beat us. I don’t think that will happen, so until it does (which it won’t), I’ll cheer for WAC OOC games, and for Utah to be the buster.

Of course if we do lose, I would rather it be to BSU and not FSU, because I really don’t like the dogs.

notre dame… losing to san diego st 7-0

CAPITOL-WASSUPDOC:

Lost your message and my address book.

Per your question, he posts on this blog and a few others as well but SteveM doesn’t know who he is = perhaps ST can help you.

Made it to HNL. It is very cloudy.
PBS here we come!

notre dame gets lucky that san diego is not that good. could’ve run the clock, but no, 3 and out, then blocked punt and then notre dame gets their first td of the season in their FIRST game!

Hey Ronnie

Hows it going there,excited about the game.Rob just picked up Alan
at the airport,then they are headed to the tailgate…Must be nice! we should have our own tailgate here!!!!!!!!]]GO WARRIORS

Ronnie

Hey there hows everything going?
Rob just picked up Alan at the airport,then they are headed to the tail gate.Must be nice…..we should have our own tail gate here….

Ronnie: oops sorry double post…doing okay I guess, missing football
tailgating.Have some champagne for me we cant drink here.also some sushi please!!!!!!

Good afternoon guys!

Watched OSU get crushed by PSU. Noticed da OSU QB named Moevao. After a little research, he da kid of Lia Moevao (UHS 77, Pac-Five)!! Another kid with Hawaii ties!

How’s da tsaikogate going? Everybody still upright?

hi lizk…..glad you made it. did the lilikoi chiffon pie make it too?

UW and BYU. Dislike both.

Looks like it is BYU 29 to 27.

Was it a WAC official? Unsportsman like call on Locker (UW) on “spiking” the ball in the endzone. He did not. Stupid call.

al- sorry. Couldn’t stop. Will bring pie next time.

dj . . .

I think the UW was wac’d.

hmm…first UW on FSN, now WSU. It looks like both Washington teams get to lose on tv today.

dj . . .

HA!

At least Gesser looks like he has an actual job, though. Watched him last week on FSN-NW.

He is on now.

wafan,
seems like everyone else is at t-gate. wish we could be there too.

I’m excited for the Boise game, even though it’s more than a month away.

I agree. But, watching other games they celebrate a lot more than that without any calls.

I still think the Huskies got wac’d.

Looks like the Cougs are Couging it early this game.

I guess, they do not want to wait for the rush at the end.

Dang. Another TD by Cal.

off to the tailgater……
go warriors!

Sounded like they called him Tyson Alulu.

Dang. Another TD.

MOMOTARO: You may be right – I was going by the bids being open on 8/1 and the objection letter made on 8/13. But I think the rest of the letter is applicable.

wafan,
even the espn guys said the flag on UW was stupid. the one thing though, you were able to see how high locker threw the ball in the air on the espn replay. he really chucked it up there.

If I offend anyone about something I said on here, my apologies…but if you don’t like it don’t read it and ignore as it may not pertain to you anyway…

Also, if you feel that sensitive and want to ack stupid and send me a frikkin dumb@ss email, you have been SMU’d from contacting me and I could care less!!!

Hey, Texas Tech plays Nevada today. Should be an interesting matchup…wonder how well Kaepernick has progressed as a QB.

PB,
sent you a message on myspace.

Punahou getting some good air time up here on a We(s)t side high school sports show.

Looks like their girls VB team did well and the FB team plays Central Kitsap tonight. Too bad Punahou is not playing one of the real powerhouses instead.

PIAA-Doris,

if you’re around – do you have stats on how many local HS footballers in the last two years went to D-1 and D-1AA schools to play, whether on scholarship or as walk-ons?

then everyone can do the math regarding Cody Nakamura’s statements.

Unfortunately, even if UH went undefeated the rest of the way the Warriors could not make the BCS unless East Carolina loses.

Aloha everyone. Hope you’re all having a great weekend.

GO WARRIORS!!! START THAT WINNING STREAK!!!

Pomai – is it too late to put in my pick?

35-17 UH

Thanks.

LT chokes in the redzone against Kansas. STill 20-0.

Pomai…me too.

UH 42
WS 14

ok, got my family here at the stadium. We’re waiting outside in the parking lot. ST went in, and saw Kakaula outside in the parking lot eating. Going to go in soon.

I’m going to take them inside now. It is beginning to rain.

Alrighty then! Let it rain. We want the blessing.

Everyone have a rocking time, be safe, keep it healthy on both sides of the ball, and get a Warriors WIN!

Wena, are you phone blogging? Cool!
We are getting ready to head up too.

