Game Day: Washington State

It’s gameday. While the team needs to focus on Washington State, the prospect of knocking off the official Big East champions at home next week sounds very appealing…..but let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves.

Top 5!

How did the season go by so fast? Only one more Saturday of college football regular season after today.

top 10 from the bay

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Here’s a “broke-da-head” thought…it’s the kind where you throw it out then duck because things will be thrown at you:

Boise State changed football head coaches when Dan Hawkins left to coach Colorado after the 2005 season. Like Hawaii, BSU hired from within…choosing offensive coordinator, Chris Petersen. Here is what Petersen has done since he took over as head coach:

2006: 13-0 WAC Champ
2007: 10-3
2008: 12-0 WAC Champ

According to Wikipedia, Petersen makes about $850,000 a year.

“morning d1,

It was’t us. We were not there on Thursday or Friday. We’re irregular not too regular. No lax comments from the peanut gallery.

good morning tsaikos

mouton has 2, hopefully 3 more games in Hawaii. I want to see the option pass!!

ST – you are on the field after the game, are you going to sing the alma mater??

wafan: What is the weather forecast for today’s game?

answer: win babe

shout out and mahalo to wafan who sent some NW dessert to be had at the tgate today.

st do we hold some soup for you afta the game?

jm# how come not coming today ❓ heard jason made brownies especially for you and kekoa bringing goodies from maui. you no come going miss out.

walk is short if you no stop to breath or rest 😆

Yeehaw! Game Day!

Tyler Graunke sure seems to have a lot of “personal problems”. What a drama queen, you’d think a 5th year senior would have had his affairs in order for his shot at being the leader of the team.

What a waste…

Kan/Mizzou game is interesting..could change the Bowl picture…

Oooh – that came out pretty colorful! 😆

kymry – Did the Waikiki Parc let you use their kitchen? 😀

There are a bunch of quality players that are Seniors on this team. I hope there’s a full house there to show our appreciation for their dedication and achievements! 😀 😯 😆

I asked this question the other day and got no response. Why wasn’t a horse-collar tackle penalty called against the spud on Mouton’s fumble recovery and return. That tackle was the cause of Mouton going down awkwardly and getting injured. IMHO 😕 😯 😡

Good morning/afternoon, Tsaiko-Nation and Tsai-Meister.

Very nice piece on David Farmer, the unsung hero. It really shows very well his intrinsic value to the team, often not seen by fans, but of tremendous value to play execution. He deserves a lot of accolades and I’m glad you wrote about him.

O.k. the wounded Cougars are in town, I’m a little nervous, but hopefully only for the first quarter. I still remember last years Washington game very well. We can not afford to start out like that and give them a ton of confidence.

If the Warriors do what they know and execute, they should take this comfortably…..

looks like the UH/WSU game wont be on ESPN360….bummer

bhf2? I thought you were repairing the old one?

Aurite!! bhf2 is back, been trying to call on cell but mailbox full all the time, maybe need new phone too ? 🙂 🙂

Koakane : I have the power strip and extension cord, pan and cutting board. See you guys before noon–sj & myki

Good Morning Tsaikos and Tsaikettes!

Glad that it’s Saturday and good to see GT competing with Georgia. I like how they opened the second half.

Pass interference on Georgia in the endzone!

Game tied at 28. 2TDs in less than 7 minutes!

Paul Johnson has some cajones! Yes, nice to see Georgia under pressure. Will be interesting to see how they respond.

Georgia just fumbled on the kickoff!

Hiya Rob2.5! – I hope you and the family had a nice T-day. What happened to the gizzards and other parts of the turkey? How’s Frank? We Tsaikos always have him in our thoughts and prayers. 😀 😯 😆

GT TD!

How bout them ‘Dogs now? 👿

Mental reminder: Don’t ever PO Rob25!!! 😯 😮 🙄

Hey Brew!

Thank you for the holiday wishes. First, I throw away all those nasty parts…thank you but I will pass.

Frank called early in the morning. They had a nice meal but said it’s not the same as being at home. They had turkey, ham, and prime rib. Thank you to everyone for thinking about all of them! They are motivated and excited about doing a good job and coming home.

Bighilofan@:

Missed you big fella – welcome back and hope to see you and Mrs at another tailgate this year!!

OK, I’ll stop now. I have to get my things ready for the tailgate.

OMG…GT is schooling Georgia defense now!

What did they drink during halftime? 😯

ST, you are “right on” in cutting short the nonsense that the UHFCU representative continues to go through in giving out the Senior plaques. It was agonizing to watch this last night with the Wahine VB players. Yeah you sponsor the plaques, but don’t try to dominate the lime light. It’s all about the players, not you the sponsor.

With 32 senior football players can you imagine the plaque presentation itself adding on 30 to 45 minutes to the festivities! Right on ST, right on!

A-House – What is Hanamaulu chicken? I’m sure it’s delicious though. Can you make an extra portion of that, inari sushi, and blueberry mochi for me? Oh wait…. better not….. 🙁 😮 😥

Hi to Mrs. A-House, & Midori!!! 😀

Sorry – need to write something non-football real quick

Re: Mesa Airlines
Aloha is not a name, it is a way of life in Hawaii. Even if you use the name, doesn’t mean you have any of it.

brew – sooooo, you’re a nerd too, eh? 😀 wuz hoping Jason would see it.

