Wednesday ramblings

That tackle was sweet!

Another tackle by Jordan Monico.

Hurry (safely) up! Practice starting soon….

Aloha Kakahiaka!

http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2010/09/29/it-happens/

“Blowouts–it’s happened at least once a year in the past five seasons.

Either the Fresno State offense sputters out of control and shuts down, or the defense completely collapses and is almost nonexistent.

In 2006 at home against Hawaii, Warriors’ quarterback Colt Brennan marched into Bulldog Stadium and put a whipping on the Bulldogs, winning 68-37. It was one of the biggest blowout losses in Bulldog Stadium history. The game also led Coach Pat Hill to bench starter Tom Brandstater in the second quarter in favor of backup Sean Norton.”

Remembering those who lost their lives from the earthquake/tsunami a year ago in Samoa. God bless everyone affected by this tragedy.

Beautiful morning in Hilo…Aloha Kakahiaka…

Jordan Monico is a beast….

Another tackle by Jordan Monico.

Happy Hump Day!

Another tackle by Jordan Monico.

I hope that Bradley isn’t rushed back–UH will need him fully healthy (if possible) for the tough 2 games after La Tech. Rushing him back for this game wouldn’t be worth it if UH could lose him for a long time if the hamstring injury is aggravated.

Another tackle by Jordan Monico.

Ohio!

Good Morning Gangeez! 🙂

Another tackle by Jordan Monico!

It seemed like he was making every tackle on kick offs. It will be fun to see him play some linebacker.

That block by Pilares was awesome, too!

Morning … g’morning… OHAIYO! Minasama!

Another tackle by Jordan Monico.

Looking forward to another tackle by Jordan Monico!!! Wish we’d move him to linebacker instead of trying to save him for running back. He knows how to sniff out the ball and make plays, one-on-one.

Another tackle by Jordan Monico.

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Love to Samoa!

Pomai…

UH: 49

LaTech 17

Another tackle by Jordan Monico

Montana is in if they want to be. The question is, do they want to be?

A poster on the Montana fan message board says that, according to a source in the UM athletic department, the school will probably make the move to the WAC but will take no action in that direction until after October 15th. That’s when the current school president officially retires and the new president takes over. Apparently the current president is a big fan of the FCS playoff system and has been opposed to Montana moving up to FBS for many years.

HM,

Interesting post. I heard on another blog about some measure being passed in the Montana Legislature that if Montana wants to make the move, Montana State would have to be invited as well. Something about both schools had to be in the same conference.

It would be expecting a lot for the state of Montana to support two FBS athletic programs. The entire state population is less than the population of Oahu, spread out over an area 250 times larger. UM is only able to fill its 25,000-seat stadium because fans have been willing to drive four, five, or even six hours to get there.

Oh joy can’t wait to be in a conference with Texas State, Texas San-Antonio, Seattle, Denver and Montana.

So what are our great leaders doing besides playing golf with Mr. Peanut ?

Bobby C seems confident that we are leaving the WAC with an announcement coming in 2011. He hints that he has a reliable source.

Shoko,

I think the assertion about there being a Montana law requiring both UM and MSU to be in the same conference is mistaken. I’ve seen information to the contrary on the UM fan board. It’s not even clear that the board of regents that oversees both schools would have to approve UM moving to the WAC. There was a recent post saying that as long as UM finds a way to pay for the move without requiring additional state funds, they can do it.

Last Call,

Don’t forget Lamar. (Just kidding.)

#41 – in the Midwest and other places that are spread out, 6 hours is not considered a long way.

Oh that’s right, Blount has Bradleys back with Stutzman.

Heal smart and prosper Rodney. Your covered.

Good morning everyone.

Another tackle by Jordon Monico.

Dpk waz up. I heard from Paul B whose living in Hilo. Seems to be enjoying the golden years.

Had a great day everyone but before I go,

Warriors. 52

la tech. 27

Good morning all!

(J)J – Will be at the t-gate around 10:00a.m. again. The ocean calls.

SteveM – Make some sweet sour sauce for that deep fried bellies. Time for you to expand your cooking repertoire.