Hey Liz, Hope you all are having fun at the tail-gate party. I was just wondering if you know a site ( web cast) where i can view the game on. I used to watch them on hawaiianmeltimedia, but they’re not offering it this year. I usually can watch the road games on espn gameplan or gameday, if you have any info, let me know. Go Warriors, Go Inoke

Ronnie. Rob25 brought her whole family today. Good-looking, tall kids!

Hi Liz! That is so cool! I’m glad they get to meet all of their Tsaiko relatives.

ST – what did I miss? Which Weber St guy said what? when?

1 hour to go and counting… GO WARRIORS!!!!!

alnbama. Not sure of a simulcast. What about listening? Maybe garret them know.

Another stupid rule to stifle the press from reporting emotion and fun of College Football

LizKauai: yes they are good looking kids they take after there Dad…hahahahahahaha Rob25!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Enjoy the game……

Rob25: Hey sweetheart Love Ya.

GO WARRIORS

Oops 😳 – CORRECTION! Rob25 & Frank have a very nice family!!! 😯 😀 🙄

Yeah, don’t have espn 360, sucks big time!

Hey – where did Ronnie go? Are the boys watching the game w/ mom? 😯 😀 🙄

Howzit Tsaikos!!
Wish I could be there with you at the TGate and the Game!! Sounds like a lot of fun!
LizK, thanks for the pic’s! At least I get an idea what it looks like.
Okay, folks, do your best to get the Warriors the W!
Since I don’t have access to PPV and don’t get 1420AM at home, I’ll be cheering in my car tonight parked along the highway outside Waimea some place where get good reception. I’ll be watching K5 tomorrow morning.
GO WARRIORS!!

Hi Ronnie – I thought you had that figured out from last year? Yeah – I know, you’re not a hardware geek… 😯 😀 🙄

Hiya ST! Glad to see you’re checking in on us “misfits”! 😀 😯 😆

Yeah – Mahalo Liz – Now if your magic iPod could also send pix of fuud, along with smells, tastes, and all the gossip, chatter, laughing, singing and song…. 🙁 😯 🙁

Brew – I have a new tv since last year. I bought it watch the Sugar Bowl in HD, but then I got to see it live 😀 ❗

Sorry hawnstln, I get to watch it on ESPN 360.

hawnstln – I see what you mean. I tried to order the game, and get an ‘Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage’ error.

Yeah… but the connections should be the same Ronnie….

Howzit hawnstln – Sorry, I’m on ESPN GamePlan…. and I’m also watching Stanford@ASU, UT@UTEP, Pitt vs. SFGiants, and “Catch Me If You Can”….. 😀 😯 😆

hawnstln – Contact Garret! He might be able to help you! 😀 😯 😆

hawnstln – Also, try getting the 1420 broadcast at http://www.espn1420am.com/?id=66 😀 😯 😆

hawnstin,
Oceanic’s website is up now…hope you’re able to get the game…

Hey, guess what… ESPN360 is still showing the game as “upcoming”. And the Oceanic site has crashed… I sure hope the 1420 broadcast doesn’t crash as well.

Whoah – big return to the 44! Special Teams needs to play better! 😯

Big time panic by Weber punter! 😯 Let’s go O! 😀

game start. We get the ball on downs on the Wwbee 30!
Inoke great play called back. Exciting!

Dennis, we need to get Gameplan. this PPV s*cks. You lucky guys, how does the crowd look!! TD Warriors!!!!

Inoke dances, makes completion to Salas inside 5, but Inoke was beyond LOS.

UH 7-0 in three plays including the penalty! 😀

Crowd looks good – but still empty seats. Probably typical local (late arriving) crowd.

Pooch kick to 39 to Weber! Yikes! 😯

Sorry, my FFox stalled. Weber looks quick.
1st down on 15 yd run off right tackle
5 yd up middle,
1st down pass comp, 10 yd quick Left side
Mouton breaks up out-pass down right sideline
short gain
1st down pass to TE
short run
short pass to right
(missed a play)
FG good, 7-3

long pass to Washington to Weber 40

good news: ESPN360 is now showing the game!!!

bad news: it’s behind the 1420 broadcast.

I’ll live with that ❗

and Ronnie…. the $price$ is right! 😆

Weber starts at their 31

Gave up on Oceanic. 1420 ok so far.

Come on Warriors!!!

Cody Nakamura catches a pass…illegal formation takes it away!

Weber State able to run quite well right now, quite surprising to me. The pass rush is definitely bothering their passing game though.

Garret . . .

Just read your post to me from earlier today.

Sorry I did not notice it earlier. Thank you for the offer, though! Maybe for the other WSU or Cincinnati game if they are not on ESPN.

In the meantime — see you next week!

23-yard run for Inoke on 3rd down! The OL did NOT give him enough time to find a WR…but he made the play anyway.

brew808,

Weber State broke a run outside and had 7-8 yard running up the middle, that surprised me.

