Manoa makeover
Some newcomers have been making an impression during UH football training camp:
• John Hardy-Tuliau — He’s having a breakout camp, especially on special teams. His future is at cornerback. He was getting a lot work there in the week that Lameterius Davis was held out while awaiting medical clearance.
• Allen Sampson — Easily one of the quickest on the team, he’s starting to pick up the offense. Might be difficult to get playing time at slotback, but he could contribute as a kick returner. His call whether he redshirts or tries to play.
• Kamalu Umu — Technically, he’s not really a newcomer because he redshirted last fall after transferring from Charleston Southern. (Or, technically, maybe he is a newcomer.) He’s been holding down the No. 1 spot at defensive right end. Considered a good pass-rusher, he has developed into an efficient run-defender, too.
• Darryl McBride — There’s a lot to like about safety McBride, such as: 1) he has good size (6-2, 200) and quickness; 2) he loves to hit; 3) despite impressive JC credentials, he didn’t mind entering the program as a walk-on; 4) after every practice, he sticks around to work on footwork.
• Darius Bright — Sure, he’s a threat at wideout, but his impact has been on special teams. In the new no-wedge era, athletic players are valuable.
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I have not seen Brian Kajiyama at any of the training-camp practices. A UH official said he might have completed his studies and is no longer an official member of the program. Not sure if that’s the case, but it seems different without him. Good guy, great family. (I’ve known him since my eldest daughter and his twin sisters were Brownies.)
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Avis has selected Blue Powder as the winner of a retro UH hat and shirt. Please text me at 256-0223 or email: stsai@staradvertiser.com.
#1
Good morning Hawaii!
Good to see the newcomers making an impact. We’re going to need them.
DON WEIRS:
Was looking for you at practice yesterday – was hoping to get a seat on the Governor’s reserved grass area!
But was with the Tsaiko’s area with ST presiding –
#4, good morning
Morning all.
There was a Tsaiko area with ST presiding? No strays from the other blogs?
Great Sunday, all!
Spammers are going crazy on the last blog post.
Good to hear the newbies are making contributions.
Whoo-hoo!
Go Warriors!!!
It started off as a small gathering, with sjmacro sitting on a very bright blanket (while his queen had the throne), but then it grew with the appearance of (J)J, Koakane, Pomai and, of course, Stretch’s malasadas. Kazz had a pretty good chat with Jason Kaneshiro.
It was a lot easier when you don’t have to write down play-by-play, thanks to the cancellation of the scrimmage.
Nice write-up stephen. It will be interesting to see if sampson pulls the trigger and tries to play this season.
Remember when we had the first WB party at Murphy’s back in December 2006? There were only 17 of us at that time. Kekaula, Cat, and Leila were there, too.
Now there are cattle calls, karaoke calls, tailgates, blog bashes, and even cruise ship calls!!!
We’ve come a long way, baby!
UH keeps talking about an interesting statistic: it was sixth in the country in injuries last year. Not sure how that’s determined, since lineups change frequently based on performance and that many teams are not forthcoming with injury reports.
But sixth they are.
ST,
when the new shoes came out a few years ago, players complained they didn’t give much support and sometimes resulted in sprained ankles.
Still true now?
Justin:
It’s Sampson’s call.
I’m not the patient type, so I’d like to see him play this year.
And while redshirting is always good in helping to develop, I think that saying — the future offers no guarantees — is quite true. If you redshirt, and then get hurt later, that’s time you most likely won’t recover.
It would be great if the NCAA gave everyone a straight five years, no redshirts. It’ll cut down on paperwork.
Gigi:
Not sure. But you don’t see players wrapping tape around shoes to hide other brands anymore.
Morning all…
i thought that the shoes were custom fitted last year?
WOOOHOOO! Top 20.
i think design modifications were also done each year.
would sampson be the kick returner if he plays?
does he take over for senior ryan henry returning punts?
Congratulations Blue Powder!
Thanks for the info on the newcomers.
Hopes the best for Brian Kajiyama!
Glad that Ryan Grice-Mullin played for Miami — thought he was injured.
in case you missed chad owen’s and company yesterday
http://cfl.ca/video/index#show_video
http://cfl.ca/video/index#show_video
Al,
I mentioned in yesterday’s blog that Chad made 2 TDs in Toronto’s win over Montreal. Yay, Chad!!!
Is there anyone on the Warrior team that can perform like Chad these days?
Chad Owens is having an outstanding season… but last night was something special.. I think he accounted for over 2/3 of the team’s total yards.. what was it? 290 all purpose or something like that?
allen sampson. only he is faster.
Groan! who’s getting up at 6 am on a Saturday morning to watch the UH v Army game? Hubby said he will get up, record the game and go back to bed. Will watch the game at 9 am.
this year’s receivers may be as good a unit as the fantastic four. what is missing is the coltser to pull the trigger and that awesome oline we had.
but, who knows from last year our oline could improve and if moniz can hit the long one…what a difference a year could make.