“Another tackle by Jordan Monico.”

“Another tackle by Jordan Monico.”

Several of our coaches have indicated that leaving the WAC sits well with them,should they start making public statements ?

Another tackle by Jordan Monico! I’m a deep south Texas lurker. Would love to see UH play in San Antonio or at Texas State!

Another tackle by Jordan Monico.

Since there was dialogue about Boise State’s and Nevada’s controversial cheap shots during last weekends games against Oregon State and BYU respectively, I thought Warriors fans would be interested in what the outcome of the evaluation.

Boise State safety Winston Venable has been suspended for the first half of Saturday’s game at New Mexico State for his helmet-to-helmet hit on Oregon State’s James Rogers, WAC commissioner Karl Benson said during a teleconference today.

Benson, in consultation with WAC supervisor of officials Jim Blackwood and two other nationally known rules experts, orginally handed down a game suspension, but Boise State appealed. The WAC sportsmanship committee reduced the suspension to half a game.

Benson also addressed the block that Nevada’s John Bender made on BYU’s Romney Fuga on Saturday. Bender, an offensive lineman, came at Fuga from behind and got his head in front of Fuga as he blocked him below the waist. Fuga suffered a season-ending knee injury.

Benson reaffirmed that the play did not constitute a foul and added that it would have been a foul in the NFL. He said there has been discussion by the NCAA rules committee to consider such a play a foul, and that it would likely be brought up again.

“Another tackle by Jordan Monico.”

GOOD MORNING HAWAII!

Another tackle by Jordan Monico.

A school from a conference gets to a level in football that makes them a commodity for their conference. Thus that school has made the conference rating much better in respect to BCS points. Now that they have reached a higher level that school get swiped away by another conference enhancing this other conference BCS point standing and diminishing the conference standing they are leaving.

As I stated a school becomes a valuable commodity in football and what I want to know, is there any compensation that the conference that is taking that team away from another conference have to pay for that move? If compensation is made fine, if not the laws of business needs to be written into all things that can create loss of current and future revenues.

MIH,

I haven’t noticed BSU or Nevada having a history of cheap shots or unscrupulous conduct on the field. Time will tell, I guess. However, I would say, the refs will scrutinize the Broncos and Packs conduct on ther field in future games.

If you look at Texas San-Antonio’s football schedule… they have FCS teams booked for full schedules in 2011 and 2012. Then they have 4-5 Div I teams booked for the next 3 years. This team is serious about going Div I in 2013. 2011, is their first year of football.

MIH,

Yes, UT-SA wants to go to D-IA in 2013, but the WAC wants them in 2012. I don’t think they will be ready in 2012 and they already have the contracts signed for games in 2012.

Benson also said that the WAC is focused just on the 5 schools that were present yesterday. So, no UC-Davis, Sac State, Lamar, or others.

Candidates besides UTSA, Texas State, Denver, Seattle and Montana?

Right now, we’re focusing on these five. We will spend our time and attention during this 30-60 day window on those fives. There may be others that are on the peripheral that could come back into play.

Shoko,

Montana State doesn’t have the money to upgrade its facilities and add scholarships needed to move to D-IA. Montana may not have the money either–they need to upgrade their facilities, add football scholarships, and add several women’s sports to be able to move to D-IA.

Getting personal fouls, and ultimately kicked out of the game for excessive celebration.. well… only a Craig could pull off Stuntz- like that… -man.

“Another tackle by Jordan Monico.”

WOO HOO – top 100 babeee! hehehehe.

g’mornng Tsaikos!! 🙂

GO WAHINES!!!

healing prayers for all the injured Warriors and all our friends and family members in need.

Happy hUMp day!

have a good day erryboddy!!

***Pomai***

Da boyz 35

Da girlz 24

another tackle by jordan monico.

on that note…whooooooooooooooosh

I hope that the price of my season tickets and pay per view are reflective of the product that is put in front of me.

bb….

2012, the away games will look better… with USC and BYU on the mainland

but for 2013….

