Ma‘afala to join UH

People went to sleep early tonight? Number 2?

Curveball,

prayers out to you and the lovely wife! Peace and faith my friend!

Alright welcome Benson.

ST
nice article.

yup,
the players notice the fan support.
makes me feel like I’m contributing to our future success.

sure am glad I found this website!

Go Warriors!

Coach Mack,
found this interesting article about June Jones.
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SMU coach June Jones said Thursday that the suspensions of three starters were among 17 suspensions handed down throughout the season, mainly for the “three strikes” policy. Several players involved were redshirts and reserves, but having three starters – receivers Emmanuel Sanders, and Aldrick Robinson and linebacker Justin Smart – reach “three strikes” magnified the situation. Actually, Jones preferred to call them three “compromising situations” instead of “strikes,” yet the message was the same. “They’re expected to go to class, be on time and not miss practice, meetings and study hall,” Jones said. It’s all a part of Jones’ plan to build a “culture of winning” at SMU. In 20 years, the Mustangs have had just one season above .500. During his last four years at Hawaii, Jones said he didn’t have any suspensions. The first two years, however, were a different story
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ok ok, i hate to admit it, but good job, Coach Jones. wish you success at SMU. I think you’ll get there.

And also, Good job, Coach Mack. You’ve got a great bunch of young men on our team. The road to glory requires people doing their job. Keep after the slackers on the team, Coach Mack. Don’t let individual big heads get in the way of our team’s big goals. You’re doing them a favor, whether they or their families’ realize it, by disciplining them for not following your rules.

i still wish we play SMU in 3 years. give coach Jones chance fo recruit and get one team ready so we can go up an up. still p.o.’d wit him fo digging out, and worse, for standing tall and not putting his hole head into da SB. 👿

den again, if he neva leave, we wouldn’t have had this opportunity that we’re now getting. i guess its time for me to move on.

Benson, welcome to the Warriors.

This is good news that we have another possible center to take over when Estes (sp.) leaves.

HiFlyer,

howzit. a bird in da cage is better than 3 in da bush. my cuz says Benson is good and has potential to be great. yee haaa fo us!

this is getting good.
st, nice write.

oh joy what tomw may bring pray tell?

i was thinking (always dangerous) okay so we get the safety, the cb, the dtackle, and a olineman. the list is long and i am sure that creative placement will allow for all to be had.

but, we want more. we lost 35, which means our numbers will want for more. we must remember that each player on the 105 is critical whether he is a scout team, third team, or starter each man has a role whether to help the starters practice the game skills and plays or provide depth and competition….yah, everyone is necessary!

it will be a great year for a walk on…..2009 wil be.

and meanwhile……all is wondering who’s the surprise or was it already announced?

where’s the running back?
didn’t st mention that a qb may pop up and that it wasn’t cayman?
then cayman is a surprise verbal, no one saw it coming.

al: only you and me up? bhf2 just missed you. Welcome on board Benson. Actually, got up because i heard “fireworks” and it’s not marathon day; could be arcing transformers? back to zzzzzzz

sj…..you snapped the streak.
nah, others are a lurking.
trust me.

gotta hit the sack now……zzzzzzzzz.

Good morning Tsaikos…

Great news about Benson Ma‘afala Jr. Hope he leaves enough on the training table for the rest of the Warriors! Why do I hear Isaac Hayes music in my head? Hmmmmm…..

Kids ignore the news.

Yesterday one of my girls showed up for class — for the first time — on time! 3.5 months of tardies and absences. I was shocked. I told her it meant we were going to get some snow this week. She laughed, she has less than 5%. No way for her to pass.

The forecast is for lowland snow Friday night into Saturday.

Kids need to keep up with the news.

HA!

Welcome Benson!

Hey wasn’t Benson Maafala the singing midget MCing the lolo
telethon on Raps record?

Off to school then a flight to LAS later this evening.

Finally, a little vacation — Yahoo!!!

Hi Las Vegas! Hope to meet you sometime this weekend.

Good Morning Tsaiko’s!

Wafan ~ A little amusement at the tables, eh? Well, try not to win it all at one place. Spread yourself around and take your share from each casino and leave the rest for us po’ folks.

The local schools produce many great C/G recruits and they can form the backbone of UH’s OL when UH gets the top ones to stay home. It is harder to find tackles in Hawaii because people are shorter in Hawaii, but there still are a few.

