McMackin: "I know his name now"

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btw, Warriors- give those Vandals a harsh memory today.

Found this online while looking for famous people who are Idaho grads.

Sarah Palin Hawai`i- Idaho Connection

After graduating from high school, Palin enrolled at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu for a semester in the fall of 1982

North Idaho College , spring and fall semesters of 1983.

University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho, in the fall of 1984 and spring of 1985,

Matanuska-Susitna College in Alaska in the fall of 1985.

University of Idaho in the spring of 1986.

Good Gameday Morning, gang!

Go Warriors!!!

Good Morn’in!

Calling all brew808s! Calling all brew808s! Game day, I repeat, game day! This is not a drill!

Frenched

Fried

Baked

Grilled

Boiled

Au Gratin

Twice-Baked

Steamed

Mashed

Whipped

The only thing that matters . . . beat ’em

Steve Axman, Idaho’s offensive coordinator, was the HC at NAU for several years. I thought he did a good job. Gordy Shaw was also a coach when I first started working at NAU, but I didn’t go to FB games then.

K, off to the market…

Eagan…

hash browned

vichisoisse(sp)

pancakes

shoestring

chips, etc

skins

Eagan?

sorry wafan.

Arkansas might just lose to Vanderbuilt (bottom feeder of the SEC) if they don’t get their act together.

Aloha Kakahiaka!

Thanks for sharing the Idaho Aloha, ST!

Gotta love the friendly fans who share FFFFF !

Did you invite them to meet us on the blog?

Love and healing to all…

GO WARRIORS!

whitey- 11 AM

Slugger, will be wearing a UH jersey. #17. Last years version

Gotta trump over Keenum’s 9 touchdowns and steal the spotlight.

Game Day, Baby!

Always good to see/hear of decent fans around the country!

Go, Warriors!!!

lizk, mahalo.

NYUH ~ Please tell us you were not there to hand over the keys to the Canal.

Whoo Hoo. I’m feeling lucky, put a hundred on the Warriors. Had to give 7 though.:(

Tailgating in Moscow? Seems like get two kind: Wide and Double Wide! 😆

Our team needs all the positive support they can get!

Let’s give it to them! Make them FEEL da Mana!!

Sending good vibes~~~ ~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

I MUA WARRIORS!!

i think it is because this is the last wac team we will play. fresno and nevada will be moving to the mwc along with hawaii, so we still play them in the future, but they are not wac teams.

As they say “The Windows are now Closed”:

UH vs Idaho

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28    –    21    niho mano

28    –    24    papajoe2

30    –    26    Longdistance808

31    –    17    Ipu Man

31    –    27    Haleakala

31    –    37    anklebiters

35    –    07    tommui

35    –    14    LizKauai

36    –    20    Bowwar

38    –    07    Candy

38    –    14    wafan

39    –    17    djmitcho

44    –    21    DPK

45    –    31    eagle

48    –    17    Pomai

48    –    28    Ballpicker

49    –    14    TCHahng

49    –    33    Glenn

50    –    00    AlaWai

50    –    13    krump1

51    –    18    sean

52    –    31    Hilo-Warrior

54    –    20    WarriorNY

55    –    17    masatoshi-san

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Gooood morning Vietnam Warriors!

Let’s do it to them, before they do it to us!

Wrassle ‘um down from the opening whistle, put a foot on their neck, and don’t let up until they are ‘mashed’ completely!

Too many games have started off as if we are still in a walk-thru mode. Give ’em hell at the start and DON’T STOP!!

GO WARRIORS!

Shoko and Kekoa,

No, there to buy it back. We were at the canal when Obama signed the new trade agreement. New improvements to the canal will allow ships with 12,000 containers as opposed to the max of 5,000 today.

But the only canals I’m interested in today are those that are opened for our RBs to blast through.

NYUH- was in Panama a couple months ago- IMPRESSIVE…

Back to chores and classes and then the Game!

GO WARRIORS!!!

#57, sounds like they commited suicide instead.

Go Warriors!!!

Gameday Baby. Play hard boys!

GO WARRIORS!!!

Oh yeah

GO WARRIORS!!!!!

🙂

Ah, Route 66!

Used to watch the TV program with Broderick as the salty old cop – never ever imagined that I would drive Route 66 when I left Ft Knox in ’68.

Caught 66 outside of Springfield, MO all the way to Cali – what the heck was the song about cities along Route 66? Recall Tucumcarie. – real catchy tune. Not “leaving on a jet plane”.

I was so surprised when we crossed the mighty Mississippi River on the Missouri/Kentucky border – it was a mere stream or very small river at that point.

We overnighted in Las Vegas, but never ever thought to visit a casino – had no idea what a casino was in 1968 – had a lot of cash – darn where did it all go? oh yea, I blew about $1,500 in a month going to Korean bars – then, reality set in and had to look for a job.

NYUH ~ Hey! Thanks for the info on getting some of the PC trade back!