Informative post.Good to see new comers make such great contribution.
every warrior fan that i know will get up at 530 to make sure they catch every second of the game.
some will actually go to upstate new york just to watch the game live. i know of ahouse that will go in their entirety.
you aren’t a fan if waking up at 0600 deters you from watching this game.
Good morning!
I agree with ST on the newcomers. The only one I haven’t really seen/watched at practice is Kamalu Umu. He’s #94.
Congratulations, Blue Powder!
and of course real fans go to the games.
so i last counted forty freshman on the roster. this of course included the redshirt freshmen from a year ago.
i am thinking that all the true oline/dline freshmen will redshirt. who else from this year’s bumper crop of frosh will redshirt?
and to think we had a few who didn’t make it through the ncaa wringer this year and last year.
Don Murphy said he will be open for all of the away games.
I’m tempted to get pay-per-view for season ticket holders…so much easier to roll out of bed, make a cuppa kope & watch the game.
btw, what did become of pep fonokalafi of kaimuki hs?
real fans pay premium prices to watch the UH games. Like, $420 big ones for PPV!!!
Anyway, I can’t make it to the 1st tailgate, cause I have to babysit. But will be there for the 2nd one. LizK has challenged me to a game of Scrabble!!! Hope to kick arse at that time…
Hmmm where is the link on the sports page for this article by ST? I don’t see it.. I have to do a google search to find these articles in the SA
http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/20100815_rausch_is_leading_qb_understudy.html
slugger you do mean ppv for the away games only right?
after all you are truly a real fan who attends practices, events, fundraises, and has season tickets.
Imagine Murphy’s being open at 6 am. Wow, that goes beyond the call of duty.
MIH,
don’t you get the daily paper? It’s better than the online version.
mih…you are right. it disappeared from the website’s sportspage.
Too bad for yesterday’s spam attack…
But had to laugh at Al’s post:
Throw me the “bone”, Cal.
And then, “Sit”.
morning tsaiko’s and tsaikette’s
nice chatting with those attending yesterday’s practice
sending good luck to waipio LL the game can be seen on espn @ 2pm
adding my best for Brian Kajiyama, btw who is taking his place?
Wahine softball booster web site is very impressive. Check it out, believe more stuff is being added but what is up now is neat. Kudo’s to pomai and his gang.
ipuman…that was the false al posting about the “bone” and not me.
Don’t get gigi drunk.
Last night, she turned the dryer on for 40 minutes, but forgot to put wet clothes in the dryer.
Then, she put detergent in the dishwasher cup, but forgot to turn the dishwasher on. So no clean plates this morning.
Then, she let hubby beat her at scrabble. No fair.
al,
yup, PPV for away games…I wonder when I’ll get my season tickets? Have to get in shape for the T-gates by dropping some pounds before the season. Methinks salad will be my regular contribution. I’ll bring the mah jong set again!
and false al shows up at #140 again.
oh well.
Slugger,
is mah jong hard to learn? My aunt used to enjoy that game, staying up til 2 am to play.
I read that article about Rausch just a bit ago. I clicked on the Sports link…but it’s gone now!
gigi,
Mah jong is like rummy. It’s just leaning to count your points based on the sets of tiles that you have that is different. Need to make up a cheat sheet for that …
leaning = learning
Hmmmm…
Wonder if false Al is a regular Tsaiko,
Maybe Tsai himself?
don’t know rummy. I guess I’ll just observe a mah jong game.
The Rausch article still appears on the website when I access it.
Morning all … anyone else wondering why the “man fan” event is only open to men?
Maybe only real fans can access the article? 😆 😯 😉
gt,
The event is a follow-on to the women’s clinic that Mrs. Mac started a couple of years ago…
How do we know the real al from the false al? This is al so confusing.
btw,
Really liking Stacy Kaneshiro’s site for HS football coverage…
Matt…
the article is still there.. the link to the article was missing from the online sports section. Unless they put it back in…
al,
if it really bothers you, why don’t you ask ST to block the false al’s comments. He will know by the email addy who’s who.
The direct link to Chad Owens’ highlights from yesterday. The catch at around 1:22, when CO catches a ball that his fellow receiver couldn’t find a handle on, shows some great concentration by Owens as does the last catch.
http://cfl.ca/video/index/id/13401
mih,
The Rausch article is on the main page & not listed on the Sports page.
greenthumb,
The ‘man fan’ event is the day before the ‘women’s clinic’. WhooHoo!
madeinhawaii,
The link I used was from the SA homepage. The one inside the sports section appears to have gone AWOL like you said. Weird.
Koakane, how do I get to the Wahine Softball booster website?
