Pro Day: Mouton impressive despite injury
Ryan Mouton put on an impressive display before aggravating a hamstring injury while running the 40-yard dash.
Mouton felt tightness in his left hamstring at the 20-yard mark, and he limped the final 10 yards. “I tweaked it,” he said. Still, he finished in 4.42 seconds.
Earlier, Mouton wowed the scouts with a broad jump of 11 feet — a food longer than second-place finisher Erik Robinson’s 10-foot jump.
Josh Leonard also was impressive, bench pressing 225 pounds 41 times. He also ran the pro-agility test in 4.35 seconds.
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225-bench:
1. Josh Leonard — 41 reps
2. Adam Leonard — 29 reps
3. Francis Maka — 26 reps
40-yard dash
1. Ryan Mouton — 4.42
2. Erik Robinson — 4.57
3. Jacob Patek — 4.58
Vertical jump
1. Jacob Patek — 34 inches
(Tie) Francis Maka — 34 inches
3. Keenan Jones — 32 inches
Broad jump
1. Ryan Mouton — 11 feet
2. Erik Robinson — 10 feet
3. Keenan Jones — 9 feet 10
Pro agility
1. Calvin Roberts — 4.11
2. Jacob Patek — 4.25
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David Veikune was officially timed at 4.81 seconds and 4.82 seconds in the 40-yard dash. He expressed disappointment in not breaking the 4.8-second barrier. But he was impressive in linebacker drills.
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Solomon Elimimian was recovering from a strained hamstring entering the Pro Day. He suffered the ailment while training, and it factored in his 40-yard dash (4.75 and 4.82).
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Weigh-ins:
Solomon Elimimian: 5-10 3/4, 225 pounds
Adam Leonard: 5-11 7/8, 240 pounds
Jake Ingram: 6-3 1/4, 230 pounds
Ryan Mouton: 5-9 1/8, 179 pounds.
David Veikune: 6-2 1/4, 257 pounds.
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David Veikune and Ryan Mouton sign in:
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Coach Greg McMackin arrives at the Home Depot Center:
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Here’s Calvin Roberts:
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Here’s Erik “E-Rob” Robinson:
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Here’s the scouting area:
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Rich Miano addresses some of the NFL scouts:
good luck to the Pro Day guys!
I hope that the Warriors have great performances at Pro Day! No hamstring injuries!
Ryan Mouton and David Veikune have just arrived.
Interesting study of the AD salaries at D-IA schools. The average WAC AD makes $240k, which means that JD is at or below the average while HF was above the average. Big 12, Big 10, and SEC ADs make the most on average.
ST,
So a good time to stop by would be after 11 or is it pointless to even come down?
i hope E-Rob gets a shot at the next level
i noticed how focused he is during practices last season
he always took a knee alone in the sun attentively awaiting his turn to enter the 7v7’s
I hope the Mouton is healthy and improves his 40 time, that Veikune improves on his already good Combine numbers, that Ingram has gained some weight, and that the Warriors who didn’t get a chance to show their stuff at the combine (Sol, Adam, etc.) show the NFL scouts what they missed out on at the combine.
ST & Tsaiko Blog Dogs,
Here is hoping the Pro Day results in some pro contracts for these Warriors!
Go Warriors!
Too bad it’s not open to the public. I really wanted to go. Ugggh!
GO WARRIORS!!!
GO PRO!
Southbay,
You stay in Cali too??? Whereabouts?
Pauoa Boy,
Are you going to have any time off in a couple of weeks. Since it’s spring break for my boys (4/13 – 4/17), I may be working from home a couple of days. We can have a Calf Call for you before you head to the big sandbox.
Aunty Ronnie,
Yeah I can make arrangements during that time…maybe the 16th or 17th of that week. We not doing much anyway except waiting for the day to come so yeah shouldn’t be a problem.
PB:
I think the field work is OK to attend because it’s pretty much out in the open.
But the NFL is keeping the public away from the 40s and weightlifting.
Good morning Tsai-kos!!
Top 20!!
Good luck to the guys participating in Pro Day!
Off to work. Esme and out. whooosh.
We’re in the evaluation period right now.
Greg McMackin is addressing the scouts and personnel directors.
After his speech, they’re going to show videos of the players.
And, yes, Princess Leila is videoing it.
ST,
Thanks I going come check it out. I’ll try catch you guys down there.
Good to hear that UH just landed a JC PG to run the show with Hiram. Good luck to the football Warriors today. Put on a show for the scouts.
Mack just gave an impressive speech.
He invited all of the scouts to Hawaii for beers. I think some want to take him up on the offer.
Rich Miano told the scouts that everyone is healthy.
He told them about Mouton pulling up at the combine, but that Mouton will be able to run today.
Miano told the scouts that Veikune has the “best motor” for a UH player in years.
By the way, the J-E-T-S scout said he doesn’t think his team can afford Jay Cutler.
A representative from every team is here.
Patriots guy is in the front row. Raiders guy is in the back row.
ST- are Patek and Kelly there? Looking forward to hearing news on Solly and Adam too!
Better yet, is there a roster posted of UH players at the Pro Day?
Time to bocha and HiHo
Good luck to the Warriors.
Hope you all get to get another look from the pros.
ink and moolah would be nice.
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good morning tsaikos
got to run, so my best to all the warriors at pro day and may your dreams come true.
Good Pro Day Morning everyone! Warriors Represent!
Whitey ~ Maui Morning to you sir…it’s always good ovah dere!
Duffer ~ Adjust da weather setting for jerright! Tsaiko Posse will be dere soon.
Aloha from the tropical islands of Hawaii on the coconut wireless in digital paradise….
Good Morning TsaiKo Ohana…
Have a Great Pro Combine to all our Football Warriors…
Back to the Future….
ST ~ What’s the word on Adam Leonard?
Good Morning from snowy Spokane. April 2 and we are still getting snow. What happened to global warming? Good luck to all the warriors at pro day.
Good Morning Tsaikos!
djmitcho – thanks for the infor about Idaho.
Also thanks to McTruck for the info about La Tech.
Stephen … are you sure the public can see the field work? If you see security chasing a guy around, then you know who I am. Are they going to be there in the afternoon? I heard the morning session ends at 11am.
PB – I live in Torrance which is a hop skip and jump away from the HD Center.
Good morning tsaikos.
Good luck warriors on pro day.
We have so much talented athletes, need more locals at the professional level.
d1,
doesn’t Timmy work for k5 and their sports department? heh.
Regarding UH baseball games can fans bring their laptops in? Do they check for bags? Contents? Security check?
Was thinking about going to the game. Maybe taking the laptop, and a couple of bags of dry roasted peanuts and was seeing if it’s ok.
What up djmitcho.
How’s snoqualmie? Snow still melting? Stay dry. Sending some Hawaiian sun your way.
Imagine- just 12 years ago who would’ve thought UH would be holding it’s own pro day. Unreal! We were seriously contemplating to being a DII program instead. These seniors were 10 years old back then. Speaks volumes as to the distance this program has come and the commitment everyone has made over the years.
Hey, it’s awesome to see the coaches there helping our boys getting a shot beyond their college careers.
ST- Twitter Mac. Pete Carrol twitted all day ’bout his boys. Got himself a free plug on ESPN.
Mr. Colomaohana,
did you get my response yesterday? it was upside down so not sure if you saw it.
Stephen, Thanks for all the live updates!
djmitcho Wow! You’ve got that kinda weather that makes you wanna grab a bunch of hairspray cans, unload it outside and open up yourself a hole in the ozone layer.
Hope Adam runs a good 40 considering he weighed in at 240 lbs. I guess Jake Ingram can’t gain weight. I wish I had that problem.
OK, they’re going to do the drills in about 15 minutes.
Veikune will be picked up in late round. Others will be picked up for practice squads at best.
<got to run, so my best to all the warriors at pro day and may your dreams come true.
Gee whitey, I didn’t know the darkside opens that early! 🙂
morning 8) and checking in with the gang. sun looking good today as usual 😀
good luck to the warriors on pro day may they get it done. 808 is behind you.
One important note about the schedule…ESPN wanted UH to play BSU on a nationally televised Friday game late in the season (possibly setting up a game for the championship like in 2007). However, BSU refused and UH lost that ESPN home game. Maybe BSU remembered how UH beat them in 2007…now, BSU gets 3 extra days to prepare for UH.
ESPN can pick 6 more WAC games to televise…here, Karl Benson praises BSU’s TV appeal. I have to restrain myself from commenting about that.
Fresno State has a *really* difficult start to their WAC schedule, BSU and then UH back-to-back!
Garret – BSU chickens!!! If dey tink dey so good and deserve to be in a “better” conference, den dey shouldn’t be sked to play UH at our hale on a short week. cluck cluck. 🙄
BSU gets 3 extra days to prepare for UH. Fresno State gets a bye week to prepare for UH.
Looks like the WAC decided that BSU and Nevada would be playing for the WAC title this year.
Nevada is sure getting a lot of national TV games…
happy birthday to Brett “the Icecube” Symonds
and a belated birthday to the April 1st boy Austin Hansen
NONE of Nevada’s ESPN games will be on Saturday!
Roysan16:
No security check at UH baseball games. Load em up before you go in.
morning shout outs to upside down guy, ajoe, mistah c, duffer, lizk, snow person dj and ronnie
Announcement
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Be advised Tsaiko Country keep this date clear.
Saturday July 4, 2009
5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Bay View Golf Club Restaurant (45-285 Kaneohe Bay Dr. Phone 247-0451.)
Please join us in Fellowship, Fun, Family and Fudd as we welcome Ronnie back to Hawaii. Let us take this opportunity to reacquaint ourself with this long, lost and waverly soul.
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Please consult SteveM. web page (http://home.roadrunner.com/~smurashi/tsai-kos/) for updated information and other notes about this event.
BSU gets a half-week extra to prepare for UH. Fresno State gets a bye week to prepare for UH. Nevada doesn’t get any extra days…though they get Idaho and Utah State in the weeks before they play UH, and they are home against Idaho the week before they play UH in Nevada.
jm2375,
I agree with you! If BSU really felt they are so much better than UH and the rest of the WAC, they should be happy to show that on a nationally-televised Friday game at Aloha Stadium. Instead, they will play UH with 3 extra days to prepare and no TV to show the game…
Mr. C,
Send plenty of da Hawaiian Sunshine dis way please. I don’t know about Snoqualmie though, I’m too far away from it to be worried about it.
The schedule is set and the Warriors won’t make excuses, they will play the games and show their worth. However, finding out that UH could have had an ESPN game at Aloha Stadium against BSU but BSU turned it down really makes me unhappy. Having that game would have been great for UH recruiting also, as local recruits could be invited to attend the game and the mainland recruits would be able to watch the game.
I’ll stop posting now and wait for Pro Day updates from ST. I hope that the 40 times are going well!
