Graham’s still the 1

Hmmmmm……….:>)

Morning Tsaikos!

Trying to look at the positive: Looks like we came out pretty good on the injury front. How’s Sean Shigematsu? Haven’t heard any reports on the extent of his injury. Hope he can return soon.

Well, Oregon State has a “scrimmage” tomorrow against Eastern Washington.

UH did not do so badly. But I would have still like to see a qb insertion after the 3rd pick.

Thanks, ST. Hope Sean returns soon. Glad to see that the Warriors are relatively healthy. Big games coming up.

As bad as the offense looked last night I see a lot of upside. Lots of youth and inexperience at the skill positions but the physical tools are there. Kirkwood is going to be a star before he leaves UH. The defense played beyond my expectations and looked solid for the most part considering they were on the field a lot. Plenty of positives to take away from last nights loss

Great Morning All!

The sun kept its promise again and I will keep the faith with the Warriors and show patience with the promise of the HC that things are improving.

Good! & Morning Folks!

…that said, I was a little perplexed while listening to the HC during his postgame interview with BC. On the subject of correcting some of the issues on the offense he said that there were simple fixes that “we can address in 10 minutes” during practice.

Isn’t halftime about 10 minutes long? 😕

13. WRs do look promising… Wins won’t come until we find a good QB though that can complete 65% of his passes.. praying no Pac 12 schools sway Tuileta from his commitment… I see 4 year starter possibly if we can get him. Graham is a junior already… His accuracy isn’t going to get better. Just like Tebows won’t in the NFL. Field awareness is a trait you don’t just develop over night and he doesn’t have it. Chris Gant was wide open for easy TD and Graham is just concentrating on check downs for most of the night. One of the telling things I noticed is on the UH sidelines, not 1 teammate picked up TG after any series on the bench. He was by himself on the sidelines all game. Not a good sign that you won your teammates respect over. Also didn’t show any fire in his body language after his mistakes…

Do you play to win the game by inserting another QB to give it a look-see if he can provide some spark to the offense or take the season-long view and leave the starter in to gain as much experience as possible? I don’t think it would be detrimental to give the starter a break for one or two series.

OSU 49 Hawaii 10

#13,

I agree 100%

It is not just Taylor and the passing attack. When you only have 23 yards rushing you won’t win games. JJ teams rushed for more. If you can’t run your qb will be a target. If your qb can’t run he will be a tackle dummy. Like last year if our qb keeps taking those kinds of hits he won’t be there at the end of the season.

Tim Tebow had two td scores in win…

UH 24 Beavers 0

It was an OK start…with some obvious deficiencies on offense. That said, some of of the comments immediately after the game were rather off-base and adhered to a type of quasi revisionist perspective of actual history.

Specifically, comments like we need to hire a June Jones type of coach, are not only overly simplistic, but far outside the scope of any probability or practical operation. First of all, it is much like saying, you should marry Cindy Crawford; while it would not doubt be absolutely wonderful, monkeys would build condos in my okole before such an event would occur.

People should realize that a JJ type of coach, and history reflects and supports this now that we have some vantage of hindsight, was truly a-once-in-a-football-lifetime situation. JJ has a unique and long history with Hawai’i, was no doubt brilliant and a upper margin motivator, his style of play converged with talent and that particular type of play, to place UH on the national map. But that was then, this is now.

One need only look at far more superior programs, in terms of history and resources, e.g. UCLA and UW, and witness their own exercise and folly into football mediocracy. Placing the right coach at the right time, have gotten many an AD and for that matter university presidents fired–and that is true nationally. So, lets use a tad of prudence and restraint with this putative posturing that all we have to do is hire a JJ coach–that does nothing to address many of the positive things we have before us in the real time.

So again, while I have not taken a big sip of the Chow kool aid, I will defend him in saying that 13 games in no responsible metric of time to make definitive evaluations of a program and coach. There will be plenty of time, after another entire season, to make much more qualitative, and for that matter quantitative assessment of both Chow and the program. Further, we can do it much more accurately if we exercise patience and support, and apply relevant data and present day context to the situation. Imua Warriors!!

31. Why do you think we are having 0 success rushing?

1. O line is not very good.. That was a given going into the year.

2. Graham only checks down for 3 quarters of the game. You can put 8 in the box and not worry about deep ball if QB isn’t going to throw it.

You need to space out the defense and complete some 10 yard+ passes to have success running the ball.

New QB, same offensive line… same results… No pass protection. Graham was harassed all night and had very little time. He showed rust since it was his first live action since 2009, that was expected, but the protection was really bad.

THe OLine was atrocious, not bad… atrocious. I re-watched the DVR and there were many missed assignments, whiffed blocks, and RBs not picking up blitzers. With a new DC on USC, Chow probably didn’t have good tape to scout USC’s new defensive scheme. UH certainly didn’t expect USC to blitz that much and I don’t think the scout defense prepared the team for what USC threw at them.

The big issue that a trained eye could see is that the Oline is not communicating pre-snap to get their assignments straight. Watch back in 2007 and earlier and you can see the linemen pointing and talking. There’s much less communication since Jones left. There were down linemen that were going unblocked, which is unacceptable. 7 sacks and 10 QB hits and getting hurried on 85% of pass attempts is awful.

UH is going to have to live through rookie mistakes this year as all the skill positions are newbies in D1 football. There were a couple miscommunications on option routes. The freshmen RBs are really raw in pass blocking.

— On to the good news, and there’s lots to be positive about.

1. The talent level is much improved. Even though the line didn’t open much holes, the freshmen RBs all looked pretty good. Wily, Lakalaka, and St Juste all showed quickness. Just not much room to run vs USC’s front 7. Just using the eye test, this year’s UH team looks like a bigger more physical team.

2. Kirkwood and Kemp are legit deep threats. Although Graham rarely had time to throw the deep ball, both Kirkwood and Kemp were getting behind USC DBs.

3. The defense was outstanding. They played with speed, confidence and swagger. Brendan Daliey set the tone by smashing the USC RB on 1st & Goal. As predicted, Garcia-Williams, and Merrell Jackson looked great. Not a ton of stats, but they made big impact.

4. The DLine played much better than I expected… Samia and Malepai played well. The big uglies held their own vs a physical USC line. Tavita Woodard had an unreal 1st half.

5. The DBs are better than advertised. Major props to Maggitt, JH-T, Jackson, and Phillips. THey played great. They basically took Marqise Lee out of the offense until fatigue gave up garbage yards late. They also should be credited for a couple coverage sacks (including the safety) as they took out USC’s 1st option a lot of the time.

6. Graham does throw a really good deep ball. One caveat is that he needs time to throw, which was rare and a repeat of 2012.