Today’s the last day to vote for “Most Memorable Moment” from UH Football over the years! Go to http://www.nakoa.org now to cast your vote! Results during Tuesday’s Na Koa Bowl on KFVE and OC16
Good Morning Tsaikos!!
WOW $420??!!?? Good thing you are not paying for 2 season tickets, a parking pass, not to mention the PPV for the away games, you as a real fan would be out $1,000.
Stretch,
spending $1K is so ridiculous, especially if your husband has been demoted at work. We could not possibly afford it. Attending the games at the stadium is only for the rich…
Good morning everyone!
Wow…447 consecutive SPAM on the yesterday’s blog entry. That’s a nuisance, but kinda impressive that it takes an actual previous blog entry of the host and SPAMs the latest blog.
Scott Morifuji could have an interesting challenge here…unless it happens to other HA blogs and it helps their hit count. 🙄
There are cheaper seats and parking options that everyone can afford. I am sure the players would appreciate having more bodies in the stands supporting them
We got the postcard from Oceanic, listing the ways to reactivate PPV.
It also contains a coupon for 25% off Rainbowtique items. Wow, hubby wants to use it for shirts. Imagine $7.50 for a great Tshirt and no tax, too!
I noticed at practice yesterday that the guards on the oline, went into a 3 point stance, but the tackles remained in 2. What are the advantages for that?? Does that give them more of an option to show run??
Stretch/Gigi. Paying $420 for all the games is WAY CHEAPER and much more convenient, especially, if you’re wheel chair bound, and have to pay for two regular season tickets and one wheel chair space in orange Section M on 45 yard line. Besides that, you have to fight for handicapped parking near the stadium entrances. At the games, there are very rude and inconsiderate fans, who cannot see or even care if you’re in a wheel chair. As a result, though I was a charter NAKOA club member and season holder ticket holder from the Termite Palace days, I switched to PPV – lifesavor as far as my wife and I are concerned.
Steve,
http://www.nawahine.com
LOOKOUT!!! I heard Koamahu may be lurking at the men’s clinic.
Gigi,
I overlooked that on the postcard! Thanks for reminding me. BTW, offer does expire 09/30/2010.
Gigi,
I overlooked that on the postcard! Thanks for reminding me.
BTW, offer does expire 09/30/2010.
The real al writes with a Moiliili accent. 😐
People might want to stay away from the glazed donuts at the refreshment table.
as d1 so eloquently say’s lunch howa, have a good one all
esmeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Shoe problems came from players wanting (and taking) the ‘good looking’ ones vs the ones that were designed for the positions.
Proper shoe fit is essential in athletics. A good friend played for
Wooden and he made all first year players sit down and put their socks on his way. They thought he had lost it but it had to do with blisters from the inside rub on the shoes. It is the ‘fit’ that counts.
Next time you go to McCully Bike and Sport or Sports Authority (or any other sporting goods store that carries footwear) find your size of running or tennis shoe and get two different brands in that size. When you try them on notice the difference in the fit? Having a vendor underwrite the team is fine but when it comes to what you put your feet into, the vendor better have multiple fittings in each line. Also, grass field vs field turf necessitates another type of cleat on the shoe. If the shoe has formed cleats (non-removable) then you are talking about another set of shoes per player.
Why would gigi need a parking pass?
She can walk to the games… Foster Village is just a stone’s throw away.
But leave her be… everyone has a preference… to each their own device… she supports the team in her way and others do it another way. It takes all kinds and I say … all kinds are welcome as along as they help promote the team in word or deed.
Thank you, Kazz, for info.
Need to give a shout out to the visiting Baldwin Bears for beating Kailua 19 -10 last night and winning while 20 players were left home for academic issues. The win is great playing without many starters but what is it saying about the players’ academics or lack thereof. It’s appalling. Five not playing for academic reasons is shameful but 20 is an atrocity for a HS football program.
On a brighter note and to segue into UH football, their kicker is solid. Chris Tormey should take a look at him.
Who is planning to attend:
• Coach McMackins Football Clinic for Men on Tuesday August 24?
• Heather McMackin’s Football Clinic for Women on Wednesday August 25?
Post on the blog or email me if you don’t mind being listed on the Tsai-ko attendees section on the Events Calendar.
Just a wondering, again:
If Oceanic “sports pak” can include the Big 10 games, can UH reverse that and make UH games available thru Oceanic Time Warner for fans on the mainland?
Would ESPN be interested in partnering with an entity who would include UH games? They seem to have the tentacles to reach the entire 48 contiguous states.
This could also serve as a better indication of the number of UH fans scattered through out the mainland and, if plenty, give rise to ESPN that you cannot only take the Hawaii isle market alone to determine whether UH is a viable market and contender for a BCS conference ( especially, the PAC 10 ). I am confident that if UH was in the PAC 10, you would see many more fans in the stands – hopefully, PAC 10 will NOT dictate the cost per ticket.
