Passing interest
Pick a place, any place.
Downey High quarterback Aaron Zwahlen chose Hawaii as the family’s destination for his spring break.
If things align, Zwahlen could find Hawaii to be home for five years. UH is among the schools Zwahlen is considering. Duke, Northwestern and Texas Tech have expressed interest in the 6-foot-3, 195-pound quarterback who will be a senior this coming fall.
The Warriors have received an endorsement from Zwahlen’s father, Dr. Lynn Zwahlen, a Modesto dentist. UH head coach Norm Chow coached Dr. Zwahlen for three years at BYU, as a graduate assistant in 1974, and receivers coach in 1976 and 1977. Dr. Zwahlen served a church mission in Japan in 1974 and 1975.
“I followed his career, of course, through all the moves,” said Dr. Zwahlen, who has moonlighted as a high school coach for 30 years. “I went to the coaching clinics where he was speaking. I visited a little with him there. Now Aaron, our son, is going to be a senior this year. We wanted to come and see the campus, as well as come to Hawaii, for spring vacation.”
Dr. Zwahlen described Chow as a “guru.” He added: “He’s a little more intense than he was back then. I remember him being a little more laid back.”
After a jet skiing outing, the family attended the Warriors’ practice in what was considered an unofficial visit.
“We love it here,” Dr. Zwahlen said. “This is great.”
Here’s Aaron Zwahlen’s highlight video of the 2011 season: Zwahlen.
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• With John Hardy-Tuliau’s left foot in a wrap and Mike Edwards on restricted duty following shoulder surgery, the No. 1 cornerbacks were Dee Maggitt and Brian Clay during yesterday’s limited-contact scrimmage. Maggitt and Clay each had interceptions.
• Receiver/returner Samson Anguay, who missed the 2011 season after undergoing ACL surgery, tweaked an MCL yesterday.
• The offensive line was down to seven healthy players after left guard Chauncy Winchester-Makainai was sidelined. Tackles Levi Legay and Sean Shigematsu have been limited because of ailments.
• Defensive end Tavita Woodard was at tight end for the second consecutive practice. He is expected to move back to defense for Friday afternoon’s scrimmage. Woodard joked that he would bring two jerseys.
• David Graves and Ikaika Woolsey alternated at quarterback during 7-on-7 drills and the limited-contact scrimmage. Jeremy Higgins and Taylor Graham, who must redshirt this season after transferring from Ohio State, took some scrimmage reps.
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Please raise a glass of aloha in honor of the birthday boy — DPK.
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And belated birthday wishes to Dennis Halloran.
1st
here’s his video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s89k23lohMU
Na Koa Presents: “An Evening with Coach Chow: Let’s Do This Together”, a live broadcast on Wednesday, April 18 from 7 to 10 p.m. The broadcast will be aired across the state on both KFVE the Home Team and OC Sports Channel 12.
The broadcast will also be streamed live at http://www.nakoa.org.
More information:
http://www.nakoa.org/2012/04/na-koa-presents-an-evening-with-coach-chow-lets-do-this-together/
Coach is more intense because he has more at stake here than ever before. Take care of yourself Coach. Delegate and teach. We want you around for a long time.
nice trigger.
sees the field quickly.
Howzit Tsaikos!
Top 5!
Hope everyone gets healed up quickly.
Nytal!
Dang it, al-san. Go ne-ne.
Howzit Tsaikos everywhere.
great read, ST.
and I agree with Ala Wai. Take care of yourself, Coach Chow.
thanks for the video Al.
pops gotta get him outta da shotgun, a little more this year, doncha think?
would be nice for coach and his dad to hook up samoa.
sure is nice for the kid, who looks great, to be considering his dad’s coach.
just great i tell ya, just Great!
Didn’t Jeremy Higgins redshirted last year?
Hi, gang!
I’m up too late this early in the morning…
See you on the other side of the sunrise. Healing to the wounded Warriors.
Night!
Hope the O-line can get healthy and stay healthy. Their chemistry has to develop. The most successful O-lines in recent memory had good chemistry almost to the point where they were “frat bruddah tight” off the field. Hope there is a good supportive dynamic for our O-line, parents, families, friends, girl friends, etc all helping them reach their goals. Last time I saw this on the practice field was the year before and year after the Sugar Bowl.