Good morning Kekoa, wafan,lv,Jay,HiFlyer,99club and all early rising Tsai-kos. I’ve been lurking since 3:30. The blustery wind and rain woke me up and I couldn’t get back to sleep. It’s beginning to feel like Christmas with the little nip in the air. It feels like a good day to do some baking. Can’t wait will next week when practice starts up again. Saw Mack at Murphys last night and he said 7am Monday. Hopefully the weather will be better by then.

Have a great Thursday. BBL

addahknowjoe,

I knew that you would respond to that particular free play link on schools, and I wish that we had a Cattle Call sometime where we could discuss this in depth. You are correct about how some of the schools in California do not test all of their students, which is shameful when they are compared to states that test all of their students.

However, the list I posted was not about testing, it was about *college readiness*. And they were only listing the *top* schools, not going over all schools. Hawaii was one of the few states that did not have a top school in terms of preparing their high school graduates for college. All students at each high school counted for this measurement.

I know when I graduated from Castle there were about 550 in my graduating class. Two students (I was one of them) went to the mainland for college (the other person transferred back to UH within a year), less than half of my graduating class went to UH or a community college, and the rest did other things (go to work right away, join the military, etc.). The rating system also takes into account the students that drop out or don’t graduate…we had those also.

morning gang!

continued thoughts and prayers for Kristin and Curveball ohana

myki – good morning, thanks for the practice schedule

btw – was on campus this past weekend and looks like Cooke field was about 80 yds completed

Good Morning Tsai-kos!

Hiya myki ~ Mmmm…baked goodies! The aroma from the kitchen should give sj-mac a jolt to the ‘smell good’ senses. I’ll bet you could bake a great blueberry muffin from scratch. I have to cheat a little and make it from the Pillsbury mix. Still…taste so good, you hate to put it down.

‘Kapu’ our last really akamai G-shep was good at making things disappear from the table because it was right at nose level for him. After he was a year-old, we finally broke him of that habit, but the sad eyes were so penetrating from afar. The Chow Chow’s we had after him were too rowdy to be house dogs. They would have been excellent for guarding the playhouse, they were bad to the bone!

That brings me to the subject of guarding our QB. Our resident O-line Mentor, Pride and I had an excellent conversation on protection. I wish that coach Mack would invite former O-linemen like Pride to come in and lecture these fine young men as part of their initial orientation. So much of what they need to form good training disciplines could be built from day one.

The most important point that Pride made was for them to develop the mentality of cementing that bond with “their” QB. The Mantra must be repeated in their words and deeds 24/7 that “Nobody Touches My QB” not ever…NEVER!

If a D-linemen on our own team even accidently brushes him during practice, a head slap would remind him…“Eh! No touch, no belong!” We don’t see that happening with this year’s crew. I remember seeing it happen with the Satele’s. Especially when it came to protecting Colt.

Kekoa,

That is an excellent idea, as QBs and OL need to form that bond! Gestures like Colt buying pizza for the OL also help, but most important is for the QBs to show their appreciation and give credit to the OL, and for the OL to take their QBs protection personally.

One problem with the QB-OL bond this past season was that until half the season was over the OL didn’t know who their starting QB was going to be! They can’t form equal bonds to 4 QBs, but this offseason at least they know who the starter will be.

Great point Kekoa/Pride.!

Time for HiHo…. (hope I no get wet. Yeah, RIGHT!)

Article about how they might not suspend the AFL next season.

Against a backdrop of a weakened economy and mounting financial losses — and belt-tightening even by the NFL and other professional sports leagues — the AFL is considering suspending its 2009 season.

It hasn’t happened yet, however.

Hours after Los Angeles Avengers owner Casey Wasserman said he expected the season to be called off, the league’s board of directors voted via conference call not to suspend the season “at this time.”

Wasserman said the option of suspending play for a year, with the blessing of their players and sponsorship partners, would allow the AFL “to get the perspective to try and make the decisions that are in the best interest of the long-term viability of the league.”

Feature story on George Daily-Lyles. Amazing how he walked around and tried to play in last year’s championship game despite having a broken leg.

And after notching 85 tackles and 2 1/2 sacks as a junior, he has come back with a staggering 140 tackles, three sacks and a fumble recovery this season.

