“Nasti” to rejoin Warriors

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Awesome!

I read Eric Dickerson, Louie Kelcher, Jerry LeVias and Welker will also be there…

JJ spent a lot of time on the golf courses the last few days- Byron Nelson and Colonial tournaments. He must be in good health to walk the course…

I wonder when we will hear from bhf2, haven’t heard from him in a while.

really great to hear that a lot of the warriors are coming back to complete their degree work.

idk about tsai singing lullabies?
his reportoire borders more on inspirational music genre.

top 15!

cheepono out.

hf…yup.

Welcome back, Nasti.

Congrats on working on your degree.

re #16

Didn’t Colt say “Nasti was the straw that sirs the drink” ,

or something like that.

Aloha Tsai-kos:

Just received an email from SteveM. Good to hear from him.

I’m still on deployment. Should be back home sometime in August.

Great to hear about Dana. She’s a great players’ coach, but more importantly, she’s a great person. We were at UH at the same time and I recall how we (quite a few student-athletes) would go to watch the Wahines play. We also worked together while she worked in the Hannemann administration. She’s a pleasure to work with. I’m sure we’re going to get back to the glory days of the Vince Goo era.

I’m going to be bringing my family to a few games when I get back.

Anyway, I’m excited about the upcoming football season. Already have our reservations and plans for the Las Vegas game in September.

Aloha, K. Mark

ai-ee-soos,

fo shua, das why Colt Brennan is realleh one local bruddah in disguise. He is da coolest haole on the planet. Think about it, anybody who get pineapples shipped from Hawaii all the way to D.C. gotta be Ha-Y-N!

Pauoa Boy,

Nice to see you on the blog! I hope that everything is going well for you.

It is great that Nate will be helping out the Warriors and getting his degree! I’m also glad that Timmy Chang will be getting his degree and helping out the compliance office…the compliance office needs all the manpower it can get and as a student assistant he (and Nate) won’t be making much.

Article about how Chicago’s coach is happy that they signed Pisa.

Tinoisamoa (pronounced Tino-EE-sah-moe-AH) is as difficult on offensive linemen as he is on play-by-play announcers. A salary cap casualty in St. Louis, he is strong, smart, quick and motivated by a one-year deal that will make the entire season a salary drive. Beyond that, Tinoisamoa has a believer in Smith, who was his rookie-year defensive coordinator in St. Louis and is known to favor smallish, speedy linebackers. Smith had a lot to do with the Rams taking a chance on drafting Tinoisamoa, who had a felony assault conviction on his record, and probably was the biggest reason Tinoisamoa picked the Bears over the Bills.

Notes about the record-setting 25 inning game that Texas won yesterday. The good thing for them is that they are still undefeated in the regional, the lesser number of games should help their pitching staff. Texas was playing at home, so the fans actually stuck around for the 25 innings!

Wood, who threw 169 pitches, came on in relief with a runner on second in the seventh inning. He pitched the next 121/3 innings before he gave up his first hit, a single in the bottom of the 19th.

He struck out 14, walked four batters and gave up two hits in 13 innings. Making Wood’s performance even more impressive was that the game was on the line in every inning. And all of this came after he pitched two innings Friday in a 3-1 victory over Army.

The Longhorns are now the only team in the Austin Regional without a loss.

At one point in extra innings, the teams combined for 28 straight outs — better than a perfect game.

Good Sunday morning everyone!

Last day of May. Whoo-hoo!

Great Morning All!

It’s a terrific time when you can welcome back a son….

The Warriors get a favorite son back in the fold. Welcome back Nasti! Finishing up and getting that degree is a terrific thing!

What is his major?

Aloha Pauoa Boy! Glad you folks stay settled in; only wish it didn’t need to be over there 🙁

Stay safe and hope da family is doing good.

