Weber State arrives

ST & Tsaiko Blog Dogs,

Like any bureaucratic system, figures don’t lie but liars figure!??

#4

Great quote Dave. Too often bumbling bureaucrats rule the roost.

Good Morning Coach Bulla!

Mighty fine day to help us get us a little bit closer to game time. Are the ‘Cats on island yet?

They did it to Colt, they’re doin’ it to Elimimian. Bad enough to lose, but to be cheated.. Phooey!

Good morning everybody!

Good Morning Tsaiko Village!!!

12=5?

Nothing can beat that Southern-style “home cooking”

Hi A-sports!

Speaking of home cooking.
Bulla,
Is the Beast back on the aina already?

15 maybe

morning gang and what a beautiful day it is

blinded by the sun opps it was the shine from big baldie

bulla see da beast tell him howzit from me

The sad thing is that Florida doesn’t benefit by having Sol’s stats reduced. If anything, they would want to be able to show that they won despite Sol having such a great statistical game…so this mistake really doesn’t make sense to me.

Note about Reagan signing with the Bengals. The Bengals lost their starting FB for the season, so Reagan could take over this spot for good if he plays well. I didn’t realize that the Bengals had that many Samoan players. Reagan is listed at 260 pounds? That is FAR below what Miami had listed his weight!

Reagan Maui’a, a former Miami Dolphins fullback and University of Hawaii star, became the newest member of the Cincinnati Bengals on Wednesday, Sept. 3.

He takes over the roster spot previously occupied by fullback Jeremi Johnson, who was placed on Injured Reserve following knee surgery.

The 6-foot, 260-pounder was born in American Samoa and attended Tokay High School in Lodi, Calif.

Maui’a joins DE Jonathan Fanene and DT Domata Peko as current Bengals from American Samoa.

Aloha Kakahiaka!

LK- does Kymry from Kauai have a badge? I think we shall see her soon!

Go Solomon!

There was one complaint from the writer who watched the video (at the link) of the fantasy sports draft.

My only complaint with this draft is the guys brought their wives, girls, what-have-you. Cooley’s wife is fair game, she’s a cheerleader. And hot. But fantasy drafts are a no wife zone. Then again, it’s not like us dorks really had these kind of options.

Article about Georgia facing Central Michigan’s QB.

Last time Georgia tangled with one of these statistical supermen, he wound up sitting slackjawed on the sideline as his team was completely demolished by a relentless Dawg rush in the Sugar Bowl.

Something tells me LeFevour, who ran for over a thousand yards last season in addition to passing for more than 3,600 yards, might be a bit tougher to handle than the more highly publicized Colt Brennan, who pretty much just stood back there and slung the ball on every play.

Interesting stat on sports gambling.

The large majority of people that wager on sporting events believe that they are going to win, but the fact is that the large majority of sports betters lose in the long run. In fact, the average sports bettor wins at a rate of 48%, which is worse than if they had just flipped a coin.

Article on Oregon State. I hadn’t realized that Jeremy Perry was hurt and that their OL and DL were below their normal standards against Stanford.

The Beavers put together back-to-back nine and ten-win seasons mainly by being strong on both lines: workhorse Yvenson Bernard carried 25 times per game last year, almost all between the tackles, and the defense led the nation against the run, allowing a ridiculously low 2.1 yards per carry. So to describe allowing Stanford — an offense that hadn’t averaged more than three yards per carry since 2002 — to run for 218 on 5.1 per carry as “disappointing” would be a vast understatement, especially when you add that Tavita Pritchard (10 of 17 for 91 yards) did nothing to back OSU off the line with his arm.

The Beavers lacked physicality on offense, too, and without a feature back or injured All-Pac Ten guard Jeremy Perry, generally abandoned straight ahead runs last week in an effort to get the ball in the hands of the diminutive Rodgers Bros., James and Jacquizz, in space.

Interesting to see the impact that the new clock rule has on the number of plays and the length of games.

The Football Rules Committee appears to have gotten its wish with a reduction in the average length of games, but the 40-25 play clock instituted for the 2008 season has also cut dramatically into the number of plays.

Marty Couvillon of cfbstats.com has compiled data for Week 1 games — 73 in all involving Division I-A teams — and found that the average length of a game was 3 hours 10 minutes, a 13-minute reduction from 2007. In 2006, when the controversial 3-2-5-e rule was enacted, the length of a game was 3:07, a 14-minute reduction from 2005.

As for the average number of plays, it was 134.7 in Week 1, down from 143.4 in 2007. That’s 8.7 plays. In 2006, the average was 127.5, down 13.2 plays from 2005.

Michael Clark, the coach at Bridgewater (Va.) College who was chairman of the rules committee when it approved the 40-25 clock, said in February that the change was not expected to impact the number of plays.

Interesting to read about how minorities do not play fantasy sports, especially considering the group of Tsaikos that do.

FSTA research shows that only 1.6% of fantasy players are black, 2.3% are Latino and 1.1% are Asian. And the more I learn about the typical fantasy player, the more I think most minorities simply have better things to do.