Daily-Lyles is not what one would call big for a middle linebacker. He stands 5-foot-11 and weighs 222 pounds. But Jackrabbits coach Raul Lara said Daily-Lyles’ intangibles more than make up for that.

“Tenacity, and he’s a real smart football player,” Lara said, when asked to assess Daily-Lyles. “He really does his homework. He likes to execute the game plan and he’s really on top of things. He is kind of like a Mike Singletary (former Chicago Bears linebacker) kind of guy, where they really study a lot of film.

“They know they are undersized and they use the other tactics to their advantage. For instance, George, when he sees something that is going on on the field, he anticipates what is happening and he goes out there and makes the play.”

Add up everything Daily-Lyles has going for him, and it should amount to a Division I college scholarship. He is currently weighing offers from several schools – including Arizona and Hawaii – and Poly defensive coordinator Jeff Turley believes Daily-Lyles will be successful at the next level.

Duffer ~ Hope to see you and Whitey at the Hawaii Bowl T-gate. We going be set up earlier than usual because of the 3 PM start time. Eh! No need bring anyting! We get ‘um! It’s such a hassle traveling inter-island with the restrictions on carry-on and watnot.

No be like MSLiz and try bring half of Kauai’s pastrey products for the year ovah heah. Kmrey’s cookies have priority #1 on all HAL flights from what I’ve heard. The plane doesn’t leave until the cookies are on board.

Wow!…the wind and rain has really kicked up a fuss here on the ceded lands! Just saw one inflatable Santa fly by my front window heading towards the High School.

WHAT??!!?? Loa goes to practices but expects me to give the reports??!!??

Time to do the daily sweep with Google. The LA times mentions Corey Nielsen and UH.

A team of 40 mainland players will take on a Hawaii team comprising 38 players from across the state, three players from American Samoa and nine mainland players with Hawaii ties.

Cerritos Gahr quarterback Corey Nielsen will suit up for the Hawaii team (he is headed for the University of Hawaii next fall), while wide receivers Jemari Roberts (Long Beach Wilson), Randall Carroll (L.A. Cathedral), and Shaquelle Evans (Inglewood) and offensive lineman Chris Jimenez (Cathedral) are listed on the Mainland roster. Cathedral assistant coach Chris Flores is on the coaching staff for the Mainland squad.

Baseball article mentions UH.

Yankees general manager Brian Cashman locked up the top winter pitching prize in Carsten Charles Sabathia yesterday for a seven-year, $161-million US deal.

Sabathia had signed a letter of intent to play football at the University of Hawaii before the Indians made him their first round pick — 20th overall — in 1998.

The San Francisco Chronicle mentions Bess.

Dolphins receiver Davone Bess is from Hayward and might take the key to the city away from soon-to-be-ex-Jaguars-coach Jack Del Rio. Bess has 20 catches for 245 yards the last three weeks.

Off to work now…be back this afternoon after I finish writing 2 more pages of my document.

loa,

The rain is almost upon us.

No golf today!

oops- quick one…

I think we should help the ND Band come to the Hawaii Bowl. Now, a battle of the bands at halftime… YOWZA!!!!

I put up our UH Marching band against any band, any day!

Whoosh!

:8

Did’nt Ben Maafala jr’s dad play for UH back in the 80s? I remember going to the games and I remember Ben Maafala sometimes doing punting duties. I remember he used to like punting barefoot and you could tell if it was going to be a fake when he had both his shoes on. Anyone remember that?

Good morning Tsaikos here and around the world. Looks like we are going to be in a blow.

Got home from LAS late last night and am truly sorry that I wasn’t able to see Las Vegas and 702 Warrior. Did watch game, cheered like a madman, and cursed like the devil. I would like to congratulate the team for doing a very good job. If Cincy did not have “homer” zebras, it would have been a different game, but the major killers for UH was the undisciplined players (personal fouls) and the offensive play calling. One of the personal foul was so stupid, after play was completely over, Coach Mc should have sent the player to the showers. Playing with intensity and my home mentality is accepted, but playing stupid because you want to hit somebody is not needed on the team.

Las Vegas and 702, I apologize for not calling. No excuses.

What a morning!! Thunder and lightning, plus heavy rain. YIKES!!! Don’t know if it has reached Oahu, but this is one big buggah.