K. Mark,

Great to hear from you! Look forward to seeing you and your family at some Tsaikogates.
Dats a real local bruddah….talking about goin’ Vegas! as soon as he get back! 😆

Pauoa Boy are you in Kuwait or Iraq?

Did your wife give birth or got to wait a little longer?

wafan,

Looks like summoa warm weather for you, eh? #2 son said was hot in OR when he left.

d1 . . .

c_c will be very happy this week. By Wednesday it will be in the 80’s! Where I am we should get up to the mid to upper 80’s.

Good Morning Gangeez! 🙂

Nice to hear from Mark Takai and our own Pauoa Boy.. Be safe both of you.

Excellent news about Nate, good for him and good for the team.

Praise the Lord for Bruddah Robert’s recovery and prognosis. Take it slow big fella.

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morning DPK, brew808

whitey – chorizo vs. p-sausage contest? 😯 😆 🙄

I’m glad to see Coach Dana Takahara-Dias & Corey Nielsen as guest on the Wai/Tsai Show – but don’t they each deserve their own episode? 🙄

I enjoyed all of Spencer Smith’s responses. I wish someone had asked him why he’s so different and toughing out staying in the 808 when so many others (East of the Rockies) have bailed. Kudos to him for that and another reason for this Tsaiko to pull for him! 😀

Uhhhh….

(whispering)somebuddy like let whitey know that, altho it’s a good ting to always remember them, Memorial Day was last week?

Howzit whitey! 🙂 😆 😀

Space ships, time-warp, Maui time…. 😀

So…. do we cheer for UDub since they’re the only West coast team and non-SEC WSB remaining? Plenty of Canadians on their team. I wonder if they have those fancy driver’s licenses like wafan was babbling about describing the other day? 🙄

Go Wahine!!! 😆 😆

malasadas sound good…. I wonder where I can find some….. 😯 🙄 😕

d1, nah, me i one old fart, so hard to change traditional things like memorial day, 4th of July, my birthday. oh, oh, now get dented cranium.

Kekoa, Abe couldnt be a mean bouncer if he wanted to!! he just looks mean. He did a great job helping sort thru the walk in hopefuls! All the boys who came back to pay it forward did a great job! Every year its a new crop, eventually we’ll have more former h.s. players than players! Dalton Hilliard, Corey Nielsen, Benson Maafala, Bones Tuitele, Chauncy Makainai..just to name a few from this years graduating class.

Oh and let me tell you, Jacob Barit came to help – HUGE. Much taller and bigger than high school and not an ounce of fat on him! Cal made a big push for him so he decided home was better than Utah after all. I think we’ll all be happy about that soon enough.

Fou Purcell (Elliotts mom) has been helping me for 6 years now! Most of the parent volunteers dont have athletes in high school anymore, but are always there to help out. The ones with athletes still in school help out with the registration, the food, t-shirts – its great (they dont do measurements or timing). Chris Ma’afala came out to encourage the boys, some very dedicated high school coaches, And its always good to have the former Warriors there like Brad K and Chris B. I liked that Timmy Chang made it clear he was going back to school. These boys need to know and see that sometimes even the best of the best might not make it for long in the pros and the education is something they must have under their belt.

Missed your nephew though, his mom texted me and told me he had a slight injury and didnt want to get hurt – smart move. Luckily, overall it was an injury free day, just one ice pack all day long.

Next year I need 277 malasadas – putting in the order early. Just get the brick oven ready, Ill be over a week early to help you out.

Good Morning everyone! It’s another beautiful day here in the inland northwest.

Hi Doris! Thank you for all that you do for 808 student-athletes! 😀

whitey – chorizo local moco w/ a side of upcountry p-sausage, a couple of malasadas, and some fresh kope….. Ahhhhhh….. that would be so sweet….. 😯 😆 😆 😆

Hey – A-House posted using the right blogger ID this AM…. 😯 😆 😀

Brew:

Mrs told me to be careful because there is a certain Tsaiko on the West Coast who keeps tabs on how many times I screw up – keeps this old fart mentally alert!

