Thursday morning lights
The Warriors woke up pret-ty early this morning to participate in the final full practice ahead of Saturday’s season-opener against No. 1 USC.
The practice began under the lights at the Ching athletic complex.
After that, there were meetings and classes. The Warriors are scheduled to depart at 2 p.m.
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It’s unfortunate the NCAA denied Jordan Puโu-Robinson’s petition to play this season after transferring from Washington State this summer. Logic indicates he would have a compelling reason to relinquish a scholarship and starting job to move back to Hawaii and join the Warriors as a walk-on. But rules are rules. Or, at least, that’s what NCAA has ruled.
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Happy birthday to Momo.
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The blog has to undergo a routine maintenance, so it will be closed from about 7 this evening until early tomorrow.
Morning!
top ten—wheeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shocka Da World!!!
If we can’t get an early week exemption to start the football season.. they should at least give us the benefit of the doubt for these cases… sheesh!… It’s so hard living in paradise.
methinks the nccaa is jealous of us…
2 more days! can’t wait!
goooooooo warriors!!!!!!!
Special legislative hearing on UH set for Sept.
Whoa top 10. Shoots.
Go Warriors. Hopefully this hearing can shine light on the truth. Also has their ever been an audit of the school to find where all the spending is going?
nCOCKROACHcollegiateass…
Too bad for Jordan. He must be extremely disappointed.
This is the BEST UH vs USC PLAY EVER!!!!!!
HUGE STIFF ARM !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-8m1T3oYqM
What’s the routine maintenance of the blog for? Mine never undergoes maintenance.
GOOD MORNING HAWAII!
Hope the routine maintenance will include filters to exclude all the spam we have been getting. I would imagine ASAHI is spam.
Stephen, is the team having a practice on Friday? SoCal Warrior fans want to show some support!
Wishing the Warriors a safe flight…Be ready, it’s damn hot over here!
Good luck Boys.
GO GEEV สปEM!
USC 28
UH 31
There is a walk-through on Friday, but it’s closed to the public.
moved over needs to be said
koakane:
August 30th, 2012 at 7:19 am
good thursday warrior nation
blue skies, sun bursting out after some morning blessing
belated happy bday to the trifecta; pomai, kifi, rainbow cliff
safe journey to those supporting UH, may akua take care us
success to the wahines continuing their winning ways this weekend. Imua ladies
to our valliant warriors I say to you;
nuff said till sat at games end
Best to be all secret squirrel about it. We might be fine tuning our punting strategy on Friday.
Happy birthday to Momo pan lau lau supa chef
Po ho for Pu’u-Robinson. Fricken NCAA.
BIK
USC 20 The university of these Hawaiian islands 24!!! Imua!!!!!!
Question: Would you want to know or would you want to be known as the person who knows?
For instance, if you could have your favorite singer stay at your house, but you couldn’t tell anyone, would you agree to that arrangement?
Good morning Tsaikos!
Happy Birthday momo!
IS IT SATURDAY YET???!!!
He should have told them he was going to usc. He would have gotten his answer two
months ago.
Eh st…how u knew mariah was staying over?
Happy birthday sir momo.
U do realize it is now tradition that the pan laulau arrives at the first tailgate
The NCAA never seems to get tired of sticking it to Hawaii, but what goes around comes around. In any case, Hawaii will get their attention when they upset one of their anointed, fair-haired “favorites”.
Happy Birthday to Momo!!
Al: so Mariah is your fave singer? How you figgah? Doesn’t she have a screechy voice?
Go Wahine!
Spike ’em!
Kick ’em!
Run like the wind!
Go Warriors!
Beat ’em!
@23 – ST I would say yes to that arrangement.
Norm Chow quote in yesterday’s Midweek – “If we are being the best we can be, no one is 38.5 points better than us.โ Win or lose, make them earn it! See some of you at the game!
“fair-haired”?
๐
I think it would be fascinating to meet Mariah Carey because she supposedly used to walk around on her tip toes all of the time.
I think Jay Leno would be fascinating because he supposedly eats standing up, over his sink, and doesn’t like hot liquids, like soup or tea.