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Most impressive plays that nobody will talk about…

The 3rd and Goal in the 1st quarter where USC ran a toss left. That play should have been a touchdown as they had 2 lead blockers and UH didn’t have anybody on the edge. I forgot who made the tackle, but there were 2 UH players that flew to perimeter, taking out the blockers and forcing the RB to cut back into the pursuit, where UH made the stop.

The other play that really caught my attention was when USC ran one of their traditional playaction naked bootlegs to the TE flat. This play against most UH defenses over the years would have been a 15-20+ yard catch & run. Clay and one of the DE chased down the TE and laid him out after about 5 yard gain. I was extremely impressed on how quick the defense diagnosed the play and had the speed to chase it down.

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Most annoying thing about UH… the uniform numbers. The number font is chunky and really hard to read on the tv screen. I can’t identify who’s doing what.

WDave,

Whether it’s the QB identifying pre-snap stuff or getting the receivers on the same page or the RB’s making sure they know what a blitz looks like when done by a NFL-caliber player, I’m hoping that at least one of the coaches put it out there during the game.

d1shima…yeah, what I said–what did I say???

btw, I thought overall the interior guys did a good job against Uko and Williams and was glad that the outside guys didn’t “highlight” another All-Conference rush end! 😛

…but FUHA is right, picking up blitzes does need to improve

Also, the pick 6 wasn’t Grahams fault. Graham delivered a good ball that hit Kemp in the hands, but Kemp got alligator arms going over the middle. Freshmen mistake. Just bad luck the ball bobbled up and not down safely to the ground.

Harding had a rough game. He made a nice catch early and did get himself open throughout. He made a ton of errors though. Dropped a good ball that would have been 1st down. Dropped a pass that hit his hands on a deep ball. The ball was slightly overthrown but he got two hands on it, therefore, it’s on him to haul it in. He made multiple errors on judgement on punt returns. He let one go that he could have gotten to at the 30 yard line, but it rolled all the way inside the 2. On the next return, he fielded a line drive at the 10 the looked like it would have gone into the end zone.

Nice post #39 FUHA! Love the insight. Even my untrained eye could see how much the O-line was struggling. How many times did a USC defender get to or pressure the QB without even being touched by a blocker!? That seems like less of a talent problem and more of a scheme issue. Or is the QB supposed to move his guys around before snap to cover the unblocked rusher?

I really want to see what Graham can do if he has a little more time and doesn’t have to constantly look over his shoulders. There were glimpses of promise. Seems like he has nice touch and can air it out, too. Also, the WRs(and refs) didn’t help much. When he did get it to them, they couldn’t catch(or see PI)!

Here’s my 2 cents. The defense played beyond my expeditions. Was interesting that the Reporter that covers USC football said on the BC show that the success of the front 7 was not a surprise as the USC scout team would regularly dominate the Starting Oline. I afraid of injuries if they are always on the field. Offense must improve quickly.

I knew Chow would not have taken out Graham even if he threw 10 picks. Remember last year, Schroeder had to be on life support before Chow brought in another QB. but in this instance I agreed with Chow. Taylor needed game reps and he got it. To Taylor’s credit, he kept getting up and kept firing away. If you’re building for the future, meaning later this season and next, you give Taylor all of the reps. Schroeder is a Warrior but I don’t believe his arm strength improved much since last year. Interesting comments by a couple of you noting that Taylor was by himself on the bench. I don’t think it was because he lost the team. Going into the season people including our blog host said Taylor was the team leader. I would be shocked if he lost the team after one game.

I thought Guzman did OK punting. Bringing Harding in as a situational punter was fine but I wouldn’t like a steady diet of it. His style shortens the field once the Returner learns to play up. Although we only kicked off a few times, reaching he end zone is still a concern. Thank you Coach for finally getting Harding to play up and field hose rolling punts.

The Referees were simply terrible last night. Lots of missed holding calls against USC. I saw Taylor taking a couple of helmet to chin shots. It goes on and on.

All in all it was a promising 1st game against a name brand opponent. It will only help recruiting. Would like to hear what the Announcers had to say. Better days are ahead for UH football.

Sucks to think about “what-ifs”. If they had gotten 3 FGs instead of ints they would have been right in it and D could have pinned their ears back…

FUHA or boo…so what are your critiques of strictly Graham? What kind of potential do you see?

I don’t have any complaints about the refs. They were a non-factor as the it was a pretty clean game for both teams. The two PI/non PI calls late were pretty bad though. NeQuan just needs to be more sneaky about a quick grab.

Aloha! Good game. Keep up the good work Warriors. Have a good weekend everyone!

BTW – @SteveM, my daughter saw you lurking around at 1:30 am on Match.com and I checked out your

profile and it is You.

51… If Tuileta is a starting QB at Hawaii, he wont be playing Volleyball.. Starting QB takes too much time and dedication.

So my point is, anyone who says have patience with the QB/Receiver timing issues, but blasts the oline for failing similar issues doesn’t know squat.

Derek, while our D played great and I commend them a lot, its going to be a whole different ball game when we play teams that spread it out…. Our defense faces a similar style offense that USC runs every day in practice. JGW is so good that he can cover Slots and TEs.

The defense will look a lot different when they face dual threat QBs and teams that spread out the ball. 4-3 package wont work as efficiently against 4 wide offenses. When we face Fresno, Nevada, San Jose St, they wont hold on to the ball as long as USC did. There will be a lot more pre snap reads by the QBs and they will get the ball out quick.

Marquise Lee also dropped a few passes that could have lead to more points. Kessler did a lot of things Graham did and didn’t locate open WRs when he had guys wide open… We won’t be facing too many inexperienced QBs in the next month.

jeezy was correct to be concerned about a 50% completion rate in practice. The problems is because Graham never played in on college before (JC or any Div) we don’t know if he is an accurate passer. Yes Graham was pressured at times but he was not consistently accurate when he had time. If the running game doesn’t shape up I don’t expect UH to put up many points against the better teams on the schedule.

Jeezy, when we play more “spread” teams, I think Gener gets a lot more PT. I was as impressed by his play as anyone on the team.

56—at least from my perspective, a couple of items were glaring. One, pocket awareness was marginal, that is to say, identification of his passing lanes, coupled with the timing of routes–thus alot of miss timed passes or receiver entirely not in spot of intended pass (might also be attributed to receivers running wrong routes)

Two, ball and backside integrity: often out of his pivot, of either a handoff or/a pump fake, his snapshot of the defensive alignment or coverage, was either either inaccurate or he did not take into account a hidden coverage or an alignment change. Any coach, pop warner to NFL, you just cannot turn the ballover like that…it is the single biggest statistic that will predict a win or loss.