First, K Mark and Pauoa Boy – trust in your training, experience, and instincts – we are looking forward to seeing both of you soon.

Second, “welcome back” to Timmy and Nate – great news that you will be finishing your academic work to secure that sheep skin – and, to helping the Warrior program.

Third, to ST, will this impact, favorably, with the APR when they graduate?

Fourth, great big thank you to Doris, hope to meet you one day, for all you do in helping the “local” boys in reaching their goals!

A-Joe! ~

Wake up Cuz…I got that video I promised you – starring the E-Trade baby and his pahtna. Check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x26x9xVNH98&feature=pyv

A-Sports ~

Here’s one for you since we missed you at the darts convention yesterday afternoon-night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8Ev5HgGACg&feature=channel

Imagine if the #1 rated preseason football guru, Phil Steele, dropped his prediction for the 2009 WAC conference final standings on this blogsite–he would be accussed of being negative and of course attacked by curiousily fabricated screen names mimicking his monicor. LOL….wonder if he would make a cc.

Like I mentioned before–people who gamble dont chomp on sugar cane stalk. Phil Steele runs a business on forecasting for those who put their money where their speaking orafice opens….and they actually pay him for his college football knowledge–his ratings come only from being accurate, not sounding good.

Boise State, FSU, NEV, Lat and SJSU will be tough foes.
The later three, we play on the road–good luck.

The donks have their best OL since 2006. The rest of their lineup–ouch! BTW, nearly 100% of their team committed to train at their facility this summer—what was Hawaii’s figure?
Still waitin 4 PICs of Proof of our OL runnin in the hot sun….

Nev returns 2 rushers that combined were ranked #4 in D1A, plus they have a 3rd who DNP in 2008 and returns w 1,500 yards rushed in 2007. The General still rules in Reno–what was the score at Mackay Stadium in 2007, with a minute remaining?

FSU has a staple of QBs, something that has plaqued them for awhile. Their running attack is unrelenting and they are deep. Last year, on one play their OT drove one of our lightweight DEs, 15 yards into the endzone.

LaT, under Dooley gets better every year and keeps adding more transfers. Last time in Ruston, we got penalized for the Haka and it took Colt all of 4-quarters and a late kelly FG–didnt we wilt in the h &h?
Bulldogs won their last game in a bowl….we got smashed.

Dick Tomey has dialed up Hawaii’s number.
Last year he was so embarrassed with his V cuz Hawaii literally gave it to the sparts on silver platter–playing 4-corner O in the second-half and turning over the ball w aloha in the second half, esp the final quarter of play.

Now, Phil is aware of all this plus the fact we lose some pretty good players on D in the trenches and at LB and our OL returns with the same cast-of-OLM that broke records in ’08–but not the kind u like to brag about.

Sorry, I love the warriors, but kona koffee is best taken without sugar.

Oh man!
A-house! You see wat Kekoa was trying fo’ tell you?!? Now dey all goin’ start coming!

kaimiloa,
Corey Lau would be a nice compliment to Billy Ray as a slot….one good one that got away from Kalaepohaku.

Eh, who was dat?

A-house or Mrs.?

heheheh

Robert Kekaula… rest up.. get better… better than ever. Good to know things went successfully, hope to see you on your feet soon.

Reading Ferd’s column, he writes that Phil Steele forecasts a drought in Manoa.

Ferd:”Which is reason for concern now because, for 2009, he picks UH to tie for sixth place in the nine-member WAC with Utah State. A fate, if it were to pan out, that would mark UH’s worst finish in 10 seasons.”

Another publication: “We may be out on a limb here, but we feel Hawai’i is headed for their first losing season in several years.”

Of these predictions, I’d say it does sound like we’re in for some growing pains this upcoming season. It even sounds portentous. But let’s prove everyone wrong. And be optimistic.