I try to get to at least 1 game a year. Last year, we sat in nosebleed heaven for the sold-out udub game. This year, we will make it again to the season-ender. Last year, I didn’t know about the Tsai-kos. This year, I made it for a little while to 1 t-gate and to 1 major and 1 minor TV-gate.

brew808

not to worry the xtra’s will be on fire and gone before you say eat now bwhaaaaaaa

looking forward to the day you can make a tgate or cc. we need to swig some brew, shake paws and swap stories.

rob25 got some ono stuff for u today

Bravo Stretch! 😀

Hi Brew!

I’m guessing Hanamaulu chicken is seasoned small pieces fried and served in a bento box. Originally from Hanamaulu Cafe, then better known as Lawai Chicken after the chef left and moved to Lawai Restaurant.

Gotta run!

76 koakane™: November 29th, 2008 at 10:23 am
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rob25 got some ono stuff for u today

Oh – that’s where all the leftover innards went! 😀 😯 😆

Hiya Ronnie – Did Katie enjoy her visit? Were the boys sad with her departure? 😀

NOW I’m scared and rethinking the tailgate! 😯

Whatevers…you can’t make me eat it! 🙄

Yeah right, Rob25 scared. Ha! 😯 🙄 😀

Hi brew!

I think Katie enjoyed her visit, but I know she is happy that “her humans” are back. She sure didn’t dance on her hind legs whenever we came home 😀 The boys are sad, but since both of them slept past 10am this morning, I think they’ll get over the responsibility pretty quickly 😉 She is a VERY EASY dog to watch! She has lots of love for everyone and listens really well!

Guess who the commentators want to win this GT/UGA game?

It’s a pretty sturdy limb! 😀

brew808:
November 29th, 2008 at 10:46 am
It’s a pretty sturdy limb!

What you trying to say about the person who made the comment??

Hi duffer – IMHO, I’d rather see Utah and BSU go to separate bowl games and pound/beat two BCS teams rather then to play each other. 😯 🙄 😀

anybody see what happened to p. burress? what a babooze!

Stretch,

Re Mesa/Aloha

I think Hawaiian has lost the Hawaiian touch, much like the rest!

Thanks goodness for Mokulele and some competition!

Just when I thought that GT might be giving it up…they score a TD.

Yea for Paul Johnson and the Hawaii connection!

Hi Bulla – Looks like nice weather on the coast! How’s the Beast? I know he wants to play, but we all want him to be healthy and 100%. 😀

FORE!!!!!!

Esme’ing to the golf course….

Strech you stopping by the tailgate today!

What – no “darkside” on Kauai to better spend that $50 each? 😀 🙄 😯

brew – nope. they spent $50 each to come back to spend more money

I think that if Utah and BSU play each other it would be a disaster. We non-BCS teams want to prove that we can play with them. If we play each other then we don’t prove anything other than we can beat each other, which we have already been doing.

This way they don’t have to deal with us pesky outsiders! BOO!!! I’d rather see one of them play a BCS team. They at least have earned the right to play the game.

I agree with brew. I would rather see Utah and BS (sorry, couldn’t resist) beat BCS teams. Otherwise we’ll just hear how neither team could have beaten a “real” BCS team.

….. and Ronnie too…. 😀

Great – shots for everyone! 😀 😯 😆

Okay – I’m assuming Blaze is done for 2008? I really wanted to see the combination of Blaze, Solly, and AL together! Waap, Slam, kaadoosh! 😯 😆 😯

jm2375: it takes 348.2 short japanese legs steps from cabana a to gate 5.

Stretch – 😆
al – 😀

stretch….are you going to take your 255.9 long japanese steps over to the tailgate today?

perhaps you would grace us ‘peasants’ not of the reserved stalls with your royal presence?

tyler graunke practiced? i didnt know he was still on the team……just resolved personal matters huh…unfreakinbelievable…*shakes head*

annnyway whooohoo game day! lets go warriors. 29pt favorite right? can do can do!

k well hope everyone enjoys the game

Go Warriors!!!!

Kansas just thru the Bowl situation into a new dilemma….great game

is the wideout from texas a hs dude or jc???

so, i ask you, the truth, is mageo still good to go?

btw, i’ll be moving to the wetside, so i can be a neighbor too.

Here are links to the alma mater lyrics and the tune:
http://www.uhm.hawaii.edu/commencement/traditions.php
http://www.uhband.hawaii.edu/music%20files/UH%20Alma%20Matter.mp3

It is a worthy song.

mctruck,

I was certainly one of those who was very disappointed in Graunke this season. However, I try to keep in mind that without his effort last season at key points in the season, the Magic Carpet Ride would have come to a screeching halt.
We never know the other side of the story so I’ll just wish the guy well and remember the good things he did for the program

Nice photo of brother Luke! 😀

al speaks in riddles…. 😀 😯 😆

Hey – we didn’t get any reaction/report from A-House regarding the photos of Mark Nua’s prodigy…. 🙄

Speaking of computers….. I agree with d1島, but more so with mctruckM – IMHO 🙄

One more score….

Texas Tech losing to Baylor, 14-21 at home, Halftime. Crabtree is hurt. 😯

Okay – looks like everyone is either shopping, or going to or already at the T-gate! Enjoy! And….

Go Warriors!!! ……. P•O•U•N•D them Wazzu puddycats!!! 😀 😯 😆

d1?:

Are you surprised by the high school playoffs…

curveball, do you know what the forecast is for the game tonight? It’s ~5 hours away, hopefully any system moving across the island will be offshore or resultant light sprinkles by kickoff.