Welcome to the Warriors Aaron Zwahlen! Great highlights! I always had more Interest in seeing a passing game and this guy has the stuff! The passing threat will make the running game more deadly! Cheehoo!
Barking dogs have quieted so now I can try to catch some more zzzzzzzzz’s!
Here’s hoping Aaron chooses his Dad’s coach and Hawaii! Night night!
Bleed Green 808
thats my recollection too.
Injuries are part of the game, but man are they frustrating. healing prayers to all, and Anguay has to be besides himself. hope the MCL was not the same knee as the ACL, no fun.
have a great day peeps, the blog is back to normal, every now and then when we go on our proverbial ‘3 hour tour’ on our little tiny ship…..gotta do some trolling i guess.
too blessed to be stressed and too anointed to be disappointed 🙂
Watching the film on Aaron Z., didn’t see him taking snaps from under center? I don’t think he’ll fit into coach Chow’s system if he’s just shot-gun specific. imop.
Bulla, I like this and will use it “too blessed to be stressed and too anointed to be disappointed “!
Have a good day folks! Go Warriors!
good morning tsaikos. dpk, d1 time to wake up and go hi ho.
Good morning, gangees!
Good Morning Gangeez! 🙂
And he kicks too! Nice vid, great arm. He looks like he’d be great recruit for JJs offense at SMU, too.
Its going to be fun to watch as talented QBs beat a path to UH’s door. The Chow effect in full force.
Great Morning All!
Coach Chow’s decades long career seems primed to payoff for the Warriors in many ways.
Read about the scrimmage.
The process continues…
Hope all the ailing players make it back quickly
howzit howzit.
gotta go town, pick up da SA, read all about it.
have a nice day Tsaikos. hi ho hi ho.
Coolen on 1420 right now.
Aloha Kakahiaka!
Balance enthusiasm with common sense…
Stay healthy, Warriors!
Coach Wiesehan coming up on 1420 to discuss oline.
GOOD MORNING HAWAII!
AL never sleeps!
Aaron Zwahlen-enjoy your stay on our beautiful islands- hope you consider it to be your next stay for four/five years!
Don’t forget to vote (and often) for Stephanie.
The Alabama people are voting hot and heavy for their candidate (Cassie Reilly-Boccia) and has already passed Ms Arioto in voting today.
So go vote now!
(Can’t give you the URL as I got mine on a bookmark!)
Go Warriors!
Go Wahine!
Ok, going to ratchet up the voting for Steph!
I’m getting old, time for my midday nap.
where is justin alo in all this?
i thought he and higgins would be battling it out for the 3 spot.
good morning tom.
Y’all know what to do!
http://www.seniorclassaward.com/vote/softball_2012/
Do it now! Do it often!
Stephanie: 22.4%
Cassie Reilly-Boccia (Alabama) 17.8%
Valerie Arioto (Cal) 16.1%
hmmm. #38 borders on some explicit connotations not suited for this family blog.
Welcome aboard Aaron, maybe you can convince some of those receivers to come with you.
Your mind sees explicit connotations not suited for this family blog. I jes want folks to vote for Steph. What were you thinking? 😆
DPK, tommui, and everyone else, thanks for the link. Just voted for Stephanie.
SteveM, will be on Maui next weekend, but I think whitey knows that already. Me and Mr. Big Mouth.
the boss has a seminar to attend in maui on friday…hmmmm.
“Maggitt and Clay each had interceptions.”
Good for the defense! Not so good for the offense…
Those were really good interceptions, too.
Mike Edwards is on limited duty, but he did return punts. He’s looking very fast.
Kahuku’s John Wa‘a was at practice. Now he is a large human being.
With Zwahlen, Wa‘a and Correa at practice, the coaches can’t wait for Feb. 6.
howzit DPK. you ole smuuzer you. Happy Birthday brudda. Happy Happy Happy!
Oh yeah…
HPY BD DPK!
If the coaches were happy about Zwahlen, Wa’a, and Correa being at practice and can’t wait til Feb. 6, does that mean all 3 are committed?
Good morning everyone!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to DA PUNCHBOWL KID !!!
😎
SOFTBALL ON TV REMINDER.
OC SPORTS PICKED UP THE SATURDAY DOUBLE-HEADER AGAINST LATECH STARTING AT 2PM.
