Clerical error keeps Rausch from traveling

Oh,
Happy Birthday to Ronnie as well.

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Happy Birthday to A Sport and SK.

Good morning to all the tsaikos and may this wednesday be a good hump day for you.

It will be a good one in Boise and hope to lose my voice on Fri cheering the Warriors to victory. To make sure vocal cords are in top shape, will be lubricating it with some “special beverages”.

Happy Birthday Ronnie!!
Happy Birthday A-Sports!!

I guess get one BIG party coming up this Friday night, Honolulu AND Boise!!

brought over from yesterday in case kazz doesn’t see it:

Kazz,
this one is right up your alley. tombo’s in a lyrical throwdown with a boise blogger here:

http://uhfootball.blogspot.com/2008/10/obnugs-hate-poem.html

i know you can add on to our cause.

Yo Yo Yo Libre Wahines, A-Sports & Ronnie, make it the Best’est of days, and don’t forget raise your glass of preference to yourselves & each other.
We will do the same for you!

It’s another Libre kine day, and that said…

IT’S ANOTHER HAWAIII FIRST DOWN!

Hauole Lahanau- SK and Ronnie and Sports!

HiHO!

good morning tsaiko country and big shoot out to Romnie and Asports

so here it goes tadah

hippo birdie two ewe’s
hippo birdie two ewe’s
hippo birdie dear Ronnie and Asports
hippo birdie two ewe’s

enjoy da day

Greetings and Blessing Warrior Nation! 🙂

Happy Birthday to Tsaiko Tsisters Ronnie and Addahknowsports!

😆 😆 😆 😆 😆
All the monkeys in the zoo send their best regards to you…
😆 😆 😆 😆 😆

Happy Birthday Ronnie! I hope you get your wishes.

Happy Birthday A-Sports! You need to stop lighting those fireworks in the middle of the night.

Happy Birthday SK! Are you a lurker like LD?

Anyhow, best of wishes to the Birthday Women!

Happy Birthday Ronnie and A-Sports!

Morning Tsaikos!

Happy Birthday A-sports!

Ronnie’s birthday is tomorrow, but nothing wrong with early birthday wishes!

Congrats again to Rob25 for winning the autographed helmet at Call the Coach last night!!!

Happy Birthday tomorrow Ronnie!!

Happy Birthday Ronnie!!
Happy Birthday A-Sports!!

A very happy Birthday today, A-Sports and a very happy Birthday tomorrow, Ronnie. May your presents be a sweet Warrior victory in Boise, that way we could all share in your birthday happiness.

Rob25,
I will make sure to include my voice when yelling for 1st downs

Happy birthday addahknowsports and SK!

jm2375: That stuff’s a little too advanced for me now, but someday, I hope to know enough to understand all that. Until then, all I can do is very elementary stuff in Excel. 😀

djmitcho: Good! Then hopefully I can hear it loud and clear on the broadcast!

Koakane: Howzit my darts master! Can you believe it? I guess you should have been there, but then myki and sj told me that women win the helmets more than men. In fact, of the eight prizes given away last night…only one went to a man! Blame Coach Mack because he picks the names out of the box.

Stephen,

Remember to take your meds!
Remember to pack your belt!

Happy BDay Ronnie, SK, and ASports!

Now for my little song:

Blue Turf and Blue Smurfs don’t scare me
Cause I believe in our Local Boys
Don’t try to convince me
Because our Local Boys are No Ka Oi!

Nice Nalani! I can just hear it now on the Warriors Greatest Hits – A compilation of songs and “hits” from the field.

Let’s see the Warriors blow up the Jackass’ personnel groups!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY A-SPORTS!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RONNIE!

jm2375 – Hey, non-math/ICS types find SAS programming, linear equations, probabilities, functions, arrays, constants…interesting too!

Wow! Congratulations Rob25 on winning the helmet this week. My brother won it last week and his best friend, Dr. Rod, in a previous week. It’s a sweet prize, just missing the sweat stains and battle scars.

Rob25 won a fitted helmet?

Nalani – oops, I sang the song to the wrong tune at first…

MIH – No open office for me. Office 2007 I have. But I did hear it is very good!

Whoa Homey.. took me a while to figure all that out… but I looked it up on Wiki and here’s what I found for all you other guys who got lost, too.

Homey’s translation of:

Hey, non-math/ICS types find SAS programming, linear equations, probabilities, functions, arrays, constants…interesting too!

SAS programming : Sexy and Single programming
linear equations : She’s there & I’m here so the shortest distance is a straight… (looks down at pointer)
probabilities : If I ask her out she will probably say, “No!”
functions : Does it still work?
arrays : There is always a – ray(s) of hope
constants : misspelled name of last rejection
interesting too! : ! = L

mih – hahahahahahaha! You must have the male decoder ring too!

LK (Tilt),

It’s a sweet prize, just missing the sweat stains and battle scars.

You need to come out to the TsaikoGates again! 😯

mih – thanks for da translation. didn’t know homey-san would actually read it. 🙄

Didn’t PETA have a whole Oprah hour on that last night? Free-range, egg-laying chickens versus those in containment. Free-range sows versus those in containment…?

homey, what do you not equal to???

comment waiting for moderation

WHAT?

A-House,

Those Zebras are my biggest concerns this Friday. Hope our Warriors get a fair shake. Seems like the Zeebs been really nit-picking on the Warriors… looking for every opportunity to throw the flag.

chawan – There’s choke things I’m not equal to!

jojo – I think you are on blog probation.