Of all the opinions I collected on the racial disparity, though, one of the most interesting came from Kim Beason, an associate professor at Ole Miss who’s also the CEO of Fantasy Sport Research Specialists. Basically, Beason’s six years of research shows that people who have well-paying jobs with fast Internet connections are more likely to play fantasy sports. “When you break it down, it appears the disparity has to do with a critical mass of individuals who are together discussing fantasy sports,” he tells me. “Up to now, that has mostly occurred in the white workplace. And a lot of time, it’s on the Internet.”

Interesting how a 26-year-old bald white guy beat LeBron James in HORSE. I can’t watch the video during the work day but I will watch it tonight!

Kalb closed out the first game by swishing a shot from the baseline, catching the ball as it came through the net and converting a reverse layup.

“After I beat him, he’s like ‘best of three, right?’” Kalb said. “I could tell he was frustrated. After missing a couple of easy ones, he hit the ball in disgust.”

Bulla…so what’s the scoops on the Beast?? What will he and his “friends” be having for dinner tonight?? Inquiring minds want to know….

Dang, that sounded like gigi….MWAHAHAHAAHA BTW, where is gigi? Homey, did you hurt her feelings again??? We need that 52″ HDTV at the Tsaikogate on Saturday so we can watch the games.

Liz-Kauai,
I guess if the Super Ferry serviced Kauai, it would be possible but not feasable to bring your Camry over for a wash. 🙂

5 tackles….he did that in the first quarter alone.

so who’s taking the #2 reps today?

Gotta get downtown in a few minutes…go talk to McGarret’s replacement, he doesn’t have a position on the depth chart, but once was ‘five-oh’. BBL….

Garret,

Article about all of the Weber State players from Hawaii. But should a TE really be the one complaining that he wasn’t recruited by UH?

-he’s complaining because he and his little brother(Chase Nakamura-Baldwin 2008) were both great receivers who put up amazing numbers throughout there careers, he transitioned to TE in college……..Cody would be similar to Greg Salas, Chase was a more dominant WR starting since his Sophmore year……..they said no one from UH even called them…….thats why

Good morning Tsaikos!

Welcome back ST & Liz.
Sheesh 12 = 5? not. No respect.

Sitting in da doctor’s office waiting to see her. She’s late! what’s da sense of getting da 1st appt of da day when you can’t be seen on time? I’m starving and gotta get to work.

esme and out. whooosh.

Now for this weeks game UH vs Weber ST.
If there is an X by your name that means you need to change your pik!
31    – 20    Ralph
31    – 7    curveball
34    – 13    d1shima
35    – 28    LizKauai
35    – 14    DPK
35    – 21    NEO
36    – 13    Koauka
36    – 42    Bulla
37    – 10    Capitol -ist/WassupDoc
38    – 14    Pomai
41    – 10    Committed Road Warrior
42    – 17    iwonderwhytheyhateme
42    – 21    wafan
42    – 28    James
45    – 14    HiFlyer
45    – 27    Calvin from Kona
45    – 13    koakane
48    – 13    djmitcho
48    – 38    Kekoa
49    – 10    Maverick
52    – 14    Konaboy
54    – 20    Thomas Mui
55    – 13    A-House
56    – 6    Pauoa Boy
59    – 28    Loa
63    – 10    MasaBoy
63    – 12    homey
63    – 49    Glenn

so…..who won the florida/hawaii game score ?

My condolences to the Young family.

Another beautiful day in Hawaii nei. Welcome back home to the local Weber St. players!

The Warrior guards better be prepared because there is going to be a relentless attack by the Weber St DT’s.

Should be interesting to see who starts where on the Warrriors O-line Saturday.

XLiz – Do you need any special refreshments for Saturday or did koakane already fill your request?

All by yourself, huh homey.

At least you were for a minute.

Koakane needs some kiawe wood for the BBQ on Saturday. I would go chop some, but I don’t have time.

Morning/afternoon, Tsaiko-Nation and Tsai-Meister,

Not only did Florida win the game with 6 gifts from the Warriors, but then they turn around and steal our stats? Hurumphh!

Javonte looks very promising, so does Medeiros and quite a few others. They’ll be clicking pretty soon and then, watch out!!

Hmmm…. watch Redskins vs. Giants or Vandy vs. S. Carolina….

tough choice. NOT!!!

Heya, gang and ST! 😀

Slightly delayed reaction but … man, I am SO happy Graunke’s gonna be up at No. 2 this weekend. You guys know how I’ve posted repeatedly how we’re just hoping over here that he finally gets his “day in the sun” after all these years. I read the thing about his wanting to apologize to the fans. If I might be pardoned for using a June-ism … Tyler! One snap and clear! Main thing is to make the most of the chance you have before you. You’ve pulled our team out of many tight spots before. Now’s the time to pull yourself outta this tight spot and rise to the occasion. Wooot!

WOOT WOOT! Just got a call from a hottie for a lunch date…bbl!

Garret,

Article about all of the Weber State players from Hawaii. But should a TE really be the one complaining that he wasn’t recruited by UH?

