Alexander wins WAC award; UH lands QB and LB

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Looks like were getting a bunch of good recruits

awesome news about the commits!

btw… thanks for the poster ST!

happy birthday longtimeuhfan!!!!

so now we really got to do lunch soon.

re: post #4

should be: “….now its your turn,….”

Welcome Joey and Liloa!

Way to go, Keala and Hauolu Lahanau LTUHF!

Nitey Nite KaKou!

ST: No words from our newest Warriors? Or is that for the byline?

Interesting article on the future of pineapple on Maui

http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/510243.html?nav=10

Thoughts and prayers to Dr Doc……Get well soon

top 25.

Again, Godspeed to DrDoc. Mt thoughts and prayers are with you.

WELCOME TO THE WARRIOR NATION JOEY AND LILOA!!!

Jason – this was the first and last time i take the 49ers defense as my FF pick. What happened? They were highly rated and were playing at home against the helpless Seahawks.

JT Sullivan was benched an replaced by Shawn Hill. Who??? At least Andre Davis has learned a valuable lesson. Gotta love Coach Singletary and his intensity and passion. Don’t mess with him!

Uncle Pomai – Warriors 45 Utah St 28

WDoc and Dr.Doc . . .

Here are hopes and prayers for a speedy and complete recovery.

Both Hercules and Saturn know you have their best interest and well-being in mind no matter what your final decision may be.

Keep well WDoc — you cannot not take care of them if you do not first take care of yourself.

Prayers for Dr. Doc. Get well soon.

WassupDoc,

Fingers crossed, thoughts, prayers, and best wishes for Dr. Doc.

Welcome to the Warriors Joey Iosefa and Liloa Nobriga! Congratulations to them and to the Warrior coaching staff!

morning gang!

thoughts and prayers for Dr. Doc, get well soon

Keala Watson is such a class act

…a prayer and good outcomes to dr. doc….get well brudda…

Welcome to Warrior Nation Joey and Liloa!

What an awesome job of recruiting the staff is doing…this is exactly the kind of early action recruiting that i had been wishing for in the past……

Hau’oli La Hanau LTUH.

I know that selected athletes had early offers for a long time…but the national trend to offer almost all available scholarships early is quite a change. I remember how Texas A&M used to do a HUGE recruiting push on one of the last 2 recruiting weekends before signing day…they would bring in all of their recruits then (well after the season was over) and hope that the players would bond and all commit together.

Mack Brown came to Texas and offered 40+ recruits before they had even played their senior season. He filled up his recruiting class before Texas A&M had even brought their recruits for the big recruiting weekend, so Texas beat A&M badly in recruiting that year. In fact, the A&M coaches didn’t adapt for 3 years or so, and by then it was too late since the on-field performance of the team showed the effects of recruiting. That is a big reason why Texas is so good now and Texas A&M is not.

Mack was at Texas Tech and saw the early stages of Texas’ early recruiting and how that changed recruiting in that state. He saw how every school had to hold camps to figure out who they wanted to offer, since schools could no longer wait for players to play their senior season. And Mack has adapted well, which will show up on the field in a few years!

Is there a list of all our commits somewhere? Seems like we have a great class coming in.

A few years ago I had a chance to watch Liloa play Intermediate football for Iolani against Kamehameha up at Kapalama heights. He was a one man wrecking crew! Hands down, a man amongst boys that day.

Everyone had high expectations of him. But, then he simply vanished. Only to resurface in LV doing some serious damage!

Glad to see the islands never left his heart.

Prayers and thoughts to WDoc and Dr. Doc

Good Morning Tsaikoland.
Happy Birthday to LTUHF!
Hope everyone has a good week.

OK, off to work. bbl. esme and out. whooooosh.

There have been some inquiries since the Tsaikos attended last year.

Na Koa Football Banquet
December 7, 2008
Sheraton Waikiki Hotel – Hawaii Ballroom
Cocktails 5:00 pm Dinner at 6:00 pm
$75/person – 10 to a table

For those who are interested, email me at stretch6592 at yahoo. Please email me ASAP so I know how many tables we will fill. Last people to email me will be cut off if there are not enough for a full table. Deadline to email me is Friday Nov 7.

Greg Alexander has been named the WAC’s Offensive Player of the Week.

Congratulations Greg!

I am getting concerned for Inoke. How many times this season has he gotten “his bell rung.” Wasn’t there a quote from Ron Lee saying that Inoke had gotten his bell rung and was seeing stars Saturday? The coaching staff needs to ensure that Inoke is not getting seriously hurt. There is no such thing as a “mild” concussion, and I don’t know what else could cause you to be “out of it” other than a concussion.

One thing we have seen from our QBs this year is an apparent reluctance to ‘fess up to injuries. I don’t know if it is because of all the competition, or what. But these guys have to understand that it doesn’t help the team to try to “play through” some of these injuries. Tyler was in way to long against Oregon State after he got hurt. Not only was he ineffective after the injury, but he almost certainly injured himself further and delayed his recovery. Inoke has apparently spent several series in a fog after getting knocked around. Again, he doesn’t help himself or the team by doing so. These guys have to be a little more responsible with this stuff.