A-House – looks like there’ll be a lot of equine on the field this Friday…donkeys, jackasses, burros, shetland ponies, zebras, geldings…

Homey…

RE: Firefox.

I’ve got too many add-ons in Firefox that it’s gotten out of hand. After any Firefox update, each time I launch it it tells me that a new update for one of my addons is available and just when I think I’ve updated them all, out comes a NEW firefox update.

Is Jerry Jones related to Pacman Jones?

mih – can’t uninstall IE8?!? hmmmmm, probably gotta remove SP3 first.

homey ≠:
October 15th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Is Jerry Jones related to Pacman Jones?

That is a question that can only be answered by Tsai PI. He was the only one that was able to recognize Joey Cadiz’s parents and know that Ken Taylor is NOT the father of Javonte.

homey – must be the trifocals…..

Homey..

Looks that way from what I’ve read on the MS bulletins. Uninstall SP3 and all the updates since. But even that’s no guarantee.

I suppose I should just wait till the stable release of IE8 is available. But I gotta admit, IE8 loads fast.

KGMB’s article on Ching Field includes a video of the groundbreaking.

“It helps our football program probably most immediately, because we only have a grass field, and as you know it rains in Manoa quite a bit, so it really tears up the grass if you don’t have another artificial surface to play on,” said UH athletics director Jim Donovan.

RGM was moved from the practice roster to the active roster for his team! They were choosing between 3 finalists for the last active roster spot and they choose him.

Sitting Logan will enable the Lions to replace Jason Clermont (knee) with import receiver Ryan Grice-Mullen.

Feature story on RGM! It is awesome that he’s taking first-team reps in practice this week…he must have learned the playbook quickly.

Ryan Grice-Mullen was told Monday there’s a strong chance he’ll join the revolving receiving corps of the Lions, but you might not want to adjust your depth chart just yet if you take into account his luck so far this season.

He also thought he had the attention of the NFL last winter and declared for the draft a year early. He was wrong. He thought he’d get a fair shot as a free agent at two NFL training camps this summer. No dice there, either.

For Grice-Mullen, it seemed like more of the same. Convinced a solid junior year collegiately at Hawaii would get him noticed on the second day of the NFL draft this spring, he settled in at his parents’ home in Ontario, Calif., awaiting a call.

“I literally did all I could do in college; third in the [U.S.] in catches last year, fifth in yardage and we went to the Sugar Bowl. I had a solid pre-draft grade. Nobody could have told me I was going to go undrafted. I was shocked I didn’t get anything,” he recalled.

Too bad RGM’s team only has 3 games left in the regular season.

Camp appearances with the Houston Texans and Chicago Bears as a free agent effectively became a waste once he blew out a hamstring. If you wanted to paint a complete picture of frustration, fast forward to Monday, where a 22-year-old who could have been playing his senior year collegiately in paradise this fall was instead trying to avoid the monsoon that eventually engulfed the first workout of the practice week.

“If I had to do it again I still would have done the same thing, but not getting drafted kind of sucked a little,” Grice-Mullen said.

Feature on Inoke from the Idaho Statesman.

“The more he plays, the better he gets,” Hawaii coach Greg McMackin said.

The Warriors have tweaked the run-and-shoot to include the option, bootlegs and more running plays to take advantage of Funaki’s athleticism, take pressure off the quarterback position and prevent defenses from keying on the passing game the way Georgia did in the Sugar Bowl blowout last season.

“When we played Georgia,” McMackin said, “the ends tore us up and we wanted to be able to correct that.”

Happy Birthday SK ❗ ❗

Interesting how Inoke calls Colt, “Mr. Brennan”.

Funaki, who said he’s worried about the potential for a chilly evening Friday, had some interesting things to say.

Several times, he referred to his predecessor — Heisman Trophy finalist Colt Brennan — as “Mr. Brennan.” Funaki, a junior, was the third-stringer behind Brennan and Tyler Graunke the past two years.

“It’s tough shoes trying to fill in for Mr. Brennan,” Funaki said. “… Mr. Brennan — that’s the kind of respect he has around here. Now that I’m getting more playing time — I always knew that he was a great quarterback, he threw some great balls, he made some great reads — but you definitely gain a lot more appreciation when you have to actually walk through the shoes and throw some of those routes and the defense is coming at you and things are breaking down.”

Funaki is one of four quarterbacks who has been named the starter this year. He says he’s getting comfortable after three straight starts, but not too comfortable.

“I’ve still tried to maintain that mentality that it’s not mine to keep,” he said.

Funaki said he knows the Warriors offense, which is seventh in the WAC, faces a huge challenge against a Boise State defense that allows just 11.2 points per game.

“They’re awesome,” Funaki said. “… I know every yard we’re going to have to really earn it and we’re really going to have to execute to the best of our ability.”

Nalani ~ I like that version of ‘Local Boys’ even better than the original. It reminded me of the Hawaii Bowl half-time show featuring all the former Warriors. You ladies hit that one out of the park!

Ian Johnson went downhill after his sophomore season.

Homey,

Restore for that option disappeared after a couple of updates. NO biggie. She has K-Meleon, Opera, and Firefox on her system, as well.

Careful Garret:

Re: Post #101 ~ It was yet another curveball thrown at this class.

Mrs. ‘C’ is very sensitive about her husband being picked on.

homey,

Ian Johnson went downhill after his sophomore season.