Further, if the PAC 10 splits into 2 divisions, than teams will have a “break” not traveling to Hawaii every year and save them some $$$.
My idea: is Hawaii, Washington, Washington State, Oregon, Oregon State, Fresno St, and Nevada ( and maybe Iowa or Iowa State ) comprise the “northern” division. Southern would be USC, UCLA, Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, Stanford, and Colorado.
Still a dreaming that UH will be part of the Pac 10!
and, for whatever reason, it is easier to travel West than East – some weird biological function for men!!
women can handle it all!!!!
Steve M !
May I have the opportunity to write my Tsaiko autobiography ?
I have been to the site and find the bio’s most interesting !
Will love the opportunity to post my beginings and list my name
with the others. How can I do it and who to send it to ?
Thank you !
Pomai:
Softball booster club membership – are you folks planning to have after game meal for every home game and are members required to donate for every meal?
Steve M, what site and bio is RainbowCliff talking about?
Happy Sunday, Tsaikos. Wow, mid-August already? Moving closer to kickoff…woo hoo! Any ideas on where to catch the UH-Army game in SF? I’ll be an orphan in the city that morning.
Steve M: If I am able to write my bio, may I have Mr. A House do my introductions ?
Mr. A House was the FIRST Tsaiko I met when I had the pleasure of attending my first Cal Call in Las Vegas as the matter of fact we sat with one another unexpectantly knowing each other.
While eating I started to talk to him and explain my UH athletic back ground as he smiled with delight ! I even mention to him of me winning the Ah Choo Goo Most Inspirational player award in 1976-77 and my presenter to the award President Fujio Matsuda who he knows personally. My FIRST time meeting a LOYAL Hawaiian fan after 26 years as I couldn’t script it any better as I still have today that first time photo shot !
Mahalo for this tremendous opportunity !
click on SteveM’s name
The Presidio?
#92 Steve: Tsaiko Bios you will find if you click on Steve M name. Directory will be to your right with the bios link. Click on the link and you will read some OUTSTANDING stories on the many Tsaikos that you and I communicate with as they tell their beginings of how they become BIG fans to UH athletics !
Interesting, heart warming and FUNNY !
#81 Kazz. I couldn’t stop laughing. You crack me up.
Lots of spammers this morning on yesterday’s post, hopefully they don’t find today’s post in the blog section.
Thank you, RainbowCliff
101
Nice blog, I will come back and read more!
I noticed that too. In fact, I noticed it in blogs posted in the last week or so. Can’t we (meaning Scott and ST) block the IP address it’s coming from?
#91 A-House – the girls get an after game meal for every game, we are planning to have booster club members attend a few of them, to be determined by Coach Coolen, an at this time no the boosters will not be asked to donate anything unless they want to, mainly it is to have a time that the boosters can talk to the players and coaches. Again this is tentative awaiting approval of Coach. He just returned home after being on the road for over two months. So hope to have a definite answer in a few weeks. We have a lot of different things planned for up coming season an as soon as they are firmed up we will let everyone know.
As for all the other Tsaikos we hope that you will join us by joining the booster club an help support the Na Wahine Softball Team, we have various levels an also have some pretty neat gifts also, you can see them on the website on the application page.
#100 Steve: You are quite welcome kind sir !
Gratz to Blue Powder!
Always good to read/hear of newcomers doing their best to impress.
Brian K. is such an inspiration! Best wishes in whatever he decides to pursue.
#80…north of isenberg st is mccully.
To get to the site just click on my name.
Go Waipio LL!
The Big 10 TV Network increases its revenue every year, with Big 10 schools already getting $22 million per year and expected to soon get up to $40 million per year per school. This is giving them an incentive to increase their payments to D-IA schools that will take a paycheck game…JD might not be able to turn down a Big 10 school (like he turned down Wisconsin last year) if the paydays grow to $2 million like they appear to be.
The SEC is getting crazy money, but that money is fixed to be “only” around $20 million per year (counting their local TV contracts) for the next 14 years while the Big 10’s TV money increases continually as more cable stations add their channel.
Colorado is broke and needs the money…but could UH turn the Big 10 down again if there were $2 million on the table? Forget about home-and-home deals with Big 10 teams, Big 10 teams are going to be buying home games since only home games can be shown on their TV network.
If Colorado turns the $2 million down, we know that UH has a puka in the 2011 schedule…$2 million would be a nice way to replace BSU in the schedule.
ALOHA!!! Wow, nice introductions by the young men from Waipio on ESPN2….awesome guys. Ganbatte kudasai!!!
Re: #94
RainbowCliff — while I would love to see your bio, my bio site is merely a summary of links to the actual published bios on The Warrior Beat. The bios were requested and published by Stephen Tsai.