Good morning Tsaikos…hope all is well…good luck to all the guys at Pro Day today….yeee hawww
garrett,
we’ll ruin Boise’s season early thats all. the rest of their espn games won’t matter after that.
miano on kkea now.
said mouton broad jumped 11’0″. said the scouts were impressed.
40s coming up soon.
miano also mentioned some verticals for some guys and some bench press reps. i don’t know the exacts so we’ll wait for ST’s report.
Sounds like the Wolf Pack will be embarrassing themselves regularly all over ESPN this season. Good for dem. Ainokea!
GO WARRIORS!
Kekoa
Regarding Pacheco, I see him Friday. Will tell him spoke to you. I been to your street a few times. When in area will pop by to grind. Nah maybe have a few.
Koakane
Wish I had your lunch schedule.
Chawan
Will read yesterdays post.
Guess no worm for you.
oops, garret
lakesidegt:-tks for info.
Reading an article about last year’s UH Pro Day the story goes that after Colt performed all of the team’s scouts left.. Wow, that must of been hard on the players. I can imagine how demoralizing that was.. Any way the story ends with miano sending tapes of the rest of the Pro Day to all of the NFL teams.
Don’t exactly remember where I read this, but it may have been on garret’s site.
( a lot of times when i look up UH things it directs me to garrets, which is great–he does a great service for the fans)
mistah c only for a few moa day den back to da compound and then mac with cheese lunches. eh if nothing doing this sat a bunch of us going to see UH bball (double header). common momma c let him out 😛
Off to run errands for the boss.
Check you later.
howzit patnah working from home today? I going get kope soon email you from starbucks lattas.
Good luck to the guys at Pro Day! Since it’s so much colder there than HI, I wonder if warmups for the muscles helps to prevent hamstring pulls?
ST ~ What’s the normal routine for the guys before they get to the field for Pro Day?
Aloha Kakahiaka! Happy Tsaiko Thursday!
Eh, koakane….still don’t know how to use the computer eh???
ST reports in Breaking News:
TODAY’S PRO DAY RESULTS
Heights, weights
Solomon Elimimian: 5-10 3/4, 225 pounds
Adam Leonard: 5-11 7/8, 240 pounds
Jake Ingram: 6-3 1/4, 230 pounds
Ryan Mouton: 5-9 1/8, 179 pounds.
David Veikune: 6-2 1/4, 257 pounds
Vertical jump
Jacob Patek: 34 inches
Francis Maka: 34
Keenan Jones: 32
Broad jump
Ryan Mouton: 11 feet. Note: Only 3 players at the NFL Combine jumped 11 feet or better.
Bench press
Josh Leonard: 41 reps at 225. Note: Most reps at the NFL Combine was 39.
Wow, J.Leonard’s bench is impressive. But not as good as Homey I hear
Wassup Mr. C…hope all is well in your neck of the woods…
Hey Stretch, KK, and homey…check your e-mail. Okay, gotta go, esme and out…see you guys later…
Tsai…
I saw the schedule and immediately rushed out to book my air for the Fresno game. Click.
Went to check it off in my calendar…
AYAH!!! I’m supposed to be in PHX for my class reunion…
oh well, I guess I’ll have to wait for the 50th…
hmmm.
keenan jones?
Michelle -1 for the day. Club house leader -6.
Josh Leonard is kicking butt.
Garret:
I just made reservations for the San Jose game. Are you going to that game?
I’ve been on the blog off and on and have seen references to the UNLV and WSU games (can’t go because have other plans on the east coast – LTUHF has been advising me), but nothing yet about San Jose. I also emailed a friend who is active with the Hawaii Chamber of Commerce of Northern California. I saw him at the San Jose game 2 years ago. In his e-mail response, he said he would provide updates about their San Jose and Nevada tailgate activities, which I will share with the blog.
Good Morning Tsaikos and Tsaikettes!
Liz – At least you’ve got your priorities straight…Beat FSU puppies!!!
How about the LB 40’s?
Good morrr-neng!!
Mr. C ~ Da hale is set up to open on a moments notice for Wessai Brew Crew to consume adult beverages and practice relaxation techniques. When we notice da moment and relaxing someplace else, dats da only time da hale is temporarily closed.
An assortment of flavorful leff-ovahs, raw fish, animal parts & Turkey tails are always menu possibilities. We no trow away not-ting!
Call ahead for preferred seating. Bring an instrument in case kanikapila happens, so you can jump in. If no moah, no problem. I get one extra bass guitar/guitar and ukulele you can borrow.
wait, so if he was hurt at the halfway mark and still ran a 4.42, wouldn’t he have had an insane time if he didn’t pull up?
LizKauai=True Fan
Kekoa: sorry, braddah only play(ed) tuba……
Hi LK…you coming to the KK on May 9th?
chawan – he would have run a 3.9 40.
Good morning gangee!
Hey homes…you got a Coloma-radar?
damn what a good day so far. YO stephen, LOSE WEIGHT NOW, ASK ME HOW!!!
nah jk
Boise State is the flagship for the USS WAC and they deserve the status from top to bottom.
Previledge comes with rank.
That means first crack at scheduling.
Until we unseat them with a better athletic organization and superior football teams, year-in-and-year-out, we will be reduced to nilly-willy whinners.
ST just called and scolded me for not being there but I’m prepping for a meeting at 3 and didn’t have the time to head down to Carson. We may try and hook up tonight at UCLA for the men’s VB match.
BTW, everyone shrunk on their heights – Mouton and Vekune almost an inch. Must be the cold weather compressed everyone.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/teams/hhc/roster
Rob25,
Pretty sure gotta work that night, if I’m off, then I’ve got cub scout commitments. But if anything is needed, I can send it with A-Joe.
warriorfanny=Boisefanny
Rob25 – (J)J has a gaydar.
11′ broad jump is very impressive!
41 reps @ 225 is also very impressive!
Can’t wait to see the stats of the other participants.
homey, thanks. i ain’t so good at that thing jason whizzes at. that math whatchamacalit.
Keenan Jones? I guess UH cleared him enough to participate in pro day. still not sure what happened with his situation. here’s hoping for the best for him and the rest of the guys.
Chawan,
Keenan Jones…. I thought I the same thing, but didn’t want to say anything.
If so, I’d still rather deal with that here than a “Fresnofanny”… 👿
ST- how did Jacob look?
bossie state…a flagship??…You must be drinking watah from da Ala Wai braddah!
A conference, any conference should treat their members equally and fairly, especially in scheduling.
Hey MLiz, seeing Jacob’s vertical I’d say he must be in pretty good shape.
Rob25
Who like borrow radar?
You like catch somebody?
I think Patek had a 32″ vertical at last year’s pro day.
There is a “casual-ness” about going to Murakami Stadium, like Wahine Softball but on a bigger scale, for a baseball game which is refreshing from the madness at Aloha Stadium.
I hope that this is maintained, especially if the team keeps winning and the crowds keep getting larger and larger… (sighs….) Oh those silly bandwagoners… Well, more noise and more crowd support, the BETTER.
re Jacob- dats one good Warrior from one awesome family. He wen take care of business and his edumacation. I like see his dreams come true!
Mr. C – #109, that was a good one!
kazz,
i think we’ll see a big crowd friday.
i need to get there earlier for once.
Josh did the pro agility in 4.35?!?! That’s as good as some receivers and running backs! The scouts must be taking plenty notes on him.
kokua, put down the crack-pipe brah–it might bring u back to reality.
Boise State’s success didnt come overnight, nor did it happen once!
Check out their organization from top to bottom, u r in denial my friend.
If anyone one is drinking from the Ala Wai, it’s those at UHAD–that’s where failure starts.
Chawan,
I can’t make it to the Friday game, but will be there on Sat for both games. I think I will have to buy my tix online for will call just in case. If we drop game one on Friday, maybe I don’t have to worry about Saturday and will be able to just stroll to the ticket window.
You coming to 7am practice this Saturday morning?
WarriorFanny ~ Why would you want to spread that kind of negativity on the Warrior Beat? If you want to beat the bossie drum, take it to their blog site.
We support our Warriors win or lose. Even with the WAC supporting boise, we still whooped their okoles in ’07. No doubt that we’ll sting ’em again in front of God and everyone this year.
The way you’ve been talking lately, I’m begining to wonder about your blog handle. WarriorFanny? Doesn’t seem like it to me.
lakesidegt,
I am 99% sure that I will be able to make it to the SJSU game…the only possible snag is that I didn’t expect the game to be so late in the schedule (11/21) and I might need to be in DC then.
We’ll set up something with the blog unless there is something already going to be set up. It would be great for you to pass along the SJSU and Nevada tailgate information! I’m sure that either Friday night or Sunday we’ll have another gathering…maybe at that Korean BBQ buffet place we had a small gathering at last year. I’d bet that brew808 would vote for that place!
My going to the SJSU game doesn’t require much planning or money since I’ll be driving my family up to the Bay Area and staying with friends in either Palo Alto or San Jose. The Palo Alto friends have the bigger house but the San Jose friends are closer to the stadium.
roysan, duffer
michelle wie sits tied for 16th place, pretty good considering she
only hit 9 greens in regulation. she putted well duffer, ten 1 putts and 25 total putts. her driving off the tee was pretty good, 9 out of 14 fairways hit. unless she starts hitting more greens though, it will be very difficult for her to contend come sunday. to make a comparison, leader brittany lincicome hit 16 gir.
tough break for mouton, was hoping he would show scouts he is not
injury prone. probably fa route, but this scenario could work out for him too. best of luck
Kekoa,
I think the “Fanny” part is referring to da okole. So there could be something in jest there already.
Good day everyone!
Especially our Warriors in Carson, CA!
Lunch time at work for me today, but I did manage to create the 2009 Away Game Tsai-ko Plans & Logistics page last night…
http://home.roadrunner.com/~smurashi/tsai-kos/away09.html
It is empty now, but please email me your plans as they develop and I’ll start updating the page…all the usual suspects have my email, but just in case: stevem.hnl (at) gmail.com 🙂
The Washingto State and UNLV page (huge) is separate at…
http://home.roadrunner.com/~smurashi/tsai-kos/las2009.html
i still believe that mouton gets drafted.
he’s run a 4.45 and a 4.42 pulling up lame the last 10 yds. that probably equates to a 4.3+ and that vertical and broad jump!
Too bad for Mouton’s hamstring injury…I had been worried about that.
Are those times the official times or selected hand time numbers? Hand timed numbers can vary significantly, as we have seen in the past. If he’s credited with the 4.42, that would be fine for Mouton.
Josh Leonard’s pro-agility time is VERY impressive!