Ian Johnson got married after his So. season

d1 and Stretch – I was gonna comment on the marriage thing but I thought I better not. Someone might be lurking.

homey,

haha. We may be spending too much time together! Starting to think too much alike….

homey,

Koa-mahu knows my true feelings 🙄

I was going to comment on the marriage thing, but I went to the bathroom instead.

jojo – you still in the bathroom?

I wonder what the last 10 years graduation rate is for the Warriors.

1 – Do it right.

2 – Do it 100%

I don’t think that the Warrioirs will need to worry about doing it 100% this week. I’m sure the fact that we are playing against an undefeated Boise, will make the juices flow.

It’ll be of utmost importance to “do it right” on every play. We can’t take any mental vacations this week. Every player needs to treat every play as if what they are doing is the absolute biggest play of the game. Sustaining that block for one more second, taking the right angle when trying to block a punt, staying in your lane on the kickoff team, staying at home when the play goes away from you to make sure no reverses come your way. All of those things will make a difference on the outcome of the game.

I know that the intensity will be there. The key for the Warriors will be mental focus and discipline. Be mentally focused on your assignments, alignments, techniques, and coaching points. Be disciplined enough to do exactly what you ‘ve been coached to do. Take the right angles, take the right steps, keep the right aiming points. Do exactly what you were coached to do. Focus and concentrate on the game. Don’t get into pushing or jawing contests with the opponent. Be disciplined and play the game.

Mental focus should have started Monday, and continues until Friday. In a game like the one we have this week in Boise, Boise isn’t the opponent. Hawaii will win the game if they play mistake free football. It’s not about what will Boise do? It’s more about what Hawaii will do?

The Warriors have a lot of time together to review and visualize their assignments. Take advantage of the trip by using the idle time to be mentally ready. It’s always been my opinion that the traveling team has the advantage, they have all that time to spend together before the game. No one else believes that theory. But I truly believe in that. The team on the road has the advantage.

Nuff said. For now.

Nuff said.

Small kine but I think the Warriors gotta do good in the third down conversions. Boise is almost at 44% in their 3rd down conversions while the Warriors are at 23%.

Nalani- Local Boys- Tsai-ko version – is da bomb!

Mahalo, Pride.
I believe the Warriors will win in Boise and I am staying home to prove it!

GO WARRIORS!!!

homey (122),

I totally agree with you, that third down problem is my biggest worry, much more than anything else. Overall the offense is actually doing quite well now, but how many drives have been stalled on third downs? They have to avoid the third and long stuff, that’s when the other D pins their ears back.

I sure hope they’ve found a way to solve that.

I suspect that Boise’s strategy will be to try and force Hawaii to air the ball more than they want with hopes of intercepting a few. They will focus their energies in stopping the run and punishing Funaki if he scrambles. (They know we give up way too many sacks. This is the same strategy they used on Oregon but it almost backfired when Oregon’s 3rd backup QB showed he had an arm.) I hope Ron and Company have a few surprise passing patterns in store for Boise that they/we have never seen. We need our Warrior Receivers in positions where only they can get to the ball… (running out to the far sidelines, deep, screens, etc.)

FloridaTed,

I agree. They need to go for the full 10 on first and second and not that up the middle stuff on first.

ADdaknow…happy birthday and best wishes.♠

yep, happy birthday to the tsaiko ladies!

asports
ronnie (one day early)
sk

Garret,

I’m hoping Boise has more pride than using late hits as part of their strategy, but this is a grudge match, so anything can happen. If this was Fresno, I’d have no doubts.

Dave in Boise – Yep, I was aware of that. The editor is just pointing out that the playbook for personnel groups is different sizes for home and away games.

Our best chance is with Inoke at Quaterback and Pilares at RB. Unless Libre is back. We need to keep LWJ on the sideline. The most Overated award given to him in some pre-season Mags was well deserved. EVen with his hard work in the weightroom he is still hesitent when running the ball causing him to be far less effective just like last season. He looks lost when you give him the ball. If he has open space and just needs to spprint: thats his strength. Anyrthing that requires thinking or been creative with finding holes….Not his forte’. Use dump routes, swings to RB’s, AB and Wash in the flats. Then take advantage of Salas mismatches. Get Royce P involved somehow too.
The D will step Up and play. Just give them some time to breathe on the sideline.
Warrior Up

Dave In Boise – I haven’t watched a Boise game this season but I heard the freshman QB is pretty good! What are his strengths? Pocket presence? Scrambling ability? Arm strength? Accuracy? Mental toughness? Just think you guys have 3 more years of him!

One last thing before I have to get back to work–unless someone else wants to write this Commercialization Plan for NSF (nobody in my company wants to do it so I’m stuck with it!):

Adding to my #139 post: I expect late hits to happen on Inoke…but what I (and other Warrior fans) might think of as a late hit may *not* be what the refs at the game think of as a late hit. If the refs call the game tightly early, flagging both teams for personal fouls in the first quarter, then things will settle down. The refs at the Texas-Oklahoma game called several questionable personal foul penalties early in the game–I think their intent was to make sure that the play stayed clean even though both sides were so intense in that rivalry game. The refs made their point early in the game and the game stayed clean. That to me is better than when the refs lose control of the game and we see tons of late hits or fights in a rivalry game.

A-Sports, you only getting out now? Geez, I sure hope you aren’t working and A-Joe is treating you to some pho for lunch.

Garret – I’m sure the film editors have looked at Boise films going back a few years and created a highlight film of every formation that resulted in a “personnel group” play. I’m also certain that the coaches have gone over the film with the players and pointed out the Boise tendencies while in certain formations. But then again, who knows, look what they pulled out against Oklahoma.