AL: re your #23

yup, “a change will do you good…..” sheryl crowe/dixie chicks

“Change you can believe in…” some Punahou graduate

Did I wonder if I’d stay dry on the way to work?

Try: Can I stay dry on my way to my car?
I walked out of my house (in the dark) and stepped off the curb into a foot-and-a-half of water! So much for Gore-tex boots!
Even though I was using an umbrella, by the time I closed the door to my car, my pants were soaked! I had to back my car up to my house and run in and change!

Be careful out there!

btw, whitey. Yes, it’s raining here, too! 🙂

tom,

That “change” was good. 😉

Good morning Tsaikos and Tsaikettes…

Welcome to the Warrior family Benson….a good pick-up….

Just a quick reminder gang before I have to leave….busy busy again today…

Its that Holiday time again…..

2nd Annual Tsaiko Christmas Party
6:30 p.m., December 18th, 2008
Murphy’s Bar and Grill
2 Merchant St
Honolulu, HI 96813
(808) 531-0422

Parking is available in the Harbor Court building or in the pay lot next to Murphy’s.

Party will be pupu style/order off menu and drinks. More details to follow.

Please RSVP me at jgo8464822@aol.com if you can so that I can figure out how many will be attending. Thanks.

I would think that the argument against the R&S in the NFL wouldn’t be with the speed of the LB’s and DE’s because, after all, don’t you have premier pass pro OT’s at that level?
But instead, I might think that with more sophisticated and deceptive coverages, the argument could be that sight-adjusted routes would be harder to work with than at a lower level. I remember Mack saying at Na Koa he gave his defense a pro-style coverage package that worked well against Cincy because they weren’t used to seeing it in college play.

Morning, Tsaiko-Nation and Tsai-Meister.

Seemingly every day we get more good recruiting news. If this will not be the best recruiting class ever in UH history, I don’t know which is.

What surprises are still lurking in the back ground? I’m still waiting for the big one, nobody expects.

I not sure, but it seems that the lightning and thunder has passed, but I not going trust the weather cause looking south, it looks like more is coming. Hope everyone in Hawaii is safe and stay away from the streams and rivers.

I guess sometimes this weather is not as bad as Appleton, WI. I met this guy at the bar and he said it was -8 when he left and then they had 12 inches of snow. He no like go back, but he going home. And me, I think I am on the short end. Not so smart.

I count 14 open scholarship offers, and with the class filling up, the guys who jump on the offers may leave the others in the dark. I wonder if these 14 guys appreciate how important it is to act fast if they have dreams of paradise.

Referring back to Woody Paiges answer to why the Broncos won’t adapt to the Run-n-shoot.
My theory is offenses have evolved with more complex schemes since Mouse Davis created the R & S. Defenses are now figuring out how to guard against an effiecient run & shoot, like what Hawaii had in ’06 and ’07 with colt and crew.
The big difference maker was we had a steam roller in the backfield named Ilaoa that could counter punch the defense with the run that had to double up on the receivers.
Shows that being one dimensional with just a heavy passing game and no running game will get you caught behind the line of scrimmage at some point.
Georgia found that out.
Hawaii needs to work towards another ’06 team

Morning Bulla! When does da Beast come home?

Our preschool has electricity but the school is closed due to flooding. I know we don’t have electricity at home, so if I have to come warm up my sandwich…I’m coming to the preschool. At least there is lights!! We even heard thunder and saw lightning.

wena – so your school is up and running?? jumped through all the hoops and over the hurdles??

rain?
what rain?
well, at least on the west side of the big isle.

whitey, were you too busy at the ranch that you couldn’t break sushi with las vegas and all?

I get the feeling Stretch didn’t get the standard evaluation from his pre-school teacher: “Works and plays well with others.”

al:

December 11th, 2008 at 2:21 am
and meanwhile……all is wondering who’s the surprise or was it already announced?

where’s the running back?
didn’t st mention that a qb may pop up and that it wasn’t cayman?
then cayman is a surprise verbal, no one saw it coming.

Agreed. I think Stephen Tsai is a master of marketing. Hints at surprises, and then has us all keep checking the blog for the latest scoops. Hey, as long as the surprises are good for UH, I’ll keep on checking in!
Aloha.

Stretch,

d1 – lucky I never flunk preschool.