What’s going on with Texas Tech?
Congrats to the Yellow Jackets and Jayhawks for their upsets today.

The Oregon/Oregon State game starts in about an hour. I’ll probably be watching that one before I switch over to the UH game afterwards.

Committed Road Warrior:

I just looked at all my weather pages and unfortunately it looks like several more hours of showers still coming. There is still quite a bit of rain off shore moving in..

weather

http://www.khnl.com/Global/link.asp?L=315193

Nevada won, 35-31 over LaTech

Brew808,

Thanks.. LOL!

That’s great news.. Now I can go outside and get some work done.. LOL

‘bama bamming Auburn, 29-0, start 4Q

Florida 38, FSU 15, early 4Q, looks wet

WAC standings at this moment:

TEAM CONF. W-L OVERALL W-L
Boise State 8-0 12-0
Nevada 5-3 7-5
Hawaii 5-3 6-5
Louisiana Tech 5-3 7-5
Fresno State 4-4 7-5
San Jose State 4-4 6-6
Utah State 3-5 3-9
Idaho 1-7 2-10
New Mexico State 1-7 3-9

After the Warriors beat Cincinnati, both the ACC and big East champs (attended BCS bowl games) will have 3 losses apiece! 😯 😈 😀

Brew808…

Hawaii HAS to beat Cincinnati so that Boise and future mid-majors can have a greater argument for a BCS bowl. Won’t get it, but it wouldn’t hurt their case.

Texas Tech is now ahead, 35-28 over Baylor at home, ~2mins left

So with Nevada getting by LaTech the WAC finishes with a three way tie for 2nd. Place. However, since Hawaii beat both LaTech and Nevada it seems pretty clear to me that the Warriors are the real 2nd place finishers.

Hard to see how Mumme stays at NMSU with that loss to Utah State.

Doesn’t look like the game is on gameplan. Rats. It was listed earlier this week. I hate when ESPN does that.

OK, NOW it’s raining in Keolu. 🙁 Was going to go redeem my Hi5 containers, but later, after the rain.

JM, look on the bright side, it snowed here yesterday.. LOL

Soju – which is why I live in Hawaii. 😀 😆

The card sharks are out! No mercy. Koakane is talking trash. Pride is leading the way. SteveM is carving a winning hand out of zero. Diana is spinning her wheels!.

Al Sorry late getting back 2 U…. Had to take care of some maintenance business.

Me thinks, after the Warriors get a healthy lead, they may use some of the reserves. da Puddycats are not too good this year but they do have good athletes.
Puddycats D-line hold the key. If they can pressure with speed and have the Warrior line off balance, they can make it a game.

O-line has struggled with quick D-line teams.

It’s Gameday! Go Warriors! Wac Da Pac! Pound Dem Kats!

Tsai-Meister,

Just read your pre-game piece, liked the part about Alexander especially.
That’s all we really need to know to realize how good our coaches are. That much improvement by Receivers and QB, after they all played like chickens with their heads cut off at first, really says it all. I was surprised how much they have improved statistically.

Looks like USU is turning the corner for real, our loss doesn’t look that horrible anymore.

If we would’ve had our team playing now from the beginning of the season, we could easily be 11-2 by seasons end. Kudo’s to players and coaches.

Okies vs. Okie State is a pretty close game – #3 OU 7, #12 OSU 10, early 2Q

But the sometimes reality sets in and bites you right in the butt.
Those visions of victories… now trampled, lying in the rut.
The Trojans, maybe the Ducks will now celebrate the roses.
All that is left for the Beavers are broken dreams and foolish poses.

😀 😯 😆

chicken hekka? …. Hekka Ono! (I’m sure!) 😀 😯 😆

Garret:

What does the Missouri loss mean?

OK, the CNNSI scoreboard is messed up. It has 30-10 now, but that’s still a crazy number of points to put up in a half.

Wow, Fresno got blown out by Boise (yep, that’s a statement win), Nevada gets the win against 7-5 (!) LaTech, and we’ve got possibly 6 bowl-eligible teams this year. Sure Idaho, NMSU and Utah State aren’t doing so hot, but I would think the WAC represented itself fairly well this year. Of course, if Hawaii could get an upset against Cincy next week, that’d certainly help the WAC’s rep.

curveball – No t-gate and (live) game for you this week? 😯 😀 😯

brew808:

November 29th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
curveball – No t-gate and (live) game for you this week?

No family responsibilities kept me home today..hopefully next week.

Luke Ingram looks like he needs to add a few pounds to his frame…regardless I hope he is as good or better than his bro.

Looks like some big rain going to hit just about the start of the game……

Howzit Tsaikos everywhere.

sjmacro,madeinhawaii, all you guyz, fast one fo catch up da news.

da phone is missing. 🙂 lost in action. 🙂

it’ll prolly show up afta da Cincy game.

been losing myself coachin ole futz. an my grand daughter and her friend. good fun.

back to football!!!!

saw the OSU Oregon game. goes to show you ya gotta show up.

I’ll man da computah, you guyz go support da troops!!

Go Warriors!!!!

AHouse,

Florida Ted,

Koakane,

sjmacro, myki1

an all you well wishahz out dayah

see, da world neva fall apaht,

boy, wuz tuff out hea at da end ah da world, no computah, lose my cell phone…

puttin da wife on da plane fo see her kids this Thurs. den

I’ll be right ova fo da game.