Good Morning Loa … Thanks, ST told me about it but knowing him, I’ll probably get it sometime next season.

Apparently, Gov Lingle has accused Colt Brennan’s connection to Hawaii as “not geniune” because he only spent a couple of years in Hawaii.

Having a bit of trouble getting used to a new toy. Meant to say : have a great week beginning with a supah Monday!!

Listening to 1420 and get one babooooze calling right now….

Stretch, that babooze has speeding fingers to get through all the time. Speed dialing I guess. See you later.

disregard my last, apparently the gov was talking about someone else currently employed in Washington DC. thanks madeinhawaii, for setting me straight!

http://picasaweb.google.com/LizKauai/NevadaAtUH102508#

Pix from the Nevada at UH Game and T-Gate.

NYUH- Lingle may have heard the “Colt for Governor” call. Also, wasn’t there a “Colt for President” Washington coverup rumor after he went to the Redskins?

Politicians, beware!!!
🙄 😈 😆

HIHO!

W/Doc ~ Please give us an update of Dr. Doc’s condition today. We are all hoping for his speedy recovery. The Doc has always been such a stand-up guy.

morning tsaikos.

congrats to Alexander.

Really Aunty Liz. In Colt we trust…all others can take a ‘hike!’

Congrats to Greg Alexander!!!

Long Time UH Fan has a Birthday today! Whoa…we can start da celebration today and wrap it up on Saturday where we can seek Therapy!

Shout out to Misses Teixeira who came out of the shadows to post last night. Please join us and let us know where you are posting from.

Liloa Nobriga was seated a few seats away from Koakane during the Nevada game. He showed up with about three minutes left in the game so must have been down on the field earlier.

Kept asking Koakane to ask him where he was going to commit to, and Koakane responded, who? where? what, you know dem? I don’t know dem? who dat, I don’t know him? I finally gave up, noting the myriad of empty beer cups lying on the ground near his chair.

Glad to hear the good news about him and Iosefa. Go Warriors.

Congratulations to GA!
Well-deserved honor and a testament to staying positive with a great attitude. His time arrived on Saturday; let’s hope it was just the beginning of more great things to come…

Dr Doc: wishing you a speedy recovery!

Happy Birthday LTUF!

Great news from the recruiting front!

Way to go Greg Alexander!

great game saturday nite. 8-5 seems like a realistic expectation now, maybe even 9-4 if we keep on improving, we should be favored in all of em except for cincy. all the tinkering the coaches did worked out beautifully. we’ve got a lot of unselfish players, bain and mouton and the qb’s. third down conversions finally improved and that was great to see.

lord knows we have a lot to improve upon, o-line, rungame w/o kealoha, conservative playcalling a tad, the only thing w/ the special teams is grasso’s punts really only travel 34-37 yds w/ bounces going our way. but that’s being nitpicky…

things are really lookin up. we have a really young o so we should keep on improving there and coach mack’s specialty is d so i don’t worry about that as much. and the recuits are loooking great too. do we see world series champion shane victorino getting honored at the next halftime show…

Hello Engineer? Stretch, you get ten toes too, no need calculator. You can count up to twenty, Sherlock.

You are right D1. Koakane must be one veteran. But instead of left-right-left -right cadence. His cadence is beer-kofe-beer-kofe-beer-kofe.

wac offense’s nightmare in the near future, in addition to the lb’s we got coming back- RJ, Brashton, Blaze, Paipai, TJ Alofipo, and now Liloa. love the local flavor there. sucks that we have to wait 5 days for the next game and almost a month for the next home game but at least we can look forward to many holidays this month…. 🙂

UH at Utah St viewing at Therapy Sports Grill

Breakfast orders – need more info

**Protector & Lopaka43 and wife**
how do you want your eggs cooked & what type of meat?
(spam, portuguese sausage, vienna sausage or bacon)

**Protector’s guest Clyde & Mei Ling**
what 2 choices do you want in your omelet?
(spam, kamaboko, green onions, portuguese sausage, bacon, spinach, mushrooms, cheese, salsa, hot dog, mixed greens)

Please let me know ASAP. Thanks!

d1 tried the IV like you said but the nurse quit because she was getting tired refilling dem cans 😆

koakane™:
October 27th, 2008 at 9:05 am
I didn’t want to bother you this past sat since you looked busy.

eh koakane, I have NEVER seen someone get so excited at a game before

midori….practicing her waitress skills. no forget her tip.

with approximately a dozen scholies left………..

2 cornerbacks
2 running backs
3 olineman
2 defensive tackles
2 receivers
1 wildcard, i.e., the best athlete available

Koakane,

d1 tried the IV like you said but the nurse quit because she was getting tired refilling dem cans

Sounds like you need “Stretch Beer”!

Pomai,

38 – 16 d1shima

Dr Doc.. Our Prayers for a speedy recovery.

Wishing LTUH fan a very Happy Birthday and many more!