Footwork while fluid broke down as the game progressed, not surprising as he was taking a beating…..and there is no questioning he is a tough guy….you will even see ole Tom Brady hearing footsteps. Finally, release needs to be quicker, and he needs to ameliorate his tendency to throw into traffic–he has a strong arm, he is not kaepernick.

68. If 3 years is a problem, why are coaches comparing him to Carson Palmer then? The only time I wanna use inexperience as an excuse is if we are starting a freshman… Graham doesn’t have much time to learn. His accuracy woes already concern me a lot. If he can’t see open WRs, I don’t know if a few games are really going to change that. I would like to think he practices enough to be able to see that…. Marcus Mariota had 0 college game experience and it didn’t take him very long to get going on all cylinders. I just don’t like giving QBs a pass because of inexperience. He’s been a QB his whole life. D1 or not, finding open WRs and throwing accurate balls should be the basics of playing QB.

I am really excited! Our D I solid! our special teams is Solid! The problems with the offense appear to be fixable.

My only concern is the O-Line. Maybe Deemo should coach them for a week. haaaa

The starting QB showed his rust and inexperience. You have a QB with starting experience sitting on the bench. Why wasn’t he put in the game? You wanna win, right? And, I thought the QB sitting on the bench had a better fall practice anyway, and should have been the starter or at least played. This was a repeat performance of last year’s offensive nightmare. And I am talking of the OC.

By the way, thank you WarriorMojo (#64) for your comment. Spot on !

😳

I was looking in the wrong city.

Plaschke writes is LA.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/usc/la-sp-0830-plaschke-usc-hawaii-20130830,0,1216312.column#axzz2dTsdvzBi

Dick Tomey on radio now.

Note that if you think (some) Hawaii fans are “disappointed”, you should check out the comments section of the LATimes column. 😯

84.. yup.. and field awareness, pocket presence… Don’t know how Tom Brady makes it look so easy. That is the most non mobile QB in the league and he can just feel pressure. Takes 1 or 2 steps to the right or left and ball is out.

After watching yesterday’s game, I feel comfortable making a prediction for the OSU game. OSU 45, Hawaii 13

Good game Hawaii. Very proud of the boys.

Other then UH’s offense, I thought UH played SC on even keel. Quite obvious at this stage Graham doesn’t see the whole field in the pocket. Footwork is a total mess and he’s too slow. Doesn’t have a quick release. Pick that was returned wasn’t his fault, but the others were. Trying a little to hard to force his throws into coverage as he has a cannon of an arm. His soft passes are an agony to watch. Couple of times in the second half, Chow, rolled him out of the pocket and he had decent success.

At some point Chow should have sat Graham and inserted Woolsey. At least just to change the flow of the game and let Graham see things from a different perspective. A series or two from the sidelines to check out the coverages. Schroeder and Higgins would be a last resort. Don’t want a repeat of last year.

Defense was outstanding yesterday. Hit by Daley set the tone of the game. Gotta say Graham is pretty physical and can take the hits, he also can lay a good hit to like when he flattened that SC defender.

good morning 808, tsaiko’s, tsaikette’s, rainbow warriors and wahines

much calmer after my morning mad walk and swim

good to see the student section filled up for two and half quarters, as usual tgate was outstanding (thanks to those who made an appearance)

yesterdays game comments defense A, offense D nuff said

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104. I think the point there is Graham is supposedly the leader and when guys on your team don’t really have your back or believe in you like they should, then maybe he isn’t as good a player or leader like he is being talked about on Radio or TV…

When Colt was at QB, there was no question who the team looked up to.

Getting hungree….

Pomai

17 – 35 LizKauai

holy crap, jeezy. yes, taylor graham is a junior but he hasn’t played a down of college football in his life. playing in a game is much different than taking mental reps last year while he was redshirting, and then doing it in training camp this year. he’s trying to adjust the the speed of game time after not taking a meaningful snap since high school. stop comparing him to tom brady or marcus mariota. brady was on a very good michigan team in college and also is a hall of fame qb. Taylor graham/jeremy higgins/whoever else is on the UH roster in all likelihood will not even come close to making an nfl roster.

marcus mariota is very good but is also playing on a very good oregon team stacked with talent, with excellent and established coaches, and an offense that he was almost born to run.

graham made some insanely bad throws, but it’s basically his first game. he needs to develop. the bigger issue is the offensive line and receivers. when you have basically a freshman qb out there who is struggling, you need to be able to provide him some pass protection to get him in a rhythm, and also, run the football to take pressure off of him. UH could do neither.

113. So how much time do u plan to give a junior? And experience has nothing to do with being accurate.

As Dick Tomey said, “there is no moral victory”. He wasn’t surprised at Graham’s poor performance. He hasn’t played in 3-4 years and you cannot simulate game situations in practice. You can try, but it’s not the same. Graham looked like he had stage fright after he got hit a couple of times. Like a deer when the light shines in his eyes. Interesting that Tomey says Woolsey has some good traits to be a good QB. Maybe Chowis beholden to G

Graham for coming to Hawaii. That’s ok, but he’s got to perform. Oregon State is a better team than USC in my humble opinion. After last night, if I was Chow I would be very upset. Not at the defense or the special teams, but the offense. I would have like to see more man in motion to try to confuse the defense and even use the motion man as a safety valve. You can use double passes or option to run after a pass.

104 I will believe kids on the team. They practice with them and get the same view chow has! And so far I don’t really respect a thing chow has to say! The way he mis handled the Qb situation last year and his horrible play calling! Why run a draw 50% of the time on 3rd?? If I can call the play what u think their d coordinator is doing?!?! He’s up there laughing his ass off!

I think Tomey really likes Woosley.

The biggest problem is the overall lack of leadership, fire & passion. While I THINK I saw a guy trying his best, he also looked like he was over thinking things.. His accuracy is suspect– he consistently threw the ball too hard/too soft, or with not enough loft. Strictly as a passer, reminds me of kaepernick.. Obviously two different types of athletes, however.

Adjustments are definitely required.

While I keep hearing noise about how Higgins moves the chains in practice, from what I saw, his in-game athleticism is average at best and his arm strength looks like he’s still in HS. So unless he can complete 5-10 yard passes at a high %age, he’ll unfortunately suffer a similar fate if our OL can’t provide better protection.

If we are to give someone else a chance, how about Woolsey? Saw more fire out of him on the 2-pt conversion than I did from our other qb’s.