…and yes…let’s Vandalize Mr. Potato head!

A-House ~ We have photos of our travels thru Reno in the 50’s. Same thing. Pops had us posing under the “Biggest Little City Archway.” No idea what all the fuss was about. Hehehehe…Today, no can pass one machine widout sticking money insiie!

Good morning Tsaikos!!

GO WARRIORS!

GO WAHINE!!

wafan is an alumnus of that school in lower Kalihi that will go coed next year.

NYUH – are you snowed in? Pretty dang early for snow!

Is 11 am too early to start drinking ?

I did 40 minutes on the treadmill and in honor of that achievement I got hot Calzones ready to come out of the oven just in time for kickoff.

Man caves, nothing like having a man cave, no wives with honey do list allowed.

Just got a dirty look as I checked on my Calzones it must be my T Shirt that says ” Don’t bother me I’m watching the game”

Last call, I’m sure it’s 4Pm somewhere.

@74…

wasn’t directed to me but snow coming down is crazy…

Bread pudding just out of the oven for family potluck tonight. Gotta have BP on Gameday!

Since “I’m late, I’m late for a very important date…”, I guess I’ll go to Genji.

See some of you at SB & then WBB!

I know the guys will be ready to roll & play hard. GO WARRIORS!!!

djmitcho, we’ll look for you den! #17 jersey is easier to see than a small “H” logo shirt.

duffer, they do have a golf team at NAU, but I haven’t checked on how they were doing. With snow coming these days, I wonder if they have to go south to practice? They were going pretty good in WVB. New soccer stadium, but don’t know their record.

K, off I go…latahs!

tULSA 24 SMU 0

Lots of seats still available at Ige’s Restaurant and 19th Puka.

GO WARRIORS!!!

Edwards to the 31

3rd and 2 penalty false start. now 3rd and 7

Trevor! 1st down…

tipped ball.

1st and 10 on the 26 by vandals

We have to lead the nation in turnovers… No???

Paredes down hurt again.

…this is why i’m not a fan of starters laying the whole game…especially if they’re little banged up.

Anybody find free streaming of game

TD Idaho. Ugh. They fumble into the endzone and recover the fumble.

The Vandals are ready to play….

Edwards to the 37

2nd and 11

Ball on Van 45 …BR stutz miised long ball…2and 10

Mo seems a little off tonight… not a good sign…

Vandals ball on the 15.

our D will have to keep us in the game until our offense wakes up…

Well, it is a road game.

wNY I agree, they should slow down on offense, till they get their timing. They look like they are rushing themselves.

BTW,

For those who have Directv, the game is on channel 681 in HD…. Just thought I should pass that along…

Senior Slump effect?

(Not quite the same for Brennan though, because he played pretty hurt the entire season.)

Come on defense. Stop em.

Vandals to punt

2 and 8 ball on the 40

Iospa 1st down

@132… looks like they are taking your advice..

Moniz fumbles and Idaho recovers.

when Moniz fumbles in the 1st quarter…it is not good.

You gotta bench Moniz here. Let him settle down.

Come on defense. Hold em again.

paredez intercept

Huge play by Paredes!

Huge catch and run by Pollard!

Big play by Pollard…momentum is with UH now.

LaTech 24 SJS 14 @the half.

Nice catch by Miah!

What a play.. !!

C’mon punch it in!

Iosepa on the 2

The option play has been money this year for us…

Come on offense. Need to score a TD.

….on that pass to Miah…that was nice touch by Moniz…jus saying…inside 20-yards he is on it….

TD stutz

Stutz!

Fake to iospea, pass to stutz

….holy cow we made the PAT….

Brand new game now. UH needs to get a lead on Idaho, as Idaho’s confidence isn’t good right now and the quicker UH can get them down the quicker UH can put this game away.

Teams that have lost all 6 games they have played against D-IA teams won’t have a lot of confidence…but if UH lets them stick around in the game they could be dangerous.

4th and 9 vand to punt

Idaho going for it on 4th.

shutdown hawaii now 1st and 10

@188,

You are absolutely correct… Let’s get a score here and start the avalanche…

Need to hold on to the ball dang it.

Roughing penalty keeps drive alive.

Nice run by Sterling Jackson

Here comes the fun part…kick!

FG is good!

Horrible play calling. Jus horrible!!!!!

The kicking game is too damn exciting.

I agree, terrible, predictable play calling.

Containment!

#23 bit on the fake and lost contain. Got to worry about special teams.

We gave ’em the 42? Eh…

Come on D!

Nice stop Big D!

Moniz is the worst player ever. Mckmiffin will get fired soon.

Kahuku should give uh a run for their money

Defense is to fat a slow. Parades needs to cut down 80 pounds

That’s a B.S. call. What the hell is that? If anything, it should be offsetting penalties.

MOniz needs to concentrate on watching defensive tapes instead of breading his hair.

Don’t think idaho going score fda rest of fda game. Their qb no gud.