8/31/2013 USC Aloha Stadium

9/14/2013 Brigham Young Aloha Stadium

11/30/2013 Army Aloha Stadium

12/7/2013 Washington Aloha Stadium

Can’t believe that was

Another tackle by Jordan Monico.

Pomai,

UH 38-31

#48 Shoko – Can you imainge what the stadium would look like if UH fans had to drive 5 to 6 hours to see the game LOL Heck a lot b–ch about having to drive for an hour.

Just thought I’d post this video again. Some classic moments in football and the clips and song can inspire some of our Boys of Fall to get fired up…get emotional…and keep that going for all four quarters….I know it got me fired up and ready to play again….except that I’m way past my prime…LOL

http://www.cmt.com/videos/kenny-chesney/547722/the-boys-of-fall.jhtml?id=1644930

Derek you did win, contact ST to see how to collect.

If Bobby Curran claims he has a source saying UH will announce leaving the WAC in 2011 and that source is correct, I wonder if the SAVINGS on sending our non football sports to the BIG WEST played a bigger factor in the decision moreso than the ability to schedule successfully for an independent football program?

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So Bobby Curran’s source says we’re likely to announce in 2011 about leaving the WAC? I didn’t hear that. To me, that probably means going independent for football and everything else goes to the Big West. I hope JD has done his homework on the football scheduling issue. We all know how hard our previous AD had in scheduling a few games. I think we need another creative NCAA exemption to help us draw teams to the islands.

How about a creative NCAA exemption like:

Whoever travels to Hawaii for a football game gets to start their season one week earlier; this of course would allow their opponents to play one week earlier as well. There would probably be some dissent on this but hey, it’s a significant disadvantage to schedule games here.

Curt,

One thing about that is how a team’s fall camp would be altered. I know there is an NCAA rule about how many practice hours a team gets for their fall camp, but I am not sure if there is a rule as to WHEN a team can start their fall camp.

One earlier week to start = fall camp begins earlier for them also.

Then you would have concern yourself with the logistics of having your players on campus earlier for fall camp and whatnot.

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Kass

On one of Dave’s weekly shows a caller asked if all of the 2011 recruits will be signing in Nov and it was a yes .

Kazz, Kekoa

Yes. Camps would be permitted to start one week earlier. This would give schools another incentive to schedule games in Hawaii. Does anyone have a better incentive for us to propose to the NCAA that wouldn’t cost $ but yet give teams incentive to come here?

It’s not that I don’t believe what the coaches say, its more on how things can change from a recruit’s mind day to day or minute by minute.

Then you have the weasels on other programs working their foul smelling juu juu on recruits to get them to change their minds and whatnot.

Curt,

The only suggestion I have is to send schools a letter simply saying:

“Don’t be a bunch of panties. Just play.”

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AND… that’s why I am NOT an athletic director. 😆

I don’t think we would have a problem with scheduling by going independent, if you look at all the conferences, go after the mid-tier schools in each conference, they are still SEC, Big Ten, Big East, PAC 10 and so on schools. This would be their bowl game. Go Nation Wide, have the same outlook that the fresneck’s had, anybody anytime anywhere. But the downer with this is we would have to win and win big. It can be done, hard but is doable.

I would think volleyball recruiting would be the sport least affected by the WAC turmoil. I don’t think any player commits to Hawaii because of the WAC and to play teams like Fresno State or Boise State. (who are frankly bad volleyball teams)

Players commit to Hawaii because of the atmosphere and chance to play in front of thousands of fans each night, or because of the great coaching staff, chance to make a run to the final four each year, or because of the tough pre season schedule, but certainly not because of the WAC.

tkd2frek1: Welcome to the Blog!

So, if UH is pulling out of the WAC- let’s do it before the penalty is $10M, ok?

We live in interesting times…

Kazz- back in my day, it was FEWER, unless you mean the quantity of seats filled… or home games played in small stadiums…

sheesh… some rules should not be broken…

Pomai,

Will call on Friday to check up.

Did someone else hear the Bobby Curran statement about leaving the WAC?

So if the teams that play UH can start a week earlier, does that mean only the teams UH are playing (13 teams) have to play each other? Or does this mean 26 teams can start the season earlier (the team UH plays plus whoever else they play)?