E kala mai Mrs. C, I got side tracked by a non-beleiver. I thought about what you said and wondered…how would Hi’ilawesound with a tuba teamed with A-Joe on da Bass? Hmmmm. 😎
looking at warriorfannys remarks in #96 without any biases I’d say his statement contained 3 points that are true
1. BSU is the best
2. Top dogs get top billing, fact of life
3. Unless UH becomes topdog then we’ll always be in the background
this is all true
his statement in #116
is disparagingly type of remark that’s uncalled for
Kazz ~ I thought about that. Could it be a deliberate attempt to place the Warrior name close to that part of his anatomy as an insult? I dunno.
😈
Da Bears gave up a lot to get Cutler.
Colomaohana and kekoa
What’s wrong with the tuba? Big boys play big instruments. I also played percussion and baritone. Not too mention bandsmen of the year.
layson kinda hit my point. Does Mouton pulling that hammy again say he’s injury prone or maybe that it needs to rest a little more. I’m glad to see he still put up a good time.
roysan 16 ~ I don’t agree.
1. Boise is the best what?…the best never lose. They have.
2. Top Dogs get top billing? Not here in Hawaii. Not at any other opponents house. We stole the media from them during our highlight year. Who goes to Boise for vacations or to get married?
3. We are moving into the limelight once again. This year we may be more of a ‘top’ team then them. IMHO of course.
Roysan16 ~ Thanks for your opinion. Sometimes it’s hard for me to reign myself in. I need to be more civil. I always get scoldings from Diana about going postal.
Mr. C ~ Do you have a drum set?
Kekoa and colomaohana
Besides the cheerleaders would dance to our music during football games. Right Colomaohana?
If I may add to the highlighted above… well maybe not… we could eventually win a BCS bowl and have it called a “fluke”, we could be a PAC 10 team in the Hawaii Bowl, which we did in 2006, and they called it home advantage regardless of the extra week AZ State had to prepare and arrive in Hawaii to get used to the time difference, etc…
For us to be seen as a legitimate Division I football team in the eyes of the continent, or some scorned locals, we’d have to win the National Championship aka given the BCS Secured Trust Trophy.
Until then it seems ANYTHING we do that is a positive step forward is construed as a “fluke”.
Which is why I VOW to no longer care what the mainstream media says about UH. 2009 I will give no credence to the talking heads at College GameDay when it comes to UH athletics.
Fans like us are around the program and pay attention to everything happening.
Does it mean we ignore the problems inherit in the athletic department? No, but at the same token, the image of UH athletics has been dragged through the mud, and while most of it can be attributed to PAST failures and misjudgment, steps are slowly being taken to correct this and it is through the understanding of the State of Hawaii bureaucracy and SLOOOOWWW process we appreciate what is being done to improve things for the fans of UH athletics and the student athletes that we cheer for on a daily basis.
Stomp Filipino style. Pots, pans, spoon, spatula. That count?
No I no more drum set, but my boss will might let me buy one.
roysan16,
I’m glad that you find my blog of use. I did a similar thing for the LA Lakers back in the 90s and it proved to very useful whenever I had to look up things. Sadly, that domain (www.lakerquotes.com) and the content in it was lost after I stopped doing it.
I prefer doing this for the Warrior program and am happy to use a blogging software that should keep the quotes available forever. At first, I did it just as a resource for me when I wanted to look up things…but it ends up getting used quite a bit now as a resource.
I didn’t realize that search software was pointing people to my blog–I’ve tried to start including links to the articles in the local papers so that people can get the full articles there. However, sometimes the archives don’t preserve the article so at least the quotes can be saved.
The traffic on my blog is enough that I had advertisers contact me for years. However, I didn’t take any sponsors until I realized how difficult financial condition UH was and how I could donate the money to the program. I think I’ll pick up a few more sponsors before the season begins and I can write one decent size check to Na Koa, instead of sending something small several times per year.
Kekoa,
Like you and Mr. A-House, I enjoy your emotions on the blog. Nothing wrong with RAW emotion and “making noise” for the home team. We are fans and it is our right to be as biased as much as we want. Are we wrong sometimes? Maybe, but that doesn’t matter to us because we are fans. Fandom can’t be taken to court and can’t be judged, that’s what makes the world of sports such a great release from the “red-tape” of life.
Someone once told me, the first reaction tends to be the correct one.
Of course correct in one’s own personal philosophies and beliefs. So NEVER question it.
***This little rant is for all da Tsaikos, especially FloridaTed who is most likely reading this and ready fo SCRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO WARRIORS!!!
Kekoa,
Sadly, I have to agree mostly with roysan16 on this issue.
Over the past 5+ years, BSU has lost MUCH less than UH. Right now they have the best success in the WAC for football, which is why it hurts the WAC so much when they beg the MWC to take them in.
UH had the media attention for one year (2007), but the past 5+ years BSU football has had much more national attention than UH. Nobody is going to think of them for travel resorts, but the typical ESPN viewer must follow BSU much more than UH…or ESPN would have chosen more UH games. ESPN had the power to choose what games they wanted–they are showing so many BSU and Nevada games and *not* the US-BSU and UH-Nevada games etc.
I agree that the Warriors might grab the spotlight back from BSU this year, which would be great! The TV scheduling snubs and the media criticisms would make that much sweeter for UH fans. However, UH is going to have to win the WAC several years in a row before we can claim to have surpassed BSU. Hopefully that will start this year!
The key is to win the WAC consistently. With that comes respect that is earned on the field. No matter how highly we think of the Warriors, what counts is what happens on the field.
kekoa, kazz and oddah warrior fan you know I luv dem to the end but untill we beat them consistantly gotta humbly give them the credit of being top gun in WAC 🙁
however will be cheering my arse off for dem warriors whenever we play dem ponies.
garret tru dat
Maybe my planned April Fool’s series of posts will actually come true? Washington is apparently trying to trade Campbell for a second round pick, as their going after Cutler makes him want to leave Washington:
koakane,
Your #140 said it better, and shorter, than what I tried to say. We should give BSU respect, as the respect they have will make the Warriors look that much better after UH beats them this year.
***Off topic***
I played NCAA 2009 last night on the Heisman level against Navy. Final score was UH 55 Navy 27.
Navy ran all over my okole in the first half and at one point had a 27-7 lead. Kept running 46-bear defesive formations with QB spies or base 4-3 Under and Over formations with minimal success. There were too many gaps when using the base 4-3 and the distance between the LBs and the HBs proved to be too much for comfort.
Was 27-24 going to the half. Then proceeded to shut down Navy with consecutive 3 and outs in the 3rd quarter using the good ‘ole 4-4 defense with “dog-blitz” formations to get those HEAVY run blitzes to send at least 3 LBs in the backfield to mess up their Triple Option offense.
Of course the deep ball threat was always in the back of my mind. The 4-2-5 nickle zone blitz package maintaining a Cover 3 look got some good coverage while mainting 5 blitzers (involving 3 down linemen one rushing LB, and the blitzing nickelback). This helped to hold Navy to 0 points in the second half.
I’ll play Wisconsin tonight and see how this goes.
Mr Colomaohana: tubas RULE!! #2 son played tuba from 7th grade til grad. Marched in the Rose and Macy’s parades carrying a Sousaphone in 2005 and is ready to do it all over again!
This is one of the most awesome sights ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzimWhfsNRQ
garret learned dat from coaching and just being old school. king of hill till you get jumped off. and yea after we beat da ponies this year gotta be consistent and do it year after year after year.
woa kazz you go bro. brought back some old memories of the 44 stack. used it against mosi tatupu and punahou. winning the game and held him in check. we alternated between 44 in and 44 out changing stunts to confuse their blocking. lost game because two guys ended up in same gap, big run for mosi rest is history.
Liz
Band is good. Kept me out trouble. I also got to see the world and scoop trophies at competitions.
Kazz
I heard scrap? We got your back. I not going tell your boss if you call in sick.
Tubas & Ponies…I’m outnumbered! I bow to Prof. Garret and KK da soon-to-be-retired school official for now.
Mr. C, I’m ready to hear some tuba sounds reverberate at the T-gate.
Change is in the wind. boise will have to get used to getting pushed around starting this season. My Warrior line is drawn in the sand. I’m not buying into the boise hype after today.
Damn, I should have been in a band.
Garret- the Campbell-Cutler thing is just rumor and chitchat.
http://blog.redskins.com/2009/04/02/jay-cutler-is-a-bear/
Stop the rumor mill, everyone can get off. Jay Cutler is a Chicago Bear. The bizarre Jason Campbell/Colt Brennan debate can recommence in D.C. (or at least in the comments here).
UPDATE: Per the Chicago Tribune the deal is the Bears first picks in 2009 and 2010, their third in 2009, and Kyle Orton for Cutler.
Homey
How’s fort street today?
Any good grinds?
Homey
Jj
You guys on the same company email directory as me?
howzit everyone
Mr C – no training today?
Mr. C – Went to your old stomping grounds in Chinatown. I was asked to pick up some vegetables for dinner tonight.
Babysitting today?
homey, they sell veggies at 3am? Was koa-mahu anywhere near?
does pro agility mean the same as the 20 yrd. shuttle?
remembering (maybe correctly or incorrectly ,idk) I thought one time ST said they were the same, not sure on this
here’s a lnk to prospect combine and proday results (up date for UH 2009 proday N/A at this writing), but the site gives all the teams and prospects
http://www.nfldraftscout.com/searchcollege.php?draftyear=2007&colabbr=A
but anyway
the pro agility of
david v–4.19
travis laboy was–4.08
vince maunawai-4.4
issac s-4.66
j. leonard–4.35 i’d say is ok, not blazing fast.
Hiflyer
No training. Real job today, daddy duties.
Homey
Not baby sitting, its called the real job.
Well off to my real job, see you all latta tonight.
Veikune did not do the pro agility today.
It was surprising to see Keenan “The Phenom” out there.
Mr. C – different email directory. I guess I can pass the email over the pink side and Big C can get it and give it to you.
BigWave96744 – Hey hey hey!!! It was 5 a.m., first delivery.
ST- what’s next, anything?
roysan…..for a 300 pounder to do the drill as fast as he did, is awesome. josh is a defensive tackle and shouldn’t be compared to veikune and laboy, both rush ends extraordinaire.
roysan16 – where did you see Veikune’s pro agility time?
If the 20 yd shuttle is the same as the pro agility then Josh’s time would be the 3rd best at the NFL combine.
eh, kekoa didnt mean to mean to roust your loyalty and I know you are a die-hard warrior fan. Go Warriors!
Yet, while I certainly love Rome I dont neccessarily praise Caesar….dunno if shakespearean speak will settle your angst but some folkz can deal better once they know what they are dealing with, at least that is true for me….
aloha kaua.
Garrret ~ One more thing before I head back to my cave. I don’t go on their site and trash talk, and never will. Dragging this garbage onto our site is not cool. All this “who’s better than who” crap is bogus, and we could argue all night over it. I hope you can understand where my core complaint was coming from.
BTW, Veikune did a 4.46 20 yd shuttle at the NFL combine.