To Coach Mack:

Now more than ever you have to be Machiavellian. For your stratagem has to incorporate some deception, where you catch the other teams off guard.

For example, remember the tale of the Trojan Horse, where soldiers concealed in the belly of a wooden horse, overtook the city of Troy. Likewise, your offense, defense or the the incoming players that nobody knows too much about has to present some element of surprise, too.

But truly I don’t care how you do it. I do know if we come in sixth, I’ll be sickened… or fifth… or fourth.. or third. I want the team vying for the conference title.

Keep the troops spirits high. And continue to strive with hard summer training and conditioning.

We’re all in this together, make us proud Coach Mack.

off topic – OMG! Nadal loses at the French Open. 😯 He’s human!

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jm2375 — last night at IMAX reminded me of a cruise tip… don’t worry about sea sickness…but just to be safe… take a free motion sickness pill (from the lobby counter) at 4:00 pm and one before bedtime. Don’t use more “heavy duty” medication. Won’t need it after Monday (if you need it at all) anyway, as you enter the Inside Passage.

I dunno about the others but I’m looking online for a reliable but cheap HDTV external TV Tuners for our flat screens so that I don’t have to fuss too much with what I choose to replace the old VCRs and DVD players that I have in the months to come. Problem is… there is no cheapo out there.

brew808 #82:

Jellyman Kelly. Classic!

Anybody ever try something like this? The Neuros OSD Media Center (6011000) . Records your TV programs directly to any media you choose? Compact Flash.. SD card… Hard Drive.. etc…

http://www.amazon.com/Neuros-OSD-Media-Center-6011000/dp/B000HXGIHE/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I28AQWRQERGRP9&colid=16ON3XAS58S0Q

wow JMxxxx chased everyone away

I started to watch the Ohio State vs Georgia baseball, after 3 innings Georgia lead 5-0 with the leadoff hitter hitting 2 homeruns, i switched to softball…just heard on ESPN Ohio State came back and won that game, now playing Florida State…that’s what we need from UH next season, come back from a deep hole and pull it out at the end…

Projected super regional teams (nat’l top 8 seeds in paren):
1. LSU (3) v Rice
2. UC Irvine (6) v. Mississippi
3. Arkansas v. Flor St
4. CS Fullerton (2) v. Vandy
5. NS (4) v. East Carolina
6. Clemson v ASU (5)
7. Florida (8) v S Miss
8. *TEX (1)/Army v TCU

* Texas took 25 inn to beat BC, Army rebounded after 3-2 first-game loss to TEX and beat Texas State and BC and hold a 4-3 lead over Tex in the 4th. Cinderella storyline unfolding id cadets pull off this upset.

Speaking of Ohio State, Florida State beat them today 37-6.
FSU had 38 hits. Yikes!

Rice up in the first game 5-0 in the fifth…

bama walked two in the bottom 7th, a hit to load the bases…the homer was at the letters…batter was 0-9 in series…location, location keep the ball down.

yep, i believe rice can do it–i projected them to win and face LSU.
Still, the best regional going is at Austin, Army leads 6-3, top of 5th. If they win today and tomorrow, they will upset the #1 seed in the NCAA T.

if u want to watch it live via NCAA free telecast….

http://all-access.cbssports.com/player.html?code=ncaa&media=129342

wf2.

Phil Steele is actually better than most, but he places a lot of his stuff on last year and, let’s face it, we were the Keystone Cops a lot of times. He gave our incoming talent barely a glance.

This year things are organized, coaching is upgraded and everybody is much more hungry. We have some excellent talent added to the team,

Do you really think we’ll come in 5th or sixth? If we don’t come to play, it’s entirely possible, but I don’t think so. Third at the worst, but I feel we could content for a WAC title. This year we’ll find out that we now have a very good coaching stuff.

tom – thanks for the update! Hope the weather gets better for you!!