Who would have thought that doing “marketing” back then could have been so objectionable?

Whitey-
Any word on how Chase Nakamura doing? That braddah should’ve been running routes in Halawa for UH.

For those of you who went to NOLA and remember how cold it was…just take a look at these photos. I remember being at many of the places and thinking it was cold enough to have snow. We thought last year was bad…guess they outdid themselves…must be sad because Hawaii fans aren’t returning to their town! 😀

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Rare-snowfall-hits-La-Miss/ss/events/us/121108snowsouth#photoViewer=/081211/480/67d28d8a2f00422685532a5d45f318e1

Welcome Benson Ma’afala!

Everyone back on the island stay safe. Hopefully the weather will let up sooner rather than later. Luckily the team isn’t practicing this week.

In reference to above post (#126), this link should work:

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills&docid=f:h7330ih.txt.pdf

(PDF file)

ST…yeah, it was DMHS when I was there….a loooooonnnngg time ago…LOL…sort of like how it was Saint Louis School when they had K – 12…then it went to SLHS when they eliminated grades and only had 9 – 12…then went back to SLS when they added grade school levels again in 1981.

Also, there are already talks on how to go about changing the name to St. Damien School…since he will be annointed a saint next year…..at least that’s my understanding….

Text of legislation for those without PDF reader:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.7330:

H.R. 7330 has a spiffy title: the College Football Playoff Act of 2008

As much as I applaud the congressmen for tackling the issue, I can’t help but think that this bill will die in committee in pretty much the same fashion as Rep. Abercrombie’s bill did earlier this year.

I hope not.

Pua ting all our tourist. What a time to be in Hawai’i, eh?

Hopefully, under these gray skies, our visitors will find sunshine within our braddahz and sistahz working hard in the front lines of our tourist industry.

Bulla- kindly shed some aloha on our visitors for us, please.

The skies are angry.

However there is more than enough water to wash away the foul smell of what was 12/06/2008.

By the time the sun rises over Manoa again on 12/15/2008, there will be a new light over the new focus and the new duty ahead.

As the Irish are slowly dying,
But, my dear, our boys will still be flying,
And as long as long as Greg runs the O,
Kick some O, kick someO, kick some O

Rob25: Thanks for sharing the pictures of snowy NOLA. I remember it was cold on the morning following the game. I wish I could be sitting in the Cafe DuMonde with a cup of coffee and a beignet right now.

Breaking news just in from Curveball. Kristin is out of ICU and was able to eat some real food this morning. “Things are looking up!” sez ‘Slider’s’ Grandpaw.

Great news curveball. Best wishes to you and Kristin.

Good news, Kekoa!

Best wishes to Curveball, Kristin, and family.

addahknowjoe

I think Chase is grayshirting. He should be enrolling in January At Utah.

Loa,

H.R. 1120 was last year’s one (the one by Rep. Abercrombie). Linky below:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.RES.1120:

brett fav-ra leading qb vote getter in the afc, what a f’n joke, and it’s criminal if 2007 Hawaii bowl mvp chris johnson ain’t starting for the afc

CRW – thanks

Loa,

In my opinion, 7330 has a little bit more “teeth” than 1120.

Whereas 7330 would look to punish entities who market or promote a “championship” football game that did not come as a result of a playoff, 1120 would have simply required the Dept. of Justice to investigate the BCS so as to render the system illegal. 1120 would have also put Congress on record of supporting a playoff.

Despite this, I doubt 7330 will get out of committee much like 1120 (which has been stuck in committee since April, essentially dead).

I hope not, but we’ll see.

Kekoa

thanks for the update.

Curveball and Kristin keep up the faith as we are all praying for your recovery.

Thanks for the good news, Kekoa!

curveball, give our ((HUGS)) to Kristen.

Sunshine breaking thru the clouds over Kalaeloa! The ceded lands are clear of rain and the wind has stopped blowing.

Time to put out the fire and save the Yule log for Christmas Eve when we torch the Moe Lepo Cons at the Cabana.

jm2375

the beast arrives back home around 10pm tomorrow night; he is excited to get home, he left 6 months ago…. lots of r&r for him with a dr. appt monday to fix the boo boos.

make memories, make memories, make memories

ajoe,

chase was gray shirting this year at Utah, ran into him and dad at a few weber games in ogden…..