I have great respect for the coaching staff at Boise St for they have instilled a winners attitude that the players gobble up and train hard, I believe much harder than UH, during off-season. Players do their assignment and do it well.
Getting talented players from California who do not want to go to the PAC10 greatly assist their cause.
Yes, BSU has been the top of the WAC, but there have been “chinks in their armor”, that with a little luck another team could have beaten them, and they would not have been WAC champs for 5 or 6 consecutive years. Several years, UH should have beaten them, but did not.
I believe UH has already continue their rise in the WAC – champs in 2007 and #2 in 2008. Would not surprise me UH takes the WAC in 2009 – it will take a lot of hard work and determination on the part of all coaches and players – no more stupid penalties and harsher discipline by the coaches for “unsportsman like conduct” – set out the rules early and stick to the “penalties” for breaking the rules (retaliation penalties and out of the game; break team rule and player is on the earliest available plane home, etc. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!) – Coach Mack needs to gather the team captains and tell them what his rules are and what he expects from them -they must take a stronger role in talking to peers about their attitude and mistakes that cost the team penalties – if team captains cannot do this then they should not accept the challenge.
Luck, bounce of the ball, etc may negate talent on either side and UH needs to make their own luck and capitalize on it such as a turn over and quick score because every player did his assignment correctly (emphasis on doing assignment correctly)
Why was UH able to stay with Florida for an entire quarter in 2008? If Alexander’s pass over the middle was not high and intercepted it would have been UH 7 – Florida 0. If Tebow’s fumble did NOT kick back to him, it would have been turnover to UH. All of this in the first quarter.
‘Et Tu Brute’ Actually I don’t know what your reference to Marcus Junios Brutus was meant to prove, but he was with the conspirators, and eventually had to leave Rome. Are you saying you’re involved with a conspiracy to degrade the UHAD?
I’m willingly to lay down my sword & shield and declare a truce.
20 yard shuttle times 2009 nfl combine
your right al, josh’s time would have been right up there
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
Name Time
Barwin, Connor 4.18
Campbell, Ian 4.28
Johnson, Michael 4.37
Maybin, Aaron 4.38
English, Larry 4.38
Egboh, Pannel 4.40
Brown, Cody 4.40
Butler, Victor 4.40
Walker, Derek 4.41
Sidbury Jr., Lawrence 4.43
Davis, Will 4.45
Veikune, David 4.46
Kruger, Paul 4.47
Moore, Kyle 4.47
Potter, Zach 4.48
Williams, Brandon 4.49
Ayers, Robert 4.51
Baker, Chris 4.51
Brown, Everette 4.53
Hood, Evander 4.55
Magee, Alex 4.55
Gilbert, Jarron 4.56
Evans, Maurice 4.57
Sulak, Stryker 4.58
Wynn, Jarius 4.58
Howzit Gang just got back from watching the Pro-Day up close and personal with ST and Princess Leila. The turn out was great and was good to see the boys once again. Even some former players were there to support the boys. I cannot remember all who was there but I’ll try my best and give my take on how they did today. Sorry if this will be long.
Good afternoon Tsai-kos!
Too. much. pasta. for lunch. My head goin’ hit da keyboard pretty soon. *YAWN* Here it goes. zzzzzz
WHAT? I’m up. I’m up. zzzz.
welcome back ST. when are you 2 flying home?
jm#### – Don’t blame the pasta, anyone with a big head will hit the keyboard.
A-House:
“no more stupid penalties and harsher discipline by the coaches for “unsportsman like conduct” – set out the rules early and stick to the “penalties” for breaking the rules (retaliation penalties and out of the game; break team rule and player is on the earliest available plane home, etc. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!) – Coach Mack needs to gather the team captains and tell them what his rules are and what he expects from them -they must take a stronger role in talking to peers about their attitude and mistakes that cost the team penalties”
I agree with you 1000%, been positing this concept for years. Teams like Florida, USC, Oklahoma, BSU have players with class, they just play hardnosed football and abstain from the lolo things you listed. Actions speak louder than words, just watch these teams on Saturday. Combine the total unsportmanlike penalties of these teams last year and probably not even close to UH’s total.
I am a Warrior supporter, same seats at Aloha Stadium for over 25 years. I am sick & tired of lolo type no class actions of a few selfish players!
my poor broncos….. orton???
Email from Chancellor Hinshaw re current budget status. UHM is looking at a $33M (13%) general fund reduction from the State. OOOUUUCH.
They have already planned to cover $22M of the $33M in cuts, but are now looking at non-renewal/termination of lecturers/temp staff. Facilities repair/maintenance, security and School of Hawn Knowledge exempt.
a-joe and homey,
You guys jus’ too funny! 😆
Good fun stuff; jezzryte for after “conventioning” stuffs all day.
I posted the top results.
Josh Leonard had the third-fastest pro-agility time: 4.35 seconds.
He also was under 5 seconds in each of his two 40s.
ST – Thanks for the info, stats, and results. Is your ear itchy?
Kekoa…you could always make like the Caz & play/sing ‘Pane Mai’ w/ bass & tuba only!
Hoping for the best for our Warriors now on the ‘wessai’ continent…need to figure out why hamstrings are such a curse for our guys: insufficient or wrong type stretching? warmup issues? what???
Imua!
Hello, good neighbor and Princess Leila and Faye ( can’t leave Mom out ).
Great results by the Warriors today. Keeping fingers crossed for draft day!
Kekoa,
I have to admit that if we had romped thru the WAC last year the way BS-You did, I would be pretty upset if Benson wasn’t pumping UH like he is the Bunkos now.
Esp. when you look at their returning a QB like Moore and RB like Avery and all the other personnel they got coming back, again if it were UH, I’d expect no less.
It’ll just make kickin’ their okoles that much better! 😉
The following is just my opinion on what I saw today, I know ST has better insight though…
David Veikune – Did himself well in the Linebacker Drills and probably improved his stock as he is definitely capable of OLB in a 3-4 scheme. I believe the scouts were equally impressed, and he will be drafted fairly high. I do believe he is a definite first day guy.
Josh Leonard – Besides beastin on the 225lb lifts, he also did very well in the DLine drills and improved his stock too. Overheard some scouts thinking he could be a late round draft pick.
Fale Laeli – Actually had a pretty good 40yd. I think he was clocked at 4.9 and 5.0 consecutively. Other than that he really didn’t stand out.
Adam Leonard – Looked good in LB Drills but seemed a tad slow in the mobility department. He has some pretty good mitts catching the ball too. Regardless he could be drafted but I’m leaning towards Free Agency.
Solomon Elimimian – Solly to me had a rough day. I think he was frustrated doing the running drills and even the position drills. It seemed he was trying too hard and at times during the drills would lose his footing. He also had trouble with the backpedal and change of direction drill. I’d say Free Agent.
Francis Maka – He surprised me during the Linebacker Drills. He as well as David Veikune stood out. He is pretty mobile for a big guy and actually had some decent hands catching the ball. Free Agent
Ryan Perry – He is pretty dayum quick, but dropped alot of balls today. I honestly don’t think he has a chance at the NFL level.
Ryan Mouton – He looked like he bulked up eventhough his weight may deem otherwise. Anyway, he is definitely on the radar of NFL scouts with what he did at the combine and his performance today. Eventhough he eased up on the 40yd. he is frikkin fast. Mid to Late Round Pick.
Jameel Dowling – Seems like he did so-so today. He missed a couple balls in the DB drills. Didn’t see much else of him.
Calvin Roberts – He was probably the best looking DB out there today. He is pretty quick and has good footwork. Did well in DB drills too. Possible Free Agent
Keith AhSoon – Looked good during the drills but still a little too slow for my tastes. Anyway, I’d say Free Agent
Erik Robinson – I don’t think he has enough speed to play at the NFL level. Looked slow compared to the others and doesn’t blast out of his breaks well. He too dropped a couple balls during drills.
Tim Grasso – Was consistently booming some 50 yarders. Could have a tryout somewhere maybe.
Jake Ingram – He needs to gain some muscle, too lean for my taste. Regardless he is definitely the best long snapper coming out of college. His snaps are quick and on point every time.
Anyway, I know I may be missing a few more names but there was alot going on at one time.
Also saw Ryan Grice-Mullens, Karl Noa, Abraham Elimimian, Jeremy Perry (Kahuku/OSU alum), Vaka Manapuna (St. Louis/Colorado/AFL)
homey-good question, where did i get dv time–i thinking i saw 4.19 somewhere, reading glasses?>>>>me or donkey>>>>me or both?
i don’t care laugh it’s fun.
Good effort by the Warriors at Pro Day!
Good Luck on Draft Day.
Mahalo Stephen and Princess for reporting.
Oh yeah almost forgot Jake Patek…
Did okay in the DB drills and looked like he bulked up a little bit. Not sure about his future in the NFL though but we’ll see.
Mahalo to Pauoa Boy, too.
ditto tks pb for info
roysan16 – hee haw, hee haw… Nah, I just wanted to know what site credited Veikune with a very fast time. That’s all.
What was Solomon’s 40 time. I really hope he gets a shot
pauoa…..mahalo for the 411 and glad that you got in.
i am thinking maybe solly bulked up too much, thus, the lack of fluidity.
Justin,
Solly didn’t look like he did as well as he wanted to on the 40yd. Not sure of his time but he pulled up once and I thought it was his hammy but he ran again and finished. He may have clocked somewhere in the 4.7ish range I’m thinkin?
what did josh leonard weigh in at?
I would have figured Solly to be a 4.5 guy but looking at the results it might not be the case. Good luck to all in their endeavors.
al,
I felt bad for Solly today I could see his frustration on his face during the drills. He did look alot thicker but had problems keeping his footing during his breaks and cuts on the change of direction drills. I know Solly is a gamer but today just seemed like a bad day for him. IMO
i think those guys at the combine have either the correct timing devices or a slow hand.
i would think that perhaps one or two teams will covet ryan mouton as a slot receiver since that is so envogue.
Actually, Solomon checked in at 225.
He was bothered by a tight hamstring.
Elimimian ran a 4.75
Josh Leonard is a beast, but he is pretty mobile for a big guy. I think he may have moved himself into a late round draft pick with his performance today. I’m not sure of his exact weight but he looks to be in the 300ish range.
Vaka Manapuna also benched 225 pounds 41 times.
But, you know, since I only cover UH …
ST,
I don’t know about you but Vaka looked like a frikkin animal out there, he’s frikkin huge.
Josh Leonard came in a little bit light: 283. He said he was nervous and had difficulty maintaining weight the past couple of days. But he should easily reach 290.
Mouton also cut his weight to try to improve his 40 time. NFL has him on record at 185, but he was 179 today.
By the way, Pauoa Boy should be an NFL scout.
His observations are right on the mark.
And he was quick to pick up Maka’s position change.
ST – I wish I was an NFL scout but yup Francis Maka looked pretty good during the linebacker drills. Coach Mack was sitting right next to me as we watched and I think even he was surprised by Maka.
