Rolo to Reno; Marrell Jackson signs
Former UH quarterback and offensive coordinator Nick Rolovich yesterday signed a contract to be Nevada’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
Rolovich, who was not retained at UH after Norm Chow was hired as head coach, has worked the past month at UMass. But Rolovich, who is still under UH contract through March 31, never did sign a contract with UMass and was there on a “volunteer” basis.
Rolovich has a two-year contract with Nevada (UH limits assistants’ contracts to one year) and a significant raise from what he would have earned at UMass.
Rolovich traveled to Reno from Massachusetts yesterday, and signed last night. Nevada also hired an offensive line coach. There is one more vacancy on that staff, for a running backs coach. (C’mon, Nevada, Brian Smith is available.)
No word yet from Mouse Davis on Rolovich working for Chris Ault.
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Defensive back Marrell Jackson of Miami’s Miramar High put his commitment in writing this morning. He is officially a Warrior.
Here’s his highlights: Jackson video.
mornin
Wow. Interesting pairing!
congrats Rolo!
What happens to that Hawaii OL kid that signed to go to Umass?
WOW!
WOW!
I think Rolo applied with Reno “before” accepting UMass.
But they took too long in deciding so Rolo took a good
“first offer”…but when Reno finally decided, it was a
no brainer to accept…sort of like asking the girl you most
want to go to the prom with, but she no give you answer,
so you ask someone you really not hot on…but then,
like Cinderella, the shoe fits!
Yikes.. this means we play against Rolo next season? Should be interesting, especially if Ault lets Rolo call the plays.
brought this over from the prev blog.
article on Rolo to UNR.
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286.ai-eee-soos:
February 8th, 2012 at 7:32 am
Rolo to Nevada – found this …. hope it works …
http://www.rgj.com/section/blogs16?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&U=cf54a7c3-6850-4148-9710-effa04ad5005&plckPostId=Blog:cf54a7c3-6850-4148-9710-effa04ad5005Post:0be852fe-f465-4ccc-8813-abdfd7c41a65&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest
This goes to show that there was some talent on the past coaching staff.
Both Rolovich and Aranda land job as coordinators.
Tormey, who was at Washington State, is Wyoming’s defensive coordinator.
All I can say is, this puts an interesting twist to Norm’s hiring. If Rolo’s offense crushes Hawaii, what will Warrior fans say about moving away from the RnS and Rolo?
Sparks?
He’s still going there.
A deal’s a deal.
Reno likes to use a tight end also, right?
Ooooo, makes for a lot of drama and stuff that sportswriters love. Good luck to Rolo, except when we beat them!
GOOD MORNING HAWAII!
@11 madeinhawaii – let us hope not!
Nevada still will be running the pistol.
This is a good move for Rolo. He needed to go away if he wanted any chance to become a head coach.
how’s the off season training going for the current players?
from some of their twitter accounts, looks like they been doing “voluntary two-a-days”. workouts early in the morning then workouts again in the late afternoon.
must be tough waking up before the crack of dawn to work out, then go to class all day, then work out again, then go and study.
Pakegolf:
Makes for a lot of drama that readers love.
If not mistaken, Nevada offers their assistants one-year contracts.
And guess which basketball team is coming to town . . .
(I JUST finished writing this prior to the blog being updated, but will leave it as is)
When you are young and you have a family and you’re financial situation in which your family DEPENDS on what you bring in is based on a career that has LIMITED security, it is in the best interest of you as the provider to examine all opportunities thrown at you.
If the Nevada job presented something more favorable financially for the Rolovich Ohana, then so be it.
Values????????????? Unless the Nevada job paid EXACTLY the same as the Umass job and had the same stipulations, bonuses, etc.. Whatever then that’s one thing. If the Nevada job simply offered more and nothing less… then I’d say Rolo’s VALUES of providing as much for his family are correct and his priorities are straight.
It’s easy for others play “Moral Orel” when it is not our personal situation, let alone in the same position and dealing with the same issues of job security in a VERY limited field.
So… now that Rolo’s situation is CLARIFIED…..
Anyone care to comment further??????? 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆
Like some of us said earlier… GOOD FOR ROLO!!!
Not to sneer at UH marketing, but why the heck are they having a “blackout” night?
Isn’t that what used to be known as a power outage?
But unlike Cinderella, Rolo now got to go live with ugly step sister…
good chilly morning to all
wishing the very best to rolo and family on his new adventure. good luck and a hui hou
warrior
#23 lol
Kevin:
1. It’s more money.
2. More job security.
3. Stays in the West (he was raised in the Bay Area, which is about a 5-hour drive).
4. He received the blessing from the UMass head coach.
Business as usual though… Looking forward to Kaumeyer’s D putting Rolo’s new boys 3 and OUT! 😈
He wasn’t long for the Northeast, anyway.
When he first arrived at UMass, it was sub-10 degrees.
And UMass requires coaches to wear ties when they recruit.
Rivals.com came out with their top 100 high school prospects for 2013 and they have OG Reeves Koehler (St. Louis School – Honolulu, HI) as the #1 Offensive Guard in the nation and the #67 ranked recruit in the nation. And he only has 3 schools listed: Washington, Utah, and… HAWAII.:)
ST,
We know now, was posting in response to others already crucifying Rolo on an ASSUMED situation.
Just thought I’d post my thoughts as is in light of the facts to show that one shouldn’t ASSUME.
IMHO, blackouts are counter-intuitive for a stadium/arena type setting. They make the seats look empty and make the fans almost invisible (regardless of all the yelling and jumping they might do).
Imagine what the vibe woulda been like in the Superdome had Georgia decided to wear red back in ʻ08. Scary.
Oops… “Reeve” not “Reeves”
If Rolo’s hands were really tied behind his back insofar as play calling was concerned, it will be interesting to see what Rolo can do with his play book. Hopefully Ault will give him free reign (or is that free rein?).
Had to stop by the UH offices before 7am this morning.
Interesting to see who the EARLY birds are.
Good luck to Rolo (except when we play Nevada) and hope Ault luses Rolo’s playbook (w/pistol) I’d like to see what could’ve been in 2011 minus Mouse and Mack..
Why not do a “Green-Out” or half the arena wears green and the other half comes in white?… Wait Hawaii’s colors are green and white right?
Luses = uses
congratulations rolo!
great career opportunity for him. we’ll see him on the opposite side of the field this year at the aloha stadium, that should help bring in a few extra fans.
this is great for rolo as he aspires to be a head coach. chris ault, the coaching hall of famer, will be an excellent mentor for him and in the future, a great advocate for rolo’s quest to become a head coach some day.
mih on #15 Gae Baek episode kinda slow but picking up
Any REAL Hawaii fan knows GREEN and WHITE are the school colors and always have been. It’s tradition regardless of what others try to claim.
Black outs are fun though from time to time. Black is a nice novelty/gimmick color. Has NO traditional place to be recognized as an official color for the University of HAWAII though.
Black says NOTHING about Hawaii. The only time I recognize the color black in relation to anything represented in Hawaii was when Iolani Palace was draped in black.
Ault is really a “take the reins” kinda guy. As AD, he nominated himself as the HC. I believe Rolo will not have total OC responsibility, he’ll be Ault’s understudy, so to speak.
Good morning Tsaikos!!
Congratulations and Good Luck (364 days a year) to Rolo!
Interesting that this will combine one of the top rushing offenses in the country– number 1 in 2009 I think, with the coordinator from one of the top passing offenses in the country.
Stretch:
It’s a leap year. You can wish him one more day of luck.
Congratulations to Rolo! This is an important step for his career, as he’ll have been the OC for 2 D-IA schools in the west. Rolo can use his recruiting base in the Bay Area as that is a prime recruiting area for Nevada.
Getting a 2-year contract shows Nevada’s faith in Rolo, and that faith will be rewarded. I expect him to do a good job in Nevada, which could provide head coaching or high-profile OC jobs in the future. The head coaches at Nevada and Hawaii aren’t exactly that young, for example.
This will just add more interest in UH’s games with Nevada…and Nevada will play at Aloha Stadium this season!
rolo’s resume will look really nice in a couple of years having been a master of both the run and shoot and the polar cousin, the pistol.
he’s also a hard worker when it comes to recruiting and you know we’ll see him in hawaii often enough to be concerned.