I sure hope doze kids no feel day get rights to my seat. me an my fren Kashinoki comin fo sure!!!

I neva tell you da score.

42-20.

brew808,

Lori, the kids, and I had a great time in Hawaii! They were up until almost the time we got home (after 1am) so their schedules are all messed up. We’ll get them back to a regular sleep schedule soon.

I gained a lot…but the damage wasn’t as bad as I had feared. A few weeks of exercise will get rid of the gain.

I thought the article I posted was pretty weird…Utah vs. BSU in a BCS game would be a highly unique situation. I wish they could play that game and then have one more game where the winner would face the winner of the BCS title game!

Rich,

Yes, I found out the bad news about GamePlan last night when I tried to set my DVR. Oceanic is the only option unless Wazzoo has some option. I checked Tombo’s site today and he hadn’t found any other way.

My parents don’t get the PPV since it is a home game (they have the road-only package for season-ticket holders), so even a slingbox would do no good. Any PPV subscribers with a slingbox?

Time for me to get off the blog…Go Warriors!

Thanks Garret…I’ve got the Oceanic feed running now. I guess it’s worth the $12.56….LOL…. GO WARRIORS

Hi Rich – Yeah – ESPN Gameplan has been a bust this year. I’ll have to reconsider next season. How are you and Margo? 😀 😯 😆

Watching RK on the PPV – and trying to imagine how HUGE Mark Nua is…. OMG!!! 😯 🙄 😯

PPV ESPN Gameplan is crap…everytime I’ve tried to watch a game this year the feeds been AFU!!! Blackouts, etc…I actually got refunded the rest of the season cause of how crappy the service was!

hoboy,

my tv looks fabulus

da bannahisproudlyhanginovadabugga

heh heh heh!!!

Go Warriors!!!

Hey Maverick

da tv in da odda room an da computa, i tryin fo make up fo all da slackin i am guilty guilty guilty

but having fun tonite cuz if da buggaz let me down I going cry i tell you, just fall apart fall down cry.

i’ll be back in a few.

Go Warriors!!!!

Rich – Sorry, I just got your message. I was making Aaron’s dinner. I’m glad you got the Oceanic feed working.

Anybody getting the IPTV stream?

TOUCHDOWN Salas!!

Nice drive!!!!!!!!!

Way to go Fonoti! Nice sack!

Fonoti looked fast!! D looks good so far. Hey!! to all the soCal Warrior fans!!

Can the d keep it up? 3 and out for the rest of the game? hehehe

Looks like they are blitzing.

Do they have more than 30,000 tonight? Sure sounds quiet.

TD Libre!! 14-0 hehehe.

Nothing like seeing a camera man wipe the lens 🙂

Hi hawnstln! I got your email. Thanks for reminding me. I am putting all my notes together in an email. I’ll be sending it tomorrow.

Nice drives by the offense and let me give kudos to the O-line. I am with Garrett, I hope we can put the hammer down and get the Cougars to mail it in!

Aunty Ronnie,
Too bad…I like see our boys dominate if the Cougs don’t score oh well haha! I no care embarass them, cause that’ll show the stupid arse BCS Bozo’s wassup! Did USC let up on us, nope, PAC-10…kill em!

Weber St is up 42-28 with 7:35 left in the 4th! Yee Haw for Da Beast!

Wafan, mahalo for the applets and cotlets and other T-gate goodies !

Looks like the offense is having its way.

OLine is doing outstanding tonight!!!

Greg Alexander. good job!

Go Beast and Boys!

What is wrong with DK this year?

Aiyah! DK! What is going on in your head?!?!

Better, yet. What is going on with your foot?!?!

Hope UH gets a kicker/punter besides Brett Symonds for next year and an actual kicking coach this is pretty bad! 8-17 FG’s is pretty bad!

all it takes is a little shot in da arm and den its all serious again.

Go Warriors!

Aunty Ronnie,

They scored 3, is that enough so we can go back to whoopin there arse now? 🙂

Gotta get serious again and pound them cougars. No let up! Missed a chippy Fg and then let them drive down the field!! Watch out, if we let them hang around, they will get more confidence. Imua boys!

A safety now would be nice…

Ok, I’ll settle for a fumble recovery on the Washington St 5 yard line 😀

Wow, looked like a stink eye Coach Mack gave someone after he called the time out. Did they decide to go for the FG?

Weber State 49
Cal Poly 35
Game ova- congrats to da Bulla/animal

Congratulations Weber State and Da Beast!!!!

Lets go D big stop boys! Hold em and get the ball back first in second half!

Congrats to Weber State, da Beast and the Bullas!

Who broke the blog????

curveball – you did!! nah j/k. 😆

ehhh this isn’t good….17-10 against a really REALLY bad Wash. St. team, c’mon warriors.

Stephen Tsai’s Warrior Beat Blog just got props on the PA system. HA is the Corp. Sponsor tonight.

Rain is harder, breezier and it is colder in here.

Dayum receivers need to get open and help Alexander

Das it baby, nice Alexander

Curveball – hard to tell, it’s not pouring, but the street is wet. I’m on the dry side of Kailua, close to ‘nalo.

Easeh Hisatake no need get nuts

welcome klc. have you posted here before?

the ice is evaporating now…..

JM: I have in the past, but am extremely busy with school here over in Connecticut! Just trying to handle this game right now…and as im typing Kelly missed another field goal 🙁

what happened to the offense?

All I can say is…WOW!!!

LMFAO @ the Ref…leave your mic on dummeh!!!