ST,
Hope you and Princess Leila have fun at the game tonight, had too much traffic for me to try and drive back up to UCLA campus. Good luck to Men’s V-Ball tonight.
RE: Ryan Perry
DEY U GO BRADDAH! 😈 GO GET YOU SOME!!!! 😈
That guy, despite his size, and I am sure he had some people telling him “no waste your time”, was still there ready to show dem what he got.
While the reality of him getting a shot at the NFL level isn’t good, he tried.
Good Job PB! Good thing you decided to take a chance and go see for yourself. Oddawize we wouldn’t have gotten another eyeball perspective on the day….Mahalo for the spot report.
Hope the wife and kids are doing ok. Will they stay in place when you go into the box? Or will she go to her stay with her parents until you come back? Take care.
Good to see a blast from the past name: Abe Elimimian.
Kenny Patton didn’t try again?
Kazz,
Perry is quick but he is small and seemed to drop alot of passes. Also he has something wrong with his right arm that’s kind of wierd like it sticks out from a surgery or something.
Kekoa,
Howzit, actually when I showed up the lady at the sign in table told me I had to sign in. I was like um I not one of the prospects trying out today, I wish. Maybe cause I was in my workout clothes and had the Hawaii UA Beanie on.
The fam is doing good, not sure of there plans yet cause I have my baby girl due in May. So depends if I leave before or after the baby born. Either way the fam going take care her and the kids until I get back.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=AjwmeIqby97ieBPQj7lMw9I9Eo14?slug=ki-dana040209&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
These are quotes from the article.
“At the end of a video blog the UFC posted on YouTube on Wednesday, White launched into an expletive-filled diatribe against Loretta Hunt, a mixed martial arts reporter for Sherdog.com”
“In one two-plus minute rant, White undid much of the good he’s done while building the UFC into a billion-dollar business and, perhaps, saving mixed martial arts from extinction, by offending gays, women and mentally handicapped people”
What I think about him the MMA President Dana White
Obviously he’s not politically correct. And prosperity hasn’t changed him one bit, same person now with a billion dollars in his pocket as he was if he had ten….reminds me of Mike Tyson, both with little decorum and refinement…
J-Dog,
Almost didn’t noticed Abe at first cause he was wearing a suit and I thought he may have been an agent at first. Then Karl Noa came over and asked him how his brother Solly was doing.
Kenny Patton – He has been helping Chad Owens with the Hawaii Football Clinic on Sundays at Booth Park in Pauoa. Last I heard he was still trying to get looked at though?
Wow Pauoa Boy, you geef ’em d’business! MAHALOS! Of course, same to all the other Tsaikos who contribute to this awesome blog. On behalf of lurkers like myself who are either too slow, too lazy, too busy, unqualified, etc. to contribute, just wanted say a big MAHALO!!
Pauoa Boy,
About Perry’s arm, I didn’t notice it until late into last season and I think ST mentioned what happened to him at birth. It was unfortunate, but that sure didn’t stop him from playing Division I college football.
You are right on about his speed though. On the practice squad before the Florida game while they had “Steele-bo” at QB they had Ryan Perry as the HB to try to simulate the speed of Florida’s top HB’s.
RE: UFC President Dana White.
At 60-something years old, I still think Vince McMahon, Jr. could take take him on. Physically and financially.
onarock,
thanks I try my best to keep up with all the Warrior Boys and was just fortunate enought to be able to attend todays Pro-Day. Can tell everybody had the game face on today and was giving there all for the scouts.
Kazz,
Too bad though for Perry and that defect, cause it really does affect his pass catching ability. He is fast and got some quicks to him though. He could be an AFL guy maybe, who knows…
Thanks to PB and Mr. Tsai for the Pro-Day reports. Live or Memorex? HA!
I hope Ryan Mouton recovers quickly from the hammie-still, he didn’t hurt himself at all. I do worry that Adam & Solly didn’t show better. By the way-could Mike/Mach5MotorMouth or Alice be blogging as “Warriorfanny” now? Just a thought…
I understand your core complaint and respect your feelings. I hate it when fans from other teams go to another team’s site and trash talk…Warrior fans have been guilty of that also and I don’t like it then either.
I completely agree with this! The best thing for UH is to beat BSU and win the WAC, over and over, until BSU’s pleas to the MWC looks like they are trying to run away from UH.
I don’t like putting down *any* WAC team, since it is good for UH to have BSU get a lot of hype and national respect. The better BSU, Nevada, Fresno State, La Tech, and others get, the better the WAC…and the more respect that UH will get when the Warriors win the WAC.
The national media already puts down the WAC, especially the bottom half of the WAC that really need to improve. When the conference gets stronger, the respect for the WAC will increase and UH will be in a better position. BSU won’t want to leave and maybe other teams will want to get into the WAC. I remember BYU’s President 2 years ago openly saying that he wished they were on ESPN like the WAC teams…strengthen the WAC and teams might seriously ask to join the WAC and turn it into a BCS-worthy conference.
ST,
Thank you for all the reports on Pro Day! I really look forward to the videos from the Princess…she did such an amazing job last year!
good luck to take the participation in the pro day.keep the enjoyment go on.
Pauoa Boy,
I am very, very happy that you got to attend Pro Day. Thank you very much for your reports–awesome to get that type of information!
For those who haven’t purchased their tix for the scrimmages:
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090402/BREAKING03/90402080
BTW, I made my hotel reservations for the Seattle portion of my Alaska cruise. Got $99 from Hotwire for the Sheraton near Pike Place Market. Anyone ever stayed there?
(basketball)
mark fox is leaving nevada to coach at georgia. must be the $$$.
http://www.rgj.com/article/20090402/SPORTS06/90402066
i wish we had beat him at least once this year. at least we got to yell at him one last time.
Glad to see that Mouton and Josh Leonard did well. Both of them are pro quality players, but they needed to wow the scouts with measurables because of different things. With Mouton, the position changes hurt his stock a little bit, and teams weren’t really throwing to him so they didn’t get to see his closing speed on film. With Leonard, his injury set him back a good amount, but he’s healthy now, and showing it. The first time I saw him this fall, I thought he was going to be a beast for us. Glad to see he might have a shot now. Maybe he could sneak in the late rounds, who knows. With Mouton, as long as that’s a minor tweak and not something that lingers as he heads out to private workouts, he’s solidified a mid-round grade. And Veikune, sounds like he’s solidified himself in that 2nd-3rd range, good for him.
jm2375 ~ Air Fares 😈
tonight’s tv news (not to even try come close to THE Princess’ stuff from there.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFH24hwErc4
are we broken????
guess it was just my computer…
Thanks for the vids C_C…I missed the news at 6.
Mahalo chawan_cut for the video again but this time I didn’t get that “TC-feeling” until the end 😆
Conference “bottom dwellers” in the WAC may get stronger, but anyone see Idaho or New Mexico State beating the top tier teams in the next 5 years? Same could be said for the bottom tier of all conferences.
In the WAC, besides UH and Fresno St, none of the other top teams schedule tough teams more that 300 miles from their school. Bosie St is comfortable playing Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, and Washington State. I would like to see them travel East of the Rocky Mountains to play to top teams in other conferences and test their mettle. Riding a bus for 2 hours is a lot different than flying across 3 time zones and play a good team.
With the upsets in the SEC last season, will there be some upward mobility for Mississippi and Mississippi St? Didn’t both sign a top QB for 2009?
These are some pretty tough away games for the WAC teams
New Mexico State
Oct. 31 at Ohio St.
Louisiana Tech
Sept. 5 at Auburn
Sept. 12 at Navy
Nov. 14 at LSU
Nevada
Sept. 5 at Notre Dame
Sept. 19 at Colorado State
San Jose St.
Sept. 5 at USC
Sept. 19 at Stanford
Utah State
Sept. 3 at Utah
New Mexico State
Oct. 31 at Ohio St.
Boise State
Sept. 26 at Bowling Green
Oct. 14 at Tulsa
Fresno State—they’ll play anyone,anywhere…this is evident
Sept. 12 at Wisconsin
Sept. 26 at Cincinnati
Dec. 5 at Illinois
Duane Akina has brought back rugby-style punting, and now he’s even getting the punter at Texas to punt with both feet!
A-House,
NMSU signed a great coach after the season, a coach who I thought would get a Pac-10 job soon. Utah State just got a huge budget increase due to the student fee vote…and Utah State did beat the #2 team in the WAC last year. La Tech had some really down years, but they won their bowl game last season and they have had some good recruiting classes. La Tech is the best example of a team that can turn themselves around after being in the lower-tier of the WAC.
Idaho worries me as I don’t see solid signs of improvement. If they don’t improve, their attendance could drop to the point where they lose D-IA status.
Free play link time. Please ignore my next 5 posts if you do not want to read the off-topic stuff.
DARPA-funded program tries to reduce the military’s reliance of imported oil by using biodiesel (french fry grease) for military aircraft fuel.
Thanx roysan,
Geez, LaT is nutz….maybe not, the protocol son does his own scheduling, if Dooley hits paydirt or even close, he’ll be an SEC candidate, for now he’s a WAC wannabee whose mouth needs to be miked on the sidelines.
LOL. Boise State has the most to lose–trap door teams–BG gave them fits on big blue last year and the MAC is on the rise. Tulsa reloads–yikes the Broncs play these two middies on the road.
UMSU has a new coach and after their game with Ohio State, they may be looking for another.
Their recruiting was anything but inspiring.
Wazzup with Coach Hill?
Masochistic?
Say goodbye to Patty.
Mark it!
On September 20th, Dick Tomey will call his coaches at 3:30 am to report for coaching drills at 6 am.
The Conflicker worm seems to have infected more computers than previously thought, and a new variation of the worm it actively looking for instructions from its creator.
Full-body imaging systems have been deployed to airports. These allow airport security to see through clothing, which concerns some people.
3D CAD software allows for printing with clay to make ceramic objects.
Baby bunny was delivered to a pet store with two noses.
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How come nobody posted since 4pm?? Is something wrong with my computer??
shoot, how come only after I post everything comes out??
Not to be bitter, but how come none of the tv stations gave us credit for our pro day numbers? we were the only ones with the full list.
Maybe you are the Conficker worm Stretch!
Stretch I was having the same problem a minute ago so I switched browser from Mozilla to chrome….it’s probably the HA server and not the browser
Be bitter ST…credit should be given where deserved.
Hope you have a good day on the golf course tomorrow Stretch.
Stretch,
I think Garret is right. I cannot see any of your posts after 4pm…..
heheheh
Rob25 – shhhhh, who said I was golfing?? and who am I golfing with??
ST – did Veikune run the 40?? did he improve his time??
jm2375, if that’s the Sheraton on 6th Avenue, you got a steal for $99. That is a wonderful hotel. And I work for the “competition.” You’ll love it.