-he’s complaining because he and his little brother(Chase Nakamura-Baldwin 2008) were both great receivers who put up amazing numbers throughout there careers, he transitioned to TE in college……..Cody would be similar to Greg Salas, Chase was a more dominant WR starting since his Sophmore year……..they said no one from UH even called them…….thats why

mauiwarrior,

Thank you for that clarification and background. I *do* agree that UH should have recruited Chase Nakamura, and I’m surprised that he never even got a call from UH! I was hoping that they at least would offer a grayshirt to Chase if they did not have enough scholarships this year. But Chase’s situation wasn’t only the old coaching staff–the current coaching staff had a chance to go after Chase and I’m surprised that he didn’t even get a call from them. There was discussion of Chase both here and on SportsHawaii and I was following that while hoping UH was going to offer him.

For Cody, I can understand why he would want to be recruited by UH, like many other local players wish. Unfortunately, UH has a limited recruiting budget, limited scholarships, and their needs have to fit with a recruit for things to work out. If he projected to play TE in college, then he wouldn’t fit the offense.

Homey – Tell James I say “hi”.

homey…

The pigskin picks sucked because half of them weren’t filled out… I thought I had picked, but it must have been the pro games that I picked… what a brain freeze moment! 😳

Don’t we get to throw out the low week????

It is amazing how much money the Texas Longhorns bring to Austin and the surrounding cities, with visitors spending $173 million in a year to go to games! People go to Austin for a football game, spend a weekend staying in a hotel, going to restaurants, shopping, etc.

I wish that someone at UH’s business school or the Hawaii Visitors’ Bureau would do a study like this to show how much money UH games generate for the state…that would be good ammo for JD to have when he makes requests from the Legislature.

According to a comprehensive study by Dr. Patrick Rishe, Director of SportsImpacts, a leading economic impact firm in the field of sports and athletic events, visitor spending related to UT Athletics events will total some $173 million during the August 2008 to June 2009 academic year, generating approximately $118.7 million in income for the Austin metropolitan area. UT Longhorns football is the program’s greatest contributor to the local economy; SportsImpacts projects that visitors will spend $142 million during 2008 UT home game weekends, generating a local income of $99 million.

Hi Garret!

Hi Ronnie! I’d love to watch the game at Rich’s place but I have the ESPN GamePlan feed also and will have to work after the game. The game time works out perfectly for me because my kids go to be at 8pm now instead of 9pm…just in time for football season!

I’ve got 1 page left to edit and this paper will finally be done…I guess I should get back to it but I’m sick of it already!

I’ve said it before and I will say it again: Colt will be the starting QB for this skins by mid-season!!!!!!!

Garret:

The Hawai`i Tourism Authority has already generated the stats for selected games or series in different sports. However, the traveling school usually decides to make their road trip into a Major Big Deal. Many do but they have to do it on their own.

Where HTA needs to step in is to work with the Athletic Department to create a visiting team planning template which would be sent out perhaps a year ahead of the actual game date.

As of four months ago, they had not done this although it was being discussed internally.

WassupDoc,

Thank you for that information! That planning template would be very useful for the visiting teams and it would help UH track things better. I would like to see full-year stats for all sports if possible (or just football and maybe special events like the Rainbow Classic) to see what the total spending in Hawaii would be.

Welcome back to the blog!

Condolences to the Young Ohana.

Did anyone go to practice today?

Fast peek-

Colt is NOT playing but the this Skins game is on the NFL web- and the pre-game Concert:
http://www.nfl.com/kickoff

LK- Kymry from Kauai is a devoted fan- and drop dead gorgeous! I drive a Prius, btw.

xs-homey- if it’s not too much trouble, na beverage would be greatly appreciated!

I hope there will be kulolo to bring. Will check with my neighbor tonight and let Kazz know.

HIHO!

Hawaiian is flying a 53-man roster to:
Buffalo, NY
East Rutherford, NJ
Tampa, FL
San Francisco, CA
Miami, FL
Dallas, TX
St. Louis, MO
Phoenix, AZ

so Hawaiian isn t doing the Raiders any longer?

12 = 5 (mod 7)

Kelli: Dr. Young was also the consultant for the Eō Nā Toa chant. I don’t remember if you mentioned that in your article.

Ronnie: Yes, low week gets dropped.

Koakane what time are you going to the tailgate site and setting up

ST,

What happened to Hisatake at LT?

How coincidental that the Beast will have reps against Bulla.

http://www.espn980.com/

I dunno… It should be do or die for Jason Campbell some day. I just hope Colt gets up to speed and is totally ready when his number gets called!

bb,

But if Zorn loses his job then Colt will lose his most important supporter in Washington. Plus, the new coach will come in and want “his guy” on the team and Colt would be in a tough position.

Case in point if John Beck. He was Miami’s “QB of the future”, drafted in the 2nd round in 2007. The team lost a lot of games last season (the scenario you are hoping for for Colt) and that did result in Beck getting to start a few games. The coaching staff and management was replaced after the season and the new management drafted Chad Henne in 2008. So, Beck is not going to get any playing time in the season and he’s buried at #3 QB…he’s stuck until his rookie contract ends and after that he’ll be a not-young QB with very little game or practice experience. Beck barely got playing time in the preseason even!

how the heck does Raush from being named “THE STARTER” to being dead last on the 4 deep depth chart? What could be going on in this kid’s mind? One moment he’s the “man” now he’s “clipboard holder?”

bb,

You said exactly what I was going to say. If his arm is still hurt, then that could explain it. Or, he’s going to feel quite deflated with what has happened in a week!