OL really is NOT doing a great job in pass protection. Inoke scrambled a couple of times but this time the DE got him on the blind side for a sack.

hawnstln,

OL is struggling. They looked better to me vs. Florida–but maybe that was because expectations are higher vs. Weber State. Still, the pressure from Weber State concerns me…I hope the OL gets it together soon.

I should compliment Weber State for their excellent job rushing the passer. UH even put in a bootleg rollout for Inoke and the DE kept contain. The good thing was that Inoke bounced off the DE and still was able to throw the ball.

Great rushing D for UH on 1st down. Unfortunately, slant play on 2nd down went for big yardage.

Lots of empty seat in corner of endzone. Play under review, but looked like a completion to me.

Leahey and Yamanoha are way off their game.

Higgins is sharp – quick slants are right on!
Hey – where was the D on that pass route – completion to 3
run loss for 1, 2nd goal
Time-out
Hey – this is far to close for comfort! D is getting worked over. Weber looks very quick!

brew808,

If it wasn’t for the bad snap on Weber State’s first punt, Weber State would be in control of the game right now. I’m shocked that their offense is controlling the ball and keeping UH’s offense on the field!

Cody Nakamura just made an amazing catch. stopped at the 1.

Great D stopped the RB at the goal line!

Big stop by D – Big hit by Satele at goal line. UH player is hurt.

YUK

Hey – anybody been able to get on to Oceanic feed? 22London said he was connected right before the game started.

Weber, 3rd and goal
pitch to right, RB goes in untouched! Weber LEADS 10-7 YIKES!!! 😯 😯 😯

Second time the special teams was penalized on a return…

2nd special teams penalty! Come-on guys! 😯

2 guys holding on to Inoke but he STILL completes the pass. Then a WR got a personal foul penalty after the play!

Looking at the replay, I think that actually should have been a TD for Weber State. Thankfully, a phantom whistle will stop that…but it looks like it is Weber State ball on the 4 yard line!

That was NOT good sudden-change D by UH…that was an easy TD for Weber State.

If the OL cannot block Weber State, UH is in BIG trouble in this game and in the future. The other QBs wouldn’t help because I think that Inoke is the most mobile of the QBs.

LETS GO WEBER!!!!

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?

Garret, thanks for the website but I could not find the sign in page. Actually I may not want to see this game … smile. They are being out played and out coached by a 1AA team. We need a spark.

ayah.
some wierd stuff going on.
The Beast is in the game.

ayah.
some wierd stuff going on.
The Beast is in the game. the rain is falling.

what is up with the special teams????

Ok, last post. Hawaii D is DONE!!!! Too many new people for you all, you will be fine next year!!!

GO WILDCATS!!!!!

HAWAII + MAC = EMBARASSING. ESTABLISH THE RUNNING GAME NOW

UH got a break, another bad snap on the punt got UH about 45 yards in field position!

Weber State is challenging the play…but I thought it was clear that the punter’s knee was down.

Will Graunke save the day?

Sounds like Funaki is running for his life on every passing down. What is going on ?????? Kelly is missing too!

I don’t think the wheels are falling off the bus… I just think we need to make the right adjustments during half-time. And we can’t let them score again!

hawnstln,

No matter how bad they are describing it on the radio…watching it is WORSE! Inoke is being forced to scramble before he has a chance to make his *first* read, forget about going through his progressions. Florida did NOT break through the OL like this!

Great job of scrambling by Inoke…Weber State rushed 3 DL and a LB…with 4 guys they put lots of pressure on!

Our O line is not getting it done at all…

I guess hawaii don’t know how to run. First get the QB’s butt under center, then hand off da ball. Running back hit the hole hard, full blast. Mac & Lee need understand BASIC football

Good grief…. What is going on???? COME ON WARRIORS!

So, how much is it the O-line and how much is it coverage of the receivers?

Ronnie,

I noted at least 5 plays (since I started counting) where Inoke didn’t even get a chance to look at his first option before he had to scramble. Against Florida, Alexander had enough time to check his 2nd, 3rd, and 4th options…in this game, I don’t think that there has been enough time to check the 2nd option.

The WRs have been open on a number of plays, but the rush is negating UH’s WRs. It looks to me that Weber State is confusing the OL by blitzing, stunting, etc. However, on that last drive, they actually just rushed 4 guys on one play and TWO rushers got through to make Inoke scramble.

The good thing is that the UH coaches are excellent at making adjustments. Mack and Cal will have the D stopping the slants and inside runs. The D already stops the power rushes that Weber State tried.

I trust in Ron and the other coaches on offense to make the adjustments. However, Smith/Gerke will need to get the blocking schemes fixed.