In the early days of the blog, I reproduced some of the bios, fearing that the blog and/or server would disappear one day. Also, since the Warrior Beat Tsai-kos were different from most blogs since they actually met in person (Cattle Calls and away games), I included some icons to note their interactions. In some cases, email address (with their express permission) if they were central to many events.
BTW, if you are listed and would like your email address linked, please email me at: stevem,hnl (at) gmail.com I had stopped soliciting this long ago, but it could be handy.
RainbowCliff — please email me your bio and I would be honored to post it on my personal site. Thanks!
#113 Address correction: stevem.hnl (at) gmail.com
About time they throw to Chad.
Report from SC scrimmage
Rushing game showed lots of improvement from last week.
Come on Waipio…hold ’em!
WAIPIO WINS!!! 😀
Go Waipio.
Waipio LL 😀
Way to Go WA :!:PIO ❗
Congratulations WAIPIO!
Proud of you all!
Represent!
Congratulations to the Waipio LL, great game, onto Williamsport
congrats to waipio ll.
akau’s in the house again!
Hey βρεω808 –Long time… did you see PowderPuff’s #93 question?
back to football…i wonder how rahmel dockery and friend’s visit went this weekend??? looks like he is the top shelf priority as far as receiver’s go this year.
POMAI/KAZZ:
Please post the Na Wahine membership stuff again – too many )(@*)_+_ spammers yesterday!
tommui #127. just click on Kazz or Pomai’s name.
tommui please log on to nawahine.com
watching the colts and 49’ers Qbs makes me wonder why Colt can’t succeed in this league. He is definitely a better passer than Smith, Carr, Painter and Brandestater. The OC and HC are winning to give the 2nd, 3rd line qbs reps but not Colt in 2+ years. Granted he had his share of injuries but when he was healthy Zorn didn’t give him a lot of real game time reps.
speaking of which…all of a sudden there is no news regarding colt brennan. curious as to why? one more week? give em a shot next pre-season game? maybe they likeeee?
ahhh. the mystique continues no..?
Yay Waipio! Way to represent! Hana hou!
Yep, al, lotsa hype last week and then silence. Let’s pray he gets into the game next time around!
Congrats to Waipio!
I would rather see Colt play the Niners, instead of Chicago next week.
Congratulations to Waipio LL!!!
A restaurant created an Obama Burger. It has a slice of pineapple on it to incite an exotic touch. I’m pretty sure, Carl’s Junior has a Hawaiian teriyaki burger with a slice of pineapple on it. Not a big burger fan, but that sure sounds good. I probably eat one hamburger a year. Might have to try for the sake of trying.
Did you know that Fat Burger franchise has a 24 Oz. XXXL burger? See a theme here? I think its that time of year.
The record for biggest burger eaten was by a Sonya Thomas, aka the Black Widow. A nine pound burger consumed in 9 minutes.
Why is it that when most eateries east of the Hawaiian islands throws a piece or two of pineapple (probably from Puerto Rico) on anything, it is called Hawaiian-something? 🙁
#113 Steve M: Thank you for the answer to my request. I am sorry to hear that the opportunity to write on the original Tsaiko bio post does not exist BUT the alternative you have given to me on your personal site is a fine alternative.
I am listed and would like the link as I will get requested bio and e-mail to you !
Thank you SO VERY much for this opportunity and IF Mr. A House can do my introduction I would be very much appreciative as he was the “VERY FIRST TSIAKO” I met after 26 years being away as I will attach that picture in hopes of it to go along to my autobiography !
Simply The Best, Better Then All The Rest !
SteveM,
The pineapple originated in South Brazila and Paraguay. It eventually arrived in the Hawaiiian islands in 1813 by Spanish explorers. It was evenutally comercially grown by the Dole family and Del Monte in 1901 on Oahu. Maui Pineapple Company evenutally followed suit in 1909.
Why is it called Hawaiiain when thrown on anything? Not sure, but I can only speculate that because the pineapple has been introduced to the US via pineapple transports via Hawaii, I think the misnomer stuck and the misconception proliferated. I could be wrong.
Anyway, I’ll stop short on the origins of the pineapple. Main concern at this moment is the planning of the annual hamburger consumption for tomorrow. I might not be able to sleep tonight. 😆
Shoko — Thank you. I was just being cynical. Caramelized pineappple and teriyaki sauce is good on everything…especially burgers. 🙂
Wow, wassup wit all the hundreds of orders of Spam on all the older blog entries?
Should we be concerned about listing a website addy along with the “Leave a Reply” info?
d1島 — looks like a clever SPAMMER has HA in it’s sights. What disturbs me is that there is NO obvious “payload” in the SPAM posts, unless it is hidden…and they have very successfully breached any firewall or SPAM filter in place. Anyway, that’s a problem for the experts like Scott M.