123… Saw that too

People need to support the players and not create controversy by saying that this or that player should be playing ahead of someone. Do you attend all of the practices, meetings, and film sessions? You don’t criticize college athletes, IMHO. So are we eventually going to see the fans at Aloha Stadium boo TG like they did Timmy Chang?

jeezy, his lack of accuracy can also be attributed to the lack of time to throw the ball and all the pressure that USC was getting on him because of the performance of UH’s o-line. I’m not saying that taylor graham played well, because he didn’t. but there are other factors aside from bad qb play. when he had time in the pocket, he actually threw very accurate deep balls.

If he doesn’t improve or if he regresses in the next two games, then maybe it’s time to look at other options. benching a qb forever after his first game where, to be honest, the whole offense sucked BADLY, is kind of overkill. i mean, seriously. it’s not like he was playing against charleston southern, had ample time in the pocket, and was pulling a tim tebow and misfiring like crazy.

graham is a pea shooter compared to colin kaepernick.

Pomai

Rainbow Warriors 22 – Beavers 21

129. That’s still not acceptable. We all knew the O line wasn’t going to protect well. No secret. Quarterbacks need to be accurate regardless. His 4th pick of the game, he had time, he also had a wide open Moleni. Tried forcing it downfield into double coverage…

You can’t be throwing 90 MPH bullets 3 yards over the middle. That’s not a experience issue to me. That’s common sense. Zone read pass play, he should know if the safety comes up, Gant would be wide open. When you call plays, you need to know your options as the LEADER or QB… He’s not going to get good protection this year. So accuracy excuse will not fly.

David Graves had the same O line but even more inexperienced at the time. He found a way to complete over 60% of his throws. No excuses on his inexperience as a QB or crappy O line. these guys were all blocking for him then as freshman.

Also.. I can’t believe that more hasn’t been made of the chicken poop, busch league TD that Kiffen scored with 0:42 left on the clock. Not only is he without class, he deserves to get his ass whooped for pulling such a sickening cowardly act. We’ve seen it a hundred times.. Team is up by more than 2 TDs, plus 2-pt conversions (in this case, 18 pts) and drives the ball down the field in the waning moments. Reaches the red zone, and takes a knee on the premise that the opposing team won’t try to call TOs to try to get the ball back, because for all concerned, the game is as good as over. Nope, not Kiffen. Lines up to punch it in. I LOVE that our coaches called TO to then try to stop the shallow bastard. I’m not even religious but frankly only GOD can tell me what benefit there was to being up 25 with 0:42 to go versus winning by 18. Did he think that would help their ranking? Ohh pah-leeeeze.

What’s altogether better and why I’ve rethought my opinion of our coaches is that not only did we come out and NOT just run the ball after receiving the kickoff, we called a no-doubt go for 2 play after the long TD, AND attempted an on-side kick. So as to say, don’t *bleep* around little Kiffen boy.. Man I wish we could play them again.. After that no-class peewee stunt that Kiffen pulled, I’m sure our coaches do too.

I really like Brenden Daley and his effort yesterday. Been a while since UH had a linebacker with his size and mobility. Great to read about his story and how he matured as a person and is now regarded as one of the leaders on this team.

These are young men; they are not professionals, paid to play this game for our entertainment, and this is college football. Therefore, I find no fault with the players.

If there is blame to be directed somewhere or at someone, it should be directed at the paid professionals, and we all know who these people are.

The decision about who to start and for what reason naturally leads to certain results. In yesterday’s game, the decision reached about who to play and not to play resulted in the loss we are all trying to get over.

These decisions were not decisions made by student-athletes but were instead made by the paid professionals, including one “offensive genuis” who serves as HC, OC, and receivers coach.

It is said a fool is a person who does the same thing over and over and expects a different result each time.

I am not calling anyone a fool. However, it seems to me chow is doing the same thing this season he did last season and he is expecting a different result.

For the sake of the UH and the student athletes, I hope I am wrong.

Go UH!

Yeah! Clint Longley was a way better QB than Roger Staubach. Still bitter about that injustice to this day!

I think we played pretty well considering the inexperience on offense against a legit team like SC. They’ll get better game by game.

LizKauai

Chow is going to have to hire someone in the off-season. I don’t think its really fair to leave the QB/WR coaching and eyes-in-the-sky duties to a couple of grad students. They are being asked to do a lot. The timing of the OC’s departure was very unfortunate.

JJ

…but, they did play hard till the end.

Life is good. We have Wahine volleyball tonight. And too bad the mascot is a one-time thing. I liked it. And thank you Coach Chow for letting the team run on to the field. Juices were pumping.

#150, I too was a little surprised Woosley isn’t higher on the depth chart. I heard he was doing well on the scout team last year, but he wasnt’ able to beat out Schroeder or Higgins. Schroeder is a solid #2 because he’s smart with the ball. He doesnt’ provide big play ability so that’s why he’s not starting.

I was making my way to my seat, when, in back of me I heard and obvious usc supporter tell his friend that, “we can’t Hawaii for granted because they have a history of playing hard and with a lot of pride and spirit.”

…and we did.

I was actually surprised that we didn’t get more yards rushing but it think sack yardage gets taken from rushing yards.

If USC goes to a BCS bowl like Georgia team we faced, then I will eat crow and say I was wrong. Oregon St D is going to be even better next week…. Doesn’t help either that the whole Hawaii football team was out partying before the sugar bowl all night anyways…

I LIKED the recorded haka on the big screen before they ran out.

I LIKED the new mascot.

I LIKED the hurryup offense but was sad for THE BAND and THE DANCERS because their numbers were very short.

I LIKED the opportunity for NEW/OLD CHEERS and our OUTSTANDING CHEERLEADERS.

I LIKED that the STUDENT SECTION finally filled up after an empty start.

I LIKED seeing the 12th MAN in the stands!

Hawaii Football is really a TEAM EFFORT…

GO, RAINBOW WARRIORS!

Graham – tunnel vision and no accuracy. Once he loosens up and stops thinking so much, I think he’ll play like he can play.

What was with all the running time for Langkilde? Should have seen more of Lakalaka. Also, get the ball to St. Juste in the flats and he will move the sticks.

Lovin the potential of the new wide outs! Definitely an upgrade.

How come only one pass to a TE. Moleni is a huge target! Easier for Taylor to get the ball to.

Defense made the game worth watching. They are BEASTS!

I was also wondering where was our TEs?

#71,

Thank goodness Taylor isn’t Kapernick. I feel Kapernick is even more inaccurate. I don’t think SF will be better this year as defenses will be better prepared.

168, I’m thinking Langklide got the playing time because of pass blocking. Wily was not good in pass protection.

I too was hoping to see more Lakalaka and St Juste, but I wasn’t expecting a ton of plays from them. I do hope Chow installs a package of plays for St Juste. He’s a special athlete. St Juste has only been at UH for a month or two, so I wouldn’t expect any special play packages until later in the year and as he learns more of the playbook.