ST- Check your email. Lemme know what you like do.

jason campbell misses wide open chris cooley their first offensive play from scrimmage, gets sacked, leads to 3 and out. per boomer esiason

really need leituli/kia back in time for OSU, doubt that Ahsoon can handle OSU’s speed on da outside. btw, will jeremy perry be back for hawaii’s game next week.

Watching the Washington/NY game. Either the Giants D is great or Campbell is way below average…Had pass batted down with an overhand throw. Colt’s sidearm delivery would have been successful.

The Florida Sports Information staff should be reprimanded by the NCAA if they missed that many tackles for Elimimian. I can see missing one tackle…two at the most, but seven??? If they are THAT accurate, makes you wonder how many of Tebow’s stats are correct???

re: j campbell, boomer’s all over him on da radio. he’s insinuating that b/c campbell still don’t fully understand the o, the giant d.c. will give him all kine looks including bringing heavy pressure most of the time. seems like it’s a coming out party for justin tuck and mathias kiwanuka though.

OK- Jason Taylor – might bring some spirit to the defense. Plantar Fasciitas, tweaked knee and all.

Thanks for the info, ST!

homey ⑤, chawan_cut and NEO: I’m truly saddened by Dr. Young’s passing. His story was so inspiring. I think there’s a video on YouTube with him being interviewed. I watched it earlier this summer and it was very moving. He really was a true Warrior and dedicated supporter of UH football. So, yes, definitely a Tsai-ko. 🙂

Jason: Dr. Young mentioned that to me during our interview. I think the phrase is included in my story.

Rich2176- did not catch Colt’s ovation. But there is no doubt that it is not just Hawaiian Homeys (no offense, xshomey) who are cheering for Colt. ‘Skins fans are just starving for something to get excited about.
Can’t rely only on Portis!

Aloha Stadium question: I was thinking about attending the Weber State game, but was wondering if it’s worth saving a few bucks by sitting in the south end zone (not thinking north end zone because of the lack of Jumbotron). I figure high orange rows/low blue rows would get a good downfield view. Btw, has anyone who’s ever been in the sky-high red/yellow seats been able to see where the ball is without binoculars? Never gone higher than blue rows myself.

Ralph – Hmmmm, I found it relatively easy to use.

Just curious… Why such the shuffle to replace Letuli? Why don’t they just put Hisatake there? I thought he was on the bubble of starting too? If he’s not good enough to compete for a spot on the O-Line, maybe they should just put him back on the D-Line, where he was recruited to play in the first place. No sense wasting his talent…

Bows Forever,
I’ll be in the South EZ Blue. Haven’t sat in the yellow this millenium but imagine that it would be kinda problematic w/out binocs.
A-house family sits up there. I know A-house could always tell when the Idiot was on the field, but that’s another story. 🙂

dpc,
As far as seeing the plays develop, what you say is true about the yellow seats but after so many years of watching my sons play PS, I am real used to the EZ view. 🙂
Seriously, I really like it for watching the line action. Nothing beats seeing the O-line blast a hole and watch the RB rip one through. Or conversely, watching a Warrior LB fill a hole and go mano-a-mano for a stop!
Wow! Psyching myself up!
IS IT SATURDAY YET?!?!

Thanks for the responses. If I do go, maybe I’ll try for blue or lower. I don’t mind a nice view but I’d prefer to see where the ball is. 🙂

dpc,

Really doesn’t matter where you are.
Just be there, and be LOUD!

Oh man, I gotta ramp it down a little.
If I’m not careful I may find myself putting on my new old school jersey and go look for Jason! 👿

heheheh

d1 – you take on Jason and I’ll deal with joje.

well…

the North end zone had it’s perks but now that the Ono Cheesesteaks are gone… not so sure now. At least we are next to the band and the Rainbow Dancers tho! 🙂

clinton portis is a beast.

i just realized i turned into that armchair qb/coach that i hate. ok, i’ll shut up now.

No chawan, you can continue questioning the playcalling. That’s why football is so much fun. We can all sit back and pretend that we are the coach calling the plays. I do that all of the time, even though I don’t know a darn thing about gameplans and calling palys.

chawan – c’mon! I criticize food and I’m not a chef.

…and just because I ate all the food doesn’t mean it tasted good.

Wait, where am I going with this? never mind…

Let’s try this again…

ST, in re: post #140

Just curious… Why such the shuffle to replace Letuli? Why don’t they just put Hisatake there? I thought he was on the bubble of starting too? If he’s not good enough to compete for a spot on the O-Line, maybe they should just put him back on the D-Line, where he was recruited to play in the first place. No sense wasting his talent…

Pride. – snooze you lose.

chawan – Taking Pride.’s #161 comment further, a coach would take the blame for all the bad and give kudos to the players for all the good. That’s why I’m not a coach cause I just blame the refs.

Shannon – See ST’s #114 post.

this has turned into a punting contest.
so boring

chawan – I know what you mean, it’s like going on a blind date and having nothing in common other than you couldn’t find a regular date and had to settle for the blind date.

Kazz – Just shot you an email!