Had a nice chat with Gib Arnold at football practice today.
He said he found a bunch of clips that I had written about him when he played at Punahou.
Yes, I’m old enough to have covered a UH coach when he was in high school. Where’s my Metamucil?
dam ST U old!…..hehe…..kiddin……
TOP 40!……dam!
Pomai, UH 0, USC 80.
RE: number 37 helped me see the light; pomai, please change my guess to UH 0 USC 81 so I can win!
Good morning everyone!
Happy Birthday Momo !!!
walter — this isn’t The Price is Right…might need a different guessing strategy. ๐
what is the difference between “relinquishing” and “asking for a release” from a scholarship? coach chow mentioned usc has 3 players that were giving clearance to play without sitting out a year (assuming none of the 3 are from psu) anyone know how the circumstances of the 3 players.
…or maybe the ncaa screwed over usc and gave florida state, miami, and ohio state slaps on the wrist, so they are giving usc a break by allowing the players to play immediately.
…or the ncaa only give breaks to the big money schools and not small budget schools.
The boys will play well. They all are winners for showing up and playing no matter the outcome. The game will be lost not by these courageous young men, but by the deficiencies in the coaching. Good luck to the young men of UH. Be safe.
When UH gives a scholarship to a walk-on, is it for only 1 year? Reason I ask is that Lane Kiffen noted that if he gives a walk-on a scholarship, it is guaranteed for only 1 year.
Eh they just jealous of us living in paradise!!!!!
iwwthm – ALL scholarships are annually renewable, even the academic ones. Gotta perform or else…
I think UH should be allowed to give as many scholarships as USC…
I also think the NFL should not limit their rosters to a dinky few
like they do every pre-season. They should be allowed to have
a hundred players. Think what it would do to the unemployment
rate. It would be good for the economy.
All scholarships are one-year deals.
Some are one-semester deals if a player is due to graduate in December.
But no coach will tell a recruit he’s getting a one-year deal.
Nice stiff arm! That video clip got 1Million views. too bad the score was showing…
I would take the singer at my house. Interesting story. I got to stay at my all time favorite singers house once. He pretty much wrote half of the soundtrack to my life and I got to stay in his house and listen to him jam for a few days. One of my favorite moments in my life. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat even if I couldn’t tell.
NFL caps:
Well, there are minimum salaries and there is a salary cap, so economics dictate there is a limit to the size of a roster.
Will-I-Am…and you are on Mars…
Will-I-Am
Sheesh. You’re my neighbor and you didn’t even tell me?
I’m upgrading your security clearance.
thanks SteveM, so no showcase showdown for me!
Anybody knows if come game day, whether UH OL/DL will be wearing knee braces?
McTruck, why? Will that help or hinder them?
Better safe than…
Jay Leno and I are kindred spirits. Like him, I often eat over the sink, standing up, and eschew hot liquids (I prefer iced drinks like iced coffee or iced tea). But, Jay is more interesting to interview.
Bummer about Pu’u-Robinson. I remember meeting and talking with him on the plane when he was taking his recruiting trip to WSU.
Happy Birthday Momo
Happy birthday to Momo!
ST if you want to meet Jay Leno then stay in town until Monday morning. He plays our Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach every Sunday. Easy access to talk to him. Nice guy great to the kids here in town.
I didn’t realize that Texas would still have tickets available to the public as late as today.
According to their Facebook post, they haven’t sold out their home game against Wyoming.
Norm Chow:Inside Access airs tonight on OCSports (channel 16 now) at 7:30. I heard a certain blog host is part of the show too.
Good Morning Gangeez!
Safe travels to all those making the trip.
Too bad about Pu’u-Robinson.
Happy Birthday to Momo!
#18 –
AMEN!!!
ST, hope to see you around town in L.A.! Go Warriors!
Safe travels to our team and coaches and family traveling to watch our boys…I’ll be yelling at my TV at home….hopefully pleasant things of course. Go Warriors—Hit em Hard!
GO WARRIORS !!!