Just gotta luv this game!!!

Dave in Boise,
btw, welcome to the Warrior Beat.

DPK – No, I stand by my post to you…baby.

football! on a friday!

chawan – ਾ

MIH:

Late hits, but will the ‘zebras’ call it?

For all the years I have watched UH football, the most consistent thing has been “screw Hawaii”. What have the mainland teams, coaches, refs, sports writers/analysts, etc have against Hawaii?

Notice how this year very little negativism is made of “spread offenses” versus last year and how Colt was a systems QB. Contrary, the same idiots like Craig James are praising the stats of the Mizzo and Texas Tech QBs. Same can be said of being a “shot gun” QB. Many of the NFL teams use the “shot-gun” for many plays during a game; so, what’s wrong with being Colt Brennan?

Some day————————

homey, yeah i’m figuring it out now.

A-house –

Perfect.

ekala mai

tis dang iphone keyboard to small foa me to type good

think get asport heavy hand itist

back to the compound and the cafe fuuud which is mac/cheese cassarole or something looking like it

Esme gone woooooshhhhh

So Tyler not making the trip. I always thought that taking 4 qbs was one too many. I wonder what the traveling squad looks like now.

One thing Boise has at their website is a depth chart and video about the university in the recruits section. Their website is well thought out and organized. It is always good to see what your competitors are doing.

A-House,

Last weekend I kept switching the stations to see what colleges were playing and who was upsetting whom… and to my surprise, most of the teams were playing out of the shotgun. I suppose, when Hawaii is doing good everyone out there sees it as an anomaly and will find whatever convenient excuse they can muster to explain it away.

I just hope Colt will shine when he gets his chance.

Dave from Boise,

Aloha! Welcome to the blog of the Warrior Nation. Guess you’re a fan like we are, huh? Except you’re on the Boise Bandwagon. So, I guess that makes you one of the “Boise in the Band, so to speak.”

Enjoy your visit.

Boy I wish Hawaii had your schedule this year… Idaho State (0-5), Southern Mississippi(2-4), Bowling Green (3-3), LaTech (2-3), and Oregon (3rd team QB).

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Ouch ! Too bad about Rausch. Nice that they decided to bring Jake along, though. He’s been a fixture at Hawaii and is deserving of a road trip. Anybody know if Jake can scramble?

Did it occur to you that Boise State has the same restriction when they travel, and continue to win at the same pace they do at home?

Not at all. I personally witnessed the donks getting ripped in back to back games in Hawaii last year. I also remembered that UH had the nation’s longest losing streak (19 games spanning three seasons ) and the very first Division 1 team that we beat to end that skid was … boise state. Thank you for asking.

expat earlier commented about the graduation rate article I posted above. This article shows how the different conferences did (note: I do not think any conference has just state-sponsored schools, to answer expat’s question).

The Atlantic Coast Conference might be struggling on the field, but it’s a clear winner in graduating so-called “student-athletes.”

According to data released by the NCAA, the ACC graduated 72.3% of football players who enrolled between 1998 and 2001, easily outdistancing the Big East, which had a 67.4% grad rate.

The bottom feeders are the Western Athletic, which cranks them out at a 53.9% clip, and the Southeastern, which earned a 60.5% score.

LizKauai [Believer]:

Did you film the Local Boys song at the Gate??????

Interesting compilation of the graduation rates of different schools in a variety of ways. In general, it seems that the teams with the highest graduation rates are doing well this year.

The Grad Rates Poll (2008 record in parentheses)
1. Navy, 95% (4-2)
2. Notre Dame, 94% (4-2)
3. Stanford, 93% (4-3)
T-4. Boston College, 92% (4-1)
T-4. Duke, 92% (3-2)
T-4. Northwestern, 92% (5-1)
7. Air Force, 90% (4-2)
8. Army, 87% (2-4)
T-9. Wake Forest, 83% (4-1)
T-9. Miami (Ohio), 83% (1-5)
11. Rice, 82% (3-3)
12. Ohio, 81% (2-5)
13. Southern Miss, 80% (2-4)
14. Texas Tech, 79% (6-0)
T-15. Kent State, 78% (1-6)
T-15. SMU, 78% (1-6)
T-15. Nebraska, 78% (3-3)
T-15. Troy, 78% (3-2)
T-15. North Carolina, 78% (5-1)
T-15. Baylor, 78% (3-3)
T-15. Penn State, 78% (7-0)
22. Connecticut, 77% (5-1)
T-23. Virginia Tech, 75% (5-1)
T-23. Colorado, 75% (3-3)
T-23. Syracuse, 75% (1-5)
T-23. Iowa, 75% (4-3)
T-23. Bowling Green, 75% (3-3)

Average graduation rates over a 4-year period for the conferences with the lowest graduation rates.

10. SEC, 60.5%
First place: Vanderbilt, 91%
Last place: Georgia, 48%

11. WAC, 53.9%
First place: Idaho, 69%
Last place: San Jose State, 34%

When has the NCAA never dragged its feet when a “non-BCS” conference school is involved.?

Look at the USC/Reggie Bush debacle. The NCAA, i believe, said it could not complete its investigation because of the legal battles between the parties involved. Guess, it’s a good move to file an action to keep the NCAA away and it may take years before case is settled.

On a slightly football-related note, this was a mess-up that puts the Rausch paperwork problem to shame. The owner of the Jets accidentally made a 10-minute phone call to her ex-girlfriend from the delivery room of his current girlfriend as she was delivering his baby!