Can we please attack the endzone and put this game away, what’s with the offense now, geez! Put these frikkin scrubs away, lets get r’ done boys!

C’mon Bain that had TD written all over it…dayum!

jm2375,

You got that right Washington State just really sucks arse which is why we’ll get the win. Cincinnatti will not let a game like this happen I guarantee it! Boys need to finish this game strong! Wonder why the offense hasn’t been attacking the endzone from 1st down???

Regardless,

For Coach Mack’s first year as head coach this season has been a success in my book. With as much turnover and the loss of our most dominant offensive players ever, this season has been a success so far. Two games left, time to finish strong boys! Bearcats are no joke so we need to come to play and protect the house! Great job Coach Mack, I wish you continued success!!! Hawai’i Bowl Baby Chee Huu…might have to make a special trip home now…hmm???

12/24 is my birthday, all I want is a win over whoevah we play

2nd place in the WAC 7-5, Great Job to the Coaches and Players…

Congrats to the Warriors on the win, the better than expected season and the Hawaii Bowl bid. I will be watching on the tube.

Hey, what you guys think about Hawaii vs Navy in the Hawaii bowl. Kenny Niumatalolo and his boys, would be a good one.

AlnBama,

That would be a good game…would Kaheaku-Enhada be playing?

Pat Hill to udub? huh?

las vegas,

Navy is better than playing some scrub arse team that are on the list to play in the Hawai’i Bowl! At least they are somewhat respectable!

jm5678 . . .

Huh? Where did you hear that?

He will have a heck of a time there!

Heard it from JVeneri who said ESPN is reporting it. Why would UDub want Pat Hill?

too bad pac 10 had only 5 winning teams, #6 would’ve been in the hawaii Bowl.
I think we’ll get leftovers like maybe Bowling Green

next week is Cincinnati, I wonder which Cincinnati team is better, the Bearcats or the Bengals?

First off, let me congratulate our Warriors to make the Bowl and finish second in league. That is quite an accomplishment, considering from where this team has come from.

On the other hand, this was one heck of a strange game. I really don’t know what to think. It seems after they got the easy lead, they thought it would be a walk over and lost focus. This offense is not automatic like last years yet, they need to focus completely to be good, that’s what I was nervous about and sure enough….

Boy, WSU sure is snake bitten, what else can one say, but there is talent on this team, they just don’t know what to do yet. Next year will be a lot tougher at their place, but we’ll be better also.

Next up, Cinci, there should be no problem focusing for this game. The Stadium better be sold out. I wish I could be there.

Anyways, I’m glad this game is out of the way, a win is a win and a lot was at stake, so I’m happy.

woo hoo! six more stones just came out!
plop plop!

With the congrats now out of the way, this game seemed really strange, and while UH won, there seemed to be an empty feeling I got as I watched it from the second TD onward. I couldn’t help but think that once they gathered a slim lead they decided to go into cruise control and eventually lost focus of the task at hand.

Greg Alexander put up some good yardage numbers but to see him get sacked and flushed out of the pocket as much as he did tonight brought back memories of earlier this season and how Inoke and Tyler kept getting their bells rung as well.

If we keep surrendering as many sacks and hurries as we did tonight, we’re gonna be in for a long night next week when Cincy comes rolling into town. Stay focused on the Bearcats. The Warriors can beat them, but it will take everything in the tank to do it.

Congratulations to the Warriors for making the Hawaii Bowl! That is a very important accomplishment and I’m glad that it is done. It would have been really difficult on the bowl game to miss having UH in two straight years…

One thing that hasn’t been pointed out yet is that one reason it is so important to make a bowl game is that it gives the team a lot of extra practice time! That is crucial with so many players starting for the first time this year on offense, and it gives the younger players valuable time to get some reps to prepare for next season.

Great Win! I really like our chances against Cinci for the following reasons:

1) We’re clicking.. esp on D the coverages are awesome!
2) Cinci is Over R A T E D. The wins against top 25 teams were phony top 25. None of the wins against teams are in the top 25 this week.
3) Their coach is all but gone – Clemson?

How is this team going to the Orange Bowl? Why does the Big East get an auto invite? How bad would it look when we beat Cinci and Boise gets snubbed.

I feel the D will play the Cinci game as if this a Bowl game. This will be a high energy physical game, it’s going to be fun to watch

Wow first time I was even close with my pik en still lost. This is a tough season for da pik’s, no winnah again dis week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From what I have read here and there the Warriors seemed to play not to lose after getting the lead, can’t do that next week an expect to win. We need to come out attacking from the first play till the last play. I feel we can beat the cats but need to play heads up football for all four quarters.

During one of the TV timeouts I couldn’t help but notice K5’s portagee field-level camera shot methods. Most crews I’ve seen use some sort of small mobile scissor lift to rove from endzone to endzone in capturing camera shots from field level.

I see that K5 has a converted flatbed truck with some dude in the driver’s seat having to shift into forward or reverse as needed.

Thought it was weird…..maybe that’s standard convention, but I wouldn’t know.

I’ll repost by post from mid-week and see if it gets any kind of response (outside a thank you from Jojo).

Regarding the Pac-10 and the Hawaii Bowl: I believe Russ Y. said this morning if ASU wins their last two, barring Oregon St. in the Rose Bowl, they (ASU) is a lock for the Hawaii Bowl. Unless I read the current standings wrong, I don’t necessarily agree. I sent them this e-mail. Comments, particularly from ST would be appreciated.

