Viva Las Vegas
Last night, the good folks of the blog gathered to celebrate the life and loves (sports, food, karaoke) of “Las Vegas” — John Collins.
He left us fun memories and, indeed, songs in our hearts.
Collins lived the last several years in Las Vegas, hence the creation of one of his three blog names, but Hawaii was always his preferred residence.
Welcome home.
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It’s not a party until UHFan808 sings “Funky Cold Medina.”
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Doom-and-gloomers should note that there was pretty good talent on the Warriors’ 2011 roster.
Linebacker Aaron Brown, wideout Royce Pollard and left tackle Brett Leonard played in an all-star game the past Monday. Defensive tackles Kaniela Tuipulotu and Vaughn Meatoga will play in today’s East-West Shrine Game (11 a.m. HT on the NFL Network), and defensive end Zach Masch suits up in today’s NFLPA Collegiate Bowl (4 p.m. HT on Versus). The previous staff recruited Brown, Leonard and Masch, and Tuipulotu transferred back during that tenure.
McMackin’s first recruit also is a pro athlete. Jake Heun (2-1) meets Richard Odom (6-0) in tonight’s ProElite3 MMA fight in the Blaisdell Arena. Among the ticket-holders is former UH slotback Kealoha Pilares, now with the Carolina Panthers. “I’m here to support Jake,” Pilares said.
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Yes, that is Ryan Grice-Mullins on campus. He is enrolled this semester. Grice-Mullins had left UH after his junior season.
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I don’t follow too many tweets, but one of the must-reads is Fake808Sports. The tweets are a combination of anger and humor, sort of like a mashup of Kevin and A-Joe. Good stuff.
aloha john
It was a touching tribute.
One of the other highlights for me was seeing al out anywhere after dark! 😉
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kden slipping into top 10
Morning..
good weekend again everyone have a terrific fun time
kope up
3…well, this was a very special occasion.
Morning everyone. sitting atty the park waiting for my sons b-ball game to start.
ditto d1 and still waiting for Al to get back to us bwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
opps early Kung Hee Fut Choy everyone
chinatown should be rocking around 10am. dim sum anyone?
kk…i remembered at 400 am. but the place was closed already. i was gonna sing too.
al would have waited just to hear you sing lol
btw couldn’t been any worst then pj2 jk
GOOD MORNING HAWAII!
ALOHA to the Collins Ohana and to JOHN, till we meet again.
Best wishes to Ryan Grice-Mullins and welcome back!
Good luck to Zach Masch who will be playing in the NFLPA Collegiate All-Star Game on NBC Sports Channel today at 1pm. Hope he does well.
Good Luck to all our Warriors.
Good on you, Ryan Grice-Mullins.
To settle all tie-breakers on conflicting spellings, I go with Facebook. He does spell it Grice-Mullins.
Ryan Grice-Mullins? Going for his degree? That’s great. Wonder what his future plans are? Coaching?
kk…get it right brah.
been meaning to tell you.
its “oops” and not “opps”.
mwahaha
Nice to hear about Ryan Grice-Mullins’ decision to finish up.
Is Grice-Mullins still on a roster in Canada?
Dino Babers has his staff in place – note Kim McCloud, DC. Congrats, guys.
Eastern Illinois: Dino Babers has his staff. Full recap: Brian Callahan (OL) and Mike Lynch (RBs) have been retained. Sterlin Gilbert (OC / QBs…from Temple HS TX), Sean Lewis (inside receivers…from Akron), Andrew Sowder (outside receivers…West Texas A&M), Kim McCloud (DC…from Akron), Dino Kaklis (DTs…from Bethel), George Ricumstrict (DEs / OLBs…from Central Missouri), Tom Kaufman (LBs…from Texas where he was quality control), Nick Caley (DBs…from Iowa State where he was a grad assistant).
Good morning, Tsai-kettes and Tsai-kos!
Go coaches!
Whoo-hoo!!!
@25 – Great looking staff. Looks ready to recruit Illinois, Ohio, and Texas. Smart move to bring in a good high school coach from Texas.
Weird to see green trees. Yesterday they were white and encrusted in ice.
G’morning, Wafan. Glad to see you survived the great snowstorm of 2012.
Hoping the visitors get a good impression this weekend.
gmahoney . . .
Good morning to you, too!
Best part of having the power back is can cook rather than just open cans.
Uhhhh, hoping that was the last of any 2012 snowstorm. We usually get our snow in January and February.
Another 1.5 months to go.
Sheesh.
# 28. If i remember correctly, that HS coach was with Dino at (Baylor ?),
so he does have collegiate coaching experiece. win-win.
Good Luck to our Warriors, as they move up in their profession.
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Good Morning again!