DPK, Hau’oli lā hānau! Wishing you a case of Aloha.
Hau’oli la hanau DPK!
DPK – Happy, happy birthday!!!
Happy Birthday DPK!
Belated Happy Birthday to LoCal Tsai-ko Dennis Halloran !
Happy Birthday DPK!
PowderPuff — thanks for the confirmation about April 21. So far we also have myki, sj-macro, SailorBlue, Janice, and maybe Kekoa and Bryson. Hoohiki (Maui) too.
I arrive a day late. 😐
Only Wa’a is committed.
Happy Birthday DPK. Cheers.
Good Morning Tsaikos!!! Hope all have a good day!!!
Happy Birthday to DPK….the Original Pordagee….LMAO
Hey DPK, did you visit your tree while on campus????
More good news coming out of UH and it seems like excitement is in the air at both the players and fans level….
Happy birthday DPK! Damn, I’m still older than you.
Happy birthday, Kid!
Happy Birthday DPK!! Another really special one, eh? Enjoy enjoy enjoy!!!.. Avoid red meat!
Happy B Day DPK. Imua!
Happy Birthday DPK! Wishing you a great day and many more birthdays.
Coach Mac is selling his house here. I guess its expensive to have a house here and not really live in it. I hope he does come to visit though. I always thought he is a really nice guy and would always be welcome.
Happy birthday to DPK!
happy birthday santa!
HAPPY BDAY TO DPK, the one, the only….DPK
no matter what you might think or what you might say….DPK has been a true supporter of this blog and because of that……now sounding like a commercial, haha.
bless you my brother, make it special just like you are
IMUA LANAKILA 🙂
Happy birthday to the Kid and Dennis Halloran! (albeit belated) Hope y’all celebrate appropriately.
What? It’s Dennis Halloran’s birthday too? What you guys? Twins from different mothers and fathers, o’ what? Happy Birthday, Dennis!…
Thanks for the Birthday wishes! You guys are truly the bestestest ever. Off to a movie with Sweety! 🙂
Unless Graves starts to step it up, it looks like we may have a problem at QB. This makes the Schutter suspension even more important, as he would have been in a position to press for the starting position.
It should be busy tomorrow. Football, softball and baseball will be converging at roughly the same time.
NKorean spokesman says the rocket launch was a huge success.
Rocket attained earth orbit flawlessly then challenged and defeated every orbiting western satellite….splashed down and received “Perfect 10” scores from all NKorean judges…swam back to NKorea on its own and placed itself back on the launch pad…and is now ready to launch again proving that it works harder than Ann Romney!
😉
Clay seems to be a very impressive athlete play 3 positions…I honestly think maggitt is the best corner this spring. He and Edwards would make one heck of a duo.
Happy Birthday to, DPK and Dennis.
Another year older and wiser….melo-like-jello.
Someone tell IWWTHM to stop playing with toy rockets.
Homey:
It took me a while to catch on, but that’s hysterical.
@75,
Is Graves really struggling that much? That can’t bode well for our offense…
go warriors!!!!
Or.. is Graves struggling or i sWoolsey just looking that good?
ST – I can picture him in his members only jacket shouting, “3,2,1, blast off!”
Ever since the new leader in Pyongyang I haven’t seen IWWTHM posting…hmmmmm
I wouldn’t worry about who gets the most or least reps at QB this stage of the season. It’s a time to learn and giving reps to many QB’s will pay off in the long run.
Eight practices in and probably the thing to look for is how is the progress coming along. Beating USC doesn’t need to happen tomorrow.
Slots get converted to x/y type receivers, rbs or safety. Or they look for another school. A few are weighing their options, I’m sure.
happy bday DPK
afternoon all
Happy Birthday to DPK & Dennis Halloran!
Has Football practice started yet?
Chow will use slots in his system. I am more worried about the olinemen than the quarterbacks. They all will have to be able to read the defense and make the right adjustments. The key to the offense will be how well they can run the ball.
RedZone.. it’s funny though, because under LaVell Edwards, Chow’s offense passed like crazy. Lots of vertical passing to open up the running game.
It’s as if, due to the fact that La Vell and BYU were in the WAC, he never got any credit for contributions to the West Coast Offense or Air Coryel Offense. Yet, he was a predecessor to them all.
Happy Birthday DPK!!!