SteveM,
Heh, I knew you were (being cycnical), but your post made me curious as to the origins of the pineapple. So, I looked it up. Sort of little bedtime education. My wife called me crazy. I wish I could disagree.
I just saw a hamburger that involved a sunnyside egg, with caramilized onions and mushrooms. A local moco on a bun in place of the rice, if you will. Looked good, but the restaurant is miles away and too far to be considered an option. I could probably make it at home. We’ll see…
D1,
Ah Spam. I know which spam you were refering to, but spam on a hamburger? Keeping my options open on that idea. Okay, wife, again reiterated on the crazy. She says, “why are you flooding the a sports blog with useless information. I told her, “cause I can”. 😆
Okay, time for bed.
al:
North of Isenberg St is H-1 Frwy?
McCully would be to the west or Ewa side? right?
Pine apple from other places are named “hawaiian” as a commercial maketing ploy to excite the public to purchase the product since hawaiian pineapple are know internationally for its fine texture, sweetness, and juiceness.
Try eating a pineapple on the mainland and you will know immediately it’s not from Hawaii!!
yep.. McCully is to the West.. or Ewa of Isenberg… The Marco Polo is on the South End of Isenberg…
Shoko — do you reside in Hawaii? If not, please tell your city/location?
I used to love to eat pineapple…until I worked the graveyard shift at the Cannery one summer. I started that summer enjoying all the free pineapple I could get and ended the summer deciding to never eat pineapple again. I still don’t eat pineapple.
Free play link time. Please ignore my next 5 posts if you do not want to read the off-topic stuff.
Texas A&M bioterrorism research may have developed a cure for rabies. Rabies kills 50,000 people in the world each year, including the case in this article about a 15-year-old boy killed by rabies from a bat bite.
Scientists are close to a breath test that can detect cancer! This test can detect tumors before they are big enough to be found via X-rays, with early detection being the key to survival of the patient.
British scientists have found a superbug that is resistant to most antibiotics and are warning that it is widespread in India and could soon appear around the world. The gene alters bacteria, allowing them to become resistant to nearly all known antibiotics. The superbug is already circulating widely in India, where the health system is not prepared to identify it or have the antibiotics needed to treat patients.
Interesting article about how the George Foreman grill may be the best deal in sports marketing history. George Foreman rejected the grill at first until his wife tried it and liked it…and he ended up making about $200 million from the grill!
People with type 1 diabetes must prick their fingers several times a day to draw blood for testing, but MIT researchers are working on a way to test blood glucose levels using light instead of needing blood. With diabetes such a huge problem in the US, it would be great to avoid time and inconvenience of constantly needing to get blood out of fingers.
Free play links pau.
There have been a lot of reports about how Verizon may be getting the iPhone in January…Motorola is trying to spin it as a positive thing that they will no longer have the flagship phone for Verizon.
Motorola says that they might benefit if Verizon gets the iPhone because AT&T might want to support Motorola phones then while Motorola keeps their position with Verizon also:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/203003/motorola_sees_opportunity_in_iphone_coming_to_verizon.html
AT&T’s filing they just made with regulators says that they do not expect to be hurt by the end of their exclusivity agreement with Apple for the iPhone. The more that Apple argues that position (and the more they make a big push behind the new BlackBerry smartphone that they have an exclusive with), the more it seems credible that Verizon will get the iPhone soon:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/t-losing-iphone-wont-wireless-dent-earnings/2010-08-09
Article about how Apple is at the engineering verification test for its CDMA iPhone, which would put it on schedule for the rumored January launch of the iPhone on Verizon:
http://daringfireball.net/2010/08/n92
al, Ralph
I checked out a couple of Raider sites today. Like I mentioned 2 weeks ago before Colt was surprisingly (not to me) released by the Redskins, I think he’s in deep kim chee again. Apparently, QB Grakowski is back from the injury list and getting practice reps. Here’s a twitter comment from an Oakland reporter:
Charlie Frye still a spectator as Campbell, Boller and Gradkowski get passing drill work. Not a lot of chances for Colt Brennan.
It looks to me that Colt is fourth in the rotation again (like with the Redskins) and not getting many reps. In another report, Coach Cable has said he wants to make a decision soon (next few days). That suggests to me that Colt could be cut loose very shortly unless Gradkowski re-injures himself.
Darn it. Colt needs commitment from the coaches. If they committed the time like with Jamarcus Russell, they’d find out that they have a real gem. One of the NCAA’s all-time great passers can’t be accurate unless they get time and reps with one system, one set of coaches, and one set of receivers. It looks to me that Colt has to move on to the other leagues to get that commitment and time to prove his worth. Darn it…again.
Another thing of note, Oakland Raider center, Samson Satele, is getting lots of negative comments on his pre-season play by the fans. C’mon Samson. Pick it up.