The unknown is that McBride is also excellent in making half-time adjustments. The good thing is that they are D-IAA so they have less coaches, which should mean that UH could make more half-time adjustments.

the coaches better read the team the riot act…the team is ridiculously flat…

Man, they had 1:38 and only got off 2 plays. Mac must be screaming in the locker room. Sorry Funaki, you had your chance.

Scary, everybody still thinking pass. Basic football , establish the run and the passing game will be wide open. Maybe to much jj sickness. Hope this thinking won’t cost us the game to a smaller school football team.

exit8,

I *do* agree with you that UH is not running the ball enough! See my comment quite some time ago about that. However, in the previous drive (not the one to end the half), UH ran the ball twice and ended up with 3rd-and-6. So, it isn’t like UH can just run the ball over Weber State…their DL is getting penetration that will stop some running plays. MOST of the running plays have been working well though, and I hope that UH runs more in the 2nd half.

Ron Lee is doing the play calling and I didn’t understand why he went away from the run when it was working so well early. Now that Weber State has the momentum, they were able to stop the run in the last drive UH tried to run the ball in.

exit8,

If I remember that drive correctly LWJ got 5 yards on first down, which was great. On 2nd down, LWJ paused before committing to a hole (he did this last year also) and the D stopped him for a loss. UH was forced to pass on 3rd down, and the rush was even more effective when they knew UH had to pass.

Garret:
Did you coach at sometime in your life??

Oh my! Tyler is in the game!

Let’s go Graunke!!!!

Tyler is in. The fans go wild.
Ice man was nailing all his practice field goals at the half.

Come on boys! LETS GO!!

Wow, UH got a break because they would have had to punt if the Weber State guy hadn’t gotten too excited and hit Tyler late.

Let’s go “big H”

Mac’s D will now have to make some plays and get physical.

All is forgiven.

curveball,

I just coached kids–I’m a just a fan and my opinions are just from a fan’s perspective…

The run plays helped the OL. Graunke had more time (and is more composed). Positive result!

Let’s see if the rest of the team starts to play like they should!

LWJ got hit late out of bounds. Ankle looks sore.

I heard on 1420 that Inoke isn’t on the field. They think he may have a concussion… I sure hope not!

this is turning into a game.
In Tyler we trust!

O.K. that’s more like it. Graunke sees the field, LWJ runs to the outside for 16 y , perfect pass, touch down. I guess Graunke still has plenty of muscle memory. But we looked like that in the first Quarter, now let’s keep it up. Aloha Stadium is re-energized, send the mana.

oops. Spoke too soon.

Great run by Pilares! Great block by Pilares also on the previous play to pick up the blitzing rusher…Pilares may be a lot better blocker than LWJ (at least that was the case last year), so that might make a difference.

WIDE OPEN Medeiros for a huge gain…pass was off and UH will punt.

Excellent punt coverage–the returner had nowhere to go.

curveball,

By Pilares got 12 yards on that shovel pass…it worked out nicely.

WR fell down, Monteilh INT!

Weber State rushed just the 3 DL, with a LB on a delayed rush…OL gave a LOT of time!

Pilares looks GOOD in this game! He’s being wasted as a backup slot receiver…

First lead of the year!!!!

anybody lose their ESPN360 feed? or is it just me?

Great coverage that time, the D is shutting Weber State down so far this half.

Good job by Sol to break up the 3rd down pass!

ok.thanks Ronnie…same here…I’m switching to Oceanic…

I’m glad that they finally got that call correct (incomplete pass)…but it took forever!

curveball,

Weber State shut down that shovel pass–Tyler threw it to the DE!

That was a great throw by Tyler–he let one rusher run right by him, then he threw the ball right before he was hit. He is on his game now!

According to the replay, the Weber State guy *did* tip the ball, so there shouldn’t have been a pass interference…UH would have had to punt on 4th-and-10. But I’ll take the ref’s mistake!

TD Bain!

UH’s first TD: punt snap problem for Weber State

UH’s second TD: roughing the passer penalty prevented a punt

UH’s third TD: INT by Monteilh taken advantage of by the offense, solid drive

UH’s fourth TD: Bad pass interference call prevented a punt. The call on Tyler’s fumble was correctly reversed.

I think I’m doing too much play-by-play…I’ll stop now!

Au’ryte, it’s about time, great job Tyler you are definitely redeeming yourself…never doubted your skills and I’m glad you are turning things around! Inoke, it’s not your fault frikkin Oline is having some WTF moments. We really need Pepa back and AhSoon back at G, frikkin Oline getting killed by Weber St. D, what da heo. Gotta give it to Weber St. they are playing a tough game!

