Lofton, Garness transfer; Powell to JC

Best of Luck to Daniel Norton! Thanks for being a Warrior!

No wonder I’ve been gaining weight…all those portuguese sausage, eggs and rice breakfasts…Where’s the pic of Monster Masch? Make Homey jealous, huh.. 🙂

Would’ve loved to see Daniel in action like his Dad.

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Hi Jason and Al…sorry it’s lights out for me; long day for me tomorrow

long day for me too.

umm. ltuh….norton?
i think a nap would be in order.
just playing with you pal.

i wonder if Masch tried loco moco? gravy and rice, yesterday’s topic, food of champions…this guy sounds local, he must have found St Louis drive inn by now. but no mention of macaroni salad

its like a swap meet.
powel for malepeai

mike….was that you i saw cruising in palolo?

Le temps d’un vritable dfi Matt Pas de blogs pour 30 jours

Good Morning Tsaikos!!

I wish I could be eating pizza every night and corned beef hash in the mornings.

ST,

Thank you for the updates on Daniel Lofton, Deondre Powell, Marcus Malepeai, and Zach Masch. With Lofton, Powell, and several others leaving or not qualifying, that seems to open up a roster spot for this Fall for a grayshirt or two to come in right away.

Do grayshirts normally take summer school? I haven’t heard of that happening before…doesn’t that start the eligibility clock?

Pisa was discussed here.

First, we asked Barnwell about the addition of linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa, who is projected to be the starter on the strong side after signing a one-year contract. St. Louis cut the veteran loose after the Rams failed in their bid to trade him. He became the first rookie in Rams’ franchise history to lead the defense in tackles when he played the position for Smith and Bob Babich in 2003.

“It really depends on Tinoisamoa and how he fits into their scheme and how quickly he catches up on things,” Barnwell said. “I understand he’s had experience in the system in the past. He was playing for the Rams. The Rams didn’t have a great defense last season. You look at his run numbers and they were atrocious. He made a lot of tackles but they were seven or eight yards from the line of scrimmage, they were coming well down the field. The defense wasn’t good and his numbers were not very good. You have to put the scheme in context. It’s not like baseball where if a guy is going to hit 40 home runs in one city he’s going to hit 40 home runs in another city. He could be better this season.”

Florida players and coaches will only sign posters at their fan day. Florida says that having players sign helmets or footballs could be an NCAA violation now…

Autograph seekers, beware. If you plan on attending the Florida Gators’ football fan day on August 16, then don’t expect quarterback Tim Tebow and the guys signing any helmets or footballs.

The UAA announced on Wednesday that football players and coaches will only sign Florida football posters. Why? The UAA says it doesn’t want to violate any NCAA rules.

“Unfortunately, when players have signed various autograph items such as helmets and footballs, they have on occasion been sold to the general public,” said Jamie McCloskey, the UAA’s compliance czar. “The practice could put the eligibility of some of our student-athletes into question. We want to be proactive in this area and are asking our fans to cooperate with our policy of requesting an autograph on our team poster only. The poster should be for personal use only and not intended for sale.”

Good morning Tsai-kos

Tom Watson -5 at The Open

impressive!

Great Morning All!

Will look for Daniel Lofton when Hardin-Simmons opens their season in McMinnville against the Wildcats. HSU has a good program; they were a playoff team last year and have been ranked for several seasons IIRC.
#2 son started his CFB career in Abilene last year where HSU pulled off a win with a late TD. It was memorable trip because they bussed out of Dallas to Abilene just ahead of Hurricane Ike.

Good two-minutes with Monster Masch.
If he starts hosting recruits down the line it will be hard to resist the “Puka Shell Tour Guide” references. 😆

Have a terrific day erryboddy!

HiHo….

re: packing on the pounds
banana’s and ice cream used to help in the pop warner days, one boy even put fishing lead in his pants to make weight

what picture?

Aloha Kakahiaka!