I hope I’m wrong regarding Colt. But after reviewing several reports, I’m seeing the same situation setting up again…not good.
Curt,
Doesn’t sound promising. 🙁
A-House: You forgot Utah! At any rate, we are all dreaming. UH will never get into the Pac 10, much less Fresno St. or Nevada. UH’s best chance is if they get invited to the Mountain West and get 2 six divisions comprised of BYU, TCU, Wyoming, Colorado St., Air Force, and New Mexico in one and Hawaii, Boise State, UNLV, San Diego State, Fresno St., and Nevada in the other. Then they can have a conference Championship game and the winner will hopefully get a BCS berth, that’s if the conference get approved to be part of the BCS formula. They might have a strong enough argument. If Jim Donovan is listening he should be lobbying to get into the Mountain West. To me, the WAC is doomed w/in the next one or two years. We have to get out of the WAC, period! Hawaii is in a good position because we have the Sheraon Hawaii Bowl. Hawaii football has shown historically to be a very competitive team. Hawaii is strong in men’s and women’s volleyball, and women’s softball, and Hawaii is very competitive in baseball.
Curt,
Everything I’ve read supports your take on Colt’s situation. The NFL follows the same trend every preseason for players on the bubble, and reduced reps is a big tipoff on what they are deciding to do.
Samson is getting criticism Oakland doesn’t have anyone better right now. Hopefully Samson gets things going as the preseason continues.
d1, Garret
It definitely looks grim. The reporter who made that tweet I mentioned above said this in his report in regards to Sunday’s practice:
Bruce Gradkowski is just getting back on the field with a groin strain and Colt Brennan is currently hoping for a few scraps.
🙁 Sniff, sniff.
Derek,
There is *nothing* that JD could do to lobby to get into the MWC now. The MWC is focused on becoming a BCS AQ conference, and what they need is high computer ratings and national ratings of the teams they add. UH in 2004/2005/2006/2007 and UH in 2006/2007/2008/2009 would actually have been quite a bit above the MWC’s average and helped them get AQ status…but the 2008/2009/2010/2011 BCS cycle has not been good for UH so far (UH’s 2008/2009 computer ratings would kill the MWC’s BCS chances).
A new BCS evaluation cycle starts this year (2010/2011/2012/2013), so if UH does well this season and next season then UH will have some power in the next round of conference realignment. Somebody other than BSU will win the WAC in 2011, and that school will rack up the BCS points. *If* UH is armed with the computer ratings that beat out Fresno State, Nevada, and Houston, then JD can lobby the MWC. If UH stays with the computer ratings of 2008/2009, then the MWC could only add UH if they didn’t care about trying to be a BCS AQ conference.
Lobbying won’t work now. Success in volleyball and softball won’t help the conference situation. Only winning football games matters.
As brutal as this sounds, Colt’s best chances may come as a result of injury to (or slow recovery of) someone else.
Curt,
Oakland deciding *not* to play Colt in their game over the weekend showed that they didn’t want to bother giving Colt a chance. If Colt had done well (which I think he would have done!) then their fans would get upset when they cut Colt after their (subpar) backup QBs got healthy.
There was a lot of positive spin on the situation on the blog, but Oakland sadly seems to have revealed its true intentions regarding Colt.
Back on the subject of the Warriors….
Stephen,
What’s the likelihood of a scrimmage during this week in lieu of the one that was hinted about for yesterday?
Regarding Warrior news, it’s good to hear Rausch is doing well. I’m curious to see him throw after all his injuries.
d1shima,
Colt needs *3* Oakland QBs to get hurt (or recover slower than expected) due to the glut of QBs that Oakland has right now. It could happen, and it has happened at times before in NFL camps, but without him getting any reps in practice it doesn’t seem like Oakland wants to even get him prepared to play just in case.
d1shima,
kapakahi on SportsHawaii said that the scrimmage is supposed to be rescheduled for Wednesday or Thursday.
Garret,
Thanks. (that’s kapakahi for “sknahT”)
Curt,
Just hoping he can find a spot to get a firm foothold on a roster…
Garret,
You’re right…sad to say. They’re only keeping Colt around until the backups get off the injury list. Too bad. I was hoping Colt could get some playing time against Chicago. Now, it looks like he’ll have a challenge staying with the Raiders long enough to get to that game.
If the fans saw Colt perform, the coaches would’ve had a hard time explaining why they released him. And too bad that Colt probably won’t be able to get additional film on his play for other teams to look at.
re: West Regional Champs
I wonder if they make the trip back to Hawaii and a quick turnaround or drag out a lo-o-ong road trip and go straight to the East Coast?
d1,
We all hope that Colt gets a firm foothold somewhere. As Garret mentioned, we now see the Raiders’ true intentions.