New Mexico’s newly hired DC just took a job at Arizona State. Here is another example of a coordinator taking a job at a higher-profile school despite just being hired a month ago…Rolo’s situation is NOT unusual.
http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/34352/west-to-arizona-state
Congrats to Rolo. Wishing you the best 11 games out of the year. 😉
I think the key to marketing is reinvention.
It was great the arena has the dance-off, paddle-off, car races, etc.
But now it’s time to come up with a new rotation of games.
Every event should be unique.
Latest update on the MWC/CUSA merger. Looking at CUSA’s conference membership, I frankly don’t see a lot of positives for UH in being in a conference with low-profile schools located so far away from Hawaii (that UH will have to subsidize the travel for). I would prefer the MWC to add a few schools like UTEP from CUSA or certain WAC schools to keep the travel down, but that ship has already sailed…
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7554045/conference-usa-board-discuss-possibility-merging-mountain-west-source-says
The coaching changes are why I think they should push the letter-of-intent period back to April.
It gives teams more time to set up staffs, as well as to evaluate players.
Plus, it allows a recruit to have a better gauge of his eligibility.
Trouble with a full merger is it has no legs.
Eventually, schools stick to their own, and start breaking away.
Based on geography, WAC and MWC should merge. It’s going to happen one day, anyway.
It looks like the Big 12 is targeting *ACC* schools for expansion…I can see how those schools would be preferable to the Big 12 over Big East schools. The article says that Louisville (I’ve always assumed they were the next Big 12 target since the birdies have really brought them up a lot) and BYU are the backups if Clemson and Florida State decline.
http://www.leatherhelmetblog.com/2012-articles/february/big-12-waiting-on-clemson-and-fsu.html
ST, can you confirm that Ne’Quan Phillips has sent in his LOI?
Congrats to Rolo!! He and Tuioti were the two coaches that I really wanted us to keep. He has a great offensive mind and I think was held back a little by the past staff. Nevada’s offense is now going to be that much more dangerous. I thought Rolo and Chow could have worked together and Rolo could have learned from Chow and grew to be his successor. After Rolo tears it up at Neveda hopefully we can still afford him when Chow decides to retire.
Nevada will be one of our top rivalry games now & will be very exciting. I’m sure Rolo will be looking forward to meeting the new regime Warriors & have that extra incentive to show what he can do & “payback” for not being retained.
Nevetheless, congrats and good luck to Rolo! This is a good opportunity to further his career.
Rolo will benefit from a head coach who is willing to, ahem, pull the trigger.
Rolo drew up some creative plays he did not use last year.
I think Ault will encourage creativity.
should be an interesting bball season this year. schedule make this very interesting
AIIG
Ne’Quan Phillips has sent his letter.
It will be an interesting November when Nevada rolls into town with rolo.
I don’t think Mouse would appove they (Mouse and Ault) were like cats and dog or should I say Mouse.)
If rolo eventually becomes a HC he can call it R&S Pistol Offense.
Congrats to Rolovich. I just hope Rolovich enjoys working for Chris Ault and getting pushed around (literally) by his new boss.
I take back my comments about this before, it was the right move for Rolo. I didnt know all the facts. Any word on Shaw or Smith- Hope they land somewhere
Old School Dave:
Well, they won’t literally see eye-to-eye.
st #50 agree with you and nominate Mrs a-house to spear head. her junk and po game at the christmas party a few years back was a hit. old game revised but was big hit. she may have other up her sleeve but imho think Mr a-house might be the road block lol
Old School Dave: I know what you mean. Not many assistants stay (or last) w/ Ault very long.
Knowing Rolo he will bring his “A” game against us. He is gonna want to prove Chow wrong be not retaining him. I sure he will have some tricks up his sleeve.
the wr coach at miramar hs, where marrell jackson attended, said marrell only verballed to UH. visiting kentucky next.
What’s Rich Miano doing besides running his Speed and Quickness clinics? I was hoping that he would possibly land an assistant job somewhere (NFL maybe – Quality control coach for example). Staying away from the game (or out of work for that matter) for an extended period of time cannot be good for the coaching resume. But then again, it’s not like he needs the money.
ST: That’s a good one :-). I’d like to see Mouse Davis vs Chris Ault Part-2.
Didn’t an offensive lineman at Nevada get kicked off the team for attacking his position coach a few years ago?
68.
If he is not looking for a coaching position, they should still let him run the walk-on-program and UH and maybe give him Lumpkins old job.
Yep, Rolo will be working with the General. Good Luck.
I have always believed, that Rolo’s path to being a head coach must follow the mainland route. Hawaii gave him a start and now he must grow.
Many are not as concerned with playing Nevada and Rolo as the other teams on our schedule.
We host the wolfpack at home and UH has a different HC and system.
AFA, CSU, FSU, SDS, BYU and USC are on the road. Now, that is reason for concern.
peeps let get real.
lets remember and celebrate all the good our past warriors did for the 808. wish them well in their future endevours.
when appropriate just voice louder for the Green and White if encountering old ohana’s. cant ask for any more or expect any less.
Best Wishes to Coach Rolo!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MRS. MIDNIGHT!!!
I still think we should try to schedule Florida State. It is true that we would have to play them in Tallahassee and they are a tough team to play, especially at home. However, if we can either play them tough or win that game, it would be some positive national recognition, we could use the opportunity to better recruit the state of Florida, and you can tell recruits that we do schedule the best teams in the nation.
Congrats coach rolo. One day you’ll be back here coaching.
koakane…brilliant. your subliminal message of having a halftime “jan, ken, po” playoff at midcourt with randomly chosen participants would be awesome.
ooops adding on to lizk wishes for mrs midnight. may you be treated as a princess always.
#77 much mahalo Al sometimes I get good thoughts when the one cell is clicking.
the 13th game is a moot discussion.
Our goal in Chow’s inaugural year is to be competitive in conference and become bowl eligible. That means at least 6-6. Given our schedule and brutal road games–we will be hard pressed at home to sweep. The donks will be making an appearance. The last time BSU came to town was 3 years ago, 2009, and they blasted Hawaii, 54-9.
Our 2012, 12-game schedule is a blessing. Split evenly @ 6-6 and we make the post season.
Tall order, but something within reasonable reach.
It’s gonna be… “interesting” seeing coach Rolo at Hawaiian Airline’s field on the opponents sideline, decked out in Wolf Pack gear.
UH promotional give aways:
People should REMEMBER that if you win a monetary prize you have to ahem… PAY TAXES ON THEM. 🙄
Jeez….
Good morning everyone!
Congrats to Rolo! This should be interesting…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BARB !!!
(Mrs. Midnight)
Well I remember reading somewhere that there is talk on upping the requirements for bowl eligibility from being at least 6-6, to needing a winning record (7-5 or better).
it’s business….
CONGRATS TO ROLO, GOOD JOB, AND MAHALO FOR EVERYTHING
Honestly,
They SHOULD up the bowl eligibility requirements across the board.
Kind of insane to let an even .500 team in, even if that team was us.
Hard to boast about being “bowl bound” at an even .500.
bulla true dat but still a warrior IMHO
Chris Ault will make 66 this year. If Rolo outlasts him he might get his shot at HC there.
I would like to see teams with at least 8 wins be considered for post season bowl games, or cut back on the number of bowls forcing them to take teams with a decent record.
interesting to see if the NCAA could some how regulate this but I wish I had a millions of dollars also.
Koakane,
If they make it 8 wins, would that alone reduce the number of bowl games out there?
#88 (madeinhawaii) that would be too bad if Rolo ended up as a future Wolf Pack head coach, because we would have to play him every year, and I would love to see him in decked out in green and white as the head coach for UH one day… That being said, seeing him at UNR won’t be as bad as if we had to see him coach at Fresno. That would suck.
Less is more, ESPECIALLY with bowl games.
masatoshi-san:
Then again, it might be better for him to get his practice elsewhere before packing his playbook and heading back home to the islands, eh?
First off, Congratulations to Rolo! Great career move for him and his family.
But why is when a coach like Rolo flip flops after “giving his word,” we congratulate him and attribute it to the business of college football……and when a player “gives his word” that he will play for UH, only to flip to Wazzu that we call him a traitor? Remember how some of you posters were acting on signing day?