UH is very solid for years to come at RB and WR. They just need to get acclimated to the speed of D1 football. The offensive rookies definitely got a crash course yesterday.

The biggest concern last year and this year is OLine play. At least nobody will be as talented as USC’s front 7 the rest of the way. Also, UH may not see that many blitz packages either the rest of 2013. USC was pretty relentless with bringing extra rushers from all over. There were twists, stunts, safety, and delayed blitzes that all pretty much got through. At least there’s lots of film to study.

…in the distance, a faint war drum like beat begins…a signal, perhaps, that the natives are starting to become restless with the chief who led them into the failed battle…

Re#169

“After playing the toughest front 4 they will face all year, I say UH is in great shape defensively.”

I’m not following this statement at all. What are you saying?

Bewitched was never the same since.

Gsky,

Funny you should mention Lanklide. I was thinking to myself why Bobby Curran is saying Lakalaka’s name funny.

jeezy33 . . . I appreciate your assessments and insights on players, and usually agree. But I think you are being a bit hard on TG. You can’t say those things won’t get better without actually giving him an opportunity to improve it. And I think many QB’s who take so many shots in the pocket would look for check downs quickly. I respect your opinion, I just think you’re drawing conclusions a bit too soon.

180–I love the local support, but better than Kaepernick…?? He is incredibly talented, but to leapfrog over Colin? Let us not forget Colin beat out the number I drafted player in his class, Alex Smith, his talent is so immense that pundits, like ex NFL all-pro, and current espn QB gure, say he could be the finest QB of this generation. And while Mark Sanchez is certainly struggling, make no doubt about it, someone that can get two double-digit seasons in the NFL is not a bench player.

All I can say, is only time will tell, Marcus has plentiful physical attributes, but he also is the benefactor of the all the accoutrements that is singular to an elite BCS program. And while he has won big, in a big time college program, that is a galaxy away from the NFL. Ironically, his biggest asset, speed, will be profoundly mitigated in the NFL. The speed from sideline to sideline is incredible, and it will not allow him either the yardage of forgiveness of a bad decision which college allows. That said, keep rooting him on, and time will tell….

So no on here thought that Chow was going to pull a Denny Green impersonation after the game? 🙂

188.. I am being hard… But I just dont see it… Basic throws aren’t being executed. I’ve been through a bunch of QBs from Jones era. I don’t count the option QBs in the 80s and 90s…

I would be less harsh if he wasn’t a junior but Graham doesn’t have much time to develop. Too many misreads throughout the night and inaccurate throws when he had time. The whole 2nd half, Norm called 3 step drop throws and he still couldn’t complete the ball to open guys.

If you look at all the good QBs in the MWC, none of those guys as freshman were as behind as Graham is now..

David Graves first few starts were still a whole lot better..

194. And what happened to Aaron Rodgers with his bad O line? Or Tom Brady a few years ago when his O line was all hurt? Rivers is struggling because he is on the decline… Jay Cutler has the worst O line probably and he still wins in Chicago. Big Ben has an awful O line for years and still wins.

FUHA your killing me!! Your so inconsistent with everything you say! when greg mack was getting fired i fought for him saying he had 3new wrs a new rb and frosh starting oline and they jus needed time to gel and get more comfortable in the more complex R n S. Now your saying a qb needs time to gel wit his receivers and better protection. Get more consistent with your arguments!

Chow needs to get wit the times and get the more mobile qb in the game and move the pocket or roll outs or whatever! Becuz it takes one or more men out of coverage

181… LOL… nice catch, I guess I had two trains of thought going on. I think what I meant was…

UH offensive line won’t face a front 4 that athletic the rest of the season.

The other thought that was running through my mind was that UH’s front 4 survived USC without injury. USC tried to pound UH physically, but they held up and that puts them in good shape because most of the MWC teams on the schedule are finesse teams. DLinemen don’t take the same physical punishment than a power run team.

UH’s defense is better equipped to defend spread teams this year as the team speed is good, and I feel that Kaumeyer is confident to leave NeQuan and Maggitt on islands from time to time to free up an extra safety for run support or blitz. That’s a great luxury for defensive coordinators.

Has it ever dawned on anyone that the QB is from Ohio State, and who else is from Ohio State ?

jeezy: what’s a realistic expectation for you in the second year of chow’s tenure after completely changing offensive philosophy and personnel and playing with a very poor offensive line? 7 wins? a bcs berth? if there is no progress made by the end of this season (at least in the product being put out on the field) and no hawaii bowl berth next season, then i say it’s time to start calling for chow’s head. until then, we have to be realistic about the process.

205. I said 4 wins all off season…. The defense is better than I expected… But the offense is a lot worse than I expected. Regardless of opponent, I expect the offense to have a little success. Even last year with less talent we moved the ball better against USC on the road…

Chow being an offensive mind, I expected to be moving forward from last year. Not backwards. It’s a huge concern…

Relax people. It’s not the end of the world.

Boola, Former UH Athlete, and others that are sensible in their analysis, are right in their assessments. Lots of good stuff to build on. It’s not panic time yet.

Time to panic for SC tho. SC Offense got man-handled by UH Defense. They have a fairly tough Pac-12 schedule. No Oregon, but #5 Stanford and ranked UCLA who both beat SC last year.

Safe to say that both UH and USC Offenses need to work on stuff.

I know it’s frustrating, but you know what’s more frustrating? Complaining fans.

People who don’t put in any of the work ON or OFF the field shouldn’t be constantly complaining. You don’t like it? Don’t be a fan of UH. Go be a fan of Boise or Oregon. UH really doesn’t need whiner and complainer fans. There’s too much opposition out there against UH and non-BCS schools already. Heck, the Mountain West treats UH like a tumor. We don’t need internal combustion to add to that.

Frustrated? Go read a good book. Go meet new people. Go fly a kite. Smell the fresh air. Bathe in sunshine. Drink a iced coffee drink at the beach. Watch the kids play in the water. … Hawaii is a beautiful place, but you have to stop to smell the flowers to appreciate it. Some of you don’t seem to be doing that in general. Frustrations in your personal life come through on this blog. Happy people aren’t constantly negative. You know who you are. Look within before you blame outside. When you point your finger at someone, how many are pointing back at you??

Some of you guys take football too seriously. It’s a distraction in life at best. It’s amateur athletics. Sheesh. Gee wiz. Golly wolly gum drops.

Pomai:

Warriors 30 – Beavers 27

#1 thing to work on for next game…the offense (yes, it takes the whole unit) needs to figure out how to connect on the hot read. Because after last night, every upcoming defense will game plan to bring the heat. We need to figure out, sooner than later, how to make teams pay for this…

#215 boolakanaka…For some reason the word reminds me of how I feel when I’m constipated.