Phil Steele blogged about some of the early lines set by the Las Vegas Hilton for the college football season. He mentioned UH one time and it was interesting to see that UH is favored by 5 points against UNLV on December 4.
I don’t understand how betting lines can be made so far in advance…
Here’s a link to the San Bernardino paper story on the Waipio game
http://www.sbsun.com/littleleague/ci_15790679
#58 d1 and #64 Slugger, thanks for the news that there is a women’s event, too. The more there is for fans of either gender, the better. 🙂
#87 A-house, I am not sure how long ago this changed, but one of the regional networks on the west coast used to get the K5 football feed — live or near to it — and show both audio and video. You make an excellent point about measuring the interest in Hawaii games on a weekly basis. It seems reasonable there would be a steady (steadier) following if people could see the games pretty readily.
Curt,
Those intentions were crystallizing with each snap that Boller continued to take in Dallas…
gt,
You’re welcome.
GO WARRIORS!
GO WAIPIO!
Oyasumina-tsai…
d1 the waipio team will send a day or two in Bernadino before heading out to the world series. they probably just settling in after enjoy celebrating with their families. tomorrow the little league directors will meet with the team to give the itinerary, plane flights and other protacalls waipio needs to follow. they need get to williamsport early to check in, meet their host sponsor, be refitted with uni’s, have pics taken, check out their practice field/schedule and various other stuff before playing the first game.
it the parents who will be traveling with the team that needs to scramble finding ways to get there and places to stay.
greenthumb,
#178 ~ Where on the west coast were the K5 replays of the UH games shown? Just wondering if that is how a person I met in El Cerrito was able to follow the Warriors.
The women’s football clinic will have a Mouse in the house! Yay!
K, good night! Practice tomorrow at 8:30!
URGENT…IT admin should checkout the activity on yesterday’s blog…1150+ posts and rising..
I think WB is under attack….many of the prior days posts are 1180+ and rising….
Pomai:
I notice on the Wahine softball calendar that you have listed an boosters club event in the Ed Wong Room on Saturday, September 4. There’s a Wahine volleyball tournament going on that weekend at The Stan with a 5 pm match and Na Wahine playing New Mexico at 7 pm on September 4. That really puts those of us who support both Wahine teams in a jam. Any ideas on how to make this a win-win situation – so to speak?
Remember what I said a few days ago regarding Colt? If on October 31, he’s still with the Raiders – actually playing and not just sitting on the bench – every Tsai-ko with an October birthday or wedding anniversary (with spouse) would be our guest for dinner at Roy’s in Hasaii Kai.
If playing for any other NFL team, then the same offer to b’day and wedding anniversary podnas but instead at Tsukiji’s.
Anything else, I’ll bring a couple of big buckets of Zippy’s chili – regular & veggibubblion – to the homecoming T-Gate on October 30.
Will this post trigger a new blog from Stephen?
ahouse…northwest.
al,
So, I was raised in McCully, live in Mo’ili’ili, and speak with a California accent (I’ve been told I sound like a blue-eyed, blond over the phone – haha – some people…), and homey thought I was a tall hula dancer before he really met me. bwahahahahahaha
cavewarrior,
I sent an email to the Technology contact for the S-A site. I don’t have Scott M.’s email. The spam has gotten out of hand.
Night again!
Once the days blog goes into the Archives maybe they take the filters off, no spam on an active blog, well very little.
Regarding the spam content……I think that all of these on-line sites exist($$$), by allowing such; that being said…I guess we gotta go with the flow?
I haven’t followed the current Waipio LL-team very closely, but watching them play on espn2 yesterday….I would say that the (2008)team from Waipio was a bit more talented.
I would love to see them win the, “World-Title/LL” though.
~•~~~~•~ ♪ ♫ ♪ 😀Happy..1st..Birthday..Mia!!! 😆 ♫ ♪ ♫ ~•~~~~•~
~•~~~~•~~~~•~ ★ ★ ★ Happy..Birthday..Colt!!! ★ ★ ★ ~•~~~~•~~~~•~
Great Morning All!
Happy Birthday Mia!
Happy Birthday Colt!
Have a terrific day erryboddy else!
HiHo…
#37- Gigi, I am only going to three home games this year. Sorry to miss you on opening day!
Aloha Kakahiaka!
Great to see Bess, Mouton, Satele and RGM in their games. Prayers for Jordon Dizon who was badly injured.
God Bless!
http://www.ibabuzz.com/oaklandraiders/2010/08/15/raiders-cant-get-air-attack-off-ground/
Hope they give 27 today Colt a chance!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, COLT!
#184 Slugger, it was Southern California … is that where El Cerrito is too?
How are we in the big 49 going to watch Hawaii games?
I don’t get any access to Hawaiian Tel or Oceanic on the net
Blue Powder
200
al,
very good al. what number comes after 200? think hard, now, I’ll throw you another bone.
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