Will the Cooke-Ching field be ready for practice next week? I haven’t been to UH for a while so I was wondering about the progress. I think they said it would be ready in December.

Big Mac ~ Loa reported that Cooke-Ching field looks to be about 80 yards complete asof this past weekend. I know about 2 weeks ago the Diamond Head endzone to about the 20 yard line looked complete. It won’t be long.

Watch, about the time the Hawaii Bowl is over, it’ll be complete. We can thank that Sandowski Bozo for the delay that cost our boys from having a practice field when it rains.

Aloha to all the Tsaikettes and Tsaikos in never, never land – sun has broken through in “downtown” Honolulu, sky still dark and couldy.

OK, ST, good neighbor, let the recruiting news flow like a broken dam!!!

Nalani – seen the add in the paper this morning for your show. Looks like a lot of great performers. Might have to check it out.

great news curveball and kristin. my best.

Great pickup. Hopfully one or two more will verbal, one being a JC guy. Still cant wait to hear the rest of the news. RB? Surprise recruit. It really is Christmas time.

Great news about Kristin! We will continue to pray for you and your family.

Condolences to ST’s family and Hawaiianbod’s family.

Thanks for the update Kekoa. Maybe the last 20 yards can be done by next Friday. Blessed on Saturday. UH can practice on it for a couple of days to get pumped up for ND.

Nalani!

Das too funny! As the “One Dollah” braddah from Kona, eh?

That braddah get good skits and mock commercials! He crack me up!

pride.
so wouldn’t that send a signal to others that perhaps rgm, cj, and rivers deserves another look?

al.

It certainly should, but one can only shake a head at many of those overpaid decision makers.

ted…or as my dog would, shake a leg.

Told you so about El Mariachi – we’ll be at the Aiea restaurant on Saturday. Be sure to leave enough room for dessert.

Addahknowjoe – yup das him. Surprised me when I saw it this morning. Can’t take ourselves too seriously. Good to laugh.

Hope everyone’s staying as dry as possible. My backyard is flooded.

al who’s pt & sh I know who ISI is I think I know who of is if he’s the ol from Utah.

Great news about Kristen!

The bookies think that USC would win an 8-team football playoff link what has been proposed.

The experts confidently say USC should be favored to win college football’s national championship.

This, despite the fact the Trojans won’t have a chance to actually play for the title.

BetOnline.com assembled an eight-team tournament and had USC beating Alabama and Oklahoma en route to a finals matchup against Florida. They then posted the Trojans as two-point favorites over the Gators.

“The fact that USC is the favorite to win a BCS title it won’t even have a shot at this season really sheds light on one of the many flaws the current BCS structure presents,” odds maker T.J. Kendrick said. “The best team may not win the national title because of a computer.”

🙁 rain just completely caused havoc with classes and students today. closed the compound and praying the sun arises tomorrow.

just got home and man 😐 the roadways is just horrendous. all day long was thinking of wor gau gee mien or sari sari but will the roads so crowded guess its campbell soup tonight.

good day tsai-ko country hope everyone’s day was good and no property damaged happened to anyone.

much being made about recruits especially the oline. all seem to posses some type of athletic abilities and talents. time will tell if they pan out, plug the gaps, contribute immediately and provide serious competition while learning their craft. welcome and best wishes on their future with UH.

Wow, the weather was absolutely atrocious today. Thank goodness school is pau; just finals next week.

Speaking of finals, interesting to see how that affects UH and Notre Dame’s practice schedules. I understand ND won’t be using its full allotment of practices. Hmm …

Thankfully, although UH was pretty wet, I didn’t see any signs of flooding. In particular, Hamilton Library seemed fine (from the outside). After what happened before, I think they took a lot of steps to make sure no more damage could be done.

I note that Gabe Tuata did not play in Mt Sac JC’s win last week to gain the State JC title game with Butte JC this saturday. Anybody know if he is still hurt and still being recruited>

malasadas!

Department Store Santa Peeves

Kids who refuse to believe that it’s fruitcake on your breath and not gin.

Even with the costume, people recognizing you from “America’s Most Wanted”

Parents who get all uptight when you offer their kids a swig from your hip flask

Enduring the taunts of your old buddies from Drama School

Those dorks in the Power Rangers costumes get all the babes

Kids who don’t understand that Santa’s been a little jittery since he got back from ‘Nam

When the last guy to use the beard leaves bits of his lunch in it.