Howzit, everyone!
Happy birthday, Momo!
Ipu Man… re: USC grass…
My guess? Da grass (somehow) get implants!
How does the old joke about the NCAA go? They were so mad at Oregon for breaking rules that they put Portland State on probation. Or something like that.
Too bad that the NCAA ok’d eligibility for USC players, but not Pu’u- Robinson.
Just like Barkley getting away with driving into a bicyclist…
Too bad that 100-year old man didn’t have the USC connections… would’ve been no charges too. Nevermind was one moving violation while operating a motor vehicle.
Jus’ saying…
I may have missed it but what is the deal with Dunnachie? I know he is suspended and all but for how many games? Anyone know?
By the way…
Warriors, please keep well-hydrated! Remember, they going be playing in the same conditions as us!
Re: favorite musician,
One of many great stories from that weekend is when he was playing one song that I didn’t recognize, I almost told him “you should record that song, I think your on to something”. Luckily I kept my mouth shut because he did record it, but it was on a soundtrack for a movie that was all Beatles covers! (Insert acronym for Laughing Out Loud here).
I wish it was Saturday!!!!
Great Afternoon All!
repeating jmxxxx, IS IT SATURDAY YET?
Hydration = pickle juice.
When the wahine softball team went to Tuscaloosa, one of the coaches, while on a tour of the facilities, noticed their training area had large jars of dill pickles.
Apparently 2oz of that with lots of water does the trick.
Some are on the fence about, but considering the amount of sugar and sodium in Gatorade, 2 oz of pickle juice for a healthy active person and a good amount of water does make sense. Sodium is key for water retention and is a key element to gatorade.
“The NCAA is so mad at Kentucky that it is putting Cleveland St. on probation.”
Happy Birthday momo!
The NCAA was so mad at Penn State, men’s volleyball programs across the country are limited to 4.5 schollies.
Oh wait….
GO WARRIORS!
Send ’em home on their shields!
Thanks uhbooster for that awesome video of K Street’s stiff arm. That’s what the team should know, they can compete with USC.
I feel for Pu’u. This is why the mid majors of college football can’t compete with the big schools. The NCAA favors them so much and it’s clearly in sight that no one can do anything. Total bs!
Just a reminder. Those who want to get a jersey for the upcoming season should take advantage of the Rainbowtique’s current offer.
Buy 1 Get the 2nd 40% off.
I will also offer my 15% discount on any regular priced merchandise on Wednesdays.
I’d be more excited to meet the blog host and Tsaikos and talk warrior football than any celeb…
Happy birthday, Momo!!!
Anyone who appreciates a sport for what it is, loves and yearns for parity.
Anyone who is in the business of making money fears and loathes parity.
Rock em
Sock em
Kick em in da shin
Make em cry
And Win Win Win
Its crazy to see the Fox commercials of the game and seeing the big “H” on the tv screen likes it’s an NFL game.
Packers pre-season game on now on ch5
westwind:
hopefully they will call certain upper campus individuals and have testify under oath of their knowledge and role each played in this fiasco and why the shibai and cover up – for Greenwood, why she decided to cast her judgment before an investigation – for the BOR each needs to be questioned on the BOR’s role to UH; not its President or Chancellor.
ST #23 – absolutely!!!!!!!
al:
#27 – are you telling us that you will be at the Tsaikos first tailgate on 9/15/12?
WooHoo! USC kicks off the CFB season….
U. of South Carolina, that is
Want to join the fun and see if you can beat the Koolaid drinking Homer (which happens to be me)..
Check out the link below for 10 team and 10 individual questions regarding the UH /USC Game.
http://sportshawaii.com/sh/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42802
My cup is not only full, its runneth over ..
Wow! Check out how the Gamecocks travel. More than half the sideline @Vandy is in red!