Rolo….Taliulu…same same eh?
BIK
kevin,
only thing that could upset this idea is the bowl committee’s choosing teams with high following or being from prestigious conferences.
money again is the issue.
Bigislandkurt:
What if Rolo told the UMass coach beforehand that he would accept the job only if the Nevada one doesn’t work out?
The mountain west network team breaking down HAWAIIs recruiting class of 2012
http://www.themtn.tv/pages/video?PID=C5vyx-ldcnL7Mk0kU5geYsomSws8loFg05KPal
It’s a video!
An Congrats Rolo.
MIH….If I was the Umass coach and Rolo said that to me, I would have certainly not offered him the position.
BIK
bik that a good analogy
imho peeps see this as a fulfillment of their commitment to 808 then move on while the other situation is linked to being a broken promise. I may be wrong but some how its a cultural related island thing.
hello one puka puka
No kidding… KALA for the bowl sponsors..
BUT
“WE STAY BROKE” for the mid majors having to participate in the 2012 PrintRight Office Supplies Bowl.
Any money to be made in the 2012 Commonwealth Toy and Novelty Co., Inc. Bowl?
WHOOOOO!! COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL SEASON IS HERE!!!!
Re#94:
While on the surface there may be similarities dig a little deeper and you’ll realize that comparison is dumb.
For one, Taiaulu didn’t let the UH coaching staff know of his intention to re-commit to Wazzou. This was after the write-up in the Star Advertiser where he went on record and said some pretty bold things about starting a new tradition, building something up, etc. At least Rolo had the decency to check in with his UMASS boss prior to taking the Nevada job.
The 2012 Swiss Miss Bowl.
Oh wait, Swiss Miss is under ConAgra Foods and there is a ConAgra Foods Bowl already.. WHOOOPPPSSSS!!!!
markazulu:
Mahalo for the link!…
Very happy for Rolo! This looks like a very good situation for his career and for his family.
Rich Miano said publicly that he has no intentions of leaving Hawaii so it was UH or nothing. I hope Rolo doesn’t come back and stick it to us next season.
#103 Gonzo just letting you know I am not picking on anyone just reacting to the concept being sited in post #94
Philips is in! Alright!
right on and agree we should always keep this foremost and not dish others. OHANA always should come first.
To add to “Gonzo”‘s reply:
Rolo/Taliulu,
I think the reactions are more simple to explain.
Rolo did his time as a UH Football Warrior and as a member of the coaching staff. Plus, Rolo was not hired by Coach Chow. A feeling of sympathy for a lack of a better term here. Rolo didn’t have a choice to stay on the UH Football Warriors coaching staff.
Taliulu, as with any prospect has a choice when offered. His departure to WSU was a choice of his, thus spurning those that spoke their mind accordingly.
AND… for most of us, myself included.. I have NO emotional or financial investment with Umass…
Not our problem.
If that’s TOO HONEST, oh well.
didnt rolo recruit punahou’s matthew sparks to mass.
Heard Coach say that spring practice would be open, but fall practices would be closed. Coach said: “This is serious business.” I would think that there will be more closed practices at Aloha Stadium. Could use an indoor practice facility at times like this.
#113 – believe so
Na Koa will be holding four membership drive events at the Stan Sheriff Center in conjunction with Big City Diner. Stop by our table and support Warrior football by joining Na Koa.
http://www.nakoa.org/2012/02/big-city-diner-supports-na-koa-membership-drive/
Rolo has knowledge of several different offenses. He was the one coach who I felt would be retained to provide alternate looks to Dr. Chow’s O. It will be interesting to see Rolo coach against UH with his knowledge of strengths and weaknesses. The chess match continues!
Quenton Brown: Welcome Aboard.
Go WARRIORS !!!
Quenton Brown’s father and step-mother, live in Ewa Beach.
per ST’s SA column.
So where does that leave that Punahou o-line guy (Sparks?) who signed with UMass cause Rolovich recruited him? Maybe he’ll change his mind and stay home now.
Q Brown can be an immediate impact player. his video displayed speed, quickness and athleticism. he plays big–sideline to sideline and down the field. in high school he saw action as a TE as well. he is a multi-talented, skilled athlete with 3/3! Good to know Quenton will have family support near by.
@ 120. exactly my point. while rolo didnt sign a contract w UMass, he recruited an athlete from Hawaii to UMass based on being the OC. Roll-back the question a bit.
Congratulations to Nick Rolovich!
Hope he does well then stays close to the walls (so as not to expose his back).
BIK – college assistant coach is one of the worst jobs ever, in terms of job security. I think it’s wrong to hold it against Rolo for trying to make the best decision for himself in that situation.
Sparks still is going to UMass.
Besides, UH stopped recruiting him in December.
The biggest difference Rolo will find coaching at Nevada as opposed to Hawaii will be in recruiting. It’s gonna be a whole lot easier to recruit for Nevada.
Except Sparks apparently didn’t have offers from any other school, including UH. So Rolo got him a scholie that he didn’t and apparently wouldn’t have had BUT FOR Rolo.
Some of you guys need to stop trying so hard on this stuff, especially those with the new names.
For all we know, perhaps Rolo actually helped Sparks to get an offer from UMass. Good kid, good family…he gets to continue playing football and have his education paid for. The timing of UH stopping his recruitment is not coincidental…
And, BIK, my #127 wasn’t directed at you.
mahalo mrs. jackson!
auuuuuuuuuuuryte marrell jackson is official! welcome to warrior nation!
niko…the letter of intent that has been signed and executed is binding by both parties. only, if the head coach is no longer there can this be rescinded.
Eh guys. Rolo and Reno may very well beat the Warriors (but I don’t think so) because it is Coach Chow’s first year as a head coach and first time with ALL the players, whereas, Reno’s team only has new assistant coaches but basically the same players and system. I hope us fans don’t think that we will go undeafeated this year like some of you predicted last year. We have to be real about it. I do expect very good things from Coach Chow and the Warriors, but lets not expect too much this year as each year will get better when the players and coaches adjust to each other and coaching in Hawaii (distance is a factor). We welcome Caoch Rolo and Reno to Hawaii. Bring your “A” game cause you will need it.
espn 1420 is airing the replay of last night’s call the coach show.
An O-man going to an East Coast college? When has that ever happened before? 🙄
believe that UH’s kamikaze jets will shoot down the nevada’s pistol. while the r&s was a prolific offense in terms of yards gained, it was never a championship type offense.
Maybe with Rolo on the team Grumpy will win a bowl game in Hawaii.
@125 ST: New coach takes over in January and starts naming his staff.
Old staff is contracted to March but understandably are out looking for new employment.
Question: if UH (old staff) stop recruiting Sparks in December, was the new staff aware of Sparks being recruited by UH?
I can understand that Sparks might not have fitted in the prototype of linemen that Coach Chow wants.
I’m just wondering if Mr. Sparks got fallen by the wayside. (Nothing wrong with UMass which is a good school)
# 135
Way back in the 50’s / 60’s.
Bill Monahan went to Dartmouth or Cornell, or some other Ivy Leaguer.
Congratulations to Matt Sparks. He is going to get a good eduction.
fyi: UMASS is div 1A; just as UH is div 1A.
fyi some more. This fall, UMASS plays MICHIGAN, INDIANA, VANDERBILT, UCONN.
Have fun Matt. geev em.
eh rz why you pick on ralph like dat bwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
# 135.
Fella by the name of Barry Obama. Graduated from Columbia University, and
the Harvard Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review.
a “Rice-a-Roni” bowl would be nice in San Francisco…
While I only know UMass-Amherst by its reputation, I did watch a UMass basketball game while waiting for the UH game at the Garden. UMass had a real nifty guard named Rick Pittino.
Wonder whatever happen to him? 🙂
Rick Pittino ? He was a GA at Manoa.
Yeah, I wonder whatever happen to him ?
What will become of Matt Sparks – Now should he stay home or follow rolo to Nevada too? Does Reno still have open scholarship left to give?
de-commit and stay home. Walk-on at UH?
decisions, decisions?
Walk On Matt, if not enjoy the east coast for a year.