Curveball, lovely wife Kristen,
just loved the good news. keep that stuff coming, friends!

Greg McMackin,
go for the win, friend. and don’t be afraid to lose. we’re behind you because you’ve proved you are for us, Warrior Nation.. You’ve earned our respect, Coach. Truly! And get the team to know its all right, this is part of the journey.

So now just go out there and kick Notre Dame’s @$$! 😀

I can just see the Jumbotron going

“Das one baaaD Maafala.” 😀

Thanks Takoboy, that was a good one.

ooops:

meant to include “have” after did not

A-House. You are on the money. When blue-chippers take their 48 hr. visits, they sometimes build close bonds with other players and decide that they will attend the same school. With one week to spend together in Hawaii, these bonds will have even more time to develop. Your theory of players decommiting and going to another school is real possibility. This could definitely be an advantage for the Hawaii football team, if a few of the Polynesia players all of sudden develop a deep sense of culture and pride in their race and decide that Hawaii is where they belong.

Joe Flacco is a good example of an athlete who is a big-time blue chipper in high school who ends up playing at a lower tier school and ends up getting drafted on the first day. What most people don’t understand is if you are a 3,4, or 5 star player, and you go to a lower tier BCS or non BCS school, your chances of getting drafted are better than the same star atletes who go to your top tier BCS schools. When you go to a top tier school you are not guaranteed to ever start when you get there. Usually that type of athlete will not only start at a non-BCS school but will also end up starting pretty early in your carreer giving you a ver good chance to develop as a player, put up good stats, and set yourself up for post season honors due to the fact that you will start for three or more years. You also will most likely get to develop your leadership skills due to the fact that you will be forced into leadership being one of the better players at an earlier age.

There are advantages to turning down the USC’s, Noter Dame’s, and UCLA’s, in favor of a lower tier program.

E kala mai. Noter Dame schould be Notre Dame.

Aloha my blog Ohana..Kristin has come through an incredible 2 weeks of fighting to stay alive..your thoughts ,prayer and notes were incredibly helpful to her and I. I read all of them to her and she was amazed at your concern and response. A luau is in order down the road..cabana A…she still has many battles ahead of her but I truly believe after winning this one we can win them all. She is an amazing lady for being so small. She truly has the heart of a Warrior and she now knows she is a TSIKO..I cannot think you all enough for your support..Curveball and KRISTIN

Curveball –> (((((((((~Kristen~))))))))) <– Tsaikos 😀

curveball,

It was so great to hear the good news about Kristin today!

Curveball –> (((((((((~Kristin~))))))))) <– Tsaikos 😀

Eh and by the way A-House,

Who was that dream about? MT

Thanks Garret for the info. Hope things turn out for the best for RGM and Rivers. In the mean time, gotta run and do some Christmas shopping at Macy’s.

A-House:

That would be something if some of those guys decommited and ended up commiting to Hawaii b/c of the atmosphere and culture. Those fast recievers featured in the paper would do wonders in this offense. Just imagine how much catches they’d have in this offense as opposed to going to USC or Notre Dame where they’re run first pass second offenses. Sure its a storied program, but dont you want the ball in your hands as much as possible? With the Warriors style offense, that happens.

And I think his abbreviations for SH and PH meant Stan Hasiak, and Percy Taemeolu (excuse my spelling).

Kekoa,
You get mail.

Wow, BYU won out…that isn’t that surprising I guess.

Free play link time. Please ignore my next 5 posts if you do not want the off-topic stuff.

Students from Asian countries are the tops in the world in both math and science at both the 4th and 8th grade levels. For math, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and Japan are *far* above the next highest group of countries (which includes the US). For science, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea are above the next group…at the 8th grade level, the US was not in the top 10.

DARPA gave UAV maker General Atomics $20 mil to research algae-based jet fuel.

Three KFC workers in California have been suspended because they bathed in a deep sink that is used to wash dishes and one of them posted photos of that on a social networking site.

Oh, and btw, they are fast, too…

Carroll, a 5-foot-11, 185-pound senior who has made a verbal commitment to play for Southern California, said he has run the 40-yard dash in 4.28 seconds. His coach at Cathedral, Chris Flores, said Carroll is only the fifth boy in California history to win state championships in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes.