Stretch…I can only assume it is night golfing and with clients.
Hey Powderpu??
Can you recommend a Hilton-family hotel somewhere in the vacinity of Oakland? I am trying to decide how far away I want to actually stay from the city. Don’t want to be caught in a dangerous situation…like recent events have shown. Just want to watch Raiders in MNF before the UNLV game.
BTW are you going to the UNLV game?
oops, I seen the update on Veikune above
I wish my Cowboys would take one of the former Warriors…I mean other than Mat McBriar
roysan #237….true. but, nobody travels as far as we do. somebody needs to tell this to benson. no wonder with our opening schedule that he didn’t place us in the feature season ending game with his alma mater.
oh wait. i just reminded myself that he is a bsu grad. okay, okay, now that puts everything in perspective. the man is not nutz he is a wise man.
al – If his alma mater is go great then he should prove it by making them play us late…oh wait, the last time he did that they got their a**es handed to them!
Best of luck to all the former warriors who attended Pro Day!
I’m gonna hope that having Bess, Grice-Mullen, Rivers and Mouton get, er, “hamstrung” when running the 40 is just unbelievably bad luck or coincidence. If not, someone’s gotta do something about injury prevention. Also hoping Mouton won’t get penalized for reaggravating his hamstring, if you don’t get on that “injury-prone” bandwagon I see nothing wrong with a 4.42 40 (at least if that’s an “accepted” time amongst the scouts/NFL personnel folks). Great analysis from Pauoa Boy.
Garret,
u r absolutely on spot with DeWayne Walker.
I met him in the summer of 2001 at USC where he was a DB
coach under Carroll and ran into him several times since.
He is polite, unassuming and a genuine gentleman.
Former DC at UCLA before taking the NMSU HC position,
I too was surprised the aggies snatched him–the aggies AD, Dr McKinley Boston, a wonder in himself, has to be credited with the collar.
Dr Boston also recruited Reggie Theus as the HC for the aggies basketball program in 2005.
NMSU is fortunate and Coach Walker brings a history of D with his resume.
It will be a glaring contrast to the aggies wide open O of yesteryears under Hal Mumme but D is good and it will be interesting to see what he can do in our conference.
It will take some time but he is making believers already.
You can bet, NMSU will be quick on D with a steady stream of nfl-type CBs.
gee robbie…..how cowboys do you have?
does frank know about this?
oops….how many cowboys do you have?
here’s how i would use ryan mouton.
he would become ,i>the ultimate “slash” player.
nickel back on defense.
kick returner on special teams.
quick slot receiver on offense.
utilizing his quickness, speed, athleticism, and toughness throughout the whole game. he would dazzle and become a crowd favorite especially if he played texas. not too mention a millionaire.
Ahhh, cruises pending…
Please share your pending or recent cruises for inclusion at…
http://home.roadrunner.com/~smurashi/tsai-kos/cruisers.html
…lakesidegt has found previous cruisers in his future cruise region and is getting advice from LTUHF. I can offer jm2375 tips on boarding procedures and shipboard tips for NCL ships if she asks…
Hey, Rob25! Your dates in Oakland would be September 13-15? I’ll send you some choices on FB. UNLV isn’t looking too good for me…Seattle looks more likely.
al- wait, how many players are on the roster?
Anyways, Frank was with me on my date with the ‘Boys in October. Thank goodness they won!
Thanks PowderPuff!
Darn, I was hoping that we could yell together at the UNLV game. 🙄
FYI to anyone attending the WSU game at Qwest. Mariners are playing the Yankees at Safeco 6:10pm start.
al: That would be so awesome — if he can take the pounding. His size doesn’t bother me too much if he were to play one position, but to consider him playing both sides of the ball, IDK. Certainly he’s talented enough. If he can do it and stay healthy, then that would be awesome. Anyways, gotta make it with a team first. Baby steps … 😛
kobi — Welcome to the blog! If you reside outside of Hawaii, please tell us what city.
Blog broken?
Is da blog broken?
Hey homey…why aren’t you working?
I haven’t had any problems…maybe I am the Conficker virus?
wussup? whats goin on?
PowderPuff,
That’s the hotel. Thanks for the input. We’ve been satisfied with the hotels we’ve gotten through Hotwire.
weird…now I can see everything
Kazz – I’d take White over McMahon in the octagon.
Rob25 – I’m on leave with pay.
Homey…you should join us on Maui. What would a group of Tsaikos be without you there? Homeless? OK that was really lame.
I want Jake to snap the ball to Mat!
Hi, homey!
stephen,
thank you for your numbers. i’m guessing you guys were the only local media there to cover the event?
ha, home-less
that was funny Rob25. but then again, its me thats laughing.
Rob25 – I’m booked for that weekend.
Hey there PP! Need a pickup line?
Not really…why? You think I need one?
PP – Depends what it says on your shirt. BTW, you going to the 4/25 t-gate and Rob25’s special KK?
chawan – What is your best pickup line?
Chawan – I thought that if anyone would appreciate the humor in that line, it would be you. I’m lame too, just in the closet.
We are all lame. Nah just kidding.
homey ℞ -Chawan needs a pickup line? What is the orange jacket for then?
No, 4/25 tailgate for me; got a co-worker’s baby shower. And very likely that I’ll be attending Rob25’s special KK on 05/09.
i don’t have a pickup line.
Okay…time to hit the pillows. I sure wish that I had one of those beds in the Hilton hotels. Who would want to get up when you are so comfortable?
Oh well, good night Tsaikos and PP!
I might just have to go to baseball tomorrow!
The WAC needs to be concerned about the Vandals,
talk about messing in their pants–the logo on their Le derrière made a nation laugh….and a team pêt.
.
The orange jacket is a cry for help.
PP – Very likely huh…so that means you have an out if you don’t show up. Smart move. 😆
chawan – Here’s one…”Are you a girl?”
Re-Do I think the WAC and ESPN slighted UH in giving UH lesser top billing and television exposure than other WAC teams? No, I don’t. And these are the reasons.
For UH these are the facts, no players on the All-Wac Freshmen team, and 1 returning All-Wac First Team player (Estes).
When ESPN scours the rosters and looks and disects all of the WAC team’s rosters and the returning star players in the league for the 2009 season, do you think they see many from UH? No. Do they see Nevada with seven (+2 from the All-WAC freshmen team) , Boise with six (+5 from the All-WAC freshmen team) and Louisiana with 5 (+4 All-WAC Freshmen) as the predominate teams in the WAC with the most proven players? Yes, definitely.Compared to the aforementioned teams, what do they see as proven players or stars on UH roster…very little. Right?
So subsequently, the teams that have the most star returning players should receive the most television exposure. Right? If your a television executive and looked at Nevada’s returning star players (7+2) and 66 returning lettermen for the 2009 season wouldn’t you give Nevada top billing over UH, which has only 1 star player returning…I would think so. So, no I don’t think UH is being slighted by appearing in lesser ESPN games than Boise, Nevada and Louisiana Tech. The facts speak for themselves. If someone said if it would be surprising if UH finished 4th or 5th would that make them sound cynical? Maybe. But if you looked at the players returning they’re are more of the star players on the other team’s rosters than of UH. If your factor the players from the All-Wac freshmen team, players that have one year of development and look at UH freshmen players that have very little game experience experience there’s a huge gap there, too. So the bottom line is that UH has they’re work cut out for them–imo, next year’s going to be tough journey.
2008 All-WAC Football Teams-
All-Wac Players returning for the 2009 season
Nevada–(7)
FIRST TEAM
QB Colin Kaepernick, Nevada, 6-6, 215, So.—Offensive Player of the Year
RB Vai Taua, Nevada, 5-10, 225, So.
DL Kevin Basped, Nevada, 6-6, 240, So
SECOND TEAM
OL Alonzo Durham, Jr., Nevada
OL Mike Gallett, So., Nevada
DL Dontay Moch, So., Nevada
P Brad Langley, So., Nevada
Boise State (6)
FIRST TEAM
DL Ryan Winterswyk, Boise State, 6-4, 258, So
DB Kyle Wilson, Boise State, 5-10, 185, Jr.
SECOND TEAM
WR Austin Pettis, So., Boise State
QB Kellen Moore, Fr., Boise State
DB Jeron Johnson, So., Boise State
ST Kyle Wilson, Jr., Boise State
Louisiana Tech (5)
FIRST TEAM
RB Daniel Porter, Louisiana Tech, 5-9, 189, Jr
DL D’Anthony Smith, Louisiana Tech, 6-2, 292, Jr
DB *Antonio Baker, Louisiana Tech, 5-11, 200, Jr.
ST Phillip Livas, Louisiana Tech, 5-8, 170, So.
SECOND TEAM
OL Rob McGill, So., Louisiana Tech
Fresno State (4)
SECOND TEAM
OL Andrew Jackson, So., Fresno State
LB Chris Carter, So., Fresno State
LB Ben Jacobs, So., Fresno State
DB Moses Harris, Jr., Fresno State
San Jose State (3)
FIRST TEAM
LB Duke Ihenacho, San Jose State, 6-1, 200, So.
SECOND TEAM
DL Carl Ihenacho, Jr., San Jose State
LB Justin Cole, Jr., San Jose State
Idaho (1)
SECOND TEAM
OL Mike Iupati, Jr., Idaho
Utah State (2)
SECOND TEAM
OL Brennan McFadden, Jr., Utah State
LB Paul Igboeli, Jr., Utah State
New Mexico State (0)
Hawai‘i (1)
FIRST TEAM
OL *John Estes, Hawai‘i, 6-2, 290, Jr
ivals.com WAC All-Freshman Team
Rivals.com Staff
WAC TOP OFFENSIVE FRESHMAN
QB Kellen Moore, Boise State
WAC TOP DEFENSIVE FRESHMAN
LB James-Michael Johnson, Nevada
WAC ALL-FRESHMAN OFFENSE
QB Kellen Moore, Boise State
RB Princeton McCarty, Idaho
RB Robert Turbin, Utah State
WR Preston Davis, Idaho
WR Stanley Morrison, Utah State
TE Kyle Efaw, Boise State
T Mike Grady, New Mexico State
T Nate Potter, Boise State
G Funaki Asisi, Utah State
G Kris Cavitt, Louisiana Tech
C Thomas Byrd, Boise State
WAC ALL-FRESHMAN DEFENSE
E Jared Barron, Louisiana Tech
E Matt Broha, Louisiana Tech
T Billy Winn, Boise State
LB James-Michael Johnson, Nevada
LB Kyle Knox, Fresno State
LB Brandon Marshall, Nevada
LB Bobby Wagner, Utah State
CB Terry Carter, Louisiana Tech
CB Desia Dunn, Fresno State
S George Iloka, Boise State
S Michael Zant, New Mexico State
WAC ALL-FRESHMAN SPECIALISTS
K Kevin Goessling, Fresno State
P Kyle Hughes, New Mexico State
KR Brandon Rutley, San Jose State
PR Rashad Evans, Fresno State
homey…hahaha! NO, I’m not a flake — most of the time (glad certain people are sleeping right now). I already have something else scheduled, but I’m trying to move it.