Go Warriors! Not woof woof
Howzit Koakane, no worries. I didnÊ»t take your comments as “picking on someone.”
Howzeet Gangeez! 🙂
Great news for Rolo and his young family. Nice that he can be closer to home, too. Gonna be interesting when UH Plays Reno. Hope the Little General will give him free reign over their offense.
happen = happened.
Marrell Jackson: Welcome aboard.
Go WARRIOR’S !!!
Nevada went from the pistol to running and shooting the competition. 😆
Doesn’t Chris Ault call his own plays? If so, then Rolo’s title is just title. Regardless, congrats to Rolo!
Rick Pittino was interim HC with a record of 2 win 4 losses for UH following Bruce O’Neil scandel in 1976.
He reminds me a lot of Rolo with very high potentials as a HC to be some day.
Wow, this recruiting class sure looks like it has a lot of potential. Can’t wait to see how that unfolds in the next few years.
Question: Anyone know what Manti Teo was rated at his position during his recruiting year?
Thanks!
@134 basically…..the same respond from (press conference),(Executive downtown),(Call the Coach Show),
No one Asked a different Questioned than what you’ve had heard from any of the Announcements so to speak.
Coach Tony T. Has the task of giving all info on each player to the new Coaches.
Clarification: What he was rated in the nation.
Welcome to the Warriors Mr. Jackson!
Since Rick Pittino left UH he became a HC at:
Providence
New York Knicks
Kentucky
Boston Celtics
Louisville and
Puerto Rico Men’s National Team
Not bad for former UH assistant and interim HC.
NU Blog comments on Rolo, Ault and the Wolfpack plans.
http://www.rgj.com/section/blogs16?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&U=cf54a7c3-6850-4148-9710-effa04ad5005&plckPostId=Blog:cf54a7c3-6850-4148-9710-effa04ad5005Post:3b444ea9-1bb9-42f1-b075-d597fac24777&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest
Gsky – Re:Manti TeÊ»o:
He was ranked the best linebacker in the nation (except for Rivals where he was number 2). Lowest ranking was 12th amongst all positions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manti_Te%27o#College_recruitment_and_rankings
159: Thanks.
That would really be something if Chow and staff could get Koehler to sign on next year. I’m sure he’ll have offers from every top program, if he doesn’t already.
#157 – Also got some notoriety for doing the “wild thing” on a pool table whilst still married…It’s a miracle he still has his job at Louisville.
130. Yippee!!!!!!!! Great news about Jackson!
STEPHEN TSAI you sneaky buggah. you stole my phrase for your title!
#52 Stephen…!!!!! good idea
I spoke to Rolo this morning. Said congrats and Good that Nevada doesnt recruit Hawaii..his response ‘they do now!’ So show our love to Rolo and wish him luck but he’s going to hit Hawaii hard, mark my words!
@Aaron #124…
Brother, I am not holding anything against Rolo. If you read my post, it is more about the double standard some fans will have when it comes to a player who goes “against his word,” as opposed to a coach.
BIK
re# 158.
“* Financial push made: While Rolovich’s salary isn’t finalized, Ault said athletic director Cary Groth has been “terrific” during this process as Ault’s rejiggers his staff. Brining Rolovich into the fold likely means the Wolf Pack’s cost for coaching salaries had to increase at least a little.*”
as I stated in an earlier post, I hope ROLO gets a decent salary. UNR are cheapskates
when it comes to coaches salary. Rolo made 130 K at Manoa.
Based on the the Wolf Pack blog, alot of Pack fans are optimistic of Rolo’s hiring. Thats always a good start. 😉
Why Rolo? Why? Going to the enemy? Nah. Congrats Coach Rolo. Hope you come back some day. Aloha.
I wonder if Rolo is going to bring on other former UH assistants to the offensive staff? Brian Smith would be a good choice. I would also think that Inoke Funaki would be high on Rolo’s list. But, would he leave graduate school now before he completes his degree? Hmmm.
Would Craig Stutzman or Ashley Lelie also be considered at UNR?
some of you guys should stop trying so hard to play blog policeman. especially the ones that should no better. this is a free forum, live with it.
Forgive for not keeping up with the latest news but, why is the SunGod now in the CFL?
Does anyone know if the Hawaii – Nevada MBB game will be streamed on Oceanic?
curt…try these on
more money?
tired of the same gig?
his last push forward to become a hc?
he is wanted in canada?
he has given up surfing and will now snow board?
UH’s Kamikaze Jets….
Speaking of, why did actual kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
No riddle, just a legitimate question.
It reminds me when Rick Pitino was not even considered and turned out to be a brilliant coach in basketball.
Curt
For a coach with a family, “unemployment” is the enemy. I like that we will be playing against some of our former coaches.
As for Sparks… nothing wrong with a good East Coast College education. Graduate of UMass sounds somewhat better than Graduate of SJSU or NaMaSU. No offense meant, of course.. just a personal opinion.
Curt
For a coach with a family, “unemployment” is the enemy. I like that we will be playing against some of our former coaches.
As for Sparks… nothing wrong with a good East Coast College education. Graduate of UMass sounds somewhat better than Graduate of SJSU or NaMaSU. No offense meant, of course.. just a personal opinion.
#157 How’s about Dom Capers (HC Carolina Panthers & Houston Texans)
former UH Assistant under Larry Price (75-76) and Jamie Dixon HC Pitt
former UH Assistant under Riley Wallace
shoko…i don’t know if its streamed but its a live broadcast on the oceanic 12/1012 channel.
call them at 808-643-2100
What if UH took a chance on a young assistant named Rick Pittino?
That’s good news regarding Marrell… 3 for 3.. outstanding!
What do you mean? Pitino got busted for recruiting violations while here at UH.
176…they believed that they would survive the crash and swim back.
in the feudal warring days of japan the helmet was an ornamental thing to display their clans colors, name, or other significant symbol relative to their family. perhaps that may have been the reason.
anyway, there were no witnesses to see if they did wear helmets…were there?
Kevin 35.
i give up. who wuz dem?
Big Idand Kurt 94.
kden, you calling me out? Traytah!!!!
😆 😆 😆
actually, happy for Mr. Sparks. my grand daughter #3 just down the road in Long Island. she’s loving it. we’re loving it.
do good Mr. Sparks. Represent!
Al,
Someone snapped a “before” shot:
http://cdn.10dailythings.com/images/kamikaze_archive_400.jpg
Marrell Jackson. Mrs. Jackson. Welcome to Warrior Kingdom! you’ll just love your time here, you’lll see.
remember the rules. work hard. study hard. play hard. make your mama proud!!!!!!!
@176 Kevin: Did they actually wear metal helmets? In all those war flicks, all I saw were those leather (?) headgear (which even our pilots wore – think it had the earphones built-in) plus the white rising sun cloths wrapped around the headgear.
Interesting if they did have metal helmets.
wat i meant wuz, make yourself proud!
BHF2,
First floor was mostly still closed about a quarter to 7 this morning, had to drop off something to Coach Coolen who is usually there that early anyway. But walking thru, you can see associate AD Carl Clapp was already in and working away, then a few custodians, the football wing was lit, but didn’t see who was in their offices.
BTW, is the 3rd floor like haunted or something???????
I was sitting in the reception area with the TV finishing something and kept feeling eyes staring at me from the right coming from the long hallway on the arena side of the complex.
Half the lights were on so I dunno if it was just me or maybe the two Monster energy drinks I just pounded on the way there.
I believe Kevin is correct and if you will notice in items by Coach Pittino, he does not mention or would not speak fondly of his time here.
Frank Arnold may not been a good fit at the time but Riley was a good fit for his time here. One could say the same when Nash took over and now we have Gib. I like Gib and feel that he is a very good fit. I’m certain there are better recruiters and coaches out there but I hope Gib stays for a long time. He has the stuff to build a strong program.
Tom Mui,
Old school leather helmets.
And to think, I thought the only ghosts at UH are the ghosts of deadlines of maintenance projects KILLED before they even got to the bidding phase.
many kamikaze pilots were lost due to practice runs into mt. fuji.