For those who are lucky enough to make it…
Enjoy the Na Koa lunch today! It’s helmet day!

i guess coach cav got to him. that’s okay good luck to da kid. one of these days we’ll get a baldwin kid…

leave da pipeline open who knows we may get another “mana” transfer from osu…

Best wishes to the Doc family.
Warriors gave us a great win over Nevada. I have no doubt we’ll all be getting together Christmas Eve to watch them beat up on the Pac10!

Gotta feel kinda bad for ty willingham at uw, he had no chance w/ that brutal schedule and jake locker’s injury. good luck to him…

midori7,
what was the winning guess? I went back and looked at the blog and james and tom both had 63. Did one of them change it?

Love this Twitter entry!!

Davone_Bess: i hope my boyz can beat NV tonight last years game was the biggest win of the season i think we really came together as a team at that point 4:05 PM Oct 25th from web

Davone_Bess: My Boys Pulled It Off! W00T! Congrats. Samson doubted you guys. He owes me a lunch next week. I really want some L&L beef stew! Wish me luck 12:48 AM yesterday from web

Doc- give our love and prayers to Dr. Doc!!!

Davone_Bess: My Boys Pulled It Off! W00T! Congrats. Samson doubted you guys. He owes me a lunch next week. I really want some L&L beef stew! Wish me luck 12:48 AM yesterday from web

What’s up Samson??!!?? Gotta BELIEVE!!

chawan_cut- I joined Twitter and am following Davone.

chawan_cut- I joined Twitter and am following Davone

Cyber-stalking?

dj…Thanks, but I think I had a guess of 58 or something….I know someone guessed 63 which was spot on…..dang, short by a few again…LOL…(No comments homey)…..

Congrats to Alexander on the well-deserved award. I’m really liking our chances on the 2-game road trip these days.

btw, HH, pls email me – don’t want to gross out the blog with TMI…
lizkauai at gmail dot com.
Mahalo!

Docs, best wishes for a complete and speedy recovery. No worries — you can’t lose your starting position due to injury. Just don’t follow my brother’s cardiac rehab plan, which apparently includes game-day hot dogs and apple martinis.

OK, I’ve listened to the tape of my interview with GA for the third time and I still can’t understand half of what he’s saying. I thought I mumbled. And what exactly is that accent?

ST:

Thanks for answering my recruiting question yesterday and hope you will tell us about O-line commitments soon.

Coach Tuioti: thank you for your hard work and deligence in getting all those young men to make a commitment to UH football.

Purcell family: thank you for telling young men about UH football.

Coach Taase: thank you for all your efforts in making sure that many young men accept the importance of academics to pursue college sports.

happy birthday to LTUHF.
I still owe you that lunch at Rainbow’s

October 27, 2008

SoCal DE blowing up

Rick Kimbrel
Recruiting analyst

Tepa’s tale is the classic story where D-I schools want to see senior footage before tendering offers. According to Tepa, besides Hawai’i, he has received offers from Colorado State, Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA and Washington State.

On the season, Tepa has accounted for 40 plus tackles and 10 sacks while having to battle through double teams.

Recently Tepa took in the UCLA/Stanford game and he plans to take in more as the season goes along.

With all of the recent recruiting attention, Tepa still is committed to Hawai’i, but he is checking out other avenues.

“I chose Hawai’i because they showed a lot of early interest in me and I have a lot of relatives that live there,” Tepa said. “My good friend and teammate (linebacker) George Daily-Lyles also committed to Hawai’i.

One of the reasons that UCLA has become a school of interest is personal in nature for Tepa.

“My folks kind of want me to play close to home,” Tepa said. “But I keeping my options open.”

“The most important factor will be getting a good education,” Tepa said. “Then a good football program and good coaching.

“I have been talking to all the coaches of the schools that are recruiting me,” Tepa said. “I haven’t set any visits yet.”

The scouting report on Tepa is he’s a hard worker, with good character and makes plays. He does what is asked of him and never complains. He goes about doing his business. He has good size and speed in addition to a very quick first step off the ball make him hard to block.

Tepa also has outstanding versatility. He plays both defensive end spots and also lines up at defensive tackle on third down passing situations. He’s also an outstanding special teams player, who scooped up a loose ball after a blocked punt and raced into the end zone for a touchdown.

As a junior, Tepa was an all-league selection after accounting for 110 tackles, eight sacks, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries (one that he returned for a touchdown), and one interception.

Tepa is also solid in the classroom, and carries a 3.3 GPA.

are we losing Tepa??? see above article.

Best wishes and a big “Get Well Soon” to Dr.Doc !

Mike,

ditto what al said. I didn’t want to be the first to mention it though 🙄

Uh- I’m sorry but someone needs to go to jail…

Eight-year-old shoots self with Uzi, dies
# The boy lost control of the weapon while firing it as an adult supervised him
# The force of the weapon made it travel up and back toward his head
# Incident happened at the Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo
# Event advertises itself as chance to fire weapons at vehicles, pumpkins

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/27/boy.shoots.himself.ap/index.html

Wassup Doc

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Dr. Doc. Hope he has a full and successful recovery. Take care of yourself and your animals too.