Just asking: How is it that Puu-Robinson is denied by NCAA, which earlier this year granted waiver to QB Phillip Simms from Alabama (where he started last season but was beaten out by McCarron) to Virginia? There didn’t seem to be any underlying reason for Simms’ move other than playing time (I may be wrong), but Virginia is closer to his hometown where he was a heralded national recruit. The whole process essentially took a few months: Simms reportedly decided to leave Alabama around May 1, Virginia applied to NCAA for waiver in early June, NCAA granted waiver around July 10. Meanwhile, back in Hawaii โฆ
Truth be told that the NCAA was so upset at many “big name BCS schools” for using international players with “pro” experience that they took away UH Mens VB national championship as a warning – fact is that they created a new rule in August 1996 and made it retro to 1991 so they could punish Costas and UH.
Now, how can a school “fail to be diligent” when NO rule was in force at that time. Its like making a law against robbing banks and go back 5 years to nab a person who specialized in robbing banks and/or trains.
I was and still disappointed at Hermie for backing down when someone at the NCAA said back off of we will make it worse.
….tomWarriorNation would be really busy! ๐
Officiating.
I keep hearing on the NFL games that they are using substitute officials but I can only recall descriptions of refs from D2 or D3 CFB.
Do D1 officials make more than these subs are making in the NFL?
Pac-refs on Saturday?
#101,
Probably. Who were the ref’s here in 2010? They used to have that consortium of PAC12/WAC/MWC refs. I don’t think they have that anymore though.
Ok
Sitting in a bar
Talking to. A honorary portagee 3rd gen Haole and I’m thinking as I slurp my second bieru o nomi masu
Oishi desu ne ……
Go Warriors!
Mo ichido!!!!!
Grrrr warriors. ๐
Wow…nah…Heelo bahs get wi-fi? ๐
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I like see Hawaii QB1 try wat da USC QB just did at the Commodores’ field.
make the “quiet” signal to the crowd on 3rd down!
green scores for gb
Alex Green runs it in from two yards out.
Nice…big hit by Vandy.
Here we go…
the NCAA is a crock of ……
chili?
Alex Green makes another td (pass catch!)
ncaa: says “…todayโs student-athletes graduate at a higher rate than the general student population.
How many people work at the national office and what do they do?
The 400-plus employees at the national office provide advice and counsel to the governance and playing rules committees, interpret legislation, enforce NCAA bylaws, provide legal advice…”
http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/NCAA/Resources/Behind+the+Blue+Disk/Behind+the+Blue+Disk+-+Who+is+the+NCAA
It says the rules are not made by them but by the members “governance”…
What is a governance?
Probably a bunch of BCS schools…only.
Shitake Mushrooms?
Saw a real cool nature video on You Tube showing how in Japan
they drill holes in old logs and then hammer in plugs of bacteria?
to grow Shitake and make huge amounts of money selling the
harvest to restaurants. Saw another one which said China tried
to do something similar but harvest them before they have taste
and sell them cheaper but restaurants aren’t buying ’em.
Thanks for the happy birthday goodies. I feel real old these days… See you all at the first t gate…wil bring the pan lau lau…
Japan’s mushrooms are the shittake!
Game on! ๐
Happy Birthday momo!!!
Way to go AG.
No. They package ’em for sale at CVS! ๐ฟ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1XNxc3CwSM&feature=related
About an hour long but worth watching.
GO WARRIORS, beat the Trojan man.
A guy in a bar leans over to the guy next to him and asks, โWanna hear a USC joke?โ The guy next to him replies, โWell, before you tell that joke, you should know something. Iโm 6โ tall, 200 lbs., and Iโm a USC graduate. The guy sitting next to me is 6โ2โ, weighs 225, and heโs a USC graduate. The fella next to him is 6โ5โ tall, weighs 250, and heโs a USC graduate. Now, you still wanna tell that joke?
The first guy replies: โNaw, not if Iโm gonna have to explain it three times.โ
…always tell Mrs. d1shima, “only buy the Japan one.”
They sell them at CVS? Good thing I shop at Longs.
jtl,
๐ good one!
Welcome to CFB.
Ka’imi Fairbairn’s first 2 PAT’s were blocked. He made the next one and his first FG. All hi KO’s been out the back of the EZ.
jtl,
Not 4 long!