…if they did not wear those leather helmets, their ears
would get cold…
Was Pitino implicated in anything since he left Hawaii?
this explains it…they got them drunk with sake’ and then they told them no worry you can jump out of the plane seconds before impact and then swim back. i know this, because after a few swigs of sake’ i’ll do anything go ask those ladies at the local izakaya.
or they wore those leather helmets in respect to either snoopy or the red baron.
# 198.
well …. the woman, whom he had a moment of s—– contact, tried to black mail him.
does that count as an implication? lol
That was a messy one but that got quickly swept under the rug.
A man went to the Super Bowl, and when he arrived, he realized that his seat was in the last row. After the game started, he noticed an empty seat right on the fifty-yard line. So he made his way to the empty seat and said to the man sitting next to it, “Excuse me, is anyone sitting here?”
The man replied, “No, actually the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she died. This is the first Super Bowl we haven’t been at together since we got married in 1967.”
“Well, that’s terribly sad. But couldn’t you find anyone else to take the seat? A close relative or friend?”
‘No,” the man replied. “They’re all at the funeral.”
🙄
“If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm,
you will be fired with enthusiasm.”
—Vince Lombardi
It looks like the $24 mil exit fee for West Virginia that I heard about awhile back might actually be close to being correct–West Virginia going to the Big 12 for the 2012 season will mean that the Big East wants one of the MWC or CUSA schools for the upcoming season.
If Boise State pays the $7 mil exit fee to the MWC, that means that 6 MWC schools will split the money since UH/Nevada/Fresno won’t have joined yet. That means that SDSU will get $1.2 mil of Boise’s exit fee even though they are leaving the next year…and UH gets none of it.
West Virginia is getting the Big East upset for leaving way before the 27-month deadline, and the MWC and CUSA probably won’t be happy that West Virginia is trying to get one of their schools to leave for the Big East in 2012…
http://brett-mcmurphy.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/29532522/34757696
time for the shoe salesman…
didn’t boise mention that they were not leaving the mwc in 2012.
If you’re curious you can see what the Nevada fans are saying about Rolovich’s hire.
http://www.silverandbluesports.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10280
Is West Virginia going to pay the Big East a $5 mil exit notification, $20 mil early exit fee, and pay the $7 mil exit fee for a school to leave the MWC early? They sure want to go to the Big 12…
Garret, please excuse my ignorance…but when you say
“the big 12″, do you mean the formally ”big 10″ of Wisconsin,
Michigan et al?
Many of the questions posed to Coach Chow yesterday didn’t appear to me to be very interesting, thought provoking, or were questions that a lot of people already knew the answer to.
Bloggers here seem to have better questions that most people would be curious about. Maybe ST can take questions from here and present to Coach Chow to answer live the next go around?
Some curious things are going on:
1. The MWC still hasn’t released their football schedule yet. Other conferences have. The Big 12 has apparently released a schedule with both TCU and West Virginia included.
2. West Virginia would face HUGE damages if they leave the Big East this season, with less than 6 months notice instead of the 27 months required and the Big East had just 7 football teams for the 2012 season.
3. West Virginia is probably going to try to convince a MWC team instead of a CUSA team for a simple reason–if a CUSA team leaves, CUSA loses its title game so West Virginia would have even more damages to pay. If a MWC team leaves, the MWC will still have 9 football teams and no damages would occur to their schedule. Plus, the MWC’s bylaws specifically *allow* a school to leave even with this little notice.
4. West Virginia thus needs to get Boise State or SDSU to play in the Big East in 2012. This means that West Virginia also needs to get the WAC to let Boise State in early or the Big West to let SDSU in early.
Ipu Man,
Conference names mean nothing anymore–the WAC is in Texas, the Big East is in California, the Big 12 has 9 or 10 schools, etc. When I say the Big 12, I mean the conference with Texas and Oklahoma.
Oh, that big 12…the one Nebraska left to go to the big 10
which makes it the big 11?
Abbot and Costello could do a gig on this…
🙄
It looks like the settlement will go down tomorrow…for less than what other places have published. That $11 mil would be in addition to the $5 mil…and maybe West Virginia would also be paying the $7 mil exit fee for a MWC team.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12039/1208979-100.stm
Ipu Man,
The Big 10 already had 11 schools, so Nebraska was their 12th school.
Thanks, al and madeinhawaii.
Man, I am so happy for Rolo. That’s awesome.
Thanks Garret
😳
Moving on, it will still be fun to watch UH play Reno Nevada
and other former WAC teams…
wow…no Nike commercials yet…
Tsai must have his big guns out and zapping them as they try
to come on here…Good job, Stephen
:):
Yup. Pitino was tainted by the scandal and apparently not seriously considered for the HC position. It’s too bad he won’t even recognize his Hawaii experience. It’s like it never happened. I think I still have a photo I took of him and Bruce O’Neil together.
When someone posed Japan as a recruiting pipeline, Coach Chow’s response was classic in that one can interpret it as:
1) It was the last thing on his mind as far as recruiting goes.
2) See above.
Another interpretation is:
-Coach Chow believes there is MORE work to be done at home FIRST before anything else, let alone.. Japan.
I like this. No worry about doing backflips in a dark room with glass vases everywhere if you can’t even find the light switch at home!!!!!!!!!!
Garret, Boise won’t go (this year), but is there anything to stop UH from offering to move to the Big East for the 2012 season? Might be our only chance to get in.
Interesting:
TEXAS STATE SEASON TICKET PRICES:
Priority – Price: $130/seat, plus a per-seat donation to the Bobcat Club | Location: Sections 102-104 and the first five rows of section 203.
Sideline – Price: $130/seat (requires no donation to the Bobcat Club) | Location: Sections 101 and 105, 120-122, 201-205 and 219-222.
Lower End Zone – Price: $105/seat | Location: Sections 106 and 108-111.
Upper End Zone – Price: $80/seat | Location: Sections 206-218.
2011 UH Season Ticket Prices:
Sidelines $145*
South Endzone $127*
South Endzone (Red & Yellow) $110
North Endzone Adult $99
North Endzone Adult (Red & Yellow) $75
North Endzone Sr. Citizen $87
North Endzone Sr. Citizen (Red & Yellow) $70
North Endzone Youth (4-high school) $60
UH Faculty/Staff $114*
* = Premium Seat Contribution applies (28,500 seats have PSCs and 21,500 do not)
Kevin 192
thanks for the info.
that makes Carl 2 stars/ 😀
Garret, I saw a post on one of the message boards saying that WVU’s settlement fee for leaving the Big East early is actually $20 million, but the Big 12 is paying $9 million of that, so WVU’s cost is only $11 million. This was not from an authoritative source however…
223
great question for Carl Clapp. JD is kinda busy thinking about alot of stuffs, but that was a great question, WM.
Quenton Brown’s father and step mom live in Ewa. Is that like by da ceded lands? you think they got a computah in da house?
maybe we can get pops to blog here. give him a name.
I wonda how long they been here? hope they come join us at da TGates this year.
Welcome to Hawaii, Quenton. You gonna love the extra dimension we gonna gives ya.
gonna make this chance fun. reall fun!
ST
nice article today in da SA. i like reading da football stuffs you write.
WarriorMojo,
That is a VERY interesting idea!
It would solve the Big East’s problem of not having enough football teams for the 2012 season and would solve UH’s budget problems
UH hasn’t joined yet, so there is no TV money to give up. UH’s exit fee would be much lower than Boise State or SDSU because UH hasn’t even joined the MWC yet.
UH could *KEEP PPV* (Big East is an ESPN conference that gives local TV rights to its schools)
UH wouldn’t have to pay travel subsidies
UH could use the extra millions from TV in the Big East under their current TV deal
UH would get an estimated $12 mil per year more starting
It would probably be UH’s only chance to get into an AQ conference. Once the spots fill up in the Big East, UH would appear to be out of options (the Pac-12 isn’t expanding without Texas). Even if AQ goes away, the AQ money is about $1 mil more per school and the TV money would be $12 mil more…TV money wins.
Hopefully Fresno State and Nevada don’t get the same idea…
Coach Rolo.
Congrats on your new job at UNR. of course you realize this means war!
but on a personal note, a sincere Congrats to you and your family. now, go
make us proud! except for one day this year. and next year. 😀
HawaiiMongoose,
That actually makes sense to me! The Big 12 would lose their $1.1 bil Fox contract if they had less than 10 schools in 2012, so paying that $9 mil would actually save them a lot of money.