The announcers are stupid. If the offensive player touches the facemask, the defensive guy can grab the opposing guys facemask with no penalty? Never heard of that rule.

Run da ball with Jackson and Iosefa

Nice catch by Pollard.

This “Moniz Sucks” guy is a total looooooser!!

Come on, Mack sucks. Moniz reminds me of a pop Warner quarterback and rolo needs to quit

Moniz is starting to get it?

Moniz is going first round this year over luck

I don’t think this comments section is equipped with moderation tools, or at least, ST doesn’t have the time for stuff like that.

Bulk up receivers. WarriorNY. You are a wahine supporter. Go valdals

Kawika you should be quarterback. Probably throw better then Moniz the gf stealer

Are we predictable? That is so lame play calling.

We don’t throw any inside slants anymore…

Yaaa 46 yard goooooooooooooooodddddddddddd

Let’s go warriors

fumble

sack of potatoes. Nice sack defense.

Told ya their qb sucks….

Is this the result of having a defense-minded head coach? I dunno.

BowsForever 277: Austin will. Mark my word. Saw his workouts this past summer hanging with the best of them. Brees, Rodgers, Daniels, the Oklahoma St…Shane’s arm stands up with the best. Especially the long ball.

The offense just does not seem to have battle pace. By that I mean; a pace that allows all the parts to attack with symmetry. At times, some pieces are in sync; while others are lagging.

monster masch

Cmon o lets go

Looking like cr_p again!

We have a hard time protecting the QB and go into a 5 wide, with long developing routes? Is that smart?

out of bounds

I think it’s a catch. Only needs one foot down in college.

Okay, I guess I was wrong it was a bobble. Good eyes Hank.

“Which Down is it Anyway?”

Hey, throw away the playbook you used the last time you beat them…they know already what you calling. Try soemthing new. Mybe the o could move a little better.

I pretty sure that these announcrs are the same ones that did the La Tech game that caused the 22 minute review. Because they are seeing it one way, they are convincing the officials in the booth to review. By the way, on the earlier facemask call by Pollard, I thought the booth cannot review a penalty.

…somebody has got to wake up our offense and get them mentally into it…

O-line isn’t very disciplined this game. It’s not that loud in the barn.

That was a very generous spot. ESPN must want UH in the Hawaii Bowl.

GO WARRIORS!!!!!

Great catch!

Zoinks!

oh nooooooo

lol moniz again

block that kick!!!

to’s result in all of Idaho’s points …..

“The ruling on the field is confirmed. The pass…” Unbelievable.

UH’s offense is moving the ball much better than Idaho’s offense…as long as the turnovers are kept down, UH will win.

Still, it isn’t good to give a team hope when they have been beaten down all season.

If the defense is hitting his arm down, the ball shouldn’t fly forward, it would go backwards initially. From the view in back of the offense, he was throwing the ball, even though he didn’t have full range of motion. The ball didn’t get jarred out, he threw it.

Let’s go Warriors all the way down the field for a TD!

…watch for the trick play…

Buffoman,

Idaho is 1-6, not 1-5. Idaho has lost all 6 games they have played against D-IA schools. If UH gets a lead of more than a TD against them I think they will crumble…but if UH lets them stick around like this they could be dangerous.

…i hate the three man rush…

bad call.

Yikes, coach mac will not get a new contract if they continue playing like this……

Moniz, can’t block and call the plays…..

nice job by Idaho controlling the line of scrimmage but this crap needs to stop!

GO WARRIORS!

Take it to ’em in the 4th quarter! 👿

asking too much for a the D to make a big play, but we need one!!

OMG – why??? Get busy guys – always have to work so hard to get ahead! But need to stay ahead! We need to make some plays! PLAYS!!!!

Garret, stats might work, but we need a WB change.

Protection is breaking down. Let Iosefa help w backside pressure? Move pocket, let Moniz roll out?

Turning point of the game.

Big stop!

WE’re just lucky that Idaho has worse playing.

i’m not too sure now is the time for Austin to come in. The D is fast and getting faster… Moniz should run

WB = QB

Need some quick release passes. Taking way too long for plays to develop, which is giving defenses all kinds of time to get to our QB.

Change up things and put AUSTIN in!!!

mo just needs to get his head on straight.

Idaho has all of the momentum. We need to stop them again.

I dont think the other qbs would do much better because our o-line is getting owned……

Can’t they shorten the routes so Moniz can get off a pass?

run, run, pass, run

ST: 365 – What u talkin about. didn’t you see the last 2 minute drill when they rested mo’s arm? that certainly wasn’t graves.

UH needs the D to get a turnover and give the offense the ball in FG range.

Idaho could bitterly regret their decision to go for it instead of kicking that short FG on their last drive.

the routes are not the issue. It the receivers not getting opened, it is the o-line not able to protect, it is Moniz not making the best decisions…

how come those long throws are consistantly 5 yards long?

losing the field position battle ….