WOODY Johnson should turn off his cellphone, or at least delete the phone numbers of former girlfriends, before he enters a hospital delivery room. The Band-Aid heir – or more likely, his cellphone acting on its own – dialed up his ex-galpal, Erika Mariani, just as his current partner, Suzanne Ircha, was giving birth yesterday to their second son.

Sure takes a long time to look over some paperwork at the UH.

Howzit Liz,

Thanks. Expecting a great trip.
Hoku is wondering where her “roommate” went? 🙂

mih – Boise lost in the Aloha Bowl.

Ack, I mean Hawaii Bowl. So it was Aloha for Boise…

homey,

d1 – I never actually traded my paper. I corrected my own and ended up with a 4.0 for the year.

But then what happened the next year in second grade?

Time for Willie Grace…

Whew! Looking at this list of stuff fo’ #2 son you’d think he has been out of state for years already!

d1- looking forward to having hoku and buddy as roommates again soon 😉

d1 – I got an A in 2nd grade and also celebrated my sweet 16 birthday.

oook so Santos replacing Rausch?

“The uncertainty had caused the Warriors to scramble to prepare for Friday’s game. Jake Santos took the reps that would have gone to Rausch.

McMackin said Santos will replace Rausch on the travel roster.

McMackin said he is hopeful Rausch will be cleared to play against Nevada next week.”

re: Graunke, its a conspiracy i tell u! hahaha. ST, what is going on with that one?

WHAT romo wants to play now. guess we’ll see who wear the pants in big d, romo, coach phillips, or maybe the medical staff.

damn ncaa always giving the short stick to non-bcs teams like us. too bad we aren’t u.s.c. instead of u.h. kinda surprising to see that r.j. is gonna start now considering how good brashton is playing. that’s okay we’re gonna roll 4 pretty good lb’s in there, so we’ll be okay there. dline definitely gotta get some push against what may be the weak spot, if they have one on their team, the oline…

Homey,

I was just trying to point out to Dave from Boise that the two times Boise came to Hawaii when McMackin was in charge of the Defense, the Warriors won. 1999 (34-19)and 2007 (39-27). There was also 1996 (20-14)… egads.. was that VonAppen or Wagner?

mih – oh, okay. just rubbing some salt I see… 😆

Da Princess Classmate –
Tell Romo stop being a wuss and cut his pinkie off like Trevor Wikre from Mesa St.

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/27015769/

In response to post #140 re LWJ, I think we need to figure out how to utilize his talents. Pilares gets most of his yards bouncing to the outside when there is no hole, especially since he is not an inside runner. LWJ on the other hand seems intent on hitting the hole, even when there isn’t any. Since the offense has already designed certain plays to utilize Funaki’s talents, I think we should do the same for LWJ by inserting a blocking back/fullback like Farmer and opening up some holes for a north-south runner like LWJ. Otherwise, it’s just a shame to waste a blue-chip talent like that. We need to make the most of what we have rather than just sit him.

Hi Ronnie –

Today, I just send you XXXOOOxxxooo (big and lil kisses) as you anticipate your special day tomorrow. Oh what the hey, EARLY HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES to you today. Hats off to one of the most energetic Tsaikettes whose passion in support of our beloved Warriors is hard to match!

Jojo.. 1996.. that was Von Appen’s first year… he won 2 games (Boise and some WAC team). THEN he won 3 games in 1997 (again just 1 win against a WAC team)… then went 0 – 12… and had a UH record of 5-31.

Wow… Boise is one of 5 Von Appen victories.

Just goes to show you… anything can happen..

GO WARRIORS!

Why am I not surprised about the clerical error. Stuff like that is normal at UH. That reminds me, I still need to clarify the “DL” status of an English class I took. It should have that notation, but for three years, it said that it isn’t a DL course on my STAR transcripts. I need that to graduate, or I have to take a qualifying DL class next spring. 😀

And yikes, Kelli says on her blog that they are required to moderate all posts, just like on Brand X’s blogs. Terrible, just terrible. Can’t we go back to 4 + 5 = ?, or other spam filters?

von Apps beat Boise. I was there. One of the 2 highs of the season.

Liz,

Hoku won’t even give me a sniff since you left!
Maybe I can deal with that but Who’s Buddy?!?!?

(d1 better be bringing home stuff for me, too. Grrrr….)

Kama Krab –

(Did I spell it right?) anyway, belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you, too. I miss seeing you, and Wreck, too. I won’t forget what you look like…no worries. Come to the next T-gate for some of my boiled peanuts.

Happy anniversary of your first day of screaming — what a way to practice for the Warriors — to both A-Sports and SK. And a very merry birthday in advance to Ronnie.

Whoo-hoo!!! Tripletes!!!

Jason, thanks for the clarification, I thought that Caryn didn’t like me anymore. Hey, is she the other 20-something blogger?

Jason . . .

It sounds more like Rausch made the error rather than the UH. Either way, why was someone not checking the paperwork? This could have been very disasterous! Rausch could have been the starting qb.

kama krab – never mind about the “mights” and the “ifs”. Just come to the t-gate and game and bring Wreck!

Homey . . .

I agree. He has paid his dues over the years. Good for him! That would probably make his entire career at the UH if he had the opporunity to take some game snaps. Can you imagine the thrill? Wow!

Safe travels to all Warriors heading out to Southern Spudsville.