Ne’Quan Phillips was a first-team slection for Dade County (Miami).
Just for perspective, Dade is the 8th largest county in the US.
Honolulu is 43rd (2010 census).
Dade County has a population over 2.5 million, compared to Honolulu’s 950,000.
Norm now done with recruiting for Class of 2012??? Hmmm…..
Do we have any scholies left to offer?
Is Marrell Jackson’s schollie the one Coach Chow “held on to” after he said he wasn’t able to find a kicker that could significantly upgrade the current depth at that position?
jkjones
kapakahi
Coach Chow not finished yet.
Marrell Jackson’s paperwork not in yet, and we have gazillions of examples of poachaz
swooping in at da last minute, before the actual paperwork is in, where the players
change their minds for the 3rd time and commit somewhere else den when day said day was going commit. Hard verbal. Soft verbal. pfttt…. so long as it involves a kid who is getting attention, they gonna listen to da last word. UCLA poaching the So. Florida high school DB is the most recent big time example, changing after “committing” to USC, etc.
get plenty plenty good DBs in Broward County and Dade County. but Marrell is special
because Coach Kaumeyer picked him out as special. I gotta go with Coach.
Marrell, you are wanted here. come and make yourself proud, real proud. 😀
@237 ? where are you going with this….?
I had no comment on Jackson.
BTW, according to sources, Marrel Jackson faxed and signed LOI to Hawaii.
235…i’ve mentioned this before. we have two more available for bouncebackers and late transfers.
we could also recruit more as this is typically now “greyshirt season.”
So many schools jumping from conference to conference is crazy. All this because they want to be in a conference with an automatic BCS bowl bid. The end result is that the rich get richer and the poorer suck wind & may ultimately have to consider eliminating or downgrading (to lower division) their football programs.
Seems to me that the BCS can stop this by eliminating automatic conference bowl bid. Maybe selecting the highest 8 ranking teams by region (ex, 2 West, 2 North, 2 South, 2 East) with no regard to conference affiliation. Or, selecting the 8 highest ranked teams regardless of conference (w/ limit no more than 2 from any one conference.) If this happens, the need to move from conference to conference is effectively gone.
Anyway, the BCS is suppose to meet this year &, supposedly, major changes will come about with regard to this dilemma. Hope they come up w/ something that is more equitable to all the Div 1A teams across the country (particularly, the one out in the Pacific Ocean).
st…updated the blog over six hours ago to info us that marrell “captain marvel” jackson’s loi was received this morning.
236…i believe it is still another scholie that he speaks of.
jkjones
i wasn’t going anywhere. thought we had verbal but no fax LOI yet. i am very very very happy if we get a LOI.
all i was saying wuz i wasn’t counting chickens until da deal is done.
just trying to back up da coaches is all. i’m all good, and glad Coach got Marrell to commit in writing. very good!
so…. WELCOME MARRELL JACKSON.
we love you man. I love you (man).
i read the SA and i neva see that. and i neva read da above post all dat guud da first
time. i missed da last part of the post above.
aiyah! dat makes me a slo student. sorry gang.
and my sincere belated wamest of welcomes to Captain Marvel. I was reading about all da odda DBs outta So. Florida. and I love this one. because HE IS ONE OF US NOW.
Welcome Marrell. Welcome Welcome Welcome. Let your momma know we mean you well.
honest! rememba da rules. work hard. study hard. play hard. make your momma proud. make yourself proud!
and learn how to make a smiley face on da computah, like dis. : mrgreen : if you no put space between all da stuffs, it looks like dis
Actually Bruce O’Neil had a brilliant staff. There was Rick Pitino, whose resume appears above. I forget the name of the other assistant but he came HC either at Syracuse or Xavier and the third became the head scout for the Detroit (pro) team.
In the aftermath of the O’Neil situation, then-UH President Matsuda wanted a completely clean slate and none of the O’Neil staff was considered for retention.
boy o boy, we got a killa group of studs coming to play D. wit da returnees, we gonna get a killa crew.
AQ status is *not* a big deal when you look at the big picture!
In 2010 you had Pac-12 schools getting $5 mil in TV money while UH got about $3 mil in TV money.
Under the Pac-12’s new TV deal, they will be looking at something like $24 mil in TV money while UH will get about $1 mil in TV money (assuming PPV is gone due to MWC rules).
The average Pac-12 school gets about $1 mil more than the average MWC school for BCS money…so, AQ status is a $1 mil difference but TV is a $23 mil difference. Why focus on AQ status?
The Big East will get FAR more in TV money than they get from the BCS system. Schools like Memphis know that AQ status is probably being eliminated for all conferences but that doesn’t stop them from paying $7 mil to leave CUSA since the TV money is far more than that in just 1 year.
Kaumeyer used to killa DBs at da next level. he’s used to killa guys working with da killa DBs. we get young Coaches, 20/20.
i am just loving this!
Clarification: right now BCS Bowls involve 10 teams, but I think you get the idea about eliminating automatic conference bids.
I think the big payoff comes from the TV money from the BCS Bowl Games plus the exposure/desirability of the conferences associated with those games (unless of course you have your own network deal like Texas, Notre Dame, etc.)
Anyone know status of DE Ipulasi Eselu (2010 Warrior signee)?
While feelin’ good for Rolo, kinda wonder about UMass signee OL Matthew Sparks.
Gotta believe that Rolo and the R-n-S offense were factors in Sparks getting offered and signing with UMass on NLI Day.
How do you contra distinquish betw AQ status and TV money? Dont put the cart before the horse. Teams in AQ conferences have lucrative TV monies. One is a direct function of the other.
@ 252. That is a question only Rolo and Sparks or those privy to the situation can answer. It does leave a lingering impression that matthew was hung out to dry after Rolo switched to Nevada.
Interesting discussions by Brian Billick.
The good thing is they all short…good for ADD Tsaikos! 😆
http://smartfootball.com/grab-bag/best-of-billick-101-chalk-talks-with-nfl-coaches#more-3294
Howzit Tsaikos!
Congrats to Rolo! Best wishes, except, of course, that one day a year…
Not sure how many high schools are in Miami-Dade school system, but the schools are huuuuuge. My cousin’s graduating class was about 1000 students. Shane Welch, of da vb Warriors, who’s from Coral Springs, which is about 45 miles north of Miami, said his graduating class was about that size.
So, for schools that big, how long is the graduation ceremony? 😯
I don’t want to second guess the situation because only those privy to the insides knows the scoops.
Spraks is one of our own so the situation makes me scratch my head and hope only the best for him. on da odda hand. my gut feeling is he’ll do just fine. 6’5″ 280 lbs. he’ll grow into da LT position at UMass. he’s in a good school. get chance to rub shoulders wit genteel peeps. he might not know anybody dare right away, but dat’ll change overnight as his teammates see he is one big fella.
good for him. good luck Matt.
Garret –
Gee, just thought the MWC was like the WAC… no schedule till April… 😈
Apparently some people need to brush up on what the BCS is and is not.
If the SEC — for whatever reason — decides that it will no longer participate in the BCS, will their ESPN television money go away? Hint: “Nope”.
Television money is separate from — and greater than — BCS money.
Welcome to the Warrior ohana, Mr. Jackson & Mr. Brown.
a big shout out to our coaches.
they went after 3. they got all three.
great job, coaches. great job.
Okay, can celebrate all three . . . again.
Welcome, new Warriors!
Whoo-hoo!!!
Nytal!
Nytal!
Nytal!
Nytal!
Nytal!
Oops or Opps as the case may be.
Must be going to get a good night of sleep and not wake up at three in the morning.
some need to brush up on the road to the national championship game. the sine qua non of college football. that spikes interest in TV viewing. you cant get there , under the current bcs configuaration, unless you have AQ status….or become a boise state bridesmaid.
Got to luv #230 Garret’s POSITIVE response to Warrior Mojo about UH
move possibility to the Big East for 2012: (Answer at end:
12 million dollars TV money for UH!)…
WarriorMojo “Garret, Boise won’t go (this year), but is there anything to stop UH from offering to move to the Big East for the 2012 season? Might be our only chance to get in.”