Hey guys, I hosted a high school senior on campus today who is thinking of becoming an ICS major. (He’s from Moanalua, and I didn’t know who he is — he’s supposed to be on the math team!) Tried my best, but he wants to be like chawan_cut, homey, and BigWave. Sad, sad day. But I got two free meals out of it … 😀
homey what happens if it was a pink jacket 😕
testing
I think chawan_cut was the inspiration for this comic:
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=8
And someone from Foster Village was the inspiration for this comic:
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=11
uh jason are you not the coach for the moanalua math team?
PP – Well I’ll be waiting for you at the KK!!! If you no show up I may have to do a Rob25 and change your name!
Jason – homey is an ICS major?
BRB, my bubble bath is awaiting.
IDK, I just listed lame guys. 😀
Here’s a couple more for chawan_cut:
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=25
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=26
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=27
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=36
Here’s one more for chawan_cut (go through to 27):
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=25
Re-Do I think the WAC and ESPN slighted UH in giving UH lesser top billing and television exposure than other WAC teams? No, I don’t. And these are the reasons.
For UH these are the facts, no players on the All-Wac Freshmen team, and 1 returning All-Wac First Team player (Estes).
When ESPN scours the rosters and looks and disects all of the WAC team’s rosters and the returning star players in the league for the 2009 season, do you think they see many from UH? No. Do they see Nevada with seven (+2 from the All-WAC freshmen team) , Boise with six (+5 from the All-WAC freshmen team) and Louisiana with 5 (+4 All-WAC Freshmen) as the predominate teams in the WAC with the most proven players? Yes, definitely.Compared to the aforementioned teams, what do they see as proven players or stars on UH roster…very little. Right?
So subsequently, the teams that have the most star returning players should receive the most television exposure. Right? If your a television executive and looked at Nevada’s returning star players (7+2) and 66 returning lettermen for the 2009 season wouldn’t you give Nevada top billing over UH, which has only 1 star player returning…I would think so. So, no I don’t think UH is being slighted by appearing in lesser ESPN games than Boise, Nevada and Louisiana Tech. The facts speak for themselves. If someone said if it would be surprising if UH finished 4th or 5th would that make them sound cynical? Maybe. But if you looked at the players returning they’re are more of the star players on the other team’s rosters than of UH. If your factor the players from the All-Wac freshmen team, players that have one year of development and look at UH freshmen players that have very little game experience experience there’s a huge gap there, too. So the bottom line is that UH has they’re work cut out for them–imo, next year’s going to be tough journey.
2008 All-WAC Football Teams-
All-Wac Players returning for the 2009 season
Nevada–(7)
FIRST TEAM
QB Colin Kaepernick, Nevada, 6-6, 215, So.—Offensive Player of the Year
RB Vai Taua, Nevada, 5-10, 225, So.
DL Kevin Basped, Nevada, 6-6, 240, So
SECOND TEAM
OL Alonzo Durham, Jr., Nevada
OL Mike Gallett, So., Nevada
DL Dontay Moch, So., Nevada
P Brad Langley, So., Nevada
Boise State (6)
FIRST TEAM
DL Ryan Winterswyk, Boise State, 6-4, 258, So
DB Kyle Wilson, Boise State, 5-10, 185, Jr.
SECOND TEAM
WR Austin Pettis, So., Boise State
QB Kellen Moore, Fr., Boise State
DB Jeron Johnson, So., Boise State
ST Kyle Wilson, Jr., Boise State
Louisiana Tech (5)
FIRST TEAM
RB Daniel Porter, Louisiana Tech, 5-9, 189, Jr
DL D’Anthony Smith, Louisiana Tech, 6-2, 292, Jr
DB *Antonio Baker, Louisiana Tech, 5-11, 200, Jr.
ST Phillip Livas, Louisiana Tech, 5-8, 170, So.
SECOND TEAM
OL Rob McGill, So., Louisiana Tech
Fresno State (4)
SECOND TEAM
OL Andrew Jackson, So., Fresno State
LB Chris Carter, So., Fresno State
LB Ben Jacobs, So., Fresno State
DB Moses Harris, Jr., Fresno State
San Jose State (3)
FIRST TEAM
LB Duke Ihenacho, San Jose State, 6-1, 200, So.
SECOND TEAM
DL Carl Ihenacho, Jr., San Jose State
LB Justin Cole, Jr., San Jose State
Idaho (1)
SECOND TEAM
OL Mike Iupati, Jr., Idaho
Utah State (2)
SECOND TEAM
OL Brennan McFadden, Jr., Utah State
LB Paul Igboeli, Jr., Utah State
New Mexico State (0)
Hawai‘i (1)
FIRST TEAM
OL *John Estes, Hawai‘i, 6-2, 290, Jr
ivals.com WAC All-Freshman Team
Rivals.com Staff
WAC TOP OFFENSIVE FRESHMAN
QB Kellen Moore, Boise State
WAC TOP DEFENSIVE FRESHMAN
LB James-Michael Johnson, Nevada
WAC ALL-FRESHMAN OFFENSE
QB Kellen Moore, Boise State
RB Princeton McCarty, Idaho
RB Robert Turbin, Utah State
WR Preston Davis, Idaho
WR Stanley Morrison, Utah State
TE Kyle Efaw, Boise State
T Mike Grady, New Mexico State
T Nate Potter, Boise State
G Funaki Asisi, Utah State
G Kris Cavitt, Louisiana Tech
C Thomas Byrd, Boise State
WAC ALL-FRESHMAN DEFENSE
E Jared Barron, Louisiana Tech
E Matt Broha, Louisiana Tech
T Billy Winn, Boise State
LB James-Michael Johnson, Nevada
LB Kyle Knox, Fresno State
LB Brandon Marshall, Nevada
LB Bobby Wagner, Utah State
CB Terry Carter, Louisiana Tech
CB Desia Dunn, Fresno State
S George Iloka, Boise State
S Michael Zant, New Mexico State
WAC ALL-FRESHMAN SPECIALISTS
K Kevin Goessling, Fresno State
P Kyle Hughes, New Mexico State
KR Brandon Rutley, San Jose State
PR Rashad Evans, Fresno State
Re-Do I think the WAC and ESPN slighted UH in giving UH lesser top billing and television exposure than other WAC teams? No, I don’t. And these are the reasons.
For UH these are the facts, no players on the All-Wac Freshmen team, and 1 returning All-Wac First Team player (Estes).
When ESPN scours the rosters and looks and disects all of the WAC team’s rosters and the returning star players in the league for the 2009 season, do you think they see many from UH? No. Do they see Nevada with seven (+2 from the All-WAC freshmen team) , Boise with six (+5 from the All-WAC freshmen team) and Louisiana with 5 (+4 All-WAC Freshmen) as the predominate teams in the WAC with the most proven players? Yes, definitely.Compared to the aforementioned teams, what do they see as proven players or stars on UH roster…very little. Right?
So subsequently, the teams that have the most star returning players should receive the most television exposure. Right? If your a television executive and looked at Nevada’s returning star players (7+2) and 66 returning lettermen for the 2009 season wouldn’t you give Nevada top billing over UH, which has only 1 star player returning…I would think so. So, no I don’t think UH is being slighted by appearing in lesser ESPN games than Boise, Nevada and Louisiana Tech. The facts speak for themselves. If someone said if it would be surprising if UH finished 4th or 5th would that make them sound cynical? Maybe. But if you looked at the players returning they’re are more of the star players on the other team’s rosters than of UH. If your factor the players from the All-Wac freshmen team, players that have one year of development and look at UH freshmen players that have very little game experience experience there’s a huge gap there, too. So the bottom line is that UH has they’re work cut out for them–imo, next year’s going to be tough journey.
2008 All-WAC Football Teams-
All-Wac Players returning for the 2009 season
Nevada–(7)
FIRST TEAM
QB Colin Kaepernick, Nevada, 6-6, 215, So.—Offensive Player of the Year
RB Vai Taua, Nevada, 5-10, 225, So.
DL Kevin Basped, Nevada, 6-6, 240, So
SECOND TEAM
OL Alonzo Durham, Jr., Nevada
OL Mike Gallett, So., Nevada
DL Dontay Moch, So., Nevada
P Brad Langley, So., Nevada
Boise State (6)
FIRST TEAM
DL Ryan Winterswyk, Boise State, 6-4, 258, So
DB Kyle Wilson, Boise State, 5-10, 185, Jr.
SECOND TEAM
WR Austin Pettis, So., Boise State
QB Kellen Moore, Fr., Boise State
DB Jeron Johnson, So., Boise State
ST Kyle Wilson, Jr., Boise State
Louisiana Tech (5)
FIRST TEAM
RB Daniel Porter, Louisiana Tech, 5-9, 189, Jr
DL D’Anthony Smith, Louisiana Tech, 6-2, 292, Jr
DB *Antonio Baker, Louisiana Tech, 5-11, 200, Jr.
ST Phillip Livas, Louisiana Tech, 5-8, 170, So.
SECOND TEAM
OL Rob McGill, So., Louisiana Tech
Fresno State (4)
SECOND TEAM
OL Andrew Jackson, So., Fresno State
LB Chris Carter, So., Fresno State
LB Ben Jacobs, So., Fresno State
DB Moses Harris, Jr., Fresno State
San Jose State (3)
FIRST TEAM
LB Duke Ihenacho, San Jose State, 6-1, 200, So.
SECOND TEAM
DL Carl Ihenacho, Jr., San Jose State
LB Justin Cole, Jr., San Jose State
Idaho (1)
SECOND TEAM
OL Mike Iupati, Jr., Idaho
Utah State (2)
SECOND TEAM
OL Brennan McFadden, Jr., Utah State
LB Paul Igboeli, Jr., Utah State
New Mexico State (0)
Hawai‘i (1)
FIRST TEAM
OL *John Estes, Hawai‘i, 6-2, 290, Jr
ivals.com WAC All-Freshman Team
Rivals.com Staff
WAC TOP OFFENSIVE FRESHMAN
QB Kellen Moore, Boise State
WAC TOP DEFENSIVE FRESHMAN
LB James-Michael Johnson, Nevada
WAC ALL-FRESHMAN OFFENSE
QB Kellen Moore, Boise State
RB Princeton McCarty, Idaho
RB Robert Turbin, Utah State
WR Preston Davis, Idaho
WR Stanley Morrison, Utah State
TE Kyle Efaw, Boise State
T Mike Grady, New Mexico State
T Nate Potter, Boise State
G Funaki Asisi, Utah State
G Kris Cavitt, Louisiana Tech
C Thomas Byrd, Boise State
WAC ALL-FRESHMAN DEFENSE
E Jared Barron, Louisiana Tech
E Matt Broha, Louisiana Tech
T Billy Winn, Boise State
LB James-Michael Johnson, Nevada
LB Kyle Knox, Fresno State
LB Brandon Marshall, Nevada
LB Bobby Wagner, Utah State
CB Terry Carter, Louisiana Tech
CB Desia Dunn, Fresno State
S George Iloka, Boise State
S Michael Zant, New Mexico State
WAC ALL-FRESHMAN SPECIALISTS
K Kevin Goessling, Fresno State
P Kyle Hughes, New Mexico State
KR Brandon Rutley, San Jose State
PR Rashad Evans, Fresno State
Re-Do I think the WAC and ESPN slighted UH in giving UH lesser top billing and television exposure than other WAC teams? No, I don’t. And these are the reasons.