Good Morning All!
Loa,
While everyone was trying to put on weight for pop warner, I was trying to cut weight. Every gameday was gut wrenching stepping on the scale. Maybe that’s why I only played pop warner for 1 year.

I assume the transfers are because guys have seen they are going to get beaten out for playing time. I could be wrong, but if I’m right, that says a lot of the talented guys that remain.

As for Marcus, I didn’t know he might grayshirt, so I’m glad to hear he may play. I think he can contribute now at DE. He was a force at Radford.

Good morning to everyone!

Good Morning Tsaiko Family!

First day back at work and it is ddddrrrraaaaaggggiinnnnggg.

I miss home.

I can’t wait for football to start!!!!

NFL Preseason kicks off on Aug 9th with the Bills at the Titans. GO RYAN!!!!

wafan – LOL! 😆

Hi wafan!

Rob gave me a Warrior Jack when we went to play darts. I have it here at work with me. 😀

Aloha Kakahiaka!

Hey, Ronnie! Howzit out there in LoCal?

Good luck to Daniel Lofton. We all understand the desire to be close to family.

ST ~ Really like the little interviews with the players. Would love to see that sepia print pic of the ‘Monster’ Masch.

Time to leave for my pin-cushion appointment!

Hiya!
HiHo but still no CPU.
Filing day.

Tsai.
Kekoa: no worries. Bridge guard will be posted!

Wafan. 😆

lakesidegt

whoa, wes listened to the little birdies, eh.
thanks for the alert.
he forgot to mention that the cyclone was 1,000 yard runner, rare in those days.

AJoe – on behalf of myself….. it’s Rob25’s fault!!

It’s unfortunate news about the MIL having to cut their schedule and play only Saturday afternoon games. Less exposure for the Maui players. More cost-cutting moves are probably on the way.

It’s amazing how Molokai and Lanai teams have survived so long, having to fly or ferry to every road game.

A-joe,

Three Jacks, two Queens and a Joker… that is a perfect description.

Another article about how “fans” putting stuff on eBay is making schools worry about having their athletes signing items becoming an NCAA violation.

Defending national champion Florida will hold its annual fan day Aug. 16 and expects up to 5,000 Gators supporters to meet with players at the basketball arena. Fans will be given a team poster to be autographed but will not be allowed to bring in outside items, a practice the school has followed for almost a decade.

“Fans used to bring in all sorts of stuff to be signed, from balls to helmets and jerseys. The next day it would appear for sale on eBay,” said Jamie McCloskey, Florida’s senior associate athletics director for compliance. “We’ve had fans complain, and for good reasons, but entrepreneurs were abusing the opportunity.”

On Wednesday just under 300 items were listed for sale on eBay connected with Gators quarterback Tim Tebow, the 2007 Heisman Trophy winner who is a senior this season. An autographed jersey was listed for $625.

Georgia holds fans to a maximum of two items at fan day and encourages players to personalize each autograph, which cuts into its resale value. The eBay factor led Oklahoma, which returns 2008 Heisman winning quarterback Sam Bradford, to limit fans to one item at its appreciation day. Oklahoma also has discussed going to a plan such as Florida’s and providing a poster or picture to fans to be autographed.

This is the QB (who just finished the 8th grade) that JJ apparently offered a scholarship to last month. Given past history, I’d guess the QB will end up at USC or Notre Dame.

The decision has been made. Kelly Hilinski, a 6-foot-5 eighth-grade quarterback, has decided to enroll this fall at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame.

He has received impressive reviews from Steve Clarkson, the private quarterback guru. Hilinski is also a promising baseball player.

He considered Mater Dei, Bishop Amat and Oaks Christian. He’s not expected to be a varsity player as a freshman, but his potential gives Notre Dame another capable player at the quarterback position. The Knights have produced Garrett Green (USC) and Dayne Crist (Notre Dame) in recent years, and the reigning Gatorade state player of the year, Ryan Kasdorf, returns for his senior year.