His times: 10.42 in the 100, 20.91 in the 200.

Did Manti say anything about covering this guy in the invocation?

When the Warriors are on offense, hopefully in the ND game the team does a better job of this. And that is choreographing plays where the ND defense has a harder and difficult time sniffing out our team’s plays. All year long the Warriors have problems masking their plays. A simple draw. Or wide receiver screen. Or any screen. Or shuffle pass are plays designed to keep the opposing defenses on their heals. And yet not have the other teams DL continuing teeing off on the OL line. And QB. And the Warriors haven’t looked good at times. For the Warriors this year they’ve had a harder time of deceiving the opponent’s defense, namely because they couldn’t execute the aforementioned plays designed to keep the other team’s defense honest. Some of this has to do with the QB not selling the play and the opposition’s defenses making easy reads. Also the Warriors are lacking in drawing up the big plays…and or executing at key times to have the other team’s defense having something to guard against and worry about. And have the opposing defenders reasons to worry of either the pass or run. And consequently, the defense has less of a burden of worrying about the Warriors offensive package. For there are no subtleties. No finesse. And up to now not polished, for there is no masking of the play. Which means the opposing defenses don’t have to hesitate when rushing the QB. And they can play with the reckless abandon and rush the QB. And not worry so much of misdirection plays or sweeps…and, or, the QB calling timelier audibles (I’m guessing) because the Warriors very rarely run them. And when they do they don’t execute right. And opposing defenses have sniffed out the Warrior plays far too often. To be successful in the ND game they have to turn this around. Forget that at this point of the year the offense has averaged a paltry 325 yrds. a game. And fans have been unkind of the remarks of the offensive play calling by the OC. The key to beating ND is how the QB and the Warrior offense masks their plays. For the ND defensive coordinator will tell his defenders to watch the QB eyes and body language because he tips off his plays. For the Warrior between now and game time they have to work on this, mainly having the QB not so telegraphing of the play. The Warriors offense keeping the ND defense off balance, and guessing is paramount to victory. No sputtering. No backfiring. All out for 60 minutes,we’re hoping, with a renewed interests of executing the offensive plays for this game with added stealth-like precision.

Offensive play I like to see. From the shotgun the QB hands it off to the RB. A simple generic looking play in the Warrior package…but as soon as the RB reaches the line he pitches it back to the QB who then takes it and passes down field for a TD. Rah,rah, rah.

Well, good night, gang, way too late, time for zzzzzzzzzzz.

Yeah, that was NUMB3RS. Speaking of which, I thought it was Friday, so I tuned in … whoops. 😛

OK time to make the triple chocolate cake for a farewell potluck tomorrow. bbl. 😀

Wow, what great news today!
curveball and Kristin- we’re still here for you!

Rob25- wow – NOLA is brrrrrrr! What memories!

808ike: CONGRATS! Way to type 😆
Mahalo so much for your ticket. Hope you and your ohana will join us in our ADA-friendly t-gates before the Bowl game and next season! You are a living testimony of the many roads to Tsaiko-dom!

Nalani- what a funny video! Sorry to miss your fantastic Holiday Extravaganza!

Stephen Tsai:

December 11th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
It’s not official, but at the dinner tonight, everyone said Manti was going to BYU.
By the way, Manti gave the invocation.

This may:

-Get Charlie Weiss and his staff to actually focus on the Hawaii Bowl game.

OR

-Cause Notre Dame to pull out of the Hawaii Bowl.

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😛

d1島:

December 11th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Stephen,
So the only question then is if he leaves on his mission before BYU plays here?

Last I heard, Te’o was planning on leaving for his mission as soon as he graduates from high school.

Hmmm. if BYU is his destination then he’ll still be there when we play them in 2012…. or was that 2013? I can’t remember…

ok, ok, ok……..

isi: http://www.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=73939&sport=1
sh: http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=79876&sport=1
pt: http://byu.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=73951

i am just dreamin out loud.

pride.

on top of the comparable numbers, didn’t rgm miss a bunch of games?

want to watch 10-12 uh warriors of the future.

hawaii prep classic live at 8 pm also on ch 246.

unfortunately, one must subscribe to this channel.

wait jm1111.
what kind of cake?