…a year from now

all eyes will be on the Trap’s baseball team as they emerge from the regional and go onto a super regional

the sock puppets come to life

there’s excitement in the air

the band wagoners jump on again

the chancellor, with her cowboy attire in tow, join JD at the super regional

there’s electricity in the community

“I love Trap” bumpers stickers are seen everywhere

radio talk shows and blogs are a buzz

a banner near the castle junction reads, “Go Rainbows”

there’s a spike in beer sales

…and then it happens

the rainbows win the super regional

…and are now 1 of 8 teams heading to Omaha

smiles everywhere..finger pointers and haters are suppressed

leahey and pal with tears of joy

mufi heads to omaha and is seen later sporting a kukui nut lei and waving t-leafs

the players, led by two young pitching phenoms, continue playing inspired ball

bats come a live, like never seen before

and then it happens..

the rainbows making it to the deciding game

in the stands, fans, some screaming like they’ve never screamed before

others, adopted fans liking Hawaii, are sporting make believe leis and aloha shirts

the fans at home, too, on the edge of their seats

the long shadows of the afternoon extending on the field

the game is close

both sides fans engaged in pandemonium

the players fighting for the school’s honor and pride

and then it happens

..the rainbows are up by one

quicken heartbeats beat faster

beads of sweat pouring

they ain’t no way they scoring

hold, hold as the voodooers come to life

you’ve one out away from a national championship, go rainbows

and then it happened

a harmless groundball ends the game–and the rainbows win!!!!

S-W-E-E-T

a sea of players are jumping for joy–hats and glove are flying up in the air

Trap is holding back tears of joy

fans hugging and crying, too

media positioning for interviews

relatives of players rapidly taking pictures

…a history making moment surely, seemingly reserved in infamy for the rainbows

..a team landlocked far out on an island— that the rest of the country doesn’t care about—and wins it all—agains… the giants..

this is my dream, which I’d quickly trade for all my opulent .. ones…

Make that Bechard…

at least the shell is close to the beach, after the ceremony, quick change and you’re off to the water…

howzit ted, hope everything is goin well 4 u and ohana.

it’s up to the boyz and men that coach them….trust me phil steele has very capable interns that do inside research and that includes stuff he doesnt discuss.
I made my points in #88.
Beat those teams and Hawaii moves up the WAC ladder.

Next season on defense.. and even somewhat on offense…the Warriors may have to depend on fresh legs over talent in a number of positions. Just be unrelenting in pursuit and receiving runs.

Wafan we’re warrior fans, some more fanatic than others, we see our players as stellar athletics with outstanding credentials thru rose colored lenses…Phil Steele and others looking at the same personnel and see players with potential, inexperience at the D1 level, and unproven abilities, then they make an assessment of the team without having seen a single practice..but then again they haven’t seen a lot of other team practices either…its their opinion and their validity is justified in annual sales of their magazines…

Huskie Lawrie just threw a pitch at 68, its like a high ninety baseball pitch..these ladies got quick hands….

Anyone pick-up on Neil Everett’s broadcast mentioning “Fred Lewis not Ferd Lewis” comment on yesterday’s Sportscenter. I’m sure he’s done that before, it just caught me by suprise.

what?
you mean no more, “me, myself, and i”?

or=and

wafan it is like statisticians, they look at numbers they or others have logged in and make reasonable assessments and finalize a report…forensic audits look at numbers and are able to detect patterns, etc to determine if a crime has been committed They don’t have to be at the actual site and have hands on or direct observation to come to some sort of conclusion…Think Marian Higa and her interns

Lawrie of Washington, a freshman and national POY, just hit 69…waiting to see her break the 70 barrier…

Who cares what Phil Steele thinks? It’ll all come out in the wash anyway.

Before we go singing praises of any sports analysts, let’s just remember what some so called “elite” sports analysts did to the reputation and prospects of our record breaking QB a few years back.