Happy Birthday Dennis!!!
I’m out. Peace to all. I’ll be with the oyster
Wiesehan said today that it is a run to set up the pass offense.
Happy Belated Birthday Dennis Halloran.
Aaron’Z got a sweet touch pass.
Hau’oli La Hanau, DPK & Dennis!
DPK….HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Wow, so many April birthdays…hope you’re having a special day. Cheers!
@94 Oops! Tomorrow Friday @ 3:30! Shucks, I was off earlier than usual today too! 🙁
Chow was offensive coordinator 1996 – 1999 at BYU.
Run attempts
1996 – 581
1997 – 389
1998 – 540
1999 – 375
Pass attempts
1996 – 423
1997 – 325
1998 – 383
1999 – 458
mo808…
City Mill’s just pass the quarry… they have camping equipment.. Do they still refer to lower campus as “the quarry” ?
Redzone, what year did they win the NC?
Are these just the passing plays?
http://bruceeien.com/offense/chow/CHOW.HTM
Never mind that NC for BYU was well before Chow.. in 84.. they won the MWC when Chow was there in 1996 and 1999.
At Utah Chow’s offense went
Run attempts – 472
Pass attempts – 334
MIH
1984 BYU went 13 – 0. Roger French was the OC. Mike Holmgren was the quarterbacks coach and Chow was the receivers/recruiting coordinator.
Utah’s QB wasn’t all that good. .he came from DII… their starter went down early. The Oline suffered a lot of injuries like UH and the replacements were still learning the ropes… lots of sleight of hand to get to the bowl game and win that one. I give Chow lots of credit.
DPK…Happy Birthday, buddy!
And belated B-Day wishes to Dennis Halloran too.
I think it’s going to be something like 70/30 in favor of passing from the 30 to the redzone.. 50/50 between the 20 and thirty… 30/70 in favor of running short of the 20 and in the Red Zone.
Against USC I think the key will be how well we can run the ball. Their dbs are just too good to rely on the passing game.
Homey….well, you know…IWWTHM has been MIA ever since Kim Jong Il’s passing…makes one wonder….hmmmmmm….
MWAHAHAHAHHAA
Cassie Reilly-Boccia (Alabama) has really pulled ahead of Valerie Airoto (Cal) in the Loews softball contest. Stephanie is still ahead but let’s keep voting to keep her there.
@105 MIH is that a trick question? I’ll bite…(probably regret doing so) Answer: Yes! …..waiting to get annoyingly mean buzzer sound…
In 1999 BYU went to Motor City Bowl but lost to Marshall. They only scored 3 points. Their leading rusher Atuaia (remember that name) had only 2 – 19 yds. Their quarterback was sacked 8 times. In Chows offense you win the game up front.
DPK,
Happy Bday, Sir!
O-line down to seven Healthy linemen…a bit concern?
happy birthday dennis!
Belated Happy Birthday Dennis Halloran!
Aaron Zwahlen throws a nice ball. Can he convince his two OT’s to come along?
Aloha Dennis – and I hope it was a nice celebration!
mo808…
Taste good, yeah?
Belated Happy Birthday, Dennis. hope you had a great day!
@123…errrrrrrr!
Great article today’s SA about Hadden.
keep up the great work, ST.
Looks like all passing to me.. the running game isn’t featured on those pages…
Looks like Coach Beeman has been putting on a lot of miles as she will be returning from a Big West meeting on the coast. I hope McInnis will ask her about recruiting when she returns.
Thx for the wishes, I’ll send half of them to my 73 year old twin!
Happy birthday to Da Kid! That A. Zwalen is good…but he got some awesome receivers too.
Re: #116…that’s true for all offenses.
d1 #77 . . . That is some funny stuff. Props!
The days of UH being at the top of the offensive categories are gone. The skeptic in me says that Chow runs an offensive system that relies on bigger, faster, and stronger athletes than what UH can recruit. It could be a serious struggle.
However, the optimist in me says that Chow knows what he is doing. We will hopefully be able to attract better players. And statistics will mean little if we are winning.
While I am excited about the future under Coach Chow, I have always said (or agreed) that UH needed the RnS to be able to compete. JJ knew that. BUT, I am all in with the new regime so I will try to remain positive.
not to mention the talent he had there too
Given all that, he still took a limping, badly beaten up Utah to a bowl game and won. For a first season in the Pac.. that’s pretty darn impressive. The MWC is no where near what the PAC is. But our athletes are probably on par as to what Utah had last season.