219 could not agree more. Having said that, I think Chow played a little too conservative to suit me. Since Graham’s long ball has been there all spring, and fall practice…and Sc’s secondary was, well, suspect, I would have put it out there a bit more. Grahams short and intermediate throws had a panic velocity to them because of the great pressure put on him….and they created int’s.

I believe ONE person CAN make a difference.

So, for evaluation sake:

For coach- I believe Norm Chow is making a difference.

For new AD- I see Ben Jay positively assessing what’s going on and is already on the path to making more difference.

For us Tsaiko-fans and non-Tsaiko fans- It’s said that the more ideas available, the better the outcome will be! We fans have to figure out how to become a positive influence but we will never get it done by thinking and operating in negativity mode (= pissing each other off) ! Essence of team building is to take all ideas and turn them into even better ones, transform them to a positive result!

It’s all about a one-team effort!

Indicating factors say:

1) The coach is trying and doing

2) The team is trying and doing

3) The players are trying and doing

4) community and fans – Are we trying and doing toward positive result, too? Questions for us: What is our part? What are the indicating factors that show we are loyal rabid UH Rainbow Warrior fans? I contend that we fans have to try and do our part, too!

“Ahana koko lele! Peanut buttah, jellea!!” Dats the version we use to say back in the day, back in the hood, the hood being Alvah Scott Elementary.

On to Oregon St… Interesting to note that Charles Tua’au, the same Tua’au that OSU poached from UH during the February signing period, is not on their roster. Not much info on internet on his whereabouts.

The Beaves play 1AA Power Eastern Washington. Should be interesting game as June Jones’ SMU left over QBs seem to find their way to EWU. And yes I still won’t call it “FCS” because its a stupid name. The spread is 27. I know there’s a big talent gap between the teams, but for whatever reason, the Beaves tend to play down to their competition. I would lean EWU to cover.

OSU returns two quality QBs Sean Mannion & Cody Vaz. Neither will overwhelm you with talent, but they are both good college QBs as they take good care of the ball.

The Beavers return 17 starters in all, but they lose their two best athletes (WR Marcus Weaton and All-American CB Jordan Poyer) to the NFL. OSU overachieved last year at 9-4 and got HC Mike Riley off the hot seat. I think they take a step back this year. Just a gut feeling.

We’ll get a better picture of how they are once they play tomorrow.

Oops, I was being so rabid that I forgot to say:

Hello Tsai-kos! 🙂

All I wanted out of last night was for USC to feel like they took some solid cracks in the jaw…think that was accomplished. Loved seeing our d-tackles making plays on the sidelines. Think that was Malepeai that absolutely laid out the USC TE on what looked to be headed towards a sizeable gain. Moses tracking down the RB on a toss sweep. Unreal…can’t wait to add Kennedy into that rotation.

Pomai, again . . .

30 – 27, ‘Bows, naturally!

Thanks for keeping track on the pick ’em.

To those who post non-UH stuff here:

Do you not have anyone to talk with?

Why don’t you just post about University of Hawaii info and news then ppl here would be more inclined to..uh respond to you .. Rather than ignore you lol

Anyways, you must be so entirely bored out of your wits reading about UH sports here on this blog!

Either that or you must be dying to post stuff about UH stuff but just don’t know what to say?

You can do it, you know. Just start by saying, “Hi everybody! 🙂 ”

Lol

I enjoyed the game yesterday despite the offenses problems. The defense was marvelous and gave USC fits in the first and third quarters. That was very enjoyable to see.

Plus there is hope for improvement by the offense in future games. It is a young squad with little experience. I didn’t expect much more than they showed but I expect that they will get in rhythm with more playing time.

Don’t worry about the negative posters here…. It’s 100x worse on various USC blogs talking about their offense.

The media is sugar coating the recaps with the defense’s performance, but there is serious venom being spewed about their QB situation and their season outlook after the Hawaii game.

@213. We get it. You believe in Peter Pan. Thanks.

Watching both offenses last night remind us why the NFL has preseason games and why the SEC rarely schedules tough non-conference games to start the year.

People mistake negative for honesty….Its not like I don’t give credit where its due. Selective reading I guess… Even when I am giving praise, it’s not me trying to pump someone up… Its just being honest in observations… Maybe I am over reacting in how I think Graham will pan out.. But there is no excuses to how poorly he played last night… He seemed to even admit that…

Hopefully we can give Nevada a run for their money.

231 – I am proof positive that Peter Pan exists. (Yep, I actually get one long-a– sad-happy story!)

One just has to believe – really believe – in order to do things to change behavior to make positive change.

Never discount the power of positivity.

Positivity is what moves mountains and oceans.

I’m sure you know this for yourself and for others around you. Like I said, I am proof positive and I do believe one person can make a difference.

Al, I could be wrong but I thought Aaron Zwahlen will return to the team in 2015 from his church mission. And, you are right that we need the Holy Grail, like right now. That’s the one player and position that can make all the difference in the world for our team. We would have a winning record. If Moniz, Brennan, and Rolovich, even Jason Wheildon was playing now, we would have a winning record.

Unless things differently over time, you can pretty much tell after just one game that a QB look like a good one, or at least a very good feel. I didn’t know Ben Roethlisberger when he came with Miami Ohio when he was a freshman, but after I saw his play I said to myself this guy is going to play in the NFL. I didn’t like Kaepernick because he was playing at Nevada, but you could see he was tall, lanky, fast, fast hands, fast ball handling and plenty of athletic ability. The question was his throwing. Took him awhile but he got better. He’s the only QB in major college football who have passed for over 10,000 yards and over 4,000 yards rushing in his college career. Obviously, Jim Harbaugh saw something in him in his potential. Go Niners. Harbaugh also recruited Luck to Stanford and he’s going to be great. He’s pretty much there already. The first time I saw Tony Romo play UH when he was at Eastern Illinois, I said to myself that this guy throws so easily and is always on target. I never cared for Leinert, Sanchez, or Palmer as a QB at USC. I’m not high on Matt Barkley either as a pro. Obviously, they will not go into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Russell Wilson is an interesting study. He is short, but this guy makes plays, even at NC St., at Wisconsin, and now at Seattle. You could see this very early on when he was a freshman at NC St. I like Teddy Bridgewater a lot at Louisville. I liked Kellen Moore from Boise St. too. NFL scouts didn’t draft him because he too short and his arm is not strong enough. But, he’s still there with the Detroid Lions and he will probably win the back up job behind Stafford. Moore is smart, knows the game, and he makes the plays when he need to. You could see that in the preseason games also. As it pertains to Graham, well, sorry, I just don’t see it and I would be pleasantly shocked if he turns out to be actually a very good QB and I would be the first to say that I was wrong. Having said that, the bottom line is winning games. A QB’s play is the single biggest reason how a team’s win or lose a football game. It’s either you do it or don’t do it. Simple as comparing apples and oranges!!!!!