In honor of Bulla & Lynn hookin’ up wit da Wessie Chaptah, you are all invited to attend a breakfast celebration. Also featuring the ‘Return of the Beast!’

➡ Date: This Saturday, 07/18/09

➡ Time: 10:00 AM – Whenevah!

➡ Event: Breakfast CC

➡ Place: Nancy’s Kitchen

➡ Order off the Menu: Breakfast featuring local style Entrees & Sides…or if you prefer to wait until 11:00 AM. lunch menu features more local faves to choose from. Seperate checks.

Certain expert Tsaiko dining afficianados order on the hour, every hour, all day long!

DISCLAIMER: Not recommended for those under University directed nutritional, or dietician programs.

Sheesh, what kind of mind do people think I have?

hi homey!

Hi DPK!

my dear homey bro,

no pun intended, not even a crusader or warrior, but anyway, i think that the comment i made regarding the perception you would have regarding the seductive aroma of leather permeating the soft tropical breeze, was more of a compliment than an insult. in my ever so brief statement, the mere fact that i am alluding to the assumption that you have a mind was noteworthy at best. many of the challenged participants on this blog would be so overcome with emotion at the mere recognition of their mental capacity, that i thought you would appreciate the sincere and heartfelt effort i put forth in creating that scenario.

with that said, and in all fairness to you and the other participants in this somewhat excercise of ‘mental dribbling’, do you still have those edible underwear? thanks, although they wouldn’t fit me, i was just looking for a snack and not a Tsaiko meal…………….

bwah bwahhhhhhhhhhh bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

bulla – #81 – ROTFLMAO! 😆

blog clock is a blast to the past…

Howzit Everybody,

So have we covered the whole recruiting class for 09. Who’s here, who’s grayshirting, who’s not coming.

And are we in the market for any safeties or db’s for the 2010 class? All I’ve seen so far are OL, DL, LB, RB, WR, and QB.

Just wondering.

brother kekoa,

mahalo for the ‘official’ indoctrination…we are so looking forward to this one, it’s going to be a blast!

Wow! Luncheon pontification and apparel edification!

And a double- barreled view of our newest guns. Where is Midori7???

ST- did Esme finally make it on attempt 8?

Hiho

That bradduh Masch is Swole! Man, I wish Corned Beef hash had the same effect on my body!

New Warrior theme this year “Come and Get It” !

I was thinking “Masch”ed Potatoes, but that’s just me…..

All right for 808UHFan and the Ingram bros!

Still waiting for the Colt n Esme portrait.

2nd Century.

Homey . . .

Accupuncture.

wafan,

If they miss, is it then inaccupuncture?

Apparently, gravy over everything is not so good for those who have a waistline bigger than their shoe size. So, would rice on top of the gravy be healthier?

D!: Re #104

When did you start dieting?

i’m such a copy cat, thanks d1, that was exhilirating

Anyone going to the meet the coaches Event?? I wish i could go.

I’ve already met Charlie!

Homey . . .

No. The last time I had an IV the tech kept missing. I put in the line myself. Kind of freaked her out.

I have never had that many needles in me at the same time. Being hooked up to the electronic deelee-thingamabob was different.

i don’t have to meet charlie either, cuz i know rob25, mo betta.

rob was it in Hawaii Kai? kaiser country or did the kid have his buff and blue jersey on.

No JITB in HK!! To my kids dismay!

This was the one on McCully….right over the bridge from the buff and blue area.

Please don’t put me into the idiot catagory. I used to work at JITB while I was in high school. I worked at the one in the food court at Pearlridege up by the movie theaters. I never worked the front, so I never had to deal with the customers. I burned meat and drowned potatoes in hot oil.

d1 . . .

I have an instamatic flashcube camera you may borrow.