UH vs USC
00 – 68 manoa31
00 – 80 lava
03 – 59 SAWARRIOR
03 – 99 Guava
06 – 55 Dennis Halloran
10 – 83 jeffdman2000
10 – 34 Orioles 4 eva
10 – 07 alwaysarainbow
13 – 52 IWWTHM
13 – 35 gobows
14 – 42 momo
14 – 06 tommui
16 – 41 AlaWai
17 – 16 RedZone
17 – 14 UKU@LA
17 – 44 Ben A. Lurker
17 – 38 buger
17 – 63 Whats up
17 – 14 bryson
17 – 45 koakane
17 – 14 cincodemayonnaisse
17 – 68 primo888
17 – 63 Indeependent thinker
20 – 17 mikey
20 – 13 papajoe2
20 – 35 slenzi
20 – 18 jimmy the lock
21 – 37 HawaiiMongoose
21 – 17 oldtimer808
21 – 14 kawika49
21 – 48 Bowwar
21 – 45 mattyboy
21 – 20 chopsueyboy
24 – 22 MIH
24 – 21 Ipu Man
24 – 17 kev-1
24 – 21 Huh?
24 – 20 Rodney
24 – 48 ct
25 – 22 A-House
25 – 17 candy
27 – 24 WarriorNY
28 – 21 HiFlyer
28 – 24 Glenn
29 – 19 Pomai
29 – 28 Moocher
30 – 27 BigHiloFan2
30 – 45 Padron
31 – 20 mo808
31 – 28 wafan
31 – 30 sean
31 – 24 Hilo-Warrior
31 – 28 Kukui High School
34 – 27 DPK
34 – 32 greenthumb
34 – 30 AZWARRIOR22
35 – 28 99club
37 – 19 protector
38 – 31 Wes’side Warrior
38 – 29 Ball picker
41 – 21 walter
45 – 43 Kifi
48 – 45 3-Prong
49 – 35 Tchahng
56 – 14 d1shima
56 – 10 Kekoa
63 – 17 Whats up
88 – 07 BleedGreen808
@d1shima
What you mean not 4 long? I’m going to die soon?
#125 Heehee!!
Here is a fact our Qb is smarter then USC!!!!!
USC 20 The University of Hawaii 24!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I is Warriors!!!
was there a fan send off for the boys at the school or airport? Pictures anybody?
2 more days to SHOCK DA WORLD.
Q1: CVS bought Long’s and left the name…for now.
Q2: Ask your doctor.
First notable change was the CVS POS system…it sucks. Slowed down all the long-time Long’s cashiers who used to ring up multiple items as such (i.e.-5 @ $0.99=$4.95) but now must scan each item individually. Small thing but it slows it down quite a bit when you’re the 6th in line.
back to regular programming….
My doctor said that CVS will keep the Longs name because of name recognition and well, it’s Hawaii.
My doctor also said my cholesterol numbers are superb and blood pressure of 104 over 70 with a resting heart rate of 65 is excellent. That’s why you had me worried. Now I better look twice when crossing the road and entering intersections. I feel a “Final Destination” is in my future. Eerie. Don’t follow a logging truck.
But now get CVS reward card.
Starting next year, scholarships will be for 4 years, not one as is currently the case. Will make you think twice about who you offer. Better be good at evaluating 17 year old kids.
GO WAHINE!
…if you following a logging truck in Hawaii
…you missed the cutoff.
Isn’t it interesting that SMU’s QBs always leave for E. Washington. First Bo Levi Mitchell, then Kyle Padron.
Might be an upset with the Idaho-EWU game.
I thought the 4-year scholarships will be optional.
Fairbairn has one more PAT blocked ๐ฏ
no nuff lift
and mistakenly stated that he doing KO’s.
Phew, btw, Big Island get logging trucks.
IS IT SATURDAY YET!!!
@HiFlyer
No, but it’s time you get a 2012 calendar.
Check List for my Warrior Fan
House all cleaned
All beds have fresh sheets
Mints on pillows
Dinner in the oven
Cars washed and full tanks of gas
Dog washed and clean
Batteries changed in all remotes
Instructions on all night stands for earthquake safety just in case we get the big one in the next couple of days.