241–IT–huh, was that question for me?

Correction…that was Saui who laid out TE Grimble on the sideline. Hustle plays…gotta love them.

235- I never said not to be truthful and I never said to sugar coat.

One always has to tell the truth but the key is how to tell the truth:

I’m saying there’s a good way and a bad way to go about providing opinions.

When you wanna piss someone off, say it the bad way.

When you want someone to buy in, say it the good way.

Which one would you be more receptive to if someone were attempting to give you bad news trying to change your behavior?

Would you get pissed off if they did it the bad way and would you consider their ideas of they did it the good way?

We are all human. What you would want for yourself, most likely others would want for themselves, too.

But then comes patience:

When you have to learn something new, can you learn it lightening quick? Maybe and maybe not depending what it is and whether you care to be better or not. In that sense everyone is different.

So, if you want ppl to change, in order to convince them takes time, patience, and understanding on your part that they may not get it the way you want just like how it is you will accept feedback in order to change your own behavior.

Everything about changing ppl’s mind: it takes time. Basically, you cannot change their mind but you can change yourself in the way you help them to understand by understanding how to explain to them in a positive way that will not piss them off and allow them to buy in.

Braddah boola. No. Uhfan808.

Fresno State is overrated!

240- There can exist a Peter Pan in everyone even you.

It’s a choice.

You set the limit(s) of your own existence.

If you want to limit yourself (allow obstacles to hinder you), then you will allow yourself to be hindered.

If you allow yourself to exceed your limits, then guess what? You set the standard for yourself and your limitations.

The skies are the limits for you or not, depending on what you want for yourself and others around you.

I say, be unlimited in mission vision and goals and evaluate your purpose for being regularly and frequently.

Always think: Is this what I want? Is this the person I want to be?

One game…kind of a small sample size to really evaluate the long term potential of a QB’s performance, no? If that was the case, we should also be able to re-elect a president after one month. However, if there’s ZERO improvement over the course of the next 2 – 3 games, then aforesaid thoughts may become considerations…

Wow, group hug everyone.

Since when did this blog turn into a support group?

Okay, fine. {{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}

LOL, actually Uhfan is correct. You have to support the team, but bruddah, man does it piss me off when they lose like that…..

Have not seen rain we had yesterday in a long time.

Streets and building were flooded — storm drains could not handle the quantity of water. It was like a few folks spraying the windshield with garden hoses, the wipers just could not keep up.

260–coco–Again, not saying that’s the way to go, rather its an interesting thought process that the Raiders are using in their decision making for a starting QB. On the other hand, they have not seen a winning season in eons some perhaps, we should not look to them for counsel. Oh, I remember my original point–that there are several ways to put shoyu on a mango….i.e.which makes sense for us…??

Also, boola. Matt Flynn is stinking it up during preseason. at this point, how can pryor be any worse (although he probably will be pretty bad this season)? the raiders are a wreck.

Good afternoon everyone!

The USC defense was stuffing and sacking us last night… but we gave as good as we got. I have not cheered so hard for the defense since the days of Tomey and Wagner!

Now, if we could get point-a-minute offense like in the days of JJ…

I think the offense will come around.

In 2007, we chanted “I BELIEVE”!

I believe!

0-1.

Fire chow.

I think the Nevada game will be interesting. This is the year the Rolo can actually say that its his offense since Ault never gave up the responsibility of play calling. With Rolo planning on opening the passing game in addition to the Pistol run-first offense, I expect things will have a different look this year.

You da man, Haka. Brah, you one poet?

Old Southwest Conference rivals, Texas Tech tied with SMU 6-6 in 2nd quarter.

I’m one of those who was excited when chow got hired. Thinking we would have a pro style offensive minded guru. How could I be so wrong? Where is that old school BYU offensive philosophy? That USC offense? Our offense seems to have no philosophy and no identity at all. It looks like a jack of all trades master of none kind of thing going on. Where is the knowledge of an offensive guru shown? Great coaches know how to utilize their strengths and hide their weaknesses. We can’t. Which I find funny cause he was suppose to be a mastermind.

QB admittedly had a bad day. Looks like the o-line had a bad day. Main thing is to not continue having bad days.

Even A-Rod on ped’s had bad days.

Just keep working, GO RAINBOW WARRIORS!

GO WAHINE!

I think we need to hire an oc and chow be more of hc. He looks lost on the field. Making bad decisions. Not making the right calls to play. Different view from above than the sideline. But really, what is our offensive philosophy? The offense he has installed is nothing compared to what I seen from chow in his previous stops. I think he is lost and it shows in how our offense plays. A guru should be able to adjust to make things work. Instead he blames the talent level we have or youth. Uhh, coach? If you have 3 seconds to pass the ball why have your receivers run 5 second routes? Where’s the fake pitch one way then pitch the other? Where’s deception? Where’s keeping defense honest?

I don’t blame the oline or qb. The coach should not have them be in that situation. I blame the offensive philosophy, play calling, and the lack of adjusting. As coach you know you’re young and inexperienced, shouldn’t you devise a scheme to hide that? Quick pass, reverses, screens, bombs, etc. Nope not us. We are still going to run 5 second routes with 3 seconds to pass. Runs up the middle with no fakes or counters. Crazy!!!

#251 boola

Small kid time I fell on my head several times, amazingly each time i woke up sitting in the same chair at the kitchen table with my mada telling me to hold the bag ice. Till this day i still dont know how i got home.

nm

Its Not the players. Its The coach. This the 13th game with the same offensive lost philosophy. Where is this offensive mastermind being seen on the field? On the play calling? No where. It can’t be that his offense only works for 4-5 star players. It worked at BYU. And they played everyone tough with the same caliber of players we have. I just don’t get it. This is not chow. This is an impersonator.

SMU just robbed of a td for a bogus holding call.

297–Gobows–honest truth; My moms was at a “parent-teacher” conference, with Miss Arakaki in the 4th grade, saying boola is very bright, BUT..and goes off on this supa long list of violations: tardy, dirty clothes, tripping in dodge ball, stealing crayons, gum chewing, selling mui for profit on school grounds, making 3rd graders carry his lunch….etc. Boom,out of nowhere, my moms left cross me right in front of Miss Arakaki, displacing me from my chair….my teachers response….”please, there will be plenty of time for that later….”