I was browsing the Reno papers to see what was being written about the game. When I came across the Reno Gazette Journal. http://www.rgj.com

Anybody think the look, layout seems very familiar?? I’m so disappointed in the Advertiser website. How could they just use a cookie-cutter layout?

Congrats to Greg Alexander; a well deserved award. Also props to Inoke for making that “diving” first down.

And to our Gov John Fonoti who played a heckuva game! A Defensive Lineman’s dream to score a TD!

Loa:
October 27th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Blog Lover Website Hater – wow! twins! they even get the metromix thingy

personally, I like the HA metromix pictures better

Liloa and Joey:

WELCOME TO THE WARRIOR FAMILY for it will be an experience to remember for years to come – get so many aunties and uncles who going take care!

UH Coaches:

Remember to keep in contact with all your verbal commits so they will sign in Feb 09.

Keep up the excellent recruiting and hope to hear of some O-line commitments soon.

A-House – did we get some O-Line commits recently?

For all future featured vocalists at home games
Please copy and take with you on da field (jus’in case)
🙄
F G7
Hawai’i Pono`î
F
Nânâ i kou mô`î
G7 Am G7 C
Ka lani ali`i ke ali`i

Chorus:
C7
Makua lani e
F
Kamehameha e
F Bb
Nâ kaua e pale
C7 F
Me ka ihe

Remember Jeremy Perry commited to UH then sent his LOI to Oregon State.

J-Dog/d1島 – i thought i saw him on OC16 this weekend too

Link to Mana Rosa’s commit…

http://mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/510307.html?nav=11

Concerned Fan- see J Dog’s #180. The Jerry McGuire character thought he had guys signed (under his representation) and they changed their minds and went with other reps or teams. It happens.

d1shima- #181 – AMEN! Hoo- da embarassing! Lucky she had da band to finish up for her. What, da jumbotron karaoke wen broke? (we could not see it) I thot I was singing it wrong at first… trew me off…

bb,

Haha. Great find. And all this time I thought the used the same ranking process I use on my students’ papers: Toss em down a flight of stairs; top step gets an A, next step gets a B, etc.

yup coach cav was at the farrington/kapolei game on friday, thought he was on maui on saturday, maybe i’m wrong, and then he was at aloha on saturday nite.

Wondering where Merv and Buckhead Bulldog are as this is the week of the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party

btw,

Good on Mike Singletary!

RGM had 1 catch for 10 yards on Saturday.

Well…will check the Na Koa notes later.

For NauPauLunChauWah….

Loa:

Most recent O-Line recruits were the two who play center or guard, but they are transfers and Tiwanak is already on campus; unsure when Rodenhurst will be on campus. Only high school recruits I can recall was the Hilo High player (Loeffler) and player from Australia and they will probably redshirt because of age, but they are big and may, some day, be the starting tackles.

Perhaps, the Coaches are confident that the reserve O-line men will serve them well in 2009.

ST: Rodenhurst must sit out one year for the transfer rule making him eligible in 2010 with 2 years to play 2?

UH has some transfers in the wings like LaCount.

Best wishes and a speedy full recovery to Dr. Doc.

Happy Birthday to LTUHF, I have meet you only once and hope to see you and the Mrs again soon.

Kaumuki Kid- to have a gig like that at Aloha Stadium- no shame to have an index card to read from. Even a seasoned singer can get a brain fart on camera after practicing it perfectly a zillion times. I would probably screw up the first anthem if the lights were on me 😆

What a beautiful day in the valley!

First and foremost, Dr. Doc – Best wishes to you for a speedy and complete recovery. WassupDoc – Please take care to give yourself a much-needed break from other issues and responsibilities. Be kind to yourself so you may be there for Dr. Doc. when he needs you most.

LTUHF –

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I can see in my mind your million-dollar smile as you enjoy your special day. We miss you and Mrs. LTUHF at the T-gates, but hopefully, you will be able to join us at one of the remaining home game T-gates. Hope so.

Heya Merv! You in for a little gator stew this week?

Merv, my good buddy –

Aloha and a big howzit to you! The Warrior fans are still buzzing about our victory over a very, very talented Nevada team. Back from the bayou, huh…that’s great! If you’re ever in our tropical paradise part of the U.S. on a UH Warrior home game day, come join us at the Tsaikogate…bring your kazoo, too.

3 yrs in a row w/ colt at da helm we put up 50+ pts on da aggies. da kevin robinson one man show is gone so i’m thinking they won’t put up much of a fight, although i trust da coaches and players won’t be looking at it like me. hopefully da o can keep improving, think we might need more of it the next week in las cruces…

what’s the story of da travel roster. if players aren’t able to play in utah but are able to play against nmsu, do they have to go to utah and new mexico or does someone have to come home in order for them to go up…

Just back from Na Koa Lunch with film breakdown by Rolo and a lively Q&A. Malcolm Lane’s Mom & Dad in attendance. Our gratitude for your son and thanks, Dad for the service you do for our country. (Malcolm’s Dad will be deployed to Iraq soon).
As Coach Mack often says, thanks to the real Warriors who serve our country.

will there be any endzone celebrations at da cocktail party?

shyloh – although the Monday practices are pretty light, they do their regular warm ups and position drills. Then 7 on 7 drills to get the weeks game plan in. They don’t do the 11 on 11 drills and not too much contact stuff. Then after about an hour, they do running/conditioning. They practice hard Tue,Wed, Thurs. Fri is another light day.