North End Zone representing with Kazz. Section TT in the brown…yes, I am right next to the scoreboard. I like being near the band…guess old habits die hard. Love being able to watch the play develop without being in the nosebleed section. We always go up top after the game…above the scoreboard while they play the alma mater and to cheer the boys. It’s become a tradition with Frank and I. I will have to carry on this season on my own.

Frank says hi to everyone…internet sucks at Fort Hood right now.

Kazz – So true…Now where are those Boise and Fresno players. 😈

Mahalo’s Kazz & homey… Yeah, I saw ST’s post #114, just wanted some clarification or discussion. I just remember big hype when he was being recruited, just seems poho if he doesn’t get PT this year…

I don’t think Campbell knows its 4th Qtr.

Shannon – I know what you mean. Maybe Hisatake just needs to get a better grasp of the o-line techniques and once he does he will step it up and battle even harder for a starting spot. Until then, I hope Letuli and Kia heal up and be ready for the OSU game.

anyone know if Ikaika is starting this Sunday against Atlanta?

homey,
yes, i only yell at refs at UH and pro games. they get paid good money to suck. i won’t yell at little kid games, etc.
date thing: i have no clue what you’re talking about. oh wait, you meant boring. then yes.

campbell is to slow, Zorn always mentioned I want the team to play fast and up the tempo, he doesn’t move to the huddle and line with any urgency.

Huh – Gary on the Sports Animals says he saw Colt in uniform. If he’s inactive, how can he suit up?

Hawaiimoms advertising a lot on this site, the website must be a must see and visit site…I checked the present site and its already a nice setup..ESME needs to put her name in bold print since she is the editor.

skins were down by 9 but the plays called were runs and short passes consuming a lot valuable time and there were no no huddle or up tempo plays called. mayhbe these veterans should have played more in the preseason to learn the system

Hmmm.. as obvious as it sounds. The Oregon State game is a barometer of how far our team goes this season.

More than ever I am NOT convinced that UH on a road is a disadvantage and with respect to the home fans of Corvallis, we just went to hell and back in Florida. Sure we came out really short handed BUT the crowd and the location were NOT factors in our loss to the Gators.

Oregon State is NO Florida and by what I heard happened in Stanford, Oregon State has a lot to prove to themselves as well. Plus, we owe them one for the CLOSE game in 2006.

But that’s all pointless if we don’t take care of Weber State in two days of course.

cheehoo i had plax 🙂

crapper i had cooley 🙁

Missed a phone call from bhf2 yesterday. Flight connection missed somewhere and calling from Denver. Supposed to have overnighted in LA and be home this evening. Sounded like he intended to make the game Saturday. Long haul out of swamp and hurricane land. Safe journey bhf2 ❗

In Colt’s defense, he did seem to be texting most of the time, so he wasn’t fully focused on his picks. 😛

Speaking of Colt, wonder if he’ll at least be “active” for next game?

Condolences to the Young family.

Bhf2 hope you make it back in time for this weeks game.

thanks duffer, i read about the vulnerability on cnet yesterday…i am not a computer geek so “flaw” grabs my attention immediately and I deleted it..I have java on my computer, why do i have java, no clue, it keeps loading and up dating and i don’t know what programs that i use needs it…

Is Fu now retired from football or is he still playing somewhere??? Anyone got the 411?

Somebody mentioned about Nate Ilaoa too. Is he still playing Arena Ball???

zip pacs ftw!!

I could use a Zip Pac right now…

I agree with PB, a Zip Pac with a side of mac salad!
PB are you ready for some fantasy football? Good Luck this week.

wow, how did I double post

Howzit djmitcho – yups I ready, pau set up the lineup for dis week so we see what happens…

KAZZ, Eh no need worry about the jersey buleh, I just going ordah em online for save dah hassle. Mahalos anyway!

Does anyone know what is going on with M/M Rainbow Cliff? I hope things are going to improve.

Those Zip-Paks are a tempting. I will have to work on making one for myself.

Kazz – I think UPS ground is 9 bones… second day air 14 bones…

Wondering if get youth size in #11, I only seen for #6? I like get my son one #11 in youth M/L…

PB

Cody Nakamura is listed on WSU roster as WR JR 6′ 1″ 215 lbs

With size like that, why would they make him a TE? Hmmmm (rhetorical question).

Rich

Thanks, buddy. Will stand by for your message.

Kazz – Tanks for the info, no worry I already when put my order in already. Plus my friend can get the names screen printed on replicas or stitched on the authentic ones. He made me one authentic Pisa Tinoisamoa St. Louis Rams #50 jersey look just like real!

Wow Wow Wow, Mr. & Mrs. Bulla going Full Tilt. Hawaiian Hospitality at it’s finest.
Luv it.
No other state in our union can come close.
Welcome Weber St. and best’est of luck.
U guys come back now, ya’ hear?

Re: Hisatake at tackle. I’m going to play armchair coach here, even though Pride and WarriorMojo are the OL experts. I think Hisatake has the talent to play offensive line well, but he doesn’t look all that comfortable in space yet. I think keeping him at guard is good for now, then let him take another stab at tackle next spring. Even if he’s not ready to start, having him as a backup is important to the offensive line depth; I’m not sold on some of the younger guys. They are athletic, but I don’t think they’re experienced enough yet.