3rd’s and forever is killing us.. take a chance and run! the field position game is gonna win this game.

not asking for much but can we get another big play on D?

need to shake things up when there is still time to make a positive difference!!!

The D gotta score

Feel bad for our defense. They playing gud and offense suckingg

I have been a Mack supporter all year… But if we lose to to Idaho in addition to San Jose St. and UNLV… It makes me just sigh..

Auwe waste of Money ordering this game. Had a gud feeling too. We lose think mack is done.

I will still be a supporter, the weaknesses of this team were known … o-line

com’on..another 100yd. interceprion return for a td!!!

Somehow don’t think the coaches can change their mentality.

int!!!!!!!

ask you shall receive!!!

Finally!

Weakness is the whole offense this year. Offense suppose to get better as fda season goes along but we getting worse.

Now what?

Well,…almost a 100yd. interception return!?

Brown got it back for us and stopped that threat of a Vandal score.

C’mon, offense! Let’s get it together and move them chains!

run run run run

I have a plan, short quick passes.

“Personnel” not playing as a team do not win…..

438 Diver – thats funny!

Idaho’s defense before this game (120 schools in D-IA football):

#107 in pass defense (worst in the WAC)

#92 in pass efficiency defense (worst in the WAC)

#105 in sacks (2nd from the bottom in the WAC)

Forget looking for the fourth option. Just pass it quick.

we might need a trick play the way these guys are playing us..

Wouldn’t it be ironic if the game for UH is won by a field goal?

nice job royce!!!

it happened at army last year!

Receiving Corp need to step up! Who wants it!!

If o executes, they will score …

of course game films will let people know tactics…so why do we do the same stuff over and over again? Change it up…I haven’t seen them run the ball yet in the last few possessions.

Who wants the ball! Who wants to make the plays!

lol, have you every played any organized sports?

scrappy!

FG FG FG

Sorry, thought the clock was just under the 2minute mark.

mo needs to play smart…..he does not have to force it ….

which kicker you go with if they gotta kick to win it?

chun, chun, chun!!!

Like I said several games ago… we gotta ease up on those long bombs and move them chains with the quick passes.

I love this kind of pressure! Bwahahahahaa!

I posted about that Idaho could regret not kicking that FG a few drives back…

roll out option pass.

Chun for fun

Oh man… it comes down to our field goal team… Da pressure!!!

Why did we use a timeout? If we make the FG, we just left extra time on the clock for Idaho.

Holy hell,

The only thing i didn’t want was this game to be on a fg…

Uh, oh……slow kick.

YES!!!!!

chun and austin are money!!!

FG Kenton Chun for the lead!!!

OMG!

Whew!!!

Let’s go, D!!!!!

Cheehoo

good game, builds character

nice

Wooooohoooo

lol Idaho clock guy try cheat ..

Kick off team needs to tackle.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaa!! That was hilarious!! I could hear everyone screaming on the blog!!

…if there’s one thing this team has proven…it’s not over till it’s over…COMMON WARRIORS!!!

Garrett,

I hate to say it but no turnovers on Special teams should be a given… The fact that we worry about a FG makes me really nervous…

what the heck?

…Please put pressure on the QB…

i hated that time out.. dont over think it!

knee on the ground before the pass

why short kick…why??

DEFENSE!!!

ok just gonna make believe that pooch kick didnt even happen! Please D just one more big play! One More!

Why did they do the short kick – unbelievable….I question Tomey’s call???!!!

It’s times like this that I really miss Colt Brennan… (For those who ever thought Mo was better than Colt, you’re f—ing retarded…

They have no timeouts left with 20 second left hard for them to try fg

Whew!

Lucky.

hawaii wins .

Whew

(sorry St,)

I’m not sure if cussing like I did is allowed here…

What a squeeze

Woooooohooooo

Damn…sheesh

Special teams won the game…where was the offense??

…wow, what a game…go Warriors!

Now I can give my baby (dog) a bath!

realisticly, if we keep playing/coaching like this, we stand no chance against UNR and Fresno

Lets face it we barely beat a WAC bottom Feeder

I don’t like you Timmy chang!

Moniz needs work. Gud at home but not on da road.

Great win…..!!!!!!

Way to go Warriors.

Gotta work on the offensive game plan so our opponents can’t anticipate our every move like they have been doing.

Aaron Brown won da game for us.

WarriorNY: RETARDED…haven’t heard that one in a while…LOL

Hawaii – 21 rushes for 15 yards

A win is a win. They don’t give extra wins for blowing teams out.

Idaho still hasn’t beaten a D-IA team this season. Those 2 drives where they were well within FG range and got stopped on 4th down on 1 and had an INT on the other will drive their coaches, players, and fans nuts tonight.

Gonna have to win it back on the slots. 🙂

Okay, it was an ugly win. Just got extremely lucky that Idaho called curious plays and we benefitted. Imagine if they just ran and kicked the chip shot field goal. Don’t know if we could ahve scored as we did not on our last drive.