#203 WSB, I gotta say dittos and likewise to #213 UHfan who I believe is just trying to do a team building exercise instead of just being critical. You can be honest but say things in a “constructive” way that will not be taken in a negative way. If a person or player takes it from a negative viewpoint, the brain shuts down and just wants to argue back and not absorb the constructive criticism. Most of us have the same dream which is a winning team but may have different ideas on how to achieve it. So, if we look at ourselves as a team, the successful manager be the one who can manage all of us (who have different ideas) to work as “one” just like a football team. We need to stay positive.

#222-ST, I read (on OS blog) that Charles Tua’au did not make the team at Oregon State. I think it was academics.

I positively believe that Pomai was “making story” when he said he nevah seen UHFan808 wearing shorts before…

heheheh

Good game. Hawaii definitely left it all out there in that first half. The USC D looks like what we expected. Hated to lose both starting CB’s so early in the game. Love the work the young RB’s got with Silas Redd out, and the young OLB’s with Morgan Breslin out. Facing Hawaii definitely makes teams know what a battle is. Think Kiffin has to take the training wheels off for the QBs sooner than he wanted. Good luck on the season. Stop back by for Fresno State.

323..Kelvin, obviously moms is ele makule now, and everyone just loves her. But back in the day, she was not to be crossed, she would lay me out in the parking lot of the church,before mass, if necessary…..she was scary.

Hate watching that…

Chow gave us no chance to win. Very predictable, very boring, just like last year. I feel very sorry for everyone on the team and everyone reading this, except Norm. The sooner Norm goes the better.

Wow Texas Tech beat SMU with a true freshman walkon quarterback. He started off slow but looked really good as the game went on.

But this guy did not have a spring camp.

Now that football has started, this blog is fun to follow. Lots of chatter. Good fun. Thanks guys for all the opinions. Ahhhh……..I love Rainbow Warrior futbol….

Giant killers. Already Towson State beat Connecticut and today North Dakota State just beat Kansas State, in Manhattan, Kansas. K-State gave ND St. $360,000 in guarantee to play them. The ND St. coach’s salary is $206,000. Seems that money more than paid for the coach’s salary and then some. These upsets are very common in college football. USC was ready for the taking, but…………….

#344 was for #318 not #18……

aloha Rainbow Cliff and family.

btw, Liberty House is pau, now it is Macy’s. :>)

Oh no, already lost my voice from last night. Can’t yell to much.

LET’S GO BOWS!!

Is there a Coach Chow show this year?

i have only 1 question….

Was shroeder beat out by graham or was graham anointed the position from last year?

did we really have a competition at QB? if so, how can you not put in shroeder at some point in the game?

graham seen a lot where he can sit out a couple drives, stand next to chow, go over whats happening on the field to absolutely be on the same page, and let shroeder have some PT.

just my opinion 🙂

warrior dave

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ7xfvFgZ1E

kaepernick is more accurate than you think. you will see.

20-14 hawaii!!!!

DOWN GOES #1!!!!!!!!

Great Win for Wahine!! Cheehooo!!!!

What a match!!! Congrats Wahine! It’s 1 am on the West coast and I am so glad I stayed up to watch the whole thing!

Cool! Congrats to the Wahine!

As for last nite, congrats to the Warriors! I am proud of you for getting thru your frustrations and never giving up!

Great game WAHINE!

Now the powers that be will rank Hawaii from no. 11 to no. 10 – if we are lucky!

Was talking with one of the other Tsaikos – How “funny” that we have two constant and committed spammers on this blog!

I am guessing these spammers are either 1) bored with life and or 2) are somehow overly jealous of our beloved blog host, ST.

Really, there’s no half and half about it, the choices in life on thos blogs are these: either you’re here to contribute positively to the success of the Warrior team or you’re here for no good which is to contribute complaints and spread negativity.

Tsai-meister works hard at what he does so I guess there’s much to be jealous of especially if you can’t figure out a way to reach your own success.

Well, to the two spammers, at the very least, I congratulate you for your committment to be in a place where you don’t really want to be, to be in a place that gives you endless heartache and so much pain. I question whether this is where you really wanna hang out. This hell must feel like being confined to a prison where you’re stuck forevermore.

But is it really worth your time and effort? How much is your life worth?

Well, I would suggest you go find your own happiness rather than work so hard to inadvertently boost (yes, essentially this is what you are doing) someone else’s (ST’s) ratings.

I’m sure you have better things to do with your valuable precious time than work to help someone else with their blog?

Concentrate on the worth of yourself instead of the worth of others and you will find genuine true happiness and genuine true success. The skies the limit for those with good purposes!

If you remain here attempting to wreak havock and create chaos, your doing these things is an indication of your progress in life and shows how you value your worth. I hope you aspire to greatness rather than be stuck any muck.

Find the good in yourself and think only to do good things in life! I implore you to find a way to be good, honest people!

Good luck! I sincerely wish you both much luck and happiness in life! 🙂

tommui, only if the wahine beat utep and san diego. i dont see texas moving from the top spot. losing to hawaii at the stanley is usually ignored by voters.

Go bows!

Congrats to WVB!

gne

Liked a lot of what I saw against USC……the defense made a lot of mistakes all correctable, the offense made a ton of mistakes…..all correctable. No finished product this week but if we can get an upgrade this week at OSU then just wait and see. Taylor Graham will prove to be the real deal…..I know the old addage about patience…I loved what I saw but boy was I screaming at the TV!!!!!! Look for a better effort on O at Beaverworld. I will be traveling to the game and meeting up with about 20 “mature Warriors” not kidding myself about a win but look for a big upgrade…I think the kids and coaches expect the same—-

Great Morning All!

Congratulations Rainbow Wahine!

Good morning!

If my memory is correct we had only one screen play the whole game and it worked. They knew USC was gonna be blitzing all game so why go away from the screen pass?

Although Buffalo stands no chance to win. I like the first series of play calls for Buffalo. A couple quick and easy out routes off a 3 step drop to get the QB in rhythm. Granted, OSU played really soft on the corners. Then a fly sweep off the pistol.

OSU 8-0 over Buffalo after 1st drives. Miller throws a bomb for TD. Not a great throw but way worse defending.

Hopefully this year will be better at the books than last year. UH made me money all year because I follow them so closely, but everything else was bad… Really bad.

OSU 16-0 after two possessions.

Easy money

Buffalo showing some life… Just enough for Urban to keep the starters into deep 3rd/4th quarter. . Spread still looking good.

Anyone watching this Kahlil Mack, just eat up Ohio’s State right tackle….this bully is 6-3, 250, and he has chased several times, a guy with 4.3 legit speed from behind. Kind of a freak…