Per your show this morning, maybe the guy who said Arizona could be Hawaii Bowl-bound may be right.

If Arizona State beats both UCLA and Arizona, they will be 6-6 overall AND 5-4 in the conference. This would drop Arizona to 6-6 overall AND 4-5 in the conference.

If Oregon beats OSU and USC ends up in the Rose Bowl, then the top 4 would be USC, OSU, Oregon, and Cal.

The Emerald Bowl has the #5 Pac-10 choice (over the Hawaii Bowl),
Why would they take ASU over Arizona:
1) better conference finish (5-4 versus 4-5)
2) ASU beats Arizona head-to-head
3) ASU ends the season on a 4-game winning streak, while Arizona would end on a 3-game losing streak
4) other factors- Phoenix metro area much bigger than Tucson metro area, ASU 2X as large enrollment (67,000 in ASU system versus 34,000 in UA system) and presumably larger alumni

Up to date: 1) ASU beat UCLA, 2) Oregon beat OSU,

What needed: 1) USC beats UCLA (likely), 2) ASU to beat Arizona- Curran says unlikely, which according to many of his inaccurate predictions, will then come true. ASU has won 3 in a row, while Arizona has lost 2 in a row. Remember ASU was around a preseason #15, while UA was unranked.

Watched the game on the oceanic internet feed and it sucked. The first half was ok until right before the end of the 2nd q, then the feed started to freeze and buffer and then skip around. The D looked good, the OL needs some more work. Wazzu’s d got 1/3 of their season sack total tonight.

Turnstile attendance decent, but could have been better if the weather hadn’t scared off a bunch of people.

Reported Attendance: 42,312
Turnstile Attendance: 34,240

We should invite Boise St back for the Bowl Game and have a rematch! That would sell 65,000 tickets plus.

Great win for the Warriors and Coaches for getting the Hawaii Bowl invite. I am very happy the Coaching staff and players attained the goal of a bowl invitation.

However, I cannot shake this emptiness/hallow feeling that from the 2nd qtr, UH was playing not to lose rather than playing to win. This game plan affects the players and fans alike.

The play calling and excecution went down hill and the fans just sat there. The players enthusiasm went into a sprial. How can one explain on simple run plays were there is very little or no blocking and the running back loses 4-5 yards at a time. I believe its a reflection of the players attitude.

At the final gun, it was “polite applause” by the fans. Most left before the announcement/invitation from the Hawaii Bowl. Is this what the Coaches want?

Playing hard to win does not mean running up the score, but a large lead will allow the reserves to play against a PAC 10 team and gain valuable experience.

OK, my soap box is deflating and time to get off.

So, 8,000 stayed home because of rain? Wow…..

Robbie,

Your scenario is correct, if it plays out as you’ve stated.

woohoo hawaii bowl. congrats to the team.

my thoughts.

the good: Defense played well. We won. Alexander seems to be getting better. We won.

the NOT so good

1) if we play against Cinci the way we did tonight against WSU, we will get slaughtered. some think Cincinnati is overrated but i for one do not. they are a tough tough team. highly balanced with a good o and d.

2) maybe we went into cruise control thinking “oh bottom feeder of the pac-10) and didnt put on a killer offensive show. If it were any team beside WSU or UW from the PAC, we would not be talking Hawaii Bowl tonight.

3) uhhh field goals…or lack thereof….points might be far and few between next week. we need all that we can get. Who is Kelly’s backup or Kelly WAKE UP!

well with that being said…be prepared warriors. should be a great game

GO WARRIORS!!!

Just got home from the game…It was a good win and congratulations to the Warriors on the Bowl invite.

An observation on why we did not score more and blow out WSU…While GA has certainly improved and made some terrific throws in the first half tonight, I think the film review tomorrow will show he missed seeing wide open receivers – in the end zone in the second half. And he had the time…They were open on the post and also in the right half of the end zone. The red zone play was not good. If GA had the confidence/trust to throw before the receiver made the break, it would have a been a wide open TD…Looking forward to continued improvement from GA…

What ever happened to the wide receiver play where JRiv would fly down the sideline for ~20yds just past the front end zone pylon, pivot, and come back to the pylon to catch the TD pass? Seems like a great play and TD for Salas.

GO Warriors !!!

FloridaTed,
I, like most, am rooting for the Pac-10 to come. I’m sensing a close ASU-UA game. I was amazed in looking at the boxscore that the Sun Devils had 3 INT TD returns against the Bruins. Regarding the UH-WSU game, I predicted that the spread would be about 2 TDs, and was surprised that it was more around 4 TDs. I’m predicting the UH-Cincy spread to be about 8 in Cincy’s favor, with the return of Pilares and Mouton of course a lot more critical to UH’s success than this last game.

ahouse
i agree with you 100%.

its almost like we stopped playing. had wsu been a team of worthy we could have lost this one as we gave them too much space.
we need to put the opponent away.

it felt like watching a boxing match where the guy pummels his opponent all through the match but just can’t knock em out.

i would have given kelly another shot so that he could regain his confidence, because we may need his foot over the next two games. afterall we really didn;t try to score did we?

okay sorry, i forgot that we did win.

It’s been a few hours since the game ended and I’m still upset how we played not to lose in the fourth quarter. Whatever happend to Coach Mac’s doctrine that we will play to win, not play not to lose? The run plays did not work, but we kept on calling them. It reminded me of a high school coach calling the same unsuccessful plays because those are the only plays they practice. grr..