Forecast is for nice weather with temps in the 60’s. Perfect for a Warrior football game.

wafan – Would be funny if Santos told Rausch, “Yeah, put that code in the box, trust me.” 😆

ESME!!!!! How R U!!!!

jojo: Caryn is awesome, but she is not the 20-something blogger I am talking about.

wafan: I don’t blame Rausch for making the error; stuff like that happens. But yeah, UH needs to get better with its checking.

Time for the third debate …

J-Dog,

If Rausch was UH’s starting QB, then UH wouldn’t have changed the offense to suit Inoke and UH would be in really bad shape for the BSU game with no changes in the game plan ready! Even worse, they would have lost the starting QB the day before the La Tech game, *after* the game plan had already been implemented and *after* all of the practices before the game!

Esme – Planning on attending a t-gate this season?

Kazz

Did you ask Gwen if they were thinking about approaching Pearl City High’s Band and asking to purchase or borrow ammo until their shipment comes in? Can the cannon utilize standard 10 gauge shotgun blanks? One last thing if they were using ammo that have brass casings, I believe they can be reloaded for a fraction of the cost of buying brand new shells. There must be some hunters here that has access to reloading equipment….Just my 2 cents

Oops not “10 and 27” but “19 and 27”

I do not believe anyone would blame Rausch for a clerical error. No doubt the players have to fill-in a ridiculous amount of paperwork. I remember all the papers I had to fill-in and sign just for grants, scholarships and classes. I cannot begin to imagine what the athletes have to do in addition.

I just think that as a university and program that wants to “take it to the next level” the small things are what will get them. They have to be pro-active rather than re-active as they have been for the past several years.

They already have the perception, true or not, the NCAA takes their time with non-BCS teams, and has Hawai’i in their sights, so to speak. Why even give anyone at the NCAA, or anyone else for that matter, an opening to take what could be a debilitating shot at the UH? It just does not make any sense — unless the reason will be that it is a budgetary issue.

Jason – I find it odd that a newspaper would want to moderate blog posts. Are there posters here that would disclose classified information that is harmful to national security or national interest?

hey now…

why, you think I should have put on a lexus?

ha, that was a good one…. ha. lexus.

Strange “debate”. McCain keeps rehashing his same arguments. Obama is answering McCain and expanding on his answers. Looks like McCain is on the ropes.

Definitely not what I teach my debaters. This should be the debate that features definite and decisive death-blows of facts rather than fiction.

I forgot about those little eyeglasses and thingies… nice touch..

play ball,

Thanks for the update on the baseball game, but let’s hope al never stumble onto the blog yet. Methinks he may go beserk….. 🙂

Kazz . . .

Is there a reason you posed the question?

You know she is MRS. Johnson. Koamahu is single but apparently is interested in Jason. What are you thinking?

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

CRW – you’re welcome.

although a lot of Hawaii residents support Shane Victorine, a proposed Phillies/Rays match-up would be the one of the lowest rating World Series ever.

Phillies 5-0 top 6

play ball, agreed w/r/t a Philly/Tampa World Series matchup.

I surely would love to see it as well as the fanbases in Philly, Tampa, and pockets elsewhere (including Hawai’i)…..but most of the west coast and the big-time east coast media markets could probably care less about it.

Wafan –

I’ve missed a couple of chances to meet you personally, but hopefully the opportunity to talk story with you is approaching very soon. Will you be able to join us next Sept. 2009 for the UH/UNLV game? If there is an outside chance, mark your calendar and join in on the Tsaiko 5 F’s.

Madeinhawaii –

Post #247…hope Boise spies not reading the blog today.

Garret –

Boy, have A-House and I “been there and done that” with reference to seeking opportune times to eat your most deserving fill of snacks without your kids’ knowledge. Be kind to yourselves, Garret and Lori. You both deserve to once in a while. From what I’ve read in your previous posts, Faith and Mika are deprived of very, very few things…and if boiled peanuts (just this time) are one of these few things, I would consider your kids to be most fortunate, loved and cherished beyond words. So, just ENJOY!

No comment. 😀

Hey Jason.. no skaid! If Koa Mahu come after you… I’ll go get the car so you can jump in the side window! Just make sure you got good separation oddawise, no can!

Thanks Kazz for the update…
My thoughts on LWJ, if I remember correctly, LWJ busted a big run for a touchdown running out of a modified Pistol formation that Nevada runs and I believe that it was against Nevada. That formation allows LWJ to glide along the line to look for a hole to cut up into and he broke one for the touchdown. I am thinking that since last years Nevada vs Boise was such a high scoring game, why not use the Pistol against Boise? I believe it would be perfect for LWJ and perhaps Pilares and Libre. Even to mix things up and give Boise another look…Option off the Pistol what do you think everyone?

MIH – did you know the Wongs, Apisas, Kealilios, Mays, Saunders, Chungs?

Hau’oli la hanau to A-Sports, SK & Ronnie!

Too bad about Rausch.

All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.

-Sun Tzu

Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?

-Sun Tzu

IT’S OVER – PHILLIES WIN!!!

Phillies – 5-1

hawaiiand=hawaiian

Is it Friday yet?

whopee………the phillies won………and shane victorino, maui boy is going to the world series. my kids went to school with him on maui, he was quite the rascal back then……what an awesome job he is doing now.
congrats to shane and his family! go phillies

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

-Sun Tzu

d1…..blackout in hawaii on espn? aren’t we playing them in boise st?

okay, okay, i know you getting all exermasited. make sure you pack one bento for your flt over,eh.

dat’s the main ting, yah, gotta get food, cuz no mo on da airplane.

one bucket zippy’s chicken and a barrel of chili would work.