For UH these are the facts, no players on the All-Wac Freshmen team, and 1 returning All-Wac First Team player (Estes).
When ESPN scours the rosters and looks and disects all of the WAC team’s rosters and the returning star players in the league for the 2009 season, do you think they see many from UH? No. Do they see Nevada with seven (+2 from the All-WAC freshmen team) , Boise with six (+5 from the All-WAC freshmen team) and Louisiana with 5 (+4 All-WAC Freshmen) as the predominate teams in the WAC with the most proven players? Yes, definitely.Compared to the aforementioned teams, what do they see as proven players or stars on UH roster…very little. Right?
So subsequently, the teams that have the most star returning players should receive the most television exposure. Right? If your a television executive and looked at Nevada’s returning star players (7+2) and 66 returning lettermen for the 2009 season wouldn’t you give Nevada top billing over UH, which has only 1 star player returning…I would think so. So, no I don’t think UH is being slighted by appearing in lesser ESPN games than Boise, Nevada and Louisiana Tech. The facts speak for themselves. If someone said if it would be surprising if UH finished 4th or 5th would that make them sound cynical? Maybe. But if you looked at the players returning they’re are more of the star players on the other team’s rosters than of UH. If your factor the players from the All-Wac freshmen team, players that have one year of development and look at UH freshmen players that have very little game experience experience there’s a huge gap there, too. So the bottom line is that UH has they’re work cut out for them–imo, next year’s going to be tough journey.
2008 All-WAC Football Teams-
All-Wac Players returning for the 2009 season
Nevada–(7)
FIRST TEAM
QB Colin Kaepernick, Nevada, 6-6, 215, So.—Offensive Player of the Year
RB Vai Taua, Nevada, 5-10, 225, So.
DL Kevin Basped, Nevada, 6-6, 240, So
SECOND TEAM
OL Alonzo Durham, Jr., Nevada
OL Mike Gallett, So., Nevada
DL Dontay Moch, So., Nevada
P Brad Langley, So., Nevada
Boise State (6)
FIRST TEAM
DL Ryan Winterswyk, Boise State, 6-4, 258, So
DB Kyle Wilson, Boise State, 5-10, 185, Jr.
SECOND TEAM
WR Austin Pettis, So., Boise State
QB Kellen Moore, Fr., Boise State
DB Jeron Johnson, So., Boise State
ST Kyle Wilson, Jr., Boise State
Louisiana Tech (5)
FIRST TEAM
RB Daniel Porter, Louisiana Tech, 5-9, 189, Jr
DL D’Anthony Smith, Louisiana Tech, 6-2, 292, Jr
DB *Antonio Baker, Louisiana Tech, 5-11, 200, Jr.
ST Phillip Livas, Louisiana Tech, 5-8, 170, So.
SECOND TEAM
OL Rob McGill, So., Louisiana Tech
Fresno State (4)
SECOND TEAM
OL Andrew Jackson, So., Fresno State
LB Chris Carter, So., Fresno State
LB Ben Jacobs, So., Fresno State
DB Moses Harris, Jr., Fresno State
San Jose State (3)
FIRST TEAM
LB Duke Ihenacho, San Jose State, 6-1, 200, So.
SECOND TEAM
DL Carl Ihenacho, Jr., San Jose State
LB Justin Cole, Jr., San Jose State
Idaho (1)
SECOND TEAM
OL Mike Iupati, Jr., Idaho
Utah State (2)
SECOND TEAM
OL Brennan McFadden, Jr., Utah State
LB Paul Igboeli, Jr., Utah State
New Mexico State (0)
Hawai‘i (1)
FIRST TEAM
OL *John Estes, Hawai‘i, 6-2, 290, Jr
ivals.com WAC All-Freshman Team
Rivals.com Staff
WAC TOP OFFENSIVE FRESHMAN
QB Kellen Moore, Boise State
WAC TOP DEFENSIVE FRESHMAN
LB James-Michael Johnson, Nevada
WAC ALL-FRESHMAN OFFENSE
QB Kellen Moore, Boise State
RB Princeton McCarty, Idaho
RB Robert Turbin, Utah State
WR Preston Davis, Idaho
WR Stanley Morrison, Utah State
TE Kyle Efaw, Boise State
T Mike Grady, New Mexico State
T Nate Potter, Boise State
G Funaki Asisi, Utah State
G Kris Cavitt, Louisiana Tech
C Thomas Byrd, Boise State
WAC ALL-FRESHMAN DEFENSE
E Jared Barron, Louisiana Tech
E Matt Broha, Louisiana Tech
T Billy Winn, Boise State
LB James-Michael Johnson, Nevada
LB Kyle Knox, Fresno State
LB Brandon Marshall, Nevada
LB Bobby Wagner, Utah State
CB Terry Carter, Louisiana Tech
CB Desia Dunn, Fresno State
S George Iloka, Boise State
S Michael Zant, New Mexico State
WAC ALL-FRESHMAN SPECIALISTS
K Kevin Goessling, Fresno State
P Kyle Hughes, New Mexico State
KR Brandon Rutley, San Jose State
PR Rashad Evans, Fresno State
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jason
the cowboys would be used to this kind of player. they had the first slash player in neon deion sanders.
they would welcome a flyin’ ryan mouton.
whoops, sry pressed 3-4 times was angry it didnt go through
what wrong–with my comp
roysan
what are you testing?
if you quit using foul language you wouldn’t be screened so often.
I dont see the WAC getting stronger except a continuation at the top with BSU, FSU and Hawaii.
Nevada and SJSU are in precarious positions becz they are being carried by legendary coaches on the brink of retirement and their programs alone cant be said to be solid.
It wasnt long ago when the Sparts were on life support.
Community support in Reno is always a stretch for football.
New Mexico State is in a position to improve given their AD and new coach. Solid talent there.
Agree with Garret on LaT’s turnaround, but we dont know how much longer they will sit in the WAC given their distance and Dooley’s youth and penchant to spring.
Student fees or not–u have to go wayback in Odgen’s time capsule before you find a winner….the point is program consistency and community support for football.
Hoorah for their student body!
Idaho is nearly comatose.
Maybe it’s the Palouse?
Same state as Wafan.
roysan16 – It’s not your computer.
al- trust me. i wrote one piece that was long, and it didn’t go through
pressed 3-4 times didn’t go through- says waiting for moderation, so i sent it again—replies duplicate just say to say to myself.. huh? so thats it ..
getting sleepy so checking out last person peel da lite now, ok play nice esmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee whooshhhhhhhhhh
Jason – I wouldn’t say BigWave is lame. Not much people can do what he does in the ocean.
okay, homey, please—what is it? help….aaahhh.
roysan16 – how many links did you have in your long post?
The Warriors should not wait till pro day to get in shape. They need to be in shape and ready to go in college instead of looking fat and soft like ST’s OL pictures. Why don’t these players realize that drinking beer and eating pizza will make them have a tough Spring practice. Only hard work will get the fans to back you up.
kobi,
You sure you got the right weekend for that Mariners/Yankees series? I checked the Mariners schedule and it shows that they are away @ Texas the weekend of the UH/Wazzu game (Sept 12). The following weekend is when they host the Yankees, however the Warriors will be in Vegas by then…..
homey-idk, …links, sinks, finks, rinks, pinks, thinks there all the same…idk links?? maybe 2 we’ll see tomorrw, i guess
just now tried replying to homey it didn’t go thru
oh it did go thru….forget it….zzzzz…maybe
roysan16 – use not more than one link.
chawan-cut,
Best pick-up line ever…
Smile and say… “Hello”
Best way to test the water on a date. Drive to the closest Longs or Walgreens and tell your date. “Give me a minute. I need to buy some skins.”
roysan……break your posts up in tidbits. plus, us old guys can follow it better. when get old, hard for focus too long.
?? I can’t believe I typed that… hmmm this 4-week cold must be really affecting my judgement.
Commited Road Warrior
Sorry, got confused with the dates. Was thinking about the UNLV date.
kobi,
That’s ok. That (the Mariners) was the first thing that came to my mind when they announced that the UH-Wazzu game was gonna be played at Qwest. Now we gotta wait and see if the Seahawks will be playing at home the following day after our game.
Kevin Konrath, chicago’s Brother Rice, is listed as a LB on Glanville’s team..Noa also on the team…did Mac cut them or told them that their PT would be very limited so they opted to transfer?
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Really that dude gave his best performance and i thing he should be Continue…
Good Luck.
Mahalo erryone for erryting!
Nitey nite and Sweet Warrior Dreams!
An enjoyable Aloha Friday to everyone!!!
More snow at sea level on this side.
dj, please come get your weather.
M’s play CWS on Tuesday, 9/15 at home if anyone is interested. NYY series begins on 9/18.
Kobi is in the confused state, too? Are you on the We(s)t or over the hill?
Whoo-hoo!!! Last day before Spring Break!!!
And, only 49 more wake-ups until Summer Break!!!
I see UH-bb player, Flemings is going to throw his hat into the NBA draft or atleast explore what his possibilities are without an agent so as to leave the back door open to return to UH if there’s no options out there.
Maybe that’s why there was mentioned yesterday bout coach Nash on some talk show had emntioned a third scholarship being available?
You wanna get lucky……..
My best wishes with you dear .I think you will be continue…….Good Luck
Cool Dude and Go for PRO.
My best wishes always with you and really you have done good work.
The only way Crabtree possibly could benefit from his decision is by running a blazing time. However, he was never expected to post a phenomenal time in the 40-yard dash, so this is very unlikely.
The more removed from youth culture some men become, the more desperate they are to make out they’re part of it. There are probably middle-aged blokes in suburban crescents who lean over their garden fence…
Yeah no doubt Warriors are performing very well.
You are doing well,my all best wishes are with you.
Really i m surprised to see the response of your warriors..
These days i m busy in my projects,but very glad to see your way..
You are going in right direction..
No doubt you done mastering in this this field…
Really dude my all best wishes are with you.
Totally i love these efforts.
Don’t worry you are brave.
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Really i admire you for braveness.
Bravo nice done..
My best wishes are with you.
I salute your experience in this stream.