If you can see the game, how does Tyler’s passes look? Crisp? accurate? Why is the Oline doing better?

hawnstln,

I think Tyler’s looking good, but there have been a couple of times where there was miscommunication about the routes.

Dayumit!!! Nice pass Tyler, WR’s got frikkin buttahfingahz! Catch dah frikkin ball!!!

curveball – das why I alreadeh bald from past years special teams and this year moa worse!

Nice try Washington, almost bah, time for score again!

right now, i wish we had Huen or Farmer

Maybe I can grow some hair back now..nice play

running out of battery- large pix.
In Tyler well, you know
36-17 UH

alnbama – haha, wishful thinking…only if, only if hmmm…what if Davone and Ryan stayed back too, can only imagine

One thing about the so called new offense is I no see too much running. With a guy like LWJ in the backfield, Pilares, Rego, Libre…run the frikkin ball lil bit moa, wear down the opposing D!

David Veikune is the shiznit! Always playing hard and putting the heat on all game baby!

Au’ryte Rego, show em how buleh…

did anyone ever get into the PPV?

hawnstln, got into the sign up page, but could’nt get any further then that, don’t look good for future games.

Special teams are…not fixed from last year.

Well, nothing that can’t be fixed. We bounced back and got the victory! Six wins away from Hawaii Bowl!

Btw, I guess I didn’t get in an entry to the score contest, but 38-17 wasn’t a bad guess. 🙂

Good job Warriors!!

Did I win the vb tix? hehehe 😀

See post 255. 😉
Esme and out.

hawnstln,

The good thing is that Oregon State isn’t really that good right now…but UH needs to fix some things this week in practice. I’ll see you in Corvallis sometime next weekend!

Good to get a win, but a lot of work still needing to be done! Special teams WTF? WR’s WTF? OLine so/so but also having WTF moments again! A lot of stuff need to be cleaned up before Oregon State game! Glad Tyler got to shine tonight, did very well for himself…way to make a comeback! He and Inoke need to carry this team throughout the season, sorry Rausch and Alexander but we need the leadership and experience! Hope Coach Mack doesn’t play merry-go-round at QB having Funaki and Graunke as #1 and #2 is good.

Weber St. I gotta give credit though they played tough and Cameron Higgins is a pretty good QB. Glad to see some local boys represent, except Cody “Cry Baby” Nakamura, beat it geek!!!

22london, thanks, they should hire Garret to get their act together.

Garret, we’ll be at the tailgate – lets meet there.

Good night everyone and thanks again.

…uh oh. Listening to the post-game show on the radio. Now Tyler…don’t get anywhere NEAR talking too much about Inoke. Maybe Inoke isn’t a “progressions” guy like Colt is, but at this rate, don’t even come close to _implying_ anything about his performance. You’ve still got a ways to go in re-earning everyone’s respect.

How do YOU spell relief?

T Y L E R !!!

Of course, all is forgiven. 🙂

Quarterbacks

Listening to Tyler Graunke right now and it seems like he has gotten his head straight. Like the fact he seems to have found that inner fire again and I can hear in his voice that he wants to get back to leading this team like how he was supposed to. I hope he has continued success this season as it seems he will now get his chance to start. Inoke didn’t look as good in this game but that can be attributed to the fact the OLine wasn’t giving him enough time and he was playing with a concussion so he got taken out. Regardless though, they are both starters in my book and I’m glad Coach Mack put Graunke in instead of the JC’s.

Oh yeah Tyler stay humble and no talk smack about Inoke, cause I agree you have a lot of arse kissing to do with your teammates and need to earn back there respect. Plus no get big-headed about this game brah you was playing against D1-AA Weber St. so no need ack funny!

Offensive numbers look pretty good.

Graunke 13/20 218 yds 3 TDs
Funaki 7/14 87 yds

Total paasing yards 305 yds
Total russing yards 133 yds

Total offense 438 yds

Special teams needs a lot of work.
Defense needs to tighten up on the pass.
Offensive line needs work.

Defensive line looks good from what I seen.

Overall, good effort and nice win. Need to improve a lot by next week.

Real glad ESPN had the game on gamecast. In the first few series for Funaki I thought he was going to prove me wrong. I think he just doesn’t see the reads as well as he needs to. He is a great athlete, but as I said after the Florida game what they need is someone who can run the system as opposed to someone who ends up making broken plays work. Pretty amazing what Graunke could do given the limited practice reps the guy has had. You could tell his timing was a bit off on a few passes but he is a gamer for sure.

Running backs are getting scarce!

Pauoa Boy:

I can record it for you on DVD and send it to you first thing Monday am. You have my e-mail address so please send me your mailing address.