Aloha, DPK,
Did I see your name on the credits for the Merrie Monarch piece on Kaua’i and lei maker “Buzzy”?
Kev-1,
I do agree with you in that I also think “Coach Chow runs an offensive system that relies on bigger, faster, and stronger athletes than what UH can recruit. It could be a serious struggle.
However, the optimist in me says that Chow knows what he is doing. We will hopefully be able to attract better players. And statistics will mean little if we are winning.”
Beeman’s going to struggle. She’ll get a good first year of recruits –those that she and her assistants have been in contact with till now– and in subsequent years, it will all have to do with how well they do. Fortunately, she isn’t a number of years removed from coaching like her two predecessors were. THAT is a huge advantage.
kev-1,
You are a smart and observant person! 🙂
sending belated bay wishes to DPK and saw same slugger. jeff DuPont worked at Kapalama up campus
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mih…i’ll bet you lunch that beeman won’t fall flat on her face. if anything this year’s recruit class will be her weakest because half of them may come dtd’s efforts if she honors them.
as a new, incoming hc, it is her perogative to honor any scholie commits made by the previous staff. the problem is really how little time she had to seek the quality that she strives for.
unless she can find some real good hs players, she may go the jc route this year.
i am optimistic that she can turn this wbb program around from less than mediocrity.
d1…you see the same bubbles i am seeing????
🙄
thanks d1 . . . I appreciate a good laugh and a little bit of wit.
al . . . I’m with you. Got good vibes about Beemen.
Slugger, kk –
Saw a 1,000 year old ohi’a lehua in Kalopa wit Braddah Buzzy dat day. Da guy is amazing! Working with Jeff is good fun. This is another piece we did for Hawaiian Skies in flight video magazine:
http://www.hawaiian-skies.com/blog/20120322/flight-alala
Slugger, we goin’ submit dat one to this year’s HIFF.
Happy belated birthday to Braddah Dennis Halloran!
Thanks again for the birthday wishes errybody.
kev-1, mih…the optimist in me does not agree with this statement,
“The skeptic in me says that Chow runs an offensive system that relies on bigger, faster, and stronger athletes than what UH can recruit. ”
i would say to this, that it is what UH couldn’t recruit in the past or didn’t recruit in the past. i believe that this staff has proven thus far that getting good talent is related to the fruits of your labor.
know this, chow and company work ten times harder on recruiting and they also have everybody on staff pounding the pavement as compared to previous staffers.
al-
I’m seeing what looks like a bigger, faster, stronger team in practice this spring. And yes, they’re definitely going after bigger recruits.
Happy Birthday DPK!
al . . . I get what you’re saying, which is why I did throw in my little optimist comment in there too. You’re absolutely right. Chow’s name together with the aggressive recruiting that we have already seen should (and already has) attract more talent. It’s just that little skeptic devil in the back of my head that won’t go away until I actually see results. Know this though, I am more optimistic than pessimistic about what Chow can do here.
Heyyyyyy Kal!
How youuuuuuuu! I goin’ give you one call tomorrow. Hang in dea my braddah! Great to see you posting! 🙂
Happy Birthday DPK!
steven christian finally got medically cleared to return to football today.
Well, we won’t know any of the above for a couple of years. It really will take that long to see if the graduating positions can be filled with a noticeable higher or bigger caliber of player, with each being appropriate to the needs of the whole. Right now, it all looks like a step in the right direction.
steven christian? RB or CB?
Never mind, I see it says CB.
I’m beginning to forget who’s already on the team. Not good.
Can anyone tell me if the spring roster is different than the roster on the UH website. And if it is different, can someone post the spring roster or a send a link to view it. This is for those, ME, that can’t make it to any of the practices.
Thank you
HB DPK & DH!
Worked a track meet today… Pooped!
Sweet Warrior Dreams!
Sean:
The roster is very different. It’s also different from the roster passed out at practices.
Not sure why they don’t update it. But for four weeks we’ve been asking about the two guys wearing No. 37. BigWave was able to identify one. We’re still waiting on the other. There also are some unidentifiable walk-on guys.
I was told that Steve Christian is no longer on the team.