Stephen Tsai:

July 16th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Did I mention that we’ve positively ID’d a now MIA blogger?

let’s make a contest out of it!
guess who it is and i’ll buy lunch at the next cattle call.

What?

Someone found Koa-mahu?

In honor of Bulla & Lynn hookin’ up wit da Wessie Chaptah, you are all invited to attend a breakfast celebration. Also featuring the ‘Return of the Beast!’

➡ Date: This Saturday, 07/18/09

➡ Time: 10:00 AM – Whenevah!

➡ Event: Breakfast CC

➡ Place: Nancy’s Kitchen

➡ Order off the Menu: Breakfast featuring local style Entrees & Sides…or if you prefer to wait until 11:00 AM. lunch menu features more local faves to choose from. Seperate checks.

Certain expert Tsaiko dining afficianados order on the hour, every hour, all day long!

DISCLAIMER: Not recommended for those under University directed nutritional, or dietician programs.

ha
found this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIRQf0S3oD0

c_c . . .

That was funny!

Are you leaving the PNW in a few days?

I guess roysan isn’t gonna play al’s guessing game

#146

ST should realize that his cardinal sins will come back to haunt him. Yesterday he was playing the little innuendo game, and today this.

Roysan16 chill out, you’re writing (sounding) like a nervous wreck. Just stand up for what you print or say, its a free country last I heard, and Cheney is no longer VP so no waterboarding to force you to take back what you wrote..

It sounds like the Patriots are rapidly signing their draft picks and Jake Ingram’s deal is almost finalized

Three more members of the 2009 draft class got their deals done — second-round pick Sebastian Vollmer, third-round selection Brandon Tate and seventh-round pick Julian Edelman, all of whom signed four-year contracts with New England. (For more on those deals, click here.) That leaves New England with seven of their 12 picks in the fold — Darius Butler, Rich Ohrnberger, Myron Pryor and Darryl Richard were already signed.

In addition, it now appears that second-round pick Ron Brace and sixth-round pick Jake Ingram are in the final stages of their negotiations with the Patriots, and sources close to both indicated Thursday the two should have deals done with New England sooner rather than later.

As for Ingram, a league source said Thursday night “the two sides have exchanged numbers, and are hoping to make more progress later this week.” No contract details were provided, but it’s reasonable to think that Ingram will receive something in the neighborhood of a four-year deal — 23 of the 25 players taken in the sixth round who have signed so far got four-year contracts.

As for total dollars, Ingram’s worth may be skewed a bit because he’s a special teamer, but a player taken two spots after him — cornerback DeAndre Wright of New Mexico, who went at No. 200 overall to the Giants — got a four-year deal for $1.83 million, which included a $93,009 signing bonus.

The 6-foot-3, 232-pounder is looking to fill the shoes of the departed Lonie Paxton at the long snapper spot. A Hawaii product, he was selected with the 198th overall pick in the draft, and will battle veteran Nathan Hodel for the long snapping job. He certainly has an impressive resume: he was one of two long snappers invited to the NFL Scouting Combine, and he also garnered an invite to the Senior Bowl.

“He’s an athletic guy, a little bit smaller than some of the snappers in the league, but a little bit more athletic than most of the snappers in the league,” said Belichick.

“[He’s] an experienced guy. He’s done that. He can block. He can cover pretty well. His snaps are accurate; they had good velocity. So I think that he will be competitive for that position. I felt like he was a top player for his position in the draft.”

Matt Hinton (who I read everyday) gave his WAC prediction today. He expects UH to go to the Hawaii Bowl and for BSU to win the WAC. He expects La Tech to finish ahead of UH in the WAC, but not get to go to a bowl due to their rough nonconference schedule (and La Tech doesn’t have a bowl tie-in like UH).

We’re almost past the point of thinking Boise State is going to win the WAC to the point of knowing Boise State is going to win the WAC, which actually should have happened a long time ago: The Broncos own the best conference record in the country since joining in 2001, have seven conference titles in eight years and still haven’t lost a WAC game at home, where they get their toughest competition this year, Nevada, on Nov. 27.