Of course everything is what I gather from the ST, sj and myki reports.

Kekoa & Peaches –

I can’t recall why I was unable to sit down with you both as you perused my photo album. It was my pleasure to share with you the life-time treasured memories of our trip to the Sugar Bowl. Coach Mack…looking forward to repeating the experience…sooner than Warrior fans expect! Imua Warriors!

I wonder what Mark Schlabach & Bruce Feldman put in their morning coffee…

In the latest Bowl Projections on ESPN.com, Bruce Feldman has Hawai’i playing Air Force in the New Mexico Bowl (with SJSU against Stanford in the Hawai’i Bowl). Mark Schlabach has Hawai’i playing BYWhoo in the Poinsettia Bowl (with Fresneck playing Stanford in the Hawai’i Bowl). Maybe someone should explain to them how ESPN sponsored the bowl so Hawai’i would be able to play at home and sell out the stadium. And I don’t care how good BYWho is, I would still rather play a Pac-10 team than a defector.

BTW – another positive is that they also realized how big this past week’s win was against Nevada. Previous to this win, they didn’t have Hawaii playing in any bowl games.

Liloa was my daughter’s classmate in high school. Watched him play basketball. Iolani took him from Chico Furtado at Kalaheo. Was supposedly really good at making math calculations in his head. He must have filled in some at 230#. Very athletic. Watch out after he gets in the strength program. Sounds like a future force. Go Warriors.

Ronnie:
Thank you so much for the tickets..we had a great day..It was Mrs. Curveballs first football game ever..it was really nice to be dry..Liz is always fun to watch the game with and the people around us were great..again Mahalo

curveball – you are most welcome for the tickets. I’m glad you had a good time and got to see an exciting game! I used Liz’ video of the winning touchdown to wake my son up this morning 😀

BowsForever – I agree that playing Clemson would be a good alternative. CBS Sportsline is projecting us to play Stanford in the Hawai’i Bowl.

Stanford vs. Hawaii would be interesting Hawaii Bowl matchup

WOW, it’s great that the “mainlanders” now think that Warriors are a good pick to fit into some bowl game here or on the mainland.

I would not mind, at all, if Hawaii plays Clemson in the Hawaii Bowl. It will be a great accomplishment to beat a BCS team in any bowl game. The ACC is not the SEC, but we were already there. Playing different teams from different conferences, especially from the East Coast, only helps UH with recruiting, scheduling future opponents, and “upgrading” their strenght of schedule. Clemson could be a very good conduit to spreading the word on Warrior football.

2008, UH has the 10th toughest football schedule in the country. I believe Washington had the toughest and it shows in their record and so do ours.

Clemson’s record to date (3-4):

2008 Schedule/Results

DATE OPPONENT W-L (CONF) RESULT

8/30 No. 24 Alabama 0-1 (0-0) L 34-10
9/06 Citadel 1-1 (0-0) W 45-17
9/13 North Carolina State 2-1 (1-0) W 27-9
9/20 South Carolina State 3-1 (1-0) W 54-0
9/27 Maryland 3-2 (1-1) L 20-17
10/09 @ No. 21 Wake Forest 3-3 (1-2) L 12-7
10/18 Georgia Tech 3-4 (1-3) L 21-17

DATE OPPONENT TV TIME (ET)

11/01 @ Boston College 3:30 PM
11/08 @ No. 15 Florida State TBA
11/15 Duke TBA
11/22 @ Virginia TBA
11/29 South Carolina TBA

A-House – I looked at a couple of SOS’s and Hawaii was in the 70’s on both. Phil Steele’s had WA @ #1. Gotta run home and watch the WS – Shane just knocked in 2 runs. 2-zip, Philly bottom of 2nd.

Welcome to new Warriors Joey and Liloa! You are going to love it here!!! Whoo-hoo!!!

Keala . . . what goes around comes around. You will be blessed in the future for your caring generosity. Awesome! What role model for our youngsters. Yeah!!!

I think that 10th toughest schedule designation is based on games played to date, instead of the entire schedule.

Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

LTUHF . . .

You are sharp as a tack — probably one of a few who took the time to figure that line out. HA!

On the other hand, if you were 17 again with the knowledge and experiences you now have that would be exciting for you! All of those BNUHF’s (Brand New UHF’s) running around! Of course, Mrs. LTUHF might have something to say about that! Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Wow- we are on the same wavelength… I am looking at HAL’s ticket prices and am ready to make reservations for the Hawaii Bowl dates. Can we get a Tsai-ko cheering section going for the game? And a T-Gate at the usual spot?

LizKauai [Believer]:

October 27th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Kaumuki Kid- to have a gig like that at Aloha Stadium- no shame to have an index card to read from. Even a seasoned singer can get a brain fart on camera after practicing it perfectly a zillion times. I would probably screw up the first anthem if the lights were on me

Let’s find out. We’ll set you up to sing at a game, if not this season then for sure next season.