Cannot count on other offensive coordinator being somewhat too sensational in their play calling.

The special team play was much better. Tackling still needs to improve. Our ability to figure out angles to the runners seem a bit off as we appear to give away more yards than necessary on the corners on kick offs and on wide runs.

O-line is just not that good. I hope we can get through the year in anticipation that we’ll have a better group next year.

We will miss Torres. He is such a fundamentally sound player as in Parades. Hanohano will be the beast next year. He looks good when he’s in there.

Funny, Chun saved two jobs with that kick.

Special teams got NINE of the 16 points today!!! and I thought we were a passing team that used to regularly get 30-40-50 point wins!!!

enough with the long ball, Moniz is a good short to mid range QB.

lets throw long passes just enough to keep the defense honest

lets raise the colective football IQ of the O Line

I find it ironic that a last minute FG won. Redemption in a sense

I think they have to continue throwing the long ball. That stretches the field and keeps the defense honest….. I wonder how often was the

the long ball option one or even two…..

E.G.,

ANY UGLY WIN Better than ALL Losses

Special Teams WAS A POSITIVE Difference

OFFENSE DID Put Special Teams in Position to Win (Unlike IDAHO’s O)

Defense Kept ’em in Game ALL Game Long AND Started W Drive W/Final INT

WAC OFFICIALS D-MINUS … [AGAIN]

GOT TO Learn To Play the WHOLE Game ALL the Time …

OR RENO Will KILL Us …

Good team win!!!!

Anyways, we won! Main ting!

Happy… and looking forward to next week’s game. Big game too! One at a time.

Heal up, Warriors!!!

Coming down to the home stretch run! Let’s get it done!

Whew!!!!! I am drained.

Man, throat is so scratched up right now. So much yelling! But feels so good with the win!!! Although, truthfully, I hate squeezing to the end. I’d rather we blow everybody away!

Good win for the warriors!

Let’s face it, we are not as good as we wanted to believe we were at the start of the season. LYE! LYE! (lower your expectations).

BIK

Feels like my first big inspection in the Army. The huge relief after we passed realizing that we passed. It’s probably how Kenton Chun felt after that field goal went through!

Huge improvement need on our receivers’ blocking. Our blocking was terrible, especially on the quick pass to the outside. I don’t know if that play worked at all during the game.

with a new o-line and receivers, I did not expect the o to be very good but hoped they would improve each game. I think the injuries to the o-line and receivers has been a factor in their improvement.

Interesting contrast between the two heroes of the game.” Lil Magic” Chun and “Big Play” Brown. Nice!

Credit Idaho, dose boys was on fiyah!

A win’s a win. Just glad we’re not on the other side of that heartbreaker (SJSU).

One of these games we’re going to come out on fire, play up to our potential, and actually crush a WAC team.

Kenton Chun is now Can Do Chun or Count On Chun!

Win two of three phases of the game:

Offense: No

Defense: Yes

Special teams: Yes!

If we play Reno at their home, I do not believe we will get a “W”. We just have not exhibited that we are a CONSISTENT enough team in all areas. Today we won because the special team played well, but the offense, for the most part did not. Defense was okay, but they still have problems on the edges and folks are taking advantage of that. I was amazed that they did not pick on Hopkins as other have to make their passing game balance their running game.

That Reno HC detests UH and would like nothing better than to embarrass us, especially if the game is televised. This should be enough to motivate UH to really get the three phases to work overtime to get up not just for that date in Reno, but for the rest of the season.

We have not seen it yet. We won, but we were lucky, not good. We have not yet evolved to create our luck by being fundamentally sound in all phases.

It is great to have a win.

btw, maybe this coming week all the negative comments that going be coming up regarding the Offense going fiyah dem up like the Special Teams? 😉

A win is a win.

7-6 qualifies UH for another Hawai’i Bowl.

Mack gets his extension.

Low expectations continue.

It remains all good.

Watching that kick that won it. The guy on the end let the rusher in without an attempt at blocking anyone, hope that is corrected as it may come back to hurt us with a team more adept at blocking kicks.

The team is still out of focus. I just don’t know what it’ll take to have the individual members of the team to see that there is a sense of urgency to contribute to that team effort by running out the route, wrapping up and tackling, blocking, concentrating without false starting or jumping offsides. All things when done fundamentally properly in a well thought out game scheme puts a team in a good position to win.

If we get there, much of the negative comments would cease or at least be lessened.

NMSt leading Nevada

Way to go Warriors. Tough to get a win on the road. Way to go Kenton.

What about the facemask penalty on Pollard when the other guy clearly pulled him down by the facemask? Maybe the call was the right one or not, but I thought coaches or the booth cannot challenge a penalty. Otherwise the game would never end. The origianl call was a facemask on Idaho.

Should read–

Every time they went for a PAT or FG, the crowd moaned and groaned. With the PAT or FG good, the crowd roared in cheers.