Curran/Kekaula are right on about the time management at the end of the first half, IMHO. I’m sure _someone_ will bring it up and correct it.

watched the game on oceanic internet stream. At first had problems with purchase online. Problem was that you had to click on and view terms of agreement. you couldn’t just check the box that you accept terms of agreement. you actually had to click on and view the verbage. took me half an hour to figure that out.

Quality/resolution of stream was better than last year’s Hawaiian Tel.

did anybody tape or DVD the game?
Las Vegas has become a black hole for UH football.
Will pay for Tape/DVD, shipping and your time
Thanks

jrcollins42 at excite . com

Well, I was watching the game and I thought it was really good. Even tho we were loosing in the beginning…I just enjoyed watching everything. I had nosebleed seats, but when it rained, I was really appreciative of the nosebleed seats. Had some Tsaikos where we were. It had a lot of excitement around me. And I was really trying to look for #95 on Webers team. Those guys move too fast for me. But from reading the posts before me, I see that the Beast did go in.
I left the game a little more than 5 minutes left in the game because I didn’t want to catch the traffic. While I was walking, all I could hear is the fans cheering so loud! When I looked into the stadium…UH was at 27..taking the lead, but I don’t know the ending score.

jp

Good call on Tyler coming in for relief of Inoke. Looked like A-Joe and Stretch had a great time up in the loge seats, I think they cut the opposition coaches a break, the first half because we were so inept, the second because they felt sorry for them.

BowsForever Re: post 400 – We would never boo the players, but the coaches time management reminded me a little of the previous coaching staff at times. They should have called a time out when Weber State didn’t convert on 3rd down and before they punted. That was at 2:20 left in the quarter. They left for halftime with 2 time outs unused. I’m sure the coaches will improve on that as the season progresses.

Last week, Skin the Gators

This week, Tame those Wildcats.

Next week, Eat those Beavers

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LK – exactly. That’s why I was a little confused/surprised when Mack spoke with Curran/Kekaula after the game with the seeming understanding that the fans were booing the team and not the decisions of the coaching staff.

Maybe we’re spoiled by the JJ run-n-shoot, but if you have decent field position, hey, why not run that 2-minute drill? Unless there’s serious ball security concerns, just burn up those two “free” timeouts to get the chance for 3/7 points.

Anyway, I’m still onboard the Coach Mack train, the necessary adjustments will be made.

UH 36 – Weber St 17

Da official winnah:

36    13    Koauka

Hey, a win is a win! Mahalo Pomai.

But ST…….I have season Wahine Volleyball Tickets already.

Pomai – could you please pick the #2 winner. Mahalo.

The win is a big thrill for me!

Right on Pomai! Enjoy jm2375!

Well the next game up is Oregon at their place:

UH ?? – Oregon ?? – Pomai

HO lucky you jm, heck I know da official winnah caller en I still no can win LOL

“No doubt bruddah need to watch his mouth and not cross dat line… ”

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Wow. You guys must have kaka stuck in your ears trying to find something that isn’t there because I didn’t hear anything like that.

Graunke isn’t the most eloquent speaker but I think he was trying to PROTECT the other QB’s from blame when he said something to the effect that “he has been here a longer time”. In otherwords, it was more along the line that it takes time to get the feel for the R&S and that the other QB’s should not be blamed. He knows how people were slamming not only him for letting everyone down but also, how some were going off on Alexander and Rausch after the Florida game (and figured it would also happen to Funaki).

People here need to also face the fact that for the R&S to be effective, you have to work within the design of the system. The QB has to be able to make his reads and go through his progressions first. If you scramble out of the pocket too soon, you don’t give your receivers time to run their routes and things also begin to break down upfront because your O-line will have trouble doing their job with the pass protection not knowing where the QB is. I know some people will have a kneejerk reaction and think is a slam on Funaki but it isn’t. He is good at what he does (running and making plays when things break down) but now you know why the coaches mentioned Funaki not having the arm and wanted to reign his scrambling abilities in and to work within the offense a lot more. Once Funaki does that well, his other abilities are going to be a nightmare for opponents. But those who think otherwise that the OL breakdown was not partly due to this are sticking their heads in the sand.

This isn’t to say there weren’t adjustments at half because there were but its a combination of these two things. As Kekaula mentioned, he asked Ron Lee and Rolovich earlier this week if they had added anything into the playbook to take advantage of all the zigs and zags that Funaki is good at it and the obvious answer was no. Coaches can make adjustments but know that they cannot make wide ranging changes and have to stick with their original plans else all the practices done from spring until now are going to be for naught and make matters potentially worse.

Right now, Graunke despite being rusty from a lack of practice made it look a bit more effortless. That comes from actual game time experience operating the R&S and being immersed in it the longest. The adjustments plus his ability to let the offense work as intended are the major factors for why it began clicking in the 3rd quarter. And again, need to stress this is not a slam on Funaki. He brings a different dimension to the offense which will serve the team well when it is needed (and I beleive there will be times when Funaki will be called upon this season to do just that).