As for Colt dressing, he was the 3rd QB. Usually you have two QBs on the 45-man active roster, and the 3rd QB is the emergency QB; he is technically inactive (along with seven others), but if he is put into the game at any time in the first three quarters, then the 1st and 2nd QBs are barred from re-entering the game.

PB – I think she was in beauty pagents at one point. I’m waiting for the implant scandle to hit. So, I usually don’t get real political. I like both candidates on certain issues, however, there is no way in hell I can vote for McCain knowing she is a heart beat away from commander in chief.

Howzit Rich2176 – Yeah kind of scary to think who will be our next Commander in Chief…but oh wells, I just follow orders regardless, lol…

PB – Re> Palin-
Sizzle my da Fizzle, No look back, ‘cuz I gonna vote for her Shizzle. Schwiiiingus Idus

PB – forget her! What about me? I’ll ROCK your world!!!

Maverick – LMAO, uh what da heo???

Rich2176 – Mahalos although I’m with ST on my girl being good ol Paula Abdul haha…Sarah Palin is Cougar material definite MILF for sure 🙂

PB – One of the women on CNBC also used that term for her this morning….only she said “Four letter word starting with M and ending in F”. All the anchor guys cracked up…

WOW Tadd Fujikawa’s dad indicted on meth trafficking.

News on 9

PB –
Stay with da Snoop and Latin talk- No git pilakea

:>

Good Evening Tsaikos..

Been a long day and now will try to go through all the posts.

PB – what is MILF??

Stretch – ever watched American Pie??? Da guy Harold from Harold and Kumar explained it in that movie, haha…

meeting ended and in office closing shop see all on the oddah side latter on tonight 😳

befoa I close up wanted to comment on jas insights. 😆 in my observation of hisatake at guard he looked very tentative with his assignments. not quite sure whom to block at times. physically he can handle but oline is also mental. need to know assignment and have the technique down in order to get it done. he does not have that package yet. when the d made switches and movements he really messed up other line blocking assignments. he is still feeling his way through it. this does not help when oline need to function as one unit.

if he is a work in process then keep him there and play him using his strengths. if running sub him or vice vers when passing. gradually let him play a whole series if both techniques become natural. pride probably can give you moa stuff lattas.

awhhhhhhhhh nuff already got to get home and watch vball. 🙂

Still remember the day my 17 year old son came home wearing a “Got MILF” T-shirt.
I swiped it, and wore it around Hilo town.

Still no luck.

Maverick…too funny

Maverick – LMAO – I had one with the Taco Bell dog that read “Yo Quiero MILF’s”

Anyone know for sure if there will be a replay on K-5 tonight of the Wahine match?

Kazz:

September 4th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
duffer:

September 4th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
WOW Tadd Fujikawa’s dad indicted on meth trafficking.

News on 9

😮

Double 😮

Ok, I don’t know how to do the big eye face that Stretch did…

but 2 of those!

Stretch – Uh sorry I think 😉

I understand that Tadd Fjuikawa’s father hasn’t been in Tadd’s life for a long time.

Kazz replay tonight at 10:30

You can see Gov. Palin giving one of her sports reports for TV in Alaska at this link. You can tell it is Alaskan news–the Iditarod is the lead story.

Maverick,

On the day of the Fresno State game I’ll be boarding a cruise ship with my wife, kids, parents, sister, brother-in-law, their 3 kids, and 2 of our friends. We will be celebrating my 41st birthday (big day for Japanese men). So, I can’t attend that game…wish I could be there to support the team!

No wonder Santa Claus likes going into everyone’s home, he gets Milf and Cookies at every stop for Christmas.

Kay gang time to go get milf and cookies before bed, take it easy and no get nawts!

As expected, Jason Ferguson has taught Samson a lot. It is great for Samson that he has such a good vet to work with in practice.

I suspect the big difference will be Jason Ferguson, who in my opinion has been the biggest addition the Trifecta has made. Not only does he fortify the center of the defense, which is critical, but he’s helped center Samson Satele improve, teaching him the finer points of his position.

“He’s taught me about leverage, little technique stuff,” Satele said of Ferguson, who convinced Satele he played too light on his feet. “Thanks to him I can now block him…I ask him a lot of questions. A lot.”

These reporters (different newspaper than the other stuff I posted) also discussed Bess.

Davone Bess, the undrafted free agent out of Hawaii, has really impressed his new coaches. He may be a fourth or fifth receiver this year, but he is a polished route runner, has great hands and will be a standout slot receiver in time.

FloridaTed –

I’m glad we don’t have fickle fans like that on this board. The QB on the bench is always the most popular, when things go wrong.

That kind of sounds similar to what some of the UH “fans” were saying after the Florida game

Great news about Bess!

Mr. & Mrs. Bulla ~ Such aloha spirit to feed the Weber St. team. If you got those Zip-Pacs at the McCully Zippy’s you might have seen my bro. Peter, da manager. You guys too good!

Kewl pictures, ST.

Nighty-night!

It is going to be tough to be a Redskin fan when Zorn coaches that badly and Campbell can not figure out the offense and find the open men…go Colt…. but I am concerned..actually maybe they all did Colt a favor

Texas A&M fans sure are delusional! Considering the hard games left on their schedule (Texas, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, etc.), it is hard to believe that they would have a thread discussing their national title hopes after they lost at home to Arkansas State to start their season.