Don’t want to forget to give props to the defense.

Defense kept Hawaii in the game.

Nmst leads Nevada 27-20

Hey we won at least….or escaped the grips of a loss. Same either way.

Offense in general stunk it up.

Offensive line CONTINUES to be atrocious. McMackin needs to fire Gordy Shaw at the conclusion of this season and try and hire Robert Anae who is now jobless.

*ending on a good note*

Defense took care of business and kept us in the game. +

Special teams and Chun did what they needed to do and got the job done. +

#658

Defense and an Idaho Offensive coordinator who called plays like he was playing a video game. Those 4th down runs into Hawaii’s strength? Wow?!

That pass in their final march, the one that Brown intercepted? Who in their right mind, at that point in the game, would call that? especially when their defense was holding UH and a kick would have put them ahead?

WE need to be better. Defense was good but they got “help”.

True win is win but howe much can we win like this?? We got lucky tonight. Seems like hawaii plays down too faa competition and up too. Hey 1 win closer to a bowl!!!

Ok, here is my whiner post:

Fire Mack, Fire Gordy shaw, Moniz sucks, the game plan is too predictable, why throw long, whay not run the ball more, why, why, why, … etc …. lol

#669,

I dunno about everyone else, but I thought the first post #668 was a lot better than the second post #669.

I don’t know what I’m talking about but firing the coaching staff is the solution…. If I keep repeating it, it must make logical sense right?

lol, that is using retard logic….

In regards to firing, lets wait until the season has concluded.

#675. Not so. When you fire the head coach the entire staff is usually gone too.

I wonder if all those long passes over the top helped a little bit underneath during the last drive?

In addition to the well-deserved praise for Kenton Chun coming through in the clutch, we should also praise Tyler Hadden.

UH won by 2 points and Hadden kicked a 47-yard FG. That is *not* an easy FG at that distance, and if Hadden missed that then UH wouldn’t have been able to just need to set up Chun for the game-winning FG.

It must be tough for Hadden to know that he’s had so much criticism this year and he’s struggled in several games. Hadden is injured, hasn’t had the protection that kickers can normally assume, and he’s been demoted from his job as primary FG kicker. Despite all of that, Hadden came through with an awesome 47-yard FG and was one of the biggest (and most overlooked) plays of the game.

replace the “and” with “which” in the last sentence in post #680.

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my praise goes to the entire field goal team! You snap, you hold, you kick, you block! …and we good!

TD Nevada.

Pomai,

Mahalo. 🙂

Luck is money.

Interesting that UH made little or no attempt to protect the QB’s blind side – Idaho creamed Moniz at least 4 or 5 times one of which led to a “fumble” and return for TD – Moniz must be hurting by now!

Hope NMSU beats Reno!

Interesting how the last 4 WAC games for UH their opponent gets a bye week before playing UH and ditto for the BYU game.

Advantage? So far, it did not work for Idaho!

After Chun kicked the winning 35-yard field goal today, McMackin said: “Kenton Chun. I know his name now.”

🙂

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Wow, >700!

On a win, no less.

Whoo-hoo!!!

Looks like the Wahine sure did a number on Nevada.

Uhhhh, not a Pirate, Wildcat, or Husky.

Definitely a Monarch, Viking, Beaver, and adopted the Cougs just because.

“Luck”-y Stanford.

What a game….

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Finally the special teams were truly special, and the defense set up fences all game long.

Just need to get an offensive offense.

Watching the end of the game again. I’m just amazed that the Idaho people called that passing play at that point in the game. They literally handed us the opportunity to take the win away from them. Nice to be helped. No wonder they are 1-6.

Just watched the replay on 3rd down before the game winning field goal. Moniz couldn’t find anybody open so started to run but slides. UH then calls a timeout with about 35 seconds left. Why not wait 30 more seconds then call a timeout. If we make the field goal then time will expire or just 1 or 2 seconds left in the game. Now pooch kick. Ball touched, game over. Instead we call a timeout and give the Vandals a chance for a win. Mental errors by players is bad, but coaches unexcuseable. We have verteran coaches too. Should have been an automatic decision.

Papa, I thought the same thing but Idaho actually called that time out.

Idaho called the timeout, not UH. The announcers got it wrong.

Nytal!

Okay, Idaho called a timeout. Announcers got it wrong. I’d say you guys are right. It was too obvious to miss that one by our coaches. E kala mai coaches. The announcers were the same ones that did the La Tec game. They had many, many wrongs today. I remember saying during the LaTec game that the booth referees were listening to the announcers instead of just watching the game on their own and screwing up that 22 minute review. The announcers were wrong on that one about the 5 downs that UH supposedly had. So you must be right. lol. At least I feel a bit better. Thanks Buffo and Matt.

Okay, please allow my two-cents:

I honestly think it’s absolutely ridiculous that both Bryant Moniz and Nick Rolovich receive such harsh criticism.