Garret’s Response: “WarriorMojo,
That is a VERY interesting idea!
It would solve the Big East’s problem of not having enough football teams for the 2012 season and would solve UH’s budget problems
UH hasn’t joined yet, so there is no TV money to give up. UH’s exit fee would be much lower than Boise State or SDSU because UH hasn’t even joined the MWC yet.
UH could *KEEP PPV* (Big East is an ESPN conference that gives local TV rights to its schools)
UH wouldn’t have to pay travel subsidies
UH could use the extra millions from TV in the Big East under their current TV deal
UH would get an estimated $12 mil per year more starting
It would probably be UH’s only chance to get into an AQ conference. Once the spots fill up in the Big East, UH would appear to be out of options (the Pac-12 isn’t expanding without Texas). Even if AQ goes away, the AQ money is about $1 mil more per school and the TV money would be $12 mil more…TV money wins.
Hopefully Fresno State and Nevada don’t get the same idea…”
the reality is if we even sniffed at making a call to da Big East, all the way from way out West West West, the rest of the West and West West peeps, who already give us stink eye, would give us samoa stink eye.
we should be putting our brains to good use by figuring out how to reduce our payouts for traveling for everybody coming here.
Rockne can try fo do dat, right?
but meanwhile, we gotta back up our team, get season tix, pack da Stadium. I plan on doing my part, even from CC yellow if it comes to dat.
The Russell Brand version of Arthur, wit da gold spyglasses, is my fav aspiration. 
bbl …………..
Aloha and welcome Action Jackson…..make us proud and take us to the fiesta bowl in a few years lol!
Hey gang,
howza ’bout some ono Hawaiian music from our Tsaiko braddah, Midnight, deep in the heart of Texas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqY5Md-GRGQ&context=C3c5b17aADOEgsToPDskL0uEgeuETTwaj4RRK_0ahz
Braddah still spreading da Aloha!
Mahalo, Midnight!
Nice, Midnight deep in the heart of Texas!
Nice vid….thanks ajoe
Garret,
So you think the Boise St president is lying
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7548168/boise-state-broncos-prez-too-late-join-big-east-12
Or you think SDSU is going to bail out instead?
Good day! This is kind of off topic but I need some advice from an established blog. Is it difficult to set up your own blog? I’m not very techincal but I can figure things out pretty fast. I’m thinking about making my own but I’m not sure where to start. Do you have any tips or suggestions? Cheers
Re #269
Sigh, the discussion was about MONEY, not the national championship. I’m guessing you cannot refute the money argument so you changed subjects?
And, even if we HAD been talking about the national championship — which we weren’t — the BCS champion is NOT the official national champion. There is no official national champion. There is a BCS champion and ONE of the polls is obligated to designate the BCS champion as the #1 team in that poll. BUT the other poll is NOT so obligated.
Again, if the SEC wasn’t part of the BCS, do you think anyone would really consider the BCS champion to be the national champion?
Sigh, responding to you is such a waste of time. I have to remember not to do it.
Okay, back to the Big East topic. I sure hope Rockne, JD and the other powers that be have at least broached the subject with Big East officials.
We could do what Boise can’t because our other teams (most of ’em) are already placed in the Big West. We would have to tell Big East to schedule around our existing out of conference games, which should be doable. There would only be 7 Big East games in 2012, right Garret?
Most of all, I am terrified that UH could be left out of the MWC/Conference USA merger. Everyone who considers themselves a UH football fan should ALWAYS be concerned about our team being left behind by all of this conference re-org stuff.
Whoa! Rolo! I can just see Mouse shaking his head.
Congratulations, Rolo! At least it’ll be a little warmer than UMass…and we’ll get to see you.
Welcome aboard, Marrell!
@279. That is the smartest thing you have said. Im holding you to your public promise.
“Sigh, responding to you is such a waste of time. I have to remember not to do it”.
“Everyone who considers themselves a UH football fan should ALWAYS…”
there he blows again!
RE: #274
A-Joe — great find! …and we even see today’s birthday gal too! Good for Mr. & Mrs. Midnight! 😎
Still hoping Warriors sign another Olineman and/or DT….or even a MLB.
274. Yeehah!! Hawaiian Cowboy! That was awesome…all the way from Texas too!
#281. ….cuz we all know how fond Mouse is of Rolo’s new boss. Lol!
#281. ….cuz we all know how fond Mouse is of Rolo’s new boss. Lol!
270 Ipu, Garret:
It would be very interesting IF Hawaii was ever accepted as a member of the Big East! They would have to change the name of the conference since Hawaii is not in the EAST. Some possibilities, Big America, Big Country, Atlantic-Pacific Coast Conference, East to West Conference. If they added one Asian and one European team, it could be the Big Earth Conference. They should not keep the current name even if Hawaii does not become a member. Boise, San Diego State, Houston, etc are Not in the East. But the new conference name possibilities could be endless. They should hold a contest. Should be fun.
Conference of America has a nice ring
Jeremy Lin had 23 points and 10 assists in leading the Knicks to their third straight victory. It’s his third straight 20 point game. Not bad for an undrafted player who didn’t get a chance to show his stuff when he was with the Golden State Warriors and the other two teams he was with for a short period of time early this season. He was a star for Harvard who is not known for their basketball.
Lin reminds me of Colt Brennan. All Colt needed was a chance.
Just to clarify, Sparks was recruited by the old coaching staff and he was not actively recruited by the new staff. There is no doubt that Coach Rolo provided his name to Coach Molnar and Coach Hudson at UMass but it was the OL Coach there who recruited him not Coach Rolo. Another interesting fact is that Sparks is the SMALLEST OL recruit this year at UMass at 6′ 5″
Lastly, Coach Rolo called Sparks today to let him know before this was announced in the media. As noted, Sparks has signed with the school and not a coach so he will be staying at UMass…
Dennis: That does have a nice ring. I think people especially politicians would like it.
Pan American Conference
PanAm makes the going great!
…for once in a lifetime
287…your wish will come true.
patience.
292…i like that, too.
yah…one day could be big east-west conference
well, at least after they take us in.
Rolo can worry about what Mouse thinks when Mouse gives him a job.
Initiation for all the new recruits. They have to go surfing at Waikiki.
Al
you been sitting on da birdie o wat?
derek…i think that is part of the recruit trip package.
I don’t get this black out thing for UH basketball.
We fans should be wearing manoa green every game no matter what…
UH sports marketing is terrible, no vision.
good nite y’all.
Happy Birthday Mrs. Midnight. belated.
bhf2…i’ve trying to tell you that these last two would take awhile to receive their loi’s.
did you listen?
hahahaha.
no worry…we gotta meet at kenny’s pancake house next hilo tour. i am ono for their world famous oxtail stew and i let you buy lunch.
rooster…how about a whiteout and then issue green/white pom poms or better yet noise making balloon sticks?
Not to add fuel to the fire, but the reason why the SEC has been able to negotiate an enormous TV contract for their conference is because of AQ BCS status. As Sports Illustrated puts it:
“If TV deals were based solely on fan passion, the SEC would have secured its spot years ago. The biggest reason ESPN is rolling out the red carpet now is because of the league’s recent on-field success — three straight BCS titles and five in 11 years.”
So, if the SEC chose not to participate in the BCS, there are thers who would say:
1) The SEC will never let that happen
2) If that insanity set in, their ESPN contract will unquestionably diminish.
Think about it – TV money comes from the advertisers. If the SEC did not have AQ status or not play w/ the BCS, would the advertisers still put the bulk of their money in the southeast corner of the US, or move it to the BCS conferences where the rest of the country’s TV sets would be tuned to.
Pun Dad: re # 294. February 8th, 2012 at 8:44 pm
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140. ai-eee-soos: February 8th, 2012 at 12:55 pm
Congratulations to Matt Sparks. He is going to get a good eduction.
fyi: UMASS is div 1A; just as UH is div 1A.
fyi some more. This fall, UMASS plays MICHIGAN, INDIANA, VANDERBILT, UCONN.
Have fun Matt. geev em.
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UH sports marketing director = al
Congrats to Matt Sparks for his UMass scholarship & for sticking w/ his commitment! Work hard, do well & make Hawaii proud!