If you’re looking for chinks in that armor, the best bet is BSU’s front seven on defense: Only one starter is back on the line, and have no reliable starter at linebacker. But BSU has led the WAC in both total and scoring defense all three years under Christ Petersen, and with the offense — especially quarterback Kellen Moore, now the center of attention after a very good redshirt freshman debut — the gap between No. 1 and No. 2 is still many miles wider than anywhere else in the country.

This is what he wrote about the bottom-dwellers in the WAC.

Perennial bottom-dwellers Utah State and New Mexico both have new coaches; they both had new coaches in 2005, too, and Gary Andersen and DeWayne Walker aren’t looking at any better prospects than Brent Guy and Hal Mumme, or any other predecessors in the wastelands. I’m not sure if it hurts or helps that both depth charts are undergoing massive turnover, but at least there’s comfort for now for both the league’s Aggies in one undeniable fact: At least they’re not Idaho. The Vandals are 3-21 in two years under Robb Akey, whose requisite three-year window should be closing around Thanksgiving, give or take a week or so.

Immunologists devised a Trojan horse to help defeat ovarian cancer, reprogramming a cell that ovarian cancers have corrupted to feed their grown and turning the cells back from tumor friend to foe. The cells that have been feeding the cancer end up killing the tumor cells.

Confidential document shows that Twitter expects their first revenue to come in Q3 of this year ($400k revenue in that quarter) and that Twitter projects to have 1 billion users by 2013.

Free play links pau.

Good timing for free play links Garret

SteveM,

Uhhh…thanks! (I guess) 😕

Are you trying to say that I don’t have friends my age to hang out with? Then again, I did spend the night with sj-macro and myki at Murphy’s. 😛

These past few days on the blog have been pretty depressing.

marlis/ralvic/roysan16,

You and I know there’s not very many more opportunities for me to post here. I’ve said what I had to say.

yada yada….already done that, brah!

You signed off the Warrior Beat “for good” before but I know you’ll be back! 😆

Now, who’s the one with the insecurities? 😆

wait… roysan16 = ralvic? The plot thickens…

It appears that center-plate won the contract for the Swap Meet again, and they will *not* be allowed to have swap meets on Warrior game days.

A new contract for the Aloha Stadium Swap Meet will likely be awarded to center-plate, which held the previous contract.

Aloha Stadium Manager Scott Chan issued a notice of intent to award the contract to center-plate after receiving bids from six different companies.

As part of the new contract, center-plate will not be allowed to hold swap meets on days the University of Hawaii football team plays at Aloha Stadium.

Jack Flash,

roysan16 already identified himself as the poster who went by marlis and ralvic in the past…he did not keep that a secret.

Good stuff Garret. I think La Tech is going to be really good this year. I think that will be a tough road game for us.

So roysan- who you gonna be next?

lava,

I think that the La Tech road game is the most important road game this season. It is early in the season, a horribly long trip, the first WAC road game, and La Tech is really, really dangerous this year. They have had some excellent recruiting classes and have the momentum right now…they may lose the momentum as the season goes on, but UH gets them early in the season in Ruston.

My opinion is that if the Warriors win that game, they will challenge for the WAC title and easily qualify for the Hawaii Bowl. If the Warriors lose the game, the WAC title is not likely but they should still qualify for the Hawaii Bowl. The early 3-game road stretch will be tough, but after that the bulk of the games (including almost all of the tough ones aside from Nevada) will be at Aloha Stadium.