Airport runs start at ten tonight. Having lots of small kind of earthquakes. Safe travels to all making the long journey.
GO WARRIORS
Upset USC!
Shocka da world.
Aaron Rogers Green Bay qb said Benson, Alex and another running back
will make them a good team. So it looks like Alex will not be cut.
Da-duh-dut…da-duh-dut…
Watch for the Towson-Kent St hi-lite on ESPN tonite. Gotta be a Top Ten play. ๐
This what been said in one Southren Calif. newspaper (Will not list the name of the paper). But check out the writer name.
Yet, Schroeder’s quest to start at quarterback for a Division I program didn’t fade, not even after graduating from Duke in three years. With two years eligibility remaining, he decided to transfer, landing at the University of Hawaii, finally realizing his dream Saturday when the Wahines play No. 1 USC at the Coliseum.
Watching Vandy QB and Aaron’s kid bro, Jordan Rodgers tryna help the Commodores beat a Top Ten team at home for the first time since 1974. They showed how the two brothers’ throwing motion is almost identical.
tom-warriornation:
I just sent you an e-mail. My cousin had a source for 2 tickets to USC game and it fell through. Hopefully you still have 2 tickets.
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Lol
Go Warriors!
Go Wanine!
Show da rubbah slipah…
Anybody else hear the Vandy crowd chanting and thinking it sounds a lot like A_ _ H_ _ _?
ST your blog is my first bookmark on my brand new computer!!!
SWING THAT SWORD!
Mike Leach Returns!
Green Bay did a lot of no huddle. qb Rogers said it was a “blast”.
BYU may do a “speed up” offense the announcers said.
I wonder if Chow or Kiffen will do no huddle…
Leach goes on 4th down…and makes it.
Anyone else have 2 extra tickets to the USC game??
USC…blondes, bikinis, booties, blow ups,
Mo Ichido! ๐
AZW22, last night’s blog, Miky said:
“At the Pigskin Pigout last week the guy was offering me a round trip plus tkts to USC game for $399 what a deal, I think he had four tkts to sell. I couldn’t get time off this late especially I’m at a new job… Too bad. but some other lucky people got to go last minute.”
#118 shhhhhhhh no tell everybody
Ipu Man, ur#55…why?? for their protection from injury….dats why. why you answer a question wit a question?? you know the answer or not???..oda wise no reply.
azwarrior,
If you haven’t heard from Tom, You may want to leave a message for tom on Facebook… Tom Kitaguchi He checks there regularly.
So, how’s our future opponent BYU stacking up?
Thanks for another informative blog. Where else may just I get that kind of information written in such a perfect way? I’ve a project that I’m simply now running on, and I’ve been at the look out for such info.
madeinhawaii,
Heard from Tom – he sold his last tickets this morning, so I missed out ๐
BYU freshman qb Hill comes in on 4th down and passes for td…
mctruck, sorry if I offended you. It was not my intention.
I luv your posts. I did not know if UH wears knee braces this game or not.
But did see them in practice. Thought you did too. And maybe guys and
coach decided to use them, maybe not. I am not trying to put you down.
I am trying to talk with you and other tsaikos. Are you angry at me?
Some players on some teams opt to not wear much protection for
various reasons, such as more free movement and/or speed.
sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh. I quit this blog. Bye.
Manley and New Mexico State beat Sacramento State 49 – 19.
Format question. Anyone else starting to see the blog display as alternating gray and white textbox stripes, with some text (not ones with URLs in them) running off the page? I hope that the 7 p.m. maintenance resolves this. ๐
Ipu,
Got to have thick skin when on this blog. ๐ No worries, braddah.
Yes, Manley had quite a game with almost 300 yards passing inthe first half.
If Idaho loses, Akey should be moving up on the coach’s hot seat. Feel bad for him tho as I always like him as a coach.
Go Warriors!
Go Niners!
Who will be th refs for the upcoming game. What conference?
Woman of Alien…
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