🙂 Happy Birthday to you 🙂
🙂 Happy Birthday to you 🙂
🙂 Happy Birthday dear A-Sports 🙂
🙂 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! 🙂

Hope you and A-Joe had a nice dinner.

ST,

Now that Maka & Galdeira made the travel squad but Victor Clore (who’s been on the travel squad) is out this week, who barely made as well as missed the travel squad for Boise State?

Mahalo!

kapa….rausch for one.

kapakahi,

I think you gotta take al’s word for it ’cause Stephen is “in transit” now I believe.

Speaking of which time fo’ me to hele.

Spok all you’s from da oddah side…..

Mrs. A-House ~ We can show PETA that we will not give up our favorite snack food. I have already sent a letter to – info@peta.org – telling them to back off of Shane Victorino and go after the pork producers on their own. Why drag our native son into this problem of theirs?

Been here in Kadena, Okinawa since Monday, waiting for a flight back to Hawaii. Should have gotten out Wed morning, but the flight “disappeared” into the Kadena Triangle. It was on the schedule for two days, but the night before take-off, it dropped off the screen…and, no one was able to explain what happened or where the plane was. I suspect (but can’t prove) that one of Kekoa’s buddies called in a covert mission to Thailand! The nerve of these Sp Ops guys!

Betty and I are trying our best to get back by Friday afternoon. After missing the last two games, missing the BSU game would be absolute misery.

We’ve missed all of you!

BG’s Back!…Ya Hootie!…break out the Stars & Stripes…Strike up the Band…Liz, Sing the Nat’l Anthem…jm2375 pledge alligence to the flag…Homey…Homey!…Homey??…ahhh BG, some things nevah change. Homes must have konked out awrready. Welcome home braddah!

Awww Shucks…I taught you was home awwrready!…Kden, I put da celebratin on hold.

Kekoa:

Where you watching the game?? I might do the BHF2 and come home with Zippys..unsure..

Curveball ~ I’m looking at several options:

1. Recon mission to a Sports Bar here on the ceded lands at a place called the “T-Spot.” One of Pride’s ‘Safe’ houses.

2. Considering a recon mission to K-Bay Golf Club to do an unda covah visit of their place under game conditions. It should give me a good idea of what we can expect for our scheduled TV-Gate in Nov.

3. My neighbor is hosting “Mr. Sushi” over at his house. The ‘man’ himself will be preparing fresh sushi for the invited house guests. Spam Musubi will be the crowd pleaser. (I prefer *Uni* myself, a very delicate sea urchin).

4. My house, if I’m too lazy to get out the door! Last resort. Get drunk, pass out, no problem. Mrs. K cones off the area, throws down a pillow and blanket right where I fall.

So, let me know what you and Mrs. ‘C’ are planning, maybe we can do the best 2 out of 3.

4. My house, if I’m too lazy to get out the door! Last resort. Get drunk, pass out, no problem. Mrs. K cones off the area, throws down a pillow and blanket right where I fall.

Watch out for JM on this one…do you need new sprinklers…..I will let you know..

Okay, to answer my own question (as far as I can tell) there are two Div 1 FBS conferences that have only public universities as members, the WAC and the Sunbelt. Some other conferences come close with token private school members – the Big 12 has Baylor, the Big 10 has Northwestern and the SEC has Vanderbilt.

With some of the schools it is actually kind of hard to figure out if they are public or private.

Not that it matters or means anything. I was just curious.

Purdue…

jm2375:

Deep fried Twinkies.. what heart problem…

Okay – I posted this earlier (yesterday’s WB blog) but please allow me to repost it again in honor of the birfday gal… 😀

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Purdue?

Deep Fried Twinkies?

Is this “Candid Camera” or “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?”

BSU is one of the mentally toughest teams in the country. Their 100% participation in summer workouts have been the foundation they’ve built their seasons on.
Every one stays, no one goes home. They don’t have to go through the same team bonding pains the Warriors experienced this year. They don’t have to worry about conditioning as everyone has been workingout the whole summer, pushing each other to get better. They hit the ground running when summer camp opens. They find roles for every player whether it’s starting on any of the three units or special situation packages. Players and coaches may change but their basic formula for success stays the same. It’s a tradition passed on from one season to the next.
Given this, Warriors can’t afford too many mental errors – penalties(false starts, offsides,PFs), clock management or missed assignments or breakdowns that lead to big plays. I don’t have an opinion on the Xs and Os but I do think the Warriors have to turn this game into a street fight. They have to be tough enough to take BSU’s best shots and hit them back even harder. They have to out physical them…just my opinion.

5th Grade,,,, Whoah …. setting the bar kind of high for Tsaikos? 😀

Deep Fried Twinkies….. 😀 What’s a heart? 😆

Careful Mrs. A-House, I’m a Republican!…Pops raised me under the Republican banner. Remember, my cousin Bryan was the Republican Mayor of Kauai who recently passed. Me and Aunty Linda go back a few years on the ceded lands issues. The only one to break ranks was my Uncle Bill, who was the 1st speaker of the house of Representatives for the State of Hawaii back when James’s place of employment was 1st built. Can’t we all get along!

Hi Tsaikos and Tsaikettes!

A-joe and I just returned from a wonderful dinner at Chart House. Had the prime rib (with one kick left in it) and the grilled shrimp. Also took a trip to Borders to look for the new Journey (double) album. Not coming out until end of month. Did you guys hear their song called After All These Years? Very nice. How come I keep hearing on the radio that they’re coming to Hawaii? Anyone know about this?