Another reason why I think that La Tech is such an important game is that I worry about the home attendance if UH struggles on the 3-game road trip…winning at La Tech would give momentum for the UNLV game and get the fans excited. Beating Washington State would be nice, but La Tech is the only conference game during that 3-game road trip and Washington State would be forgotten if the rest of the trip doesn’t go well.

d1….170. i can always count on you for some retro music.

ah,
kalapana – toppe ada shoppe
c & k – rainbow villa
country comfort – the sty
olomana – ranch house
booga booga – territorial tavern

yah, dat was some great entertainment and memories.

keep in mind about the latech game is that the kick off is 500pm.(?) Not having to play latech in the afternoon heat and instead playing them at night gives Uh some reprieve on this road game.

never heard of those places, except Ranch House…or maybe territorial tavern

I got to Murphy’s around 5 PM. Looked around to see if anybody else was there; myki and sj-macro arrived a couple minutes after me. We stayed inside for an hour, cause it was hot outside. I had shepherd’s pie, sj-macro had chicken quesadillas, and myki abstained since she just came from a late lunch. sj-macro and I shared a slice of mango-lilikoʻi cheesecake for dessert.

Oh wait, you mean you want to hear more than just the food? 😉

OK, time to go pack. Leaving early tomorrow.

See you guys in 3 weeks!!

Play nice, please.

We went outside and enjoyed some nice music. Ran into WassupDoc and Dr. Doc. After talking story with different people we (they) knew, we listened to a short presentation by Jim Donovan. First he presented Coach Dana, then Charlie Wade. Both of those coaches had nice speeches where they mentioned their assistants, their families, etc.

And that’s pretty much it, we left soon after.

Honestly … I’m tired, I don’t remember. I did get to talk to Coach Dana, who mentioned that since she spent so many years at MoHS, many think she’s an alumna. While she’s not, she said that she bleeds blue … well, now green. I mentioned that I bleed blue and green … 🙂

Good luck at CC of SF, David Garness!

Just spoke to Dan Fisher, MVB associate coach, at Murphy’s. We talked about being in SF & at USF. Met his wife, Joni. Coach Wade was off glad-handing. Also got to say Hey to Coach Dana & wish her well. JD was still there.

W-Doc, missed you & Jim. I had to put up hems on my niece’s uniform skirts. Got there after 7 pm. Saw Jim standing on King St. this afternoon about 3:15 pm.

Got my WBB season ticket order in & an UA shirt.

Shucks, we must have missed you, Slugger.

some “ex-posters” I should have said above…

slugger where did you get seats, i know there are lots to choose from but where did you select..back of the Na Wahine bench. Come join us for breakfast/brunch cc at Nancy’s on saturday…grandma Pestana will be there and the usual suspects

Jason, sj-macro & myki,

Sorry I missed you guys, too. They had run out of their freebie BBQ chicken dinner, so Murphy’s gave people 10% off your dining tab if you bought season tix. Grilled ahi salad hit the spot.

Ralph #204 I totally agree.

Nice evening at Murphy’s and as usual great food. I had cheese quesadillas, pasta with garlic butter, and a whole bowl of vanilla gelato (3 scoops) to myself while DrDoc had a grilled seafood sandwich & green salad. I felt so guilty about my calorie consumption that I asked to be dropped off in the heart of Kailua Town and briskly walked into the Enchanted Lake area – took me just over half an hour to cover 1-1/2 miles.

Hope that the T-Gate coordinators will arrange for one of the Away Gates to be held at Murphy’s..

Which reminds me – Jim Donovan told me that August 15 has been set aside for a community service project around the Athletic Department. Look for more details around the end of the month. He thinks that they’re ready to handle as many as 100 community volunteers along with student athletics in most sports.

Yes, Centerplate was awarded the contract, but there were some very unhappy folks when the announcement was made. The Stadium Authority went into Executive Session almost immediately after convening and stayed behind closed doors for about an hour.

The Stadium management is also FINALLY getting around to entering into discussions with both food vendors as well as Centerplate about setting up recycling bins both inside the Stadium and in the parking lot. even though the state law went into effect on January 1, 2005.

Niteall – off to bed – have a 3am conference call which means I need to get up at 2:30 to make coffee.