Let me explain, Moniz is playing behind a God-awful offensive line, running for his life every play, either that or getting slammed to the turf.

I’m speechless he’s so criticized.

Even on the long balls, he’s got to throw the long ball to keep the secondary honest. Point of fact, if Hawaii cannot throw it, and / or stretch the field, they cannot run it, period.

As for Rolovich being too conservative, consider the head man is a defensive coach. That pretty much explains it. He’s not allowed to open it up.

(wowlaulau)

I love your posts tonight. Offensive line is so poor, by scheme, design, talent and philosophy.

Regarding the Warriors final kickoff, a squib-kick, really? The offense finally marches the field and gets a late field goal, then Hawaii decides to pooch it and give the Vandals great field position. Unbelievable!

And that decision was made following a timeout. Unbelievable!

Congrats to Chun, great clutch kick young man. Special Teams play overall this season, gross.

Some of the coaches really need to held accountable!

bleed green and white….incredible!

you must have extracted my very thoughts.

oline woes also should be attributed to the position coach.

moniz put a stamp on his nameplate today.

players are to be commended for a valiant effort in this game.

I really liked that stunt Aranda called which allowed Laurel to get a hand in the qbs face who made a bad throw which was intercepted by Aaron Brown.

I thought that Hanohano and Moses were solid inside along with Meatoga and Tuipulotu. It was also nice to see Siaki getting some pt. I am really worried about our lbs. They look all dinged up and it is still a long way to go.

I think Stuz is really starting to come on.

If I remember correctly, Coach Shaw was being praised last year and even earlier this year for the fine job he was doing. I guess the kickers did their job this week and Tank wasn’t burned so the new scapegoat is the Oline? Kind of sad. Forgive me if I’m wrong, but I really doubt that most of the posters calling out the Oline even know who plays which position.

Let’s face it, Idaho players and coaches did a good job, too.

Pass pro involves as much unit cohesion as most any other group. 5 OLinemen, RB and QB all gotta be on the same page to handle base rushes and stunts.

Throw in blitz packages and the Receivers better know what’s going on, too!

Congrats to all the UH teams today!!!

gmahoney,

Yup! Yay for St. Francis VB! We were watching the game at my bro’s.

St. Francis softball tomorrow morning at CORP. Hope I’m up early enough to get out there to watch my niece. She’s been playing baseball with the boys during her younger days.

to be honest i never want to hear Moniz name in the same class as Brennan or Chang. He is not good at throwing the deep ball. The offense just is not clicking. I am happy with the win but not satisfied about how we played. Our offense is not getting it done, I hope they can get on the same page, it could be the recievers, quaterback, or the the line but there is defintitly something wrong.

Warriormojo,

You are definetly wrong about me (someone who is criticizing the O-line).

I never thought we had a great o-line since Cav left.

I also know all th O-line names and positions they play.

Again, Shaw needs to go.

On a positive note, I still am so very happy for Chun/Hadden and STeams for their turnaround and awesome performance tonight.

Keep it up!

One game at a time.

d1,

Yep, still can.

One game at a time. Lets make it happen!

Re #748

Okay, you say Shaw needs to go. Why? What is his deficiency?

Warriormojo,

Guy doesn’t seem to know how to teach pass blocking or develop our tackles. The Kia and Steinhoff bookends were under his Wings too.

At the end of the season, we need to go in a different direction. Anae is jobless and is someone who has been teaching O-line in offenses that throw the ball all day long. He also has deep recruiting ties in Polynesian community and west coast.

I’ll be first to say i don’t know what technical deficiencies he has, but whatever it is or isn’t, it ain’t cutting it.

nothing much more to be said, but ….

Vandals’ rally falls short in WAC loss to Hawaii

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Some of the posts here are so incredibly offensive that I am going to skip over the comment section rather than pollute my eyeballs. Yes, I know all about the First Amendment, but you are attacking young men who are playing their guts out.

As for the coaches, do the righteous thing – address your concerns to the people who have the power to make a difference. Click http://www.hawaii.edu/dir/ to get the contact information for them.

I no longer read comment sections in the news sections either for the same reason unless there is some sort of oversight or requirement to use (real) names.

Congratulations to the Wahine teams this weekend – and for those of you who attacked Breanna Arbuckle last season, she was the glue that held the baskedball team together on both offense & defense tonight. I look forward to the team’s progress throughout the season.

Earlier, we listened to the volleyball match while watching the softball team give us a positive portent of things to come when the 2012 season really starts in February.