I want to thank everyone again for the awesome birthday wishes!

Wow, brew. With all the smiley faces moving in unison on the last line, it looks like a chorus line. Thank you again for the double post!

Eh-Sports – Where’s the beef? 😯 GONE………………. 😀 😯 😆

Happy Birthday my dear friend!

thanks mih! kekoa, i haz no flavr!

Kekoa:

gdholdenatlivedotcom…gotta go now work 5:00AM…twinkies forever;-)

Tombo Ahi ~ Had to look twice! Look like ‘Hazmat’ at first! Yikes…

Okay….jm – you “trumped” me! 😆

BTW – now I have a face to match up with the mischief! 😀 😯 😆

Au revoir, bonne nuit Tsaikos. I gotta catch some ZZZzzzz’s for my video conference w/ the French in the AM. 😀 😯 😆

A-Sports ~ Next time you are on Kauai, axe Liz to show you the video she made of me in NOLA. We were at this fancy Dan restaurant where they made the mistake of letting me do one of dem dere “Flambe” numbers. 3 Alarms later, we were able to sit at a new table to finish our dish.

Way to go A-Joe! You done good Brah. May you have many more happy occasions to celebrate with our ‘alledged’ Aunty.

cocobean,

Just tells you how much more is at stake for Boise in this game. They have so much more to lose. Warriors gotta go and give em a big scare in the first quarter and keep the pressure cooker on them. Turn the heat up till they start popping at the seams and start making mistakes.

A-Sport…

Good night.. sweet dreams on your B-day.

A-Sports ~ Since it’s your birthday, maybe she can send you a clip if your email box can handle da load. Then again she may have put it on You Tube.

We gotta channel her…Lizzz…Look Eye! Make Spe-shull moving pitcha for A-Sports!

Thank you MIH. 🙂

Mrs. A-House: Hahahaha, I had to look back at what Kekoa was talking about in #340. PETA and Republicans? Ahem, you know why we GOPers are associated with the color red? For RED MEAT. 😉

I swear, that post by TChahng was not there when I got here. Then again, I did take time to read Wikipedia’s article on the actual origin of Red State/Blue State terminology. He probably snuck that post in there quietly … 😛

Happy Birthday to Addahknowsports© and many more to come!

Deep Fried Twinkies are awesome!
Well, my flight for Boise leaves in less than 8 hours and I have yet to pack and go to sleep. Oh well. Go WARRIORS!!!!

hmmmm

“Odds makers at SBGGlobal have Boise State -24.5 point favorites at home in college football odds against Hawaii.”

I’d like to have 2 orders of Tsai-ko voodoo to go, please.

1 to be put on the blue ponies

da odda one to be put on da lolo dat wen sideswipe hubby’s cah dis morning and den left. :x: 👿

jm2375 – jeeks… hope hubby is ok! Can always feex da cah!

Oops! Mrs. K giving me dat look! I gotta engage in conversation with her sis and family members. BBL…

ok- all is back to norm- time for nie nie!

Sweet Warrior Dreams and Safe Travelling, Ka Kou!

Happy Birthday Ronnie!

happt birthday to ronnie 🙂 🙂 🙂

g’night to da gang,

da natives are safe for da night…..let’s crash 🙁

Aloha, Tsaiko Ohana!!

I’m taking the afternoon off to watch the game. I’ll probably go to Murphy’s unless there is some site where the Tsaikos are gathering.

I took a look at the ESPNU preview and “conversation” about the game. (I used to lurk and post on those conversations last year before I found my way to unique and wonderful world of the Tsaikos.)

Last year the ESPNU sites for each of our games had lots of Hawaii fans posting, and many of them would have been right at home on this blog. However, this year the conversations on ESPNU have been dominated by juvenile taunting and lots of gamblers seeking views on what to bet, boasting about their wins, or cursing the play of the teams when it is not matching what they bet on. Not a pleasant place usually.

This week the Boise fans have dominated the game conversation, with only a few Hawaii fans posting. Most of them believe that Boise will dominate us in the same way that Fresno fans believed that Hawaii would suffer a big beatdown. Some of them clearly are Hawaii haters, but for the most part, the tone was much more pleasant and conversational than the previous weeks with the Fresno and La Tech fans.

I posted the following to try to set them straight on some of the misunderstandings they had about our team and Hawaii fans.

Greeting, Broncos and Warrior fans!! Aloha from Honolulu
The ha’a is coming to the smurf field. It is not a taunting of the other team or its fans.
It is a tradition of Polynesian warriors as they get ready for battle and the possibility of death.
We are still finding ourselves as a team. Every week our team has been getting stronger on offense, special teams, and defense. Coach McMackin’s version of the run and shoot has more run in it than in previous years, and at times, reminds you of what Florida runs with Tebow a threat to take it up the field. We don’t know what team will show up on Friday, so I think Coach Peterson may also be wondering.
Please take no offense but your hostile environment is hardly the most intimidating environment we have played in this year. And we respect your team and its fans. They have, for the most part, behaved with class when they have come to the Islands, and welcome us as guests when we come to Boise.
We view this is one of the great rivalries of the WAC along with our rivalry with Fresno. There has been lots of blog activity in Honolulu, but few people come on this site because of the juveniles and gamblers who dominate the posts. We know that the Broncos remember practicing in Honolulu and hearing our Warriors ending practice with a WAC Champs cheer. Lots of pride on both sides. If Hawaii finds its rhythm, it could be a great game. We still believe. Aloha until after the game on Friday Go Warriors!!

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