Our next two games are bowl games. Cincinnati is BCS bowl bound. If we suffer another painful Georgia experience, then our reputation as well as that of the WAC and all mid-majors will suffer.

That said, I’m now going to purchase my Hawaii Bowl tickets online. I still support the team and the players. I will still be at Aloha Stadium Christmas Eve to yell my lungs out.

But first up is Cincinnati. Play hard. Play smart. Eliminate those drive killing personal foul penalties.

Repost from yesterday

Good morning fellow Tsai-kos hope all of you had a great day yesterday.

As some of you know awhile back I started a project called “University of Hawaii Sports History” it was intended to cover the history of all of the sport programs of the university from the beginning to now. Well during the last blog strike I kind of got distracted, but now I am back at work on the project. I have long thought that there should be a website that you could go to an find out information on all the previous sports program of UH, sad to say there wasn’t any, there are a few sites that have bits and pieces but none that covers all the teams.

This is a huge undertaking that will more than likely never get completely done, but at least it’s a beginning.

There are two major disadvantages in doing this project, first being here in West Virginia and two being on dial-up (the dial-up is the worst), I have created two site’s the first is the actual history website and the other is a forum where I hope to gather any information that others may want to share about past teams and athletes. I am also working on a “Where are they Now page” for all of the athletes who played for the University.

I will be reposting this comment every few days so that all on the blog members will see it (that is if ST doesn’t mind?) and possibly share what ever they know.

Right now I have been working on the football team of 1978 and the Wahine Volleyball team of 1976.

Just click on my name to get to the site!

Good morning Tsaikos!

Scout dot com predicts 5 WAC teams will be going to bowl games this year:

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
Projection: TCU vs. Boise State

New Mexico Bowl
Projection: Colorado State vs. Fresno State

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl
Projection: Western Michigan* vs. Hawaii
* No Pac 10 team projected available

PetroSun Independence Bowl
Projection: Louisiana Tech* vs. UL Lafayette*
* No SEC or Big 12 teams projected available

Roady’s Humanitarian Bowl
Projection: Clemson vs. Nevada

Aloha Tsaikos…..

My 2 FAVORITE Teams won last night, WARRIORS and WILDCATS. Cameron Higgins was pretty impressive, 21 -33, 399 yds, 2 td’s in the 49-35 victory over a well coached Rich Ellerson,(former UH Rainbow Warrior) Cal Poly Team.

Cal Poly has a 6’6 WR who is unreal, but we kept him in check for the night. Their QB was very efficient the whole season, with only 1 INT, however, last night he had 4 INT’s and was not a happy camper.

Mahalo for the kind words and support; the Beast played great in the first half, with a few tackles and a qb hurry. However, he got ‘chop blocked’ away from a screen going the opposite way by their Right Tackle and suffered a bad sprain to his left ankle. The play was 20 yards away, running away to the far side, and then this cheap shot.

He had to sit out the 2nd half, much to his dismay, but we’ll take a look today and see what the prognosis is. His shoulder was ready, and he was doing some damage til he got hurt. He wanted to go back in during the 2nd half, just for some payback, but he was iced/wrapped up alread.

CONGRATS TO THE WARRIORS
CONGRATS TO THE WILDCATS

LET’S GO BOWLING…………………………………..

Bulla

Sorry to hear that Ryan suffered an unnecessary injury due to a cheap shot –chop block. There used to be some controversy in the NFL between a “legal” cut block and chop block. Call it whatever, they should ban that type of blocking from football. Period. Hope he is fully recovered before the next game.

Las Vegas

Hope you are OK from those “stones”.

Yup, felt like the game was over at the end of the 3rd quarter.

Actually, the two semi-final high school playoff games were more entertaining and exciting. Give Farrington credit they played till the last second of the game. (Final play of the game was kickoff runback for TD)

Happy Bowl Eligible Day to all!!!

Was hoping the Warriors would score a few more TDs so that the reserves could play a few reps….

LTUHF . . .

Were you able to attend last night?

Hi Wafan,

Not able to attend due to health reasons…rainy and windy weather didn’t help either.

Great Morning All!

Happy Bowl-bound Day! 😀

Bulla,
Glad to hear about the WSU win; was following it on ESPN mobile from Aloha Stadium.
Hope the Beast will be ready for the next game. Wish I could join you folks to Missoula….NOT! 😆
Good Luck to him and the rest of the Wildcats! Make memories….

LTUHF,

Hope you are feeling up to going to the last two games or at least maybe the TsaikoGates.
It was a great effort by the Govs on Friday. I don’t think the Buffanblu came away from a game so black ‘n blue as they did this past week. 😉

LTUHF
AHouse,

howzit. hope to see you at da Cincy TGate. gonna be fun!
gotta represent fo da mainland braddaz!

LTUHF . . .

Hope you feel better (and the weather cooperates) so you are able to cheer for our Warriors live and in-person at the stadium!!!

One of these days I will be able to go to the games. Until then I have to listen on the ‘net or, if we are really lucky, watch it on TV.

In the meantime — please take care of yourself, sir!

Good Morning Peeps…

I agree with all of you in saying we need to continue scoring throughout the game. When we attack we kick ass on offense, when we let up it seems our boys get confused or something? Libre was kind of irritating to watch run the ball…granted the OLine wasn’t creating big holes but running east-west instead of north-south and tuffing out the yards is annoying. Where the heck has LWJ been, I thought he was good enough to play. He’s starting to become a bust and a waste of talent in my opinion, hasn’t really done anything since stepping on campus. Had high hopes for him but dang man, where ya been?