Free play link time. Please ignore my next 5 posts if you do not want the off-topic stuff.

Honda is releasing their Prius-competitor in April 2009–the new Honda Insight. This will be a 5-passenger car slightly smaller than the Prius and it will get an estimated 60 mpg. The huge news is that it is expected to cost just $18,500! At that price Lori and I will be happy to wait for it to come out before we get a second car. Right now we have just one car (a hybrid) and we can deal with that awhile longer to get a car at that price.

Sony had to recall 73,000 laptops due to a short-circuit and overheating problem–one user has been burned and at least 15 cases of overheating are known of.

Man lost his hat on a Magic Mountain ride and climbed TWO security fences to try to get it! He was hit by a roller coaster and is in critical condition.

LizKauai, did you vote for Colt to start on the Redskins site? I voted for Colt just to p***off the Colt haters. heh!

Weber State player interviewed on KGMBTV news tonite…..”Spam……”
he was surprised what was contained in his bento….LOL…..

isleboy,
trying to get that news clip uploaded

So… Pauoa Boy

In a few months Palin will be hitting a new category for you. The “GILF”

Geev ‘um.

the wahines are digging and passing a lot better this season, hopefully it keeps improving, but Mafua’s setting is to predictable- high left to frequently or where’s houston

Good Job, Wahine!
They win in 5

Howzit Tsaikos!
Been out all day, just getting caught up on my lurking and saw Pomai’s post #52 with the latest prognostimacations for the game this Saturday, so here’s mine:
UH 56 Weber St. 3
Warrior D. Dominates, scoring evenly distributed between Offense, Defense and Special Teams.
GO WARRIORS!! SHOW NO MERCY!! BUILD UP SOME MOMENTUM AND CONFIDENCE TO CARRY INTO THE REST OF THE SEASON!!

Just another step towards Colt starting. Campbell’s stats (15/27 133 1) inflated because of the prevent defenses he faced.

Garret: DARPA invented the Internet and now the cure for the common cold? God, I love government spending!

Hello there Pomai:

Warriors – 46
Bulla’s purple zip pacs – 31

…Hi Bulla..!

koakane – would that be a ton of spam?

The Redskins need more than quarterback. They need a runningback like the Giants. They should have grabbed Regan. I have always wanted them to find another John Riggens.

haha,

mrs bulla would have won her ‘bomber’ costume had she known she would have been on tv…..hmmmmmm, but mahalo for all the good thoughts and prayers.

koakane,

hey, surf pac better than subway…any day of the week

bulla,

All I can say is, “you no like my SPAM, I no like YOU. YOU no like YOUR SPAM, mo fo’ me!”

🙂

hah, d1 i was thinking the same. the way i have seen the beast eat i figured two zip pacs per player and i was puzzled why they only brought 45 players.

imho

Chase Nakamura…..going in to his senior season he had some major numbers, size, and an unverified 4.5 forty. (note: forty times are always stretching the truth). But, did some of you here, Garret for example, know that he barely played in his senior season because he blew out his knee and missed the basketball season as well. Every school that pursued him backed off. He is going to wind up at Weber St. as a walk on. He was offered this at UH as well.

As Paul Harvey would say….and that’s the rest of the story.

thanks chawan!

were you at the vball game tonight?
we may have found some heart tonight.
for once towards the middle of the match, houston stopped smiling with each error. i want to see this girl get serious, get a bit peaved, and play with a little more attitude. you never see the great ones smile after making an error.

herring is the real deal. going in i thought she might be a bit short. but, she has hops of a 6’2″ hitter and plays defense like an all american libero. i bet she could be a great setter too. she just got it.

the real leader on this team though is aneli cubi-otineru by virtue of her overall contribution and desire.

now if we can get some solid middle play….watch out.

actually our middles had a lot of defensive touches to slow the ball down, much better than last year, now they have to pick it up and increase their numbers in blocks…as far as offense, mafua’s sets weren’t that good and the timing wasn’t anyway near what it needs for a middle attack..only kaufman’s slide worked tonight.

so Al are you coming to the tailgate or are you taking a nap before the game.

no ralph i have been a tailgater whenever i had tickets. i actually made three of them last year.

AL:

Mystery solved – blog BFF e-mailed me what MILF means. If it weren’t so scary thinking that she’ll wind up being President after the old man kicks off next May, I’d be LMOO. Assuming, of course, they win on Nov. 4.

HMMM – remind me to sign up to be an ballot count observer that night.

Off to bed – plenty meetings and then more volleyball tomorrow night. That reminds me, if anyone would like two tickets on Saturday, Sept. 20, versus Boise State, let me know. DrDoc has a major event to attend which requires a spoose or SigOth so I get to go too. The tickets are sort of in nosebleed heaven, but you can move if you like.

mahalo, Chawan. Always solid work.

bulla got any leftover bentos?
i stay hungry right now.

Chase Nakamura is taking a grey shirt year at University of Utah.
He is not walking on at Weber St.

imho,

I knew about Chase’s injury, which is why a grayshirt deal would have made sense to me to give him more than enough time to get fully healthy. You said that UH offered him a walk on spot–but mauiwarrior said that he never was even called by UH, which would mean that they wouldn’t have even offered that. Something isn’t matching up there.