Happy Birthday to my cousin, LTUH. Blessings go out to Mr. Doc, get well soon.

Oh, yeah, right Pride.
(running and hiding)

You’re never as good as you think you are when you win. You’re never as bad as you think you are when you lose.

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Four Expectations for the Utah State game:

1 – Expect to Win

2 – Expect to be in a Dogfight.

3 – Expect to that at sometime during the game, winning will appear to be impossible.

4 – Expect to win the game late in the fourth quarter.

d1Shima,

Yup you are right, Utah State could be a trap…so gotta play one game at a time…Can’t look ahead of the schedule…abunai…

Nah, I wasn’t on a birthday rush, just doing some small kine research for the folks who looking at clemson and stanford as possible matchups for Hawaii Bowl.

LizK,
Of course you are right.
For now MHO is to leave the prognostications about possible HB opponents to the talking heads….I like know what we going do to Aggravate Da Aggies (x2)?

btw, USU has UH as their HOMECOMING OPPONENT?!?!?

So, who’s going to the Utah St game? If there was a flight out the same day, at a time I could make it, I would go…

Ronnie – SWEET!

Pride. – I like what Davone said about last year’s Nevada game:
” i hope my boyz can beat NV tonight last years game was the biggest win of the season i think we really came together as a team at that point”

It felt like that on Saturday too. A little herky jerky in places but together in the mind and heart.

In that spirit- I will do my best if called upon to represent the Tsai-ko nation in anthem-singing and I will have cheat sheets ready if needed! ❗

Yeah…UH (and the fans) need to take things one game at a time. Never overlook anyone lest things like Appalachian State beating you will occur. Focus on the game at hand, go over the game in your mind when you are not practicing, go over your plays in your head (take mental reps), and practice like you were playing the game……

GO WARRIORS!!!!

Okay, where did everyone go?

Greg Alexander,

Congrats on being named WAC Offensive Player of the Week…a well deserved award for your great play this weekend. Glad to see you finally living up to your potential and hype and settling in to such a complicated offensive scheme. I had doubts, but you definitely showed me you can run our offense well and make sound decisions, very impressive performance. Look forward to seeing more of your strong arm, keep working and help Inoke get us to a Bowl Game…peace!

i’m sure koamahu is lurking around somewhere for you.

I don’t steal other people’s, um, girls ❓ so she’s all yours, chawan_cut.

no thank you. james can keep shim.

WassupDoc
Speedy recovery for Dr. Doc
Please take care of yourself too.

LTUHF
Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Long Time UH Fan!!!

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII = LINEBACKER UNIVERSITY
DA MEAN GREEN WARRIOR MACHINE
With all the returning linebackers/ greyshirts/ redshirts/ and incoming recruits. It looks like our linebackers will dominate for years and will still be known as the hardest hitting team this side of the Mississippi. Lets see what we got coming back for next year… Brashton Satele, Po’okela Ahmad, Corey Paredes, PaiPai Falemalu, Josh Andrews, Joshua Rice, Mana Lolotai, Marc Moody, Blaze Soares, R.J. Kiesel-Kauhane, Kaleo Wong, Art Laurel, Alema Tachibana, T.J. Alofipo, Lilioa Nobriga, George Daily-Lyles, Marcus Malepeai, Iuta Tepa, Waylon Lolotai…hmm wonder if I forgot anyone??? Anyway as you can see, we got talent and big hitters! Some will probably move to DE with there size…but dayum what a bunch to work with!

Aunty Ronnie,

Got your email, no can make it Monday I’ll be on the range all next week.

2009 Recruiting Class Commits

Chauncy Makainai 6-4 315 Kailua H.S. Hawaii / OG
T.J. Alofipo 6-2 240 Silverado H.S. Nevada / OLB
Iuta Tepa 6-3 240 L. B. Polytechnic H.S. California / DE
Billy Ray Stutzmann 6-1 170 Saint Louis School Hawaii / WR
Deondre Powell 5-8 160 Gahr H.S. California / WR
Marcus Malepeai 6-2 245 Radford H.S. Hawaii / OLB
Kimo Makaula 6-3 225 Punahou School Hawaii / ATH
George Daily-Lyles 5-11 225 L. B. Polytechnic H.S. California / ILB
Joey Iosefa 6-1 190 Fataigua H.S. American Samoa / ATH
Jordan Loeffler 6-5 265 Hilo H.S. Hawaii / OT
Veni Manu 6-4 230 Mililani H.S. Hawaii / DE
Corey Nielsen 5-11 185 Gahr H.S. California / QB
Kalua Noa 6-2 200 Kaiser H.S. Hawaii / WR
Liloa Nobriga 6-3 230 Palo Verde H.S. Nevada / OLB
Jesse Williams 6-5 315 Bayside Ravens Gridiron Club Australia / DT

Best wishes to Wassup Doc. Speedy recovery.

Happiest of birthday to LTUH. Hope the gods in Vegas remember this, so next time, they going give you plenty gold.