Great post, Stephen. Viva las vegas! Is it just me or is J(J) a better singer each time we hear him? D1, even more amazing than the al sighting was seeing Gramps without a green bottle in his hand… all night.
A stirring tribute was delivered by John Jacques, the “Dean of Hawai’i amateur Sumo”, and a former HS Football Coach at Kahuku HS. Nice to see the old master again.
http://www.sumoeastandwest.com/cast.html#
Thanks to the Collins ‘Ohana for a wonderful night.
Huh??? –
Happy to hear that Ethan has younger brothers on the way up. Keep us posted. Thanks.
No NFL network in our hale. 🙁
Good morning, gang!
Still brings a tear to my eye to remember John Collins, aka Las Vegas. We can go visit him in the temple up in Nu’uanau. Aloha, John.
ST ~ Didn’t you tell me last night that Alex Green was in town? Will he be at Davone’s Pro-Bowl party at Tiki’s?
Hurrah for Ryan Grice-Mullins coming back to finish his degree! Always helpful to graduate from college.
wafan, glad you can see the trees again. Can you see your car?
Sounds like at least one NaMaSU player will be seeking out Fake808Sports tonight…
Only six commits this wkend. One in. Maybe two more.
Check that “six visitors” not commits. Lucky we get three commits.
Next weekend got a dozen coming in and counting.
Next week could be a program changing period in warrior football.
Howzit, everyone!
Aloha Las Vegas!
Always good to hear of kids who return to finish up their schooling.
We had more Warriors invited to all star games this season than in any other year, as far as I can remember. Just couldn’t pull it all together due to the tons of injuries.
Good to hear Jake Heun continuing to pursue something he loves.
Good luck and best wishes to all former Warriors in whatever paths they choose to travel in the future.
Wish I could make it to Davone’s party!!! Take pictures!!!
Al…how we looking for that RB?….good, great or outstanding chance we get a commit?
Warriors need a tb that can squirt through seams, has stop n go, juke moves with breakaway speed….Mr Swag–Jeffrey Coprich Jr.
Al,
You think some of those recruits visiting are just coming for a free vacation to Hawaii? Hard for me to believe that they really are considering us when some of those visitors have big time schools after them. Me thinks they’re here just so they say cN say they’ve been to Hawaii.
What players went to all-star games this year?
there doesnt appear to be a bottom-lid in Mike Chow’s barrel of impressive recruits. they just keep rolling in. chow will have more schollies to give post Spring, assuming cuts. many good caliber recruits will be available after LOI day for one reason or another. there always is….
Nevermind.. lol… now I remember where I read the list and came up with 6… LOL.. right in the blog today!
Squirt thru seams?
Happened to me once….my Mom wasn’t amused.
Yay Mike Chow!
btw… how is Bryant Moniz doing these days? Is his foot all healed up?
Watching Kani and Vaughn in the EWSgame…
God Bless las vegas… miss him but not as much as we will the next time we are in LV…
Welcome home, RGM!!!
Howzit Tsaikos!
Welcome home RGM!
Glad to hear there was a good turnout last night.
GO WARRIORS!
GO WAHINE!
Howzit Tsaikos.
Pride. made it back. 😀
waiting on da news from Minot!
oh pleeze. pretty pleeze!
Go Warriors!
but first. gonna take a nap. 😀
al tuckered out. 😆
Best wishes to all of the Warriors who are playing in all-star games today and hoping to get noticed by pro scouts. In addition to the ones already mentioned, Zach Masch is playing today.
http://www.theunion.com/article/20120121/SPORTS/120129956/1013&parentprofile=1054
Great to hear that commits are being made this weekend!
heck, i’m not gonna squeal to da NCAA on recruits and da poachaz from PNW all riding togedda on da plane, holdin hands. but I’ll start rattin em out if day makin da Sandusky to da bruddaz. long showaz an all. 😆
wat? wat????? 😯
Reports are that Joe Paterno near death.
If those reports are true, Paterno likely has, at best, a matter of days to live. It may be even shorter than that, as Mike Sisak of the Citizens’ Voice in Wilkes-Barre is reporting that Paterno is “near death.”
that rb was offered a scholie from cal.
difference being we want him as a rb whereas cal will probably try him at db.
50…you chow’s older bro is helping to recruit? is that legal?
mattyboy…there will always a recruit or two that just wants the free trip.
thanks for the news kapahulu.
prayers to him and his fmily.
those that have tripped here in recent weeks or were offered a scholie will need to tender a decision come monday.
snooze you lose is the way things will shake out in the final two weeks of recruiting. procrastinate and ye shall lose, that bubble will pop with you sitting on it as the coaching staff just takes the next guy on that pecking order list.
the pecking order predicates who gets a scholie. however, when the time is short there will be no waiting around, therefore, those still on the bubble need to commit or not.