Anyway, I’m glad Greg Alexander is understanding the offense and moving the ball. The sacks were both the receivers fault and his. The OLine did outstanding this game for the most part except for a few plays when WSU brought the house. Regardless the receivers need to get open and stop running routes close to each other where the LB’s can sag into there lanes and the Safety can cheat and zone in on two receivers at a time. Alexander pretty much had all day to throw the ball…his scrambling ability is deceptive and if no can throw then just go…although I like how he was patient enough in certain situations to continue to look downfield and hit a target. I think next year Greg Alexander will breakout and this offense will be potent as in years past…

Anyway,
Catch you guys later on, dayum keeds like get one Christmas Tree already and decorate the house. Be back in a few…

Great game, if a little lethargic towards the end. I can’t help but think that the weather played a factor in all that.

The little light that turned on in Alexander’s head is brighter and brighter.

Theses guys can win against Cincy next week.

UH35 Cincy21

GO WARRIORS!!!

Whoa, the blog is in iPhone format.

I only have one thing to say about yesterday’s game, and that’s about the fourth quarter play calling. I’m an advocate of kicking the dog, like June Jones would do — with the Warriors up by 14 with five, six minutes left, I’d rather get another TD, make it 21 points, and end the game there. But at the same time, I can understand why Mack is a run-the-clock guy in that same scenario. I’m not sure he’d do the same thing if it were the 2006 or 2007 offense, but with the offense where it is now, I think he’s playing it safe. Remember, an offense that is executing better doesn’t mean it’s executing on all cylinders. As Ron Lee showed us at Nā Koa, the receivers haven’t been running crisp routes, and Alexander is still missing things backside and holding onto the ball too long at times. As I was telling koakane, I understand Mack’s mentality — all it would take is one bad throw for a pick six to make it a one-touchdown game with the momentum on Washington State’s side. So all those who criticized the fourth quarter runs, think about that too as a factor. I still would have thrown the ball and tried to get a TD, but I see Mack’s influence in the play calling there as well.

Okay, I gotta run.

re: Jason

As much as I hate seeing the team start to run out the clock, I always remind myself that June Jones isn’t here anymore. Everybody has been spoiled by the blowouts of yesteryears but we (including me) need to realize this offense isn’t on that level. I’m just really happy that we actually have an offense. Remember earlier in the year, the qb carousel, and the three and outs, the special teams breakdowns, shaky oline and other numerous things. The team has come a long way this season and I commend Coach Mack and the team for their tremendous improvement. We’re going to the Hawaii bowl so let’s be happy about that. I’m pretty sure Mack wasn’t happy with leaving points on the field and will look to correct those things. The score should have been 30 something to 10 with the missed fg’s and the drop in the end zone by Bain. But does it really matter? W’s is what counts in the end.

Go Warriors!

Watching the game gave me an even greater feeling that “giving our youth a chance” sould not be done at the expense of the team’s success. My reference here is with the o-line. Somehow, I just do not believe that the coach is getting the job done here. It shows when we get creamed in passing situations and even more so when we simply cannot make it from the 6 yard line into score on a team that is woeful. I don’t care what people say about the Pac 10 etc., that WSU team was terrible but we looked even worse when attempting to run the ball. We’ve had 12 games to look like we have improved and yet there just does not appear to be any, especially give the talent (or lack there of) we’ve faced.

The best example of someone knowing what he was doing, in an immediate, noticable fashion, with what was thought to poor talent, was coach Cav in his first year with JJ as they inherited what was given to them by the previuos loosing coaching staff.

What also could be stated is the poor showing of the secondary. There were just too many instances in the game where a poort throw by the QB saved us from a walk in touchdown as the receivers were so wide open that there were times when you did not see a defender on the television screen. How can that be? We raved about how good the personnel all were and yet there is that kind of breakdown at this point?

Don’t get me wrong, I love this team but we cannot simply sit back and accept what we’re seeing. This is especially true when you see what we once had. It’s not like the comparison is done with USC.

Finally, when watching the destruction of ND by USC the commentaror made a comment where coach Carroll has a standard practice where is first teams go against each other as a means to create an ongoing level of competition at all spots on both sides of the ball. All players know that they do not have a guarantee lock on a position and have to earn it all of the time. Maybe we should strat doing that.

Jason,

I disagree, I don’t buy that conservative crap playcalling. This offense has been rolling as of late and had momentum going in there favor the whole game. Our defense is stout but why rely on them all the time to win the game. They’ve done their part all season, having the offense score gives the defense the ability to play more freely and gamble at times to make big plays. By playing conservative on offense, it means the defense plays conservative too. I’m not the Coach, but if it was me I would put the ball in the endzone at all cost until the whistle blows to end the game. It’s not about running up the score, it’s about having consistency throughout the whole game. I mean 1st half was exciting and excellent, 2nd half was boring and mediocre! Our offense at this point in the season can score on anybody when they attack…when they play control the clock style, they start F’in up in my opinion. Besides 14 points is definitely not a comfortable margin to be ahead for any team in college football. Teams can put up 14 points in under a minute nowadays! Regardless, it’s a great win but I would like to have the nail pounded into the coffin not just placed into it! Finish strong and worrying about losing will not even be an option!

Au’ryte Davone…

oh yeah, Good morning Tsaikos!!

4 in a row. home run

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