But now we know why the coaches graded the QB’s the way they did. The JC guys have the arm but they lack the experience and are still thinking about what to do. Funaki has certain intangibles but not the arm. And I believe the coaches are also still learning (especially Rolo;I mean if you listen to some of his interviews, he often times does not come across with assertive replies) at evaluating the QB’s at this level.

Right now, Graunke is Hawaii’s best shot at repeating a WAC championship and even then, it won’t be easy considering how the middle of the conference has picked it up this season. This is why Coach Mack allowed Tyler to redeem himself because they knew his experience could make a difference down the road in conference play as UH will need two experienced QB’s as the season progresses.

As for the clock management before the end of the half, that blames lies squarely with the coaches (specifically the head coach) because that is one of their responsibilties they need to be on top of especially in the 2 minute area.

Special teams is another area where they need to fix things pronto. Urban Meyer as much as I don’t have any warm fuzzies for him made a very good point prior to the UH game. He said he judges how well coached a team is by their special teams play and I need to agree with him especially watching the Florida and Miami game where the Gators special teams made a huge difference.

Right now, UH’s special teams is horrible (which I thought would see an improvement since JJ didn’t seem to emphasize this area much) and I feel that if they don’t instill discipline, it will cost Hawaii some important games this season. When Washington fielded that punt deep in their own territory, Kekaula said it best that he was “surprised the UH trainers had not rushed out onto the field since someone has a major cramp….. in their brain.”

Aloha Kakahiaka!!! Great outcome last night…good to see that Tyler is not too rusty. Hope Inoke, Fale & whoever else was hurt last night gets better soon.

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Silky Voice of the Gorn – take it easy Coach…

Nope I know what I heard and I’m sticking to it. Why would he need to protect Funaki from blame? Funaki would not have been the person to blame if they wouldv’e lost the game. A lot more chit was happening on the team that wouldv’e lost that game. Besides when you say stuff like “I’ve been here a little longer and wouldv’e been able to hit my 3rd and 4th reads, while Funaki would take off instead” Kind of leaves a subliminal message downplaying his teammate saying he can’t make those throws or something. I hate also when people say he doesn’t have the arm…if he didn’t he wouldn’t be playing QB. People said, Colt Brennan didn’t have an arm either? Not that I would compare the two QB’s but again what does throwing the ball downfield 60-70 yards do if you can’t control the ball? With all the screens and shovel-passes and routes we run it’s not like we’re going deep constantly.

Speaking of Alexander and Rausch, they should have not started that Florida game at all! If you watched that game Alexander is to blame for his interceptions (stupid throws) and fumble (holding the ball like a retard) cause it was all on him to make those mistakes costing his team 3 TD’s from his turnovers! Rausch wasn’t in long enough to make something happen but his interception was all on him too (bad pass).

Regardless of what Graunke said, I like the fact that he’s hungry and wants the starting job which he will have his chance at Oregon St. I agree his abilities are better suited for our type of offense and wish him success throughout the year. Either way, our team needs both Funaki and Graunke to carry them this year, the JC’s can wait.

I agree with you on Coach Rolo…but he’s a young coach so I give him benefit of the doubt. Only thing I’m concerned about is this merry-go-round QB situation. After these first two games I think it’s safe to say Funaki and Graunke are our guys to carry us this season!

Lastly, Coach Malloe needs to revamp that frikkin special teams group. Need to get back to fundamentals with the coverage teams cause they are getting ran over and giving up huge plays, which is killing us. When we start getting into the thick of the season and play Boise St., Fresno St., and Nevada, who are known for having very good special teams, we better be ready!

Hope Libre and big boy Jake Heun will be ready to go for Oregon St. Can’t wait to see Jake in action bulldozing guys. We need someone to do some West Keli’ikipi type runs and put people on there arse!

Great Morning All! (special emphasis added for winning)

Happy Birthday Stephen and Wena!
Hope you are both able to spend a nice day together. Thanks for what you do and what you support each other in doing.

And the ‘Fins start the season the BESS way!

Bess brings back the opening KO. Go Davonne.

Nice PR for Bess.
Wow! Wish he fielded the ball that way last year.

Good morning everyone!!!

Happy birthday to Wenaaaaaaa,
Happy birthday to Stephennnnnnn,
Happy birthday to the Tsaiiiiiiii’s,
Happy birthday to youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

How are the T-Gater’s this fine morning?

Long range forecast for next Saturday is high clouds, sunny skies, and temps up in the high 70’s to mid 80’s. Of course, with the Coastal Range it could be completely different. Better be prepared if you are headed to Corvallis!