Just let the players play the games. This is a Warrior Sports blog. We wouldn’t be Warrior Fans if we didn’t tend to discount negative press about the Warriors, especially press that is generated before any games have been played. Yes, this year’s team will certainly face some challenges. The bottom line is, we have faith in the Warriors.

If Mr. Steele wants to send “interns” to practices and then make a prediction based on that, that’s his prerogative. If we have a lot more faith in our coaches and players and program than Mr. Steele currently does, that’s ours.

And Mr. Tsai works harder at his craft than any writer who follows UH Football. He has reasons for what he says.

GO WARRIORS!!!

huh? she is one of 8 sites on twitter that I follow volleyball with, hoping CW tweets and Shoji too…

brothers?

warriorfanny2?

Crying about sockpuppets?

AHhahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahhahaha!

Rob Demello reports that Chad Owens has signed to play in the CFL with the Montreal Allouettes. Way to go Mighty Mouse!

I guess chad’s knee is fully healed..cfl’s wide field should really help chad with his quick feet and field vision…i always liked the Allouettes of all the cfl teams now I have a reason to follow them more often..

Jason doesn’t have a job this summer, not going to school, no sports going on, I guess he has a lot of time to review all WAC teams and make his own prediction…what say young mathematician…JM2375 can chime in with her senior knowledge…powderpuff got a lot of UH stats at her disposal…

Howzit Everybody,

I gotta say in regards to Phil Steele, I don’t take anything he says to heart because at the end of the day all it is, is a bunch of predictions and predictions is all he has at this point. If you look back to last year all of the magazines had us in the middle of the pack and look at where we finished. Even with breaking the sack record and not having the best offense last year we still finished 2nd. Even that second though was tied, even though we beat both of the teams we where tied with.

Well I guess the moral to this story is until the teams that are ahead of Hawaii can show that they can beat Hawaii, in my mind Hawaii will finish no lower than 2nd every year and that is just the bottom line. As I said before, predictions are predictions and that’s all it will ever be.

As I was taught a long time ago, games are won on the feild not the papers, so until LaTech, FSU, SJSU, and Nevada can prove to me that they can beat Hawaii, we really have nothing to discuss at this point. JMHO

oh yea psteele don’t know sh_t 😡

Congrats to Nate. Best Warrior running back in recent memory, at the very least.

Best wishes for Kekaula’s speedy recovery. I’ll know he’ll be ready for gametime color commentary…he helps make just listening to games a lot more entertaining.

What a hot day at the shell. Aaron Bechard graduated from HMA and you know what a good “lei” is? A cold bottle of ice water!!

Glad Robert Kekaula is doing better. I was worried about him.

Sawp Gang,
Garret, fo shua I let you know if I’m still here and have the luxury of the internet, if not no worries about it, I going have my wife DVR’em anyway.

wafan – trying for stay healthy but breathing in all this frikkin sand and dirt cannot be good for the lungs…

d1島 – yeah wish I could be back in the islands, trying to get back to K-Bay after this tour so can finish out at home but we’ll see. Anyway the fam is good…thanks for asking

Ralph – if I told you I would have to…nah nah I stay where Saddam once was. Anyway, the wife just gave birth on May 23rd to my baby girl, Kira Ann Kahealani.

Anyways wassup everybody…

Robert Kekaula get healthy and back to KITV sports.

My favorite UH RB of all-time, Nasty Nate Ilaoa, should be in the League, but very happy to see Nate is working to finish his College Degree, thanks to coach Mac and opportunities for alumni to come back and finish their Degree requirements.

Also props to Timmy Chang for his desire to finish his Degree requirements, credit AD Jim Donovan and staff for opportunity granted within department.

Phil Steele…

Is that the guy that predicted Joe Avery would start at WR last season and Victor Clore to be one of the starting DE’s last season too?

Ralph,
Mahalos, yeah come to think of it she is a week old… I so lost on what time or day it is anyway, but it actually makes things better not knowing.