Go Warriors.

Crop da Aggies.

300

I’m convinced: Hawaii could be very competitive in the PacWest.

thanks again to the cancer for renewing that contract!

Hawaii Bowl interest is growing amongst the Tsaikos and the Warriors will take it game by game to qualify.

Not to over look any opponent – play your best – “trust” in each other, your techniques, your coaches!!!

Now that we have Alexander as the quarterback, Funaki ready on call, can we get Rego as the running back. LWJ must be a hard worker in practice to get his token carries in every game. I always wondered why JJ never used LWJ during the end of last season. I know Rego is a tough runner and may help Farmer making the key blocks to protect our quarterbacks. Libre must still be hurt. If these RB’s were at full strength we would have a solid running game and be more confident against teams like Utah St. and NMST. Because everyone has a injuries we must squeeze every time our offense has the ball, hoping there is no turnover.

Stretch:

You have mail!!!

chawn-cut:

Keep smiling – only a few more days and back to Hawaii!!

This has been a very long trip to a wet and cold area.

I have never been to the Pacific Northwest and Mrs A-House has agreed to take in the game at Washington in 2010. We want to try our hand at going to an orchard to pick Bing cherries.

Pauoa boy…just got a kick out of your spelling…its Fagaitua H.S. in American Samoa

Aiyah sorry Aunty Doris just noticed that…my bad!

A-House:

My very first job was picking cherries in Nor CAl…$1.00 a bucket..you might want to find something more fun to do..;-)

Hello Gangees:

Sorry to be MIA this weekend. I don’t remember the last time I worked so hard in such a short time. Lots of gigs and lots of meetings, but in our business it’s good to be busy so you gotta take it when you can get it and love every minute of it.

Anyway, glad you all enjoyed the CDs. I’ll be bringing my sharpie to the next tailgate to get them all autographed for you guys.

I have to shout out to Duffer and Whitey. Those 2 guys were so fun to hang with, and they definitely win the award for making this Honolulu person feel very welcome on Maui. Me and my Bro Kaipo watched the game at Tiffany’s with them, amidst a ridiculously huge spread of all kinds of food that Duffer kept ordering. Duffer kept buying me beers even though I kept saying I was good. But the best part – the waitress carded me! Must say, it was a great evening all in all. Plus I got to take home a sample of his homemade Portugese Sausage. Oh, so ONO.

Thanks to the Oahu Tsaikos for taking care of my ohana who stayed on this side of the Molokai channel. I read most of the posts, so I almost feel like I didn’t miss the tailgate. So proud to call you all friends.

That Texas Tech kicker who literally came from the stands and ended up playing for the #6 team in the country did quite well on Saturday in his first game.

A little more than months ago, Williams won free rent for a year at Lynnwood Townhomes after he came out of the stands and kicked a 30-yard field goal during a radio station promotion.

Williams went nine-for-nine in extra-point kicks in his first game with Tech last weekend. But since Williams can’t accept the free rent because of NCAA rules, Wisian plans to give it away to someone else.

NASA’s new rocket ship has *major* problems. Being behind schedule and way over budget this early in the program is really bad, especially when the government will be looking to cut costs.

Cool video clip about a father who protected his son from a mountain lion.

Free play links pau.

Stretch:

OK, will let Midori7 take form to her office and send to you.

Midori7:

Reservations for (2) for the November 1 get-together at the Therapy Sports Grill are requested.

Barbara wants to have 2 eggs, rice, and bacon.

I want to have 2 eggs, rice, and Portuguese sausage.

Mahalo….

A-House – okay

Howzit BG, long time you no post.

Hoohiki,

He said UCLA has something that other schools didn’t offer.

UCLA Cheerleaders?

http://www.mahalo.com/UCLA_Cheerleaders

Kekoa,
Thanks. Glad to hear your report.

Hoohiki,

I’m sorry that UCLA has something that other schools don’t offer.

Is everyone “stuck” on the link at #337?

tonight’s news
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqsQewOVAdI
g’nite

Tsai-ko Las Vegas update…..

Got an e-mail from Vacations Hawaii today and I’ll cut and paste…

Vacations-Hawaii Omni charter
These prices and plans should be finalized between Nov 6-10th. I will have
our lead charter group agent get in touch with you with all the details at
that time.

Non-Charter (Custom Travel)
We have put in our requests with Hawaiian Airlines, however they are only
taking group requests at this time. Once we get confirmation and pricing I
will let you know.

We are holding a block of seats with Delta Airlines on various patterns and
expect to have the pricing finalized by the end of this week. We’re also
holding United Airlines but are still negotiating that price. I believe
that Delta (connecting through Salt Lake City) may be our best bet
pricewise as we have been able to secure the lowest inventory available.

Again, sir, please know that you are our top priority and will be called
first when the above prices are finalized. We want to provide you with all
of the options so that your group can make the best choice.

MIDORI7: I REALLY won? Must be doing something right (for a change that you can believe in…)

ST – And I thought I was a speed racer….

Congrats, tommui!

Get Well, Soon, Dr. Doc!