Re #310
With all due respect, I don’t think your post adds ANY fuel to the fire. In fact your SI quote supports my point, not that of the other poser, I mean poster.
The reason the SEC has the big TV contract is due to its excellence on the field. Similarly, the reason the SEC is a BCS AQ conference is due to its excellence on the field. It is the excellence that matters.
If BCS AQ status were all that mattered, then logically every BCS AQ conference would have the same tv contract. Or, as you point out, the largest tv markets are in the East so the Big East and the ACC should have better tv football contracts than the SEC. But they don’t. Why? Cause the SEC teams would obliterate them on the field and everyone knows it. IF the MWC were ever to obtain BCS AQ status, do you think its tv contract would rise to SEC level? Of course not. It is the excellence that matters.
Garret posted a very interesting article the other day about how the Big Ten is now backing a championship playoff which would bypass the BCS bowl games. What would happen if the SEC backs that plan, but the other conferences remain with the BCS? In that scenario who loses luster, the SEC/Big Ten or the BCS system? The answer should be obvious.
Coupla weeks ago, Baylor played U of Texas. Baylor fans had the home court advantage and wore florescent green Baylor bear shirts. Inside the arena, they were highly visible. Those neon colors are so bright, it’s time to make the SSC look alive!
Wonder what would happen if half the Warrior fans wore the opponent’s colors and boo’ed the opponents… what a weird atmosphere that would create, eh?
Rooster — marketing vision is great from a retail point of view… now the Rainbowbotique and bookstores can sell black sportswear too. Increases color and item selection by 50% over just white and green. Hmmm, maybe get some silver in there too. In any event, extra sales goes to help the UHAD (somewhat).
Mahalo braddah midnite for the email about your music group. Remember my cousin Roy Koenig? He sat with us at the Fiesta Casino. We attended KS-Kapalama together. He was a classmate of your ukulele playing partner, Chester Mahelona.
I hope you and your betrothed enjoyed a Texan sized Bar-B-Que for her birthday dinner.
Hauoli La Hanau Barbara!
i believe a good marketing program involves your everyday students. i am not at manoa, but approximately how many students wear anything reflecting uh as their school. if you can get the students to buy and wear uh apparels, this is a huge market.
eh whitey…taking a break?
have you seen the boss’ kala?
nah, just came home about an hour ago on the direct flight. plane full.
al, correction 2 1/2 hr
one of our tsaikos is the coach for ks maui golf team.
yah, he called me today. waiting for confirmation.
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Last in with Congrats to Rolo! Wake up gangeez! Alex Green ran out of the pistol. He didn’t stand on step to the left or right of the QB. Just think if Leon Wright-Jackson would have been given a couple steps to accelerate before taking the handoff . . . oh no it just hurts to much to go there.
Super pre-Aloha Friday!
Huzzah for Rolo!
Do well, sir.
Will Reno’s new system be the Run & Gun?
Al
ok. i cannot wait.
whitey
welcome home. say hi to coach. and good luck to his team.
Al
know how to contact Quenton Brown’s fadda an step mom in Ewa?
we gotta make da peelin warm fo da ohana. welcomin.
Good job Chris and Tony!
Hawaii Rips USC
dat would make my day.
and ST’s headline.
Barbara sends her thanks for all the kind birthday wishes from the Tsaikos!
We have begun practicing with a Senior group here in Arlington, about 20 people, mostly ukuleles, but we have about six guitars, and a dobro too. Once in a while a harmonica pops up. We visit various senior care centers, and do an hour of singing “oldies” – songs that are familiar to the people there. We do this on Wednesdays and Fridays, so Barbara and I spent part of her “birthday day” making others feel good too.
Is it time for football again? Love to all!
i hope da maintenance crew stay making da JUGS all nice and stuff. da TE’s gonna need two workin machines.
Slugger
if you go mosey ova dare, ask da maintenance crew if get cobwebs, stuffs no work, k?
let us know. maybe we can go back to yesteryear, fix stuffs if need, buy stuffs if need.
thanks
looks like the blog bully cant keep his word and lay his sword down. must be hurting.
looks like a good day for the warrior BB team to thrash Nev.
eh, BIF2, this is 4 u.
Chow said UH assistant coach Chris Demarest and defensive coordinator Thom Kaumeyer were the point recruiters (For the Miami recruits).
“Chris Demarest has good connections in Florida,” Chow said. “We’ll find these guys.”
….Stephen Tsai article, SA, 02/09/2012.
As I mentioned many times, Chris Demarest is a hell of a recruiter with networks along the eastern seaboard and in the eastern regions. Great coordinating effort by all coaches involved, not only in initiating contact, following through by the numbers but also in closing.
SMOOTH. For fans, who want to know, this is great info.
New name same song.
THAT CAN BE SAID FOR EVERYONE.
Congratulations Rolo! The UH-NV games will be fun to watch.
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me and the mrs. stopped in at Nancy’s last night for a late dinner after leaving Waiawa Prison; i ordered the Rib Eye, and this smoking, steaming hunk of meat came to the table, no it wasn’t DPK, it was my dinner. I thought all the fire sprinklers would be activated….but they don’t have any in the restaurant…huh? food was good, they were busy, and the company was great.
Congrats again to Rolo, lot warmer in Reno than UMass, ouch.
GO WARRIORS
GO WILDCATS
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@ 310. you touch the nerve of the controversy. “does the tail wag the dog or vice versa?”
No doubt, the SEC is in a commanding position and they will prolly have a lot to say when realignment settles and groundwork for a new play-off system is crafted. Many believe, the SEC will gain a huge advantage in lucrative independent TV contracts. We have seen the PAC 12 prosper, among others, under new leadership, using the same leverage. The only hope to keep this whole scene from tilting to a college football oligarchy would be congress–good luck.
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Good morning, gang!
Happy belated birthday to Mrs. Midnight! ‘ukulele on!
336 jkjones
thanks.
we’ll be great next year, with equal time to find and recruit talent and fill gaps as coaches become acclimated to the level of what we got.
i no the team is motivated. i sure am.
Mahalo to the three newest Warriors for joining the Ohana and tremendous kudos to the coaching staff who surpassed my expectations on recruiting by leaps and bounds! Very impressive gets. Still have faint hopes that Turner can get it together to be here by Fall camp; wouldn’t that be like the proverbial cherry on the top? Anyway, Congrats to Rolo; one of my all-time favorites. Though I still wish he could’ve stayed, I’ll wish him luck at Nevada, even though I can’t stand Ault! And as I’ve said before to those that were so enthusiastic on Rolo leaving, be very careful what you wish for ….
good morning tsaikos
Great Morning All!
Gonna be cool today
BIF2. +++++
bulla
you go Waiawa to clean up da offense.
i went for defense. 😀
see, we could start a team.
den we could burn up somebody’s kitchen.
eating one big smoking hunk of meat.
but no mention da “name”. brudda DPK get feelings.
@ 294. Pun dad. mahalo for the report…..alls well that ends well. Speaks well of Rolo and Matthew. best wishes to Matthew Sparks and his academic and athletic endeavors at UMass.
umass is the college of victor cruz, ny giants, i think.
Pun Dad
UMass Roster Frank Barile OL 6’2″ 240, James Casselberry OL 6’6″ 280, Anthony Dima 6’7″
302, Nicolas Gottshall 6’1.5″ 314,, Mike Kahala 6’2″ 260. Stephene Milhim 6’5″ 315, Andy Moass 6’5″ 295, John Moran 6’5″ 310, and the next 4 are all about the same as Matt Sparks.
Matt is gonna do just fine at UMass. just fine. good for him. Represent, Matt. good luck!
no foget yo roots.
and no foget how to cheer.
Go Warriors
Gp Chowboys!
Coach Rolo gonna have amps at UNR.
gotta remember as you go over da pass and head West West, like da Donner party, gonna get da griefs. they are known to eat their own. 😀
not wishin. just sayin.
and Mouse neva pay me fo tell dat one.
wea errybody?
kden
gotta go. hi ho hi ho.
have a great day Tsaikos.
woossshhhhhhhhhhhhhh
ST & Tsaiko Blog Dogs:
Why are some wondering about the “black out”? Guess what color T-shirt the Pep Band is selling to help finance their trip to the WAC tournament? It ain’t Green cause I already bought mine!
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