With Matthew Stafford and Knowshon Moreno back after beating us in the Sugar Bowl, Georgia was a lock at number 1 (yeah right) and was a lock to play in the BCS Championship game right??? (NOT!!!)

Comment on PIAA article in the morning paper:

Waialua coach mentions that his DE has committed to BYU and Hatchie has offers from several PAC 10 schools and “other schools”.

If UH has offered, it appears it is in the “other schools” category and low on the list for consideration.

Fans hate preseason predictions…when the predictions are lower than what they think they should be. When the predictions are good, fans love the predictor. That is the nature of fan-hood. I’m sure the BSU fans were upset when Phil Steele predicted before the 2007 season that UH would win the WAC when BSU had won previously year after year.

BSU fans must like the predictions because they will be picked to win the WAC. Nevada fans must be pleased also, as they wouldn’t expect to be picked about BSU. From what I’ve read, the only group of WAC fans that have justifiable unhappiness with the preseason polls is UH fans, as 5th and 6th seems low–especially when you look at recent UH finishes in the WAC.

Past results and high hopes would lead to an expectation that the preseason predictions should have UH at #2 or #3 in the WAC. Even the most biased fans shouldn’t expect UH to be picked over BSU right now. However, UH *did* lose a lot of seniors last year and *does* have a lot of questions on the OL and with experience on D. Coach Shaw and Tormey could make the difference there, and the talent UH has recruited on D could come together, but if you were making an unbiased preseason prediction should you just assume that would happen or should you be skeptical? Preseason predictors cannot just have faith that things will work out, though fans of a team can.

I personally cannot see how they can justify putting UH 5th or 6th in their predictions. However, I wouldn’t predict a WAC title like some UH fans would, even though BSU is going to come to Aloha Stadium. I’ve read a lot about what has been going on with the other WAC teams (the other teams are working hard to improve too and they generally have a lot more experienced players returning) and wouldn’t put UH lower than 4th–if I had to predict, I’d put UH 3rd or 4th in the preseason. However, if the OL comes together and the D gets things going in the 3 games before the WAC season, UH could have a shot at the conference title because BSU will have a tough time winning at Aloha Stadium.

I hope that the low prediction will serve as additional motivation for the Warriors in the offseason. If the predictions had UH at #2 in the WAC then UH fans wouldn’t be upset but it really wouldn’t help the Warriors in their season. All the predictions have done is added motivation and will make things that much sweeter when UH exceeds those predictions.

Congratulations on the birth of your daughter Pauoa Boy! You must be so happy and wish you could be there to help your wife right now with her and your sons, but I know you’ll serve our country well and be home soon.

Nice to know that T.Chang and Nate are back. RK, glad that you are going to be much better. : )

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

The recession has resulted in a lot of US high school students choosing to go to Canadian Universities because they are a lot cheaper.

Boston man was pulled over for driving to endanger because he was all over the road…because he was eating a bowl of cereal while driving.

Free play links pau.

Susan Boyle suffered an emotional breakdown after not winning Britain’s Got Talent and paramedics came to her hotel room and took her to a hospital.

Howzit Momma A-House,

Yeah since things are slow, I’ve been checking out the blog keeping up with the news back home. Anyway, happy to see you on too…

When is the Dolphins going to realize that Davone is there best sure-handed receiver on the team? I will have no doubt that Davone can increase his numbers across the board this season if he gets to start. He has better hands and quickness then Ginn Jr. All Ginn Jr. got on Davone is he’s a little faster and came from Ohio State, wow…

kama krab:
Right on with your posts #173, #178, #182!

Welcome back Nate!

Glad to hear things went well for RK!

Those coming from Hawai’i or the West Coast to see the La. Tech game on Sep. 30 might be interested to know that Allegiant Airlines flies nonstop from Shreveport to Vegas twice a week (Thursdays & Sundays) with fares starting from $79 one-way plus tax. The Thursday return to Vegas makes for an appealing stopover if folks don’t have to go back to work on Friday.