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#54. Moniz got cast off and is rehabbing ankle. Working out everyday at Leileihua, passing etc. preparing for a professional fb career. He is a very mature young man with great character. He is under radar right now but will end up playing professionally.
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Where did Masch get the white helmet?
Was that him #98?
Wahine in a battle 24-23 first half 3:00 minutes left.
Al? Are you saying we have 6 commits this weekend? Did I read that correct?
Al my bad. Not commits just 6 visits. But we lucky to get even three?? WTF?? Do I smell free trip!! Damn… Used again!!
nobody uses our new Coach. He is a shrewd man.
Go Warriors!
27-25 Wahine at the half.
GO WAHINE!!!!!!
Jake Heun coming up on HDNET.
btw, did the lion sleep last night? or did it get Low or Tricky? 😆
Aloha RGM and Alex Green, and all da Warriors raising funds at Tiki’s. Big Mahalos!
Anyone know if Warren Moon is in town yet. Would be nice if he and Colt could have a talk about Canadian league, especially with Chad and RGM in town.
Dang. Jake Heun loses to a bigger, more experienced fighter in 2nd round. He did good though.
44-36 Wahine 9:40 left. Adolpho at the line
hmmm …. Paul Johnson might be making some coaching changes …
Georgia Tech: Keep an eye on movement on the offensive side of the ball at Georgia Tech.
Abunai #79&80
They have till Monday to make a commitment (fish or cut bait). The recruits do have to talk it over with their family etc. It is a big decision for them.
51-48 Wahine, 17 seconds left.
51-48 Wahine final.
It’s never easy! GOOD JOB LADIES!!!
Congrats, Wahine!
Congrats, Wahine!
#78 he was #95
Congrats to the Wahine!
Go Warriors!
Great win Wahine!
I didn’t think Mia would be able to play tonight! But he’s warming up so crossing my fingers!
congrats wahines dey on a role cheewhoooo
bingo
one puka puka
Anyone know how our guys did in the football games today?
Congrats Wahine and hoping for the best from the Warriors
Hopefully it’s a good showing for the visiting recruits
DPK,
Jan 26 marks the anniversary of my botched stent attempt that nearly ended my life. I believe, your surgery was a couple weeks earlier. Happy New Year, brother!
Bravo, Wahine!
Too much fun and frivolity last night.
Had to nap after hana hana today. Watching the BasketBows on da OC.
Nice to hear Wahine won.
MBB off to a good start despite 5 PF’s from the Centers. Welcome back Senior backcourt!
mih,
Congratulations. 🙂
NaMaSU helping out quite a bit. 😛
howzit Tsaikos.
iz hoping Coach Chow will ask one of his coaches to get some word out on how recruiting is going with da babuuska in Minot. praying for the good word, friends, the good word!
go Warriors!
Nice half.
Warriors Respond
…hopefully they can finish, too.
Awesome first half!
Dang. Vb Warriors lose to Pepperdine in 4.
I Miah starts scoring from outside, the WAC title as do-able!!
Go Rainbow Warriors!!
Nothing beats being at the game! Go Bows!
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Auwryte c_c wave that jacket!
No shortage of cash on hand for UW Husky assistants. Whether the high salaries will result in more wins is debatable. New Husky DC will be earning more than the fired Nick Holt, whose salary of $600K upset many.
http://www.rantsports.com/pac-12-football/2012/01/21/2012-washington-huskies-football-coaching-staff-salaries-released/
Awryte!
Way to go, BasketBows!
way to go warriors pull out da win over #1 team in WAC
it wasn’t easy but congrats to the Wahine and Warrior Basketball!
eh a win is a win. radio guys giving kudos to NMSU give it a rest. warrior men battled and won nuff said.
Awesome job by both Bball teams. Way to go!
Congrats to the bb Warriors!
OT Condolences to the family of the HPD officer who lost his life tonight in Aiea, people should drive with caution. No reason to rear end any vehicle pulled over on the shoulder lane, especially on the H1 with 4 lanes available.
safe journey to all heading out wessai. mean accident. slow down be cautious
So sad to hear about the officer who was killed tonight. Prayers for his family.
Yes, that is sooo sad. What are these dumb drivers doing? People are so inattentive behind the wheel, it’s scary. Really puts life into perspective. Puts a big damper on tonight’s double wins. Congrats to the men and women for the basketball sweep.
And what a nice gathering last night for Las Vegas…thanks SteveM and Collins ‘ohana for organizing the get-together.
UH website has highlights of the men’s game up.
http://hawaiiathletics.com/news/2012/1/22/MBB_0122123720.aspx
MIH
thanks for the info
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