Will the Wahine volleyball team move into the NCAA playoffs? We’ll find out by November 23.

kev-747, I really thought the kicking problem was mainly because of lack of blocking. Things seem to snowball if the line cannot block. Criticism doesn’t help. Puts too much pressure on the kickers. Yes almost everybody would like to have the kicks quicker, even the pros, but it may be more complicated than just the kickers. The snap could be quicker and always has to be near perfect. The holder could place the ball quicker and more accurately as far as where and also the angle of the hold. The kicker has to get to the spot of the hold sooner. The ball could be kicked higher. The kickoff needs to be in or out of the endzone. There is a lot to do to make a kick “automatic”. I just wonder how much does the snapper, holder, and kicker practice together? Everyday? I’m sure the holder, being backup QB, needs to practice QBing. How often does he practice holding or placing the ball? Plus, there are multiple kickers so maybe less practice time with all three together. So if they want it to be automatic, then all three has to practice together a lot. I used to sit up high in section AA in Aloha Stadium. During 1 year, the kicking at UH was so bad that HA even said a high school kicker (mine) could kick better. A UH coach asked me what was wrong. I said it most of it was simple. The kicker was lining up wrong. From my seat, I could tell where the kick was going kick after kick, game after game. I was freaking out the people sitting close to me. So there is more to making a kick good than just swinging at the ball.

who blames moniz is blind…

six sacks

??? number of hurries

one int as a result of.a ball off the hands of the receiver

one fumble after being crushed from the blindside

not sure about the other fumble…but wasn’t it because of broken play.

new receivers : wrong routes

long passes, at least two Inc because of broken routes.

Who teaches BLOCKING on FG/PAT kicks?

A) Special Teams Coach

B) Offensive Line Coach

C) Chris Da Pordagee Clown

The answer may/may not be obvious…cross-hairs pointed in the wrong direction perhaps?

This has nothing to do with performance tonight, just had a thought/question.

somehow when watching moniz trying to make the long passes, i ask myself, why is he trying to throw long when his percentage of completion is very low. but, when i look at who is the coach (rolo), i see someone who was a very good long ball passer thinking that his qb should have no problem completing the long ball. just my take on this.

I agree with CWD about the offensive and inappropriate nature of some of the commenters who act as though they never played any competitive sport.

Stuff happens in the turmoil of competition. One snap and clear is still valid.

This team found itself in hostile territory surrounded by the enemy and on the edge of defeat and found a way to win. That takes guts and togetherness. Hindsight is always 20/20 but what is obvious looking back is not obvious in the moment.

And the claim that rolo has become predictable when he has been pulling rabbits out of hats all season is laughable. Teams don’t know which of the many looks he is going to give them. He has developed the run as a viable option, we are starting to see good yards after catch, and he has added wrinkles that we never saw under June Jones.

Don’t you remember some of the ugly wins from the 2007 season? Today’s game very reminiscent of the La Tech game where the defense pulled it out for us.

This team and its team of coaches are busting their butts to be the best that they can. They deserve our support. They have never quit on us, even when they screwed up and made mistakes. Go Warriors!!

If your OL is having trouble with pass protection you need to mix in a running game to keep the defense honest. Rolo did none of that in the second half. Jackson only had 3 carries total for 21 yards. It wasn’t like UH was down big and needed to gain big chunks fast. So why did they abandon the run? Jackson adds a whole other dimension and unless he was injured he should have gotten more touches.

Also, Moniz was getting swamped in the pocket. Again, if the OL had trouble with their assignments then roll out Moniz more often and shift the pocket. Their player Matowa was killing Mo with the rush from the backside and it seemed as if no adjustment was made to give Laurel any help.

This is a banged up patchwork unit and Shaw can only do so much developing players as a position coach considering the injuries. However, more could have been done “in game” to help the OL out.

Lopaka43 ~ Good to see cooler heads prevail. Your post is in line with what D-1 said @ #733.

WarriorMojo is also a critical fan of the interior linemen. He follows these young men from the time they are recruited, until they have secured a spot on the team. I respect his comments ‘cuz I know it comes from his assesment of the core group of players that are key to the overall success of the team.

D-1 mentions personnel/position changes since our NFL prospects left the fold for Sunday seasons. Finding able bodied replacements is key to building a decent Oline. Recruiting to fill these skill positions remains the challenge. Let’s support the youngsters we have now, and not be so negative in our comments.

Like I always say, “that’s every mother’s son” out there! Respect their effort. They are all trying their best to represent their school and us Tsaikotic fans.

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Huzzah for the Wahine VB’ers, Wahine BB’ers, and the Warriors.

‘Atta way!

Great Morning All!

Although it hasn’t happened quite yet here, I’m sure the sun will rise a little nicer this morning! 😉

wafan,

Hope that “no snow” trend continues for at least a few more weeks in the PNW!

Doesn’t know his players names? Shame, shame Coach Mac. Better go home with your roster and learn your players names! Terrible hard to watch game.

And for the poster who said Stanford was LUCKY last night. You must be a cry baby USC fan…always making excuses. Monte Kiffin and his defense finally showed up. But Dr. Tibone was on the field four times last night. Lots of injuries today.

If you have never heard the expression…better to be Lucky then Good! Give Stanford their due respect.

As far as UH disaster. We need some new blood in the Coaching office. Sorry but sometimes you got to let go and move on. Warriors played terrible. And you can not blame just Moniz.