I’m not inferring anything.

*hint *hint
*wink *wink

Nate Jackson was so entertaining to watch. When he was on the field anything was possible. Anyone know what he is up to nowadays?

That is the BYU QB getting his rib broken from Pisa.

Pauoa Boy,

Congratulations on the birth of your daughter, Kira Ann Kahealani 🙂

96 days until football.

btw, too bad I read your tweet too late to offer you a cool drink at Kapiolani Park this afternoon. It was really hot today out there….but then, of course, you already knew that. 🙄

Cougar Pride Defined

“I can’t define it; I can’t tell somebody who isn’t a Cougar what it’s like. There’s something that happens at Washington State, you quietly and subtly become infected. There are very few people I’ve ever met who have gone to WSU and not come away with a favorable impression … Washington State was a passion. Being a Cougar was a passion.”

-Jim Walden Head Football Coach 1978-86
From his book “Tales from the Washington State Cougars Sideline”

Saw on Doris’s site that Fehoko did 37 reps like some of you. Is there anyone who can confirm that it was 225# and not 185#. Reason that I ask, it that it’s usual for high schoolers to use the lower weight Also, Fehoko was listed at 6′ and just over 200 (I think). I know that Sopoaga did 41 and he weighed over 300 and was super strong…still is. Fehoko’s 37 at 225 just doesn’t seem plausible.

Also, does anyone know the basis for the 0.24 second correction when converting hand held timing to electronic? Been meaning to google it, but just haven’t gotten around to it. I have a hard time believing there’s more than 2/10’s of a second difference between hand and electronic. Example, someone timed in 4.4 would translate to 4.64 electronically. Distance would not matter because the correction is related to reaction time at the start and finish and not anything in between.

BG:

May 31st, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Saw on Doris’s site that Fehoko did 37 reps like some of you. Is there anyone who can confirm that it was 225# and not 185#.

BG, just heard Kanoa Leahey on KHON ALSO say Fehoko did bench 225lbs.

i am thinking that the big guy will be back to work as early as friday.

and no forget….
we will have some of that f’s this wednesday at camellia’s in mccully at 1200.
come on down!

and for others..

5 P’s

Posting
Perusing
Posturing
Pestering
Poor Mouthing

I’m just totally speculating, but those bench press numbers might not be according to the same standard as the NFL Combine. You know, in terms of arms locking, whether the rep was “bounced,” etc.

jase…probably.

Mr. P ~

You may add:

Pugnacious & Pilau to your list of P’s.

will…i predict funaki will have 5-6 td passes this year from a running back position and/or as a wildcat.

pauoa boy….congratulations brother.
oh well, keep trying for your middle linebacker. j/k.

Congratulations Pauoa Boy!

Thanks Jason, so what now you pau graduate…still going school like Kelli, or you taking off for now?

M.Ed. from HPU starting this fall.

Get well soon Robert! Love listening to you on 1420’s internet feed.

Good Morning Tsaikos! Hope everyone had a good weekend. Hope everone makes it through another work week.

Great Morning All!

If Coach Bulla was there monitoring the Bench, you can rest assured the rep counts woulda taken a hit! 😉

So much fun in da sun yesterday that I just wen crash last night.

But it’s back to work and welcome to June!

Erryboddy have a terrific day! 🙂

HiHo…

Glad Nate is getting his degree. It keeps so many doors from being shut in your face. Lots of job searches will just immediately eliminate job applicants without a BA or BS degree. Its a good way to make the list shorter without a lot of work.

I think the key to success this year is to get back to the JJ offense, and few people know the RB position in that offense better than Nate.

Good morning Tsai-kos!

Where is everyone? *banging on the clubhouse door*

Short work week – 3 days, then vacation! 😀

PB – congrats on your baby girl.