Bulla . . .

Glad to hear the Beast had a good game. Even happier that there were no serious injuries on either side of the ball.

So, ummmmm, how was it wearing purple at the stadium? Should have been a lot of fun — like anyone is going to argue with you. HA!

Top of the Sunday gang-
All I can open with is Wheeeeew.

Will watch the replay this am, as the Radio was my best friend last night, thanks to Oceanic Cables hospitality rules.
Seriously, how was this contract finalized with limiting the mkt. share of hawaii residents that dont/can’t have cable not being able to view the game through the net. Pilau-rooney

Bulla, Jr’s stats looks good with the 4 solo tackles and 1 asst. Can’t wait to watch it on my boob tube soon.

Go Warriors, awesome comeback, rest up, manana is just around the corner to gear up for a short week with travel.

You boo the coach, you boo the team. The booers and the losers!

howzit and good morning Tsaikos everywhere.

Great fun last nite. Tyler was given his chance and he pulled it off. Same o line. Same players on da odda side. tyler stepped up when it counted.

Inoke is a great team player and a great leader. Sorry to say this, but his fire won’t correct his happy feet. He moves around too much when the pressure comes, and he drifts off the blockers, who don’t have eyes in the back of their heads, so he drifts off to where there is pressure, then he’s got to scramble, and gets put into awkward positions.

Tyler, he is just plain cold in the pocket. stares past da D guyz and can pass good enough. with a little more practice, da bugga is gonna be good fun to watch for da rest of the season.

Pomai, about da Beavers.

24-17. 😀

Coach Mack,

get riddah da mellow demeanor!. you gotta get mean, coach. you guyz waiting till da second half for fire da Warriors up. IMHO you need a little more yellin so da guyz come out rippin from da start. Coach Ron, you gotta start rippin, bradda. I like read da injury reports say: sore ears!!!

Go Warriors!!!

Happy Birfdey ST & Wena. Sleep in this mornin, you two. =)

Stretch,
sent you e-mail.

4 starting QB’s in 3 weeks in and of itself may not be good but maybe the “silver lining” of it is that no one can complain about not having been given a chance.

Pomai,

UH- 31 OSU- 20 d1島

duffer,

Yep.
TsaikoGates are rapidly becoming the place to see and be seen! 🙂
They were happy to see you there, too.

Looking for OSU game tix!

d1- try check with Stretch for OSU tix.

Durnit, wish I coulda made the Tsaikogate. Sure hope you guys had a great time!

And wotta game last night. Still grinning about Tyler getting his moment there.

bhf2: “sore ears”? Love it! 😆

Howzit Jason – No worries no need apologize my bruddah it’s all good. I know Graunke is better suited for this offense than Funaki is. Either way we need them both this season. Wonder if they will ever have both on the field at the same time on some trick play, if I was the defense I would definitely be confused.

Anyway, back to watching the Dolphins game…Davone looks pretty good in a Dolphin uniform. Satele is doing good too…

Prediction for OSU game…

UH 34 – Buck Tooth Team 24

Duffer-
Majority of peeps are being irritated with the lengthy under review situation. Announcers, fans, players, refs, mascots, security, cheerleaders,……How can something so simple go awry sometimes? too many cooks stirring the pot i think.

New post up

morning every one enjoy the day

what a game and supa tgate. mahalo for all who attended. what about da fuuuuuuuuuuuuuud. tons and tons delicious delicacies. you tsai-ko are da bestests.

and da game whoootahhhhhhhhhh. glad team woke up and put out better effort in half #2. defense turn up the burner and had a complete turn around. shourt out to da two local private school might mights. they added much to the running game when needed (damien and kamehameha represented). congrats to tyler for picking up the slack for the offense. he was the spark the team needed. improved somewhat from last week but still a way to go if they are going to protecting their WAC crown.

wstate but up a terrific battle that had UH on da ropes for one half. my aloha to da coaches and the team. they were up to da challenge. very impress with this team, they will go far in their league. what can you say about da beast. da bruddah get one motor that never quits. watched him and at times out quicked some oline and was always going side line to side line making play. st. louis well rep by beast and da QB. again good job wildcats. high compliment by pride when he told me if he had a kid he would not hesitate in sending him to Weber state.

ohhhhhhhh ok forgot so a hippo birdie two ewe steve and wena enjoy your special day. sorry missed last night but all the DD disappeared on me.

nuff now got to wash face

Back to square-one.

Looks like after last night, tyler will be back to #1qb next week. Wasn’t that how it was supposed to be according to preseason talk??
As the preseason progressed, everything went topsy-turvy and now we’ve gone full circle…..strange season indeed. GO WARRIORS!!