Here is some info from the Maui News that seems to conflict with your statement that every team backed off from Chase and that he would be walking on to Weber State.

One person who won’t be there is Chase Nakamura, Cody’s younger brother who caught 20 touchdown passes in 12 games as a Baldwin junior two seasons ago. A knee injury cost Chase Nakamura most of the 2007 season, but he is now ‘‘grayshirting’’ (sitting out before enrolling) at Utah. ‘‘I try to take everything that I am taught here and show him because we have got one of the best receiving coaches in the nation,’’ Cody Nakamura said. ‘‘Whenever I go home I try to tell him everything is a lot harder than high school, a lot faster, and he seems to listen and take it in well. He is a hard worker and he is going to be very good when he can play.’’ When asked which brother is better, Cody Nakamura doesn’t hesitate. ‘‘He is — if your younger siblings aren’t better than you, you are doing something wrong,’’ he said. ‘‘I am trying to teach him everything I know to get him to be the best that he can be, but he is more athletic than me — no question about that.’’

I am really enjoying the Princess’ profiles on UH players. The background she provides is great and it is great to learn more about the Warriors. Shout out to the Princess for doing such a great job! We justifiably praise her videos here but she doesn’t get the recognition she deserves for her writing skills!

WOW!!! zip pac bento????…now I gotta go feed my face.

Right on, Mr. Bulla!! feed dem young men.

mctruck,

it was funny, mainland boyz looking at the spam. hey, this is hawaii, when in hawaii…..do like hawaii……this ain’t no Subway capital, we’re the highest consumers of Spam in the world……good thing I didn’t just throw bombucha musubis with the double thick spam on ’em, haha

all is good, if the boy on the tv wanted some pig….i’ll go hand deliver some pig ears and pig feet (pickled of course) to him today. haha

all is good, local kidz went grind like no tomorrow. from the north end zone tunnel to the south end zone entrance, some of them finished the food and wanted more……wow.

Aloha Kakahiaka!!!

Enjoy the day. Have fun at the game tomorrow!

GO WARRIORS!!! Safe game for all players…

Whew! Had to re-think for a moment there…is it really Friday?

Aloha Kakahiaka!

Congrats, Uncle Jason!
Zip Pack sounds goooood!

Great Morning All!

IT”S ONLY ONE DAY UNTIL SATURDAY!!!

Good Morning All!!! Have a wonderful Aloha Friday!!!

GGGgrrrrrr…….#333

Good morning all! 🙂

That was mighty nice der Bulla clan to feed dem Wildcats.

Here’s wishin’ for a good game wif no injuries and good sportsmanship all the way around.

Good Morning uhfan808! Stretch has been so busy lately, he prolly forgot it was his bertday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STRETCH!

For all that you do for the Tsaiko Nation…I lift a special toast of German Spatlase mit Pradikat to you in my newly crafted Tsaiko wine glass. Hmmm…if I could only remember where I wen put ’em…

STRETCH: Happy birthday to you!

Happy Birthday Stretch!

Hey um Stretch, like um, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUDE!!! 🙂

Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday dear Stretch!
Happy Birthday to you!

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY STRETCH!! HAVE A GREAT DAY!!

Sorry for yelling, but gotta let the whole world know!

Good morning Tsaiko nation!

Way to go Bulla family! That’s the way to welcome a team to Hawaii…bring ’em over to the Spamside!

Stretch – Make it a memorable one.

BTW, there are two special people on this blog that share a birthday on Sunday. I their initials are ST and WT….he he he….

Happy Birthday Stretch!

Happy Birf-day Stretch.
I’ll raise a glass to ya at Pau Hana today.
A toast to you and a Warrior Victory!

Note to self: Re-read post after editing…re-read post after editing.

Note to all – I’ll be sending out the mass email regarding Cliff today. If you don’t receive it in an hour or so, please email me at the name above at yahoo.com. I’ve got a tsaiko email contact list on my yahoo account, but I’m not sure how complete or up to date it is. You may also get the email forwarded from either Garret or Pomai.

BTW – no need announce on the new blog that ST puts up today. It’s no fun getting old like the rest of you guys…. hahaha

hey hey hey how is da Tsai-ko nation doing? Morning to all whew looks like a burner today.

Hippo birdie two ewe long guy. Where g and sleeze transporting you? Enjoy

Garret:

September 4th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Man lost his hat on a Magic Mountain ride and climbed TWO security fences to try to get it! He was hit by a roller coaster and is in critical condition.

I always wondered what the heck those two fences were for.

*finally coming out of hiding*

Good Morning Tsaikos! Happy Aloha Friday! 🙂

IS IT SATURDAY YET???

Happy Birthday Stretch! Have a GREAT day!!

Bulla – best to the Beast. You should be one proud papa. All of his Tsaiko Uncles/Aunties are so proud of him. Make memories.

See most of you tomorrow.

Esme and whooooooooosh!

Hawaiianbod,

mahalo bro, this is truly a time to make memories….sometimes i don’t know if i’m laughing or crying or both……hope for a great game and injury free for both sides.

GO WARRIORS
GO WILDCATS

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