ST,

You got mail at your edu account!

duffer
you told me one email
not two.

is the blog bogging or is it my laptop??

Hi duffer, hi al!
I gotta go nigh nigh…
Early day tomorrow.

Sweet Warrior Dreams!

Good Evening Tsaikos and Tsaikettes!

Get well soon DrDoc. Hope surgery goes well and you have a speedy recovery. Wassupdoc, hope you are doing okay too. Just remember you are both in our thoughts.

Happy birthday LTUH!

Hiya, d1(character)!

Kekoa – so, my daughter stayed from school sick today. Bachi???

It seems that every game in the WAC is becoming a rivalry of sorts.

Boise … For all the marbles.
Fresno … Raucas, Loud, and sometimes rude and rowdy.
SJSU … The Dick Tomey Classic
LaTech … Turnover Derby – 3 and Out Bowl
Nevada … Clean, Skill Players Clinic Bowl
NMSU … Aerial Bowl
Utah State … tba
Idaho … tba

there=their…now!

Kekoa – “Mom, can I have a PBJ sandwich for breakfast tomorrow?”
“Sure, if you make it yourself.” hehehehe. Except I may never get her out of the house on time. We’ll see.

Kekoa – so was that the same nurse that let ST in as “family” to see Riley Wallace?

OK, since I seem to be the only one here, I’ll be good and turn out the lights in the playhouse. The alarm is set on LOUD to go off when Kekoa and Homey show up again. 😉

Good night all. Oyasumina-tsai. Hasta manana.

Liz – news report said rain on the way to Kauai. Stay dry.

(Disarmed the alarm jm2375 set on Hawaiian time). Freed Homey’s Poodles and took away the bowl of Peanut Butter she left them. Hmmm…thought about putting the peanut butter in her…nah! she’d scream murder most foul!

Ok…all set for bed. G’nite all!

Long Time UH Fan. Did you say that you were coming to the TV-gate at Hawaii Kai? Therapy is gonna be on fire with Warrior Faithful. I can’t wait!!

Ok…now I can say G’nite all!

wow no post since 12:43….we get two recruits and everyone excitement is short term….

Good Morning Tsaikos!!

I wonder if Mack and the coaches will be checking out some of the Texas talent next week while they stay up in El Paso?? It would be great to be getting more committments.

Time for me to head off to Liz’s Island…. see everyone later

I wonder if Mack and the coaches will be checking out some of the Texas talent next week while they stay up in El Paso?? It would be great to be getting more committments.

Stretch,

I’m sure that the coaches will be evaluating talent in Texas when they are out there. If I remember correctly, Ikaika Malloe was in charge of recruiting in Texas at his previous job, so he must have some ties there.

The way recruiting in Texas goes, pretty much all of the colleges in Texas (especially the ones in the Big 12) are out or almost out of scholarships, as they got their commits before the season began. I’ve mentioned this earlier as an opportunity for UH, since players who have big senior seasons and improve a lot in the offseason before their senior year (which is pretty normal considering the growth process in high school) may not be able to get offers now from Texas schools. Some *really* good players get overlooked this way!

One example with this is that Chase Daniel couldn’t get an offer from Texas until right before signing day because they have Colt McCoy and Ryan Perrilioux committed already. So, he ended up going to Missouri and the criticism of the coaches was really loud…until this season when Colt McCoy has done so well.

I’m glad the Warriors pulled it out on Saturday, thanks again defense. I just have to say though that even though Alexander played well, what Mack did to Graunke was wrong. He played him two series in the driving rain and the o-line didn’t help him out much, let alone the play calling and now he’s back to third string. What a crock. Coach, if your really going to evalute your quarterback, how bout not in the middle of a rain storm and more than two series. I don’t believe Alexander is the long term answer and I’m sure after another quarterback comes in and saves the day for us, Coach Mack will switch again. Unbelievable.

goodmorning Tsaikos.

Pauoa Boy – thanks for #295

Great Morning All!

Best wishes for DrDoc; hope all went well with surgery.

Welcome (back?) to the WB Warrior in Georgia. Must respectfully disagree with your assessment of TG in the last game. First pass was a quick throw behind Mouton on a bubble; next one, he had ample time but made a very poor decision for a pick. I believe despite the adverse weather conditions, TG showed something still was off and that Mack’s decision at halftime was a sound one.
With a full week of reps this week, I hope your prediction about GA doesn’t come true. The team is at the point where it needs to start looking to the future rather than waiting for someone to catch up.

Have a great day erryboddy!

HiHo….

Na Koa Football Banquet
December 7, 2008
Sheraton Waikiki Hotel – Hawaii Ballroom
Cocktails 5:00 pm Dinner at 6:00 pm
$75/person – 10 to a table

For those who are interested, email me at stretch6592 at yahoo. Please email me ASAP so I know how many tables we will fill. Last people to email me will be cut off if there are not enough for a full table. Deadline to email me is Friday Nov 7.

Good Morning Tsaikoland! Hope everyone has a Warrior day!!!

Change of plans, will hold off attending practice till tomorrow.

Hope to see some of you tonight.