I don’t see this as much of an incentive. Don’t a lot of teams already complain about how long the season is, with their regular season games, conference championship games, and bowl games?

If UH goes independent, who exactly are we going to be scheduling in late November, early December? That is when all the conferences will be playing each other to see who is conference champions. Unless we are only playing the other independent teams during this time, so only Army, Navy, and BYU (I don’t know if ND would play us) every year in November and December. Have you looked at the teams that Navy and Army have been playing late in the year? Not many big names.

If UH cuts the number of football scholarships, can they then cut some of the women sports under Title IX? If so, then that could be a way to at least save some money. Have more local walk-ons.

On a side note about Hawaii 5-0. I tried to watch it, but all they did was talk in a Mustang. I change the channel come back a few minutes later and they are still talking in the car. I don’t remember much about the original series, but I don’t think it was that boring. Maybe they should get a better car, like a Tesla, since the Ferrari was such a key ingredient to the original series.

I only started watching 5-O from the second episode and it wasn’t a Mustang.

I was the new Camero ala Bumblebee from Transformers.

#135 rage, another question is, who are we going to be scheduling in October and early November? All but the other four independents will be in the midst of their conference seasons during that time. They may be willing to host UH at their place but few will agree to travel to Honolulu for a non-conference game. At best we’ll convince a few FCS or financially struggling FBS teams to play here, if we pay them enough money. Not an attractive prospect.

Totally lost interest in the new 5-0 already.This past week I was bored with it and went to bed.

Is the national spelling bee competition considered a sport? For the first time ever, Hawaii will not have a representative champion from our state because no sponsor stepped up this year when the previous years’ sponsor declined to do it again. Why am I posting this problem here on the WB blog? Because the people here are doers and thinkers. I think you care about the children of our state and their education and will be able to disseminate the information in the hope that someone or corporation will support this. We have 2 weeks to get a sponsor, otherwise, Hawaii’s out, and that would be a shame.

“Another tackle by Jordan Monico!”

HawaiiMongoose,

You’re right. The big issue is scheduling in the Oct-Nov timeframe…actually, throw in the second half of Sep as well. Looks like a major challenge to me unless we hit the road for most of it.

Good morning everyone!

“Another tackle by Jordan Monico.”

tkd2frek1 — looong time no see! Do you still reside in Texas? If not, please tell us your city/state.

Hawaii 5-0 – I’m enjoying the character development. Friendships being built and we get a glimpse into the lives and motivations underneath it all.

Car time is when my kids talk to me and reveal their feelings … so it’s a natural.

HiHo!

It looks like the Southland Conference’s Commissioner has been informed that UT-San Antonio and Texas State are leaving for the WAC.

Southland Conference commissioner Tom Burnett said Wednesday he’s already accepted that two of his strongest members, UTSA and Texas State, will be leaving to join the Western Athletic Conference.

“Quite honestly,” he said, “and this might be my personal opinion, but them going to the WAC is a foregone conclusion. It’s a ‘when,’ not an ‘if.’ ”

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/college/local_colleges/UTSA_Texas_State_leaving_for_WAC_appears_imminent_104034314.html

That was a Camaro? I could have sworn I saw the Mustang symbol before they jumped in the car. I love the Camaro (and Challenger), I could have sworn that wasn’t one. But then again, I am getting old and the eye sight might be going too. I still think they need a better car. The car makes the show. Who can forget the Ferrari with Hawaii 5-0 and the Ferrari Testarossa with Miami Vice. I say get the Tesla, fits the Hawaii image of going green with an electric car and it has the sporty looks that meets the original 5-0 standards.

I did notice the 5-0 had an uptick in the overnight ratings this week so I guess some are digging it.

Just using the SEC this has been their championship games for the last ten years.

1999 Alabama vs Florida

2000 Florida vs Auburn

2001 LSU vs Tennessee

2002 Georgia vs Arkansas

2003 LSU vs Georgia

2004 Auburn vs Tennessee

2005 Georgia vs LSU

2006 Florida vs Arkansas

2007 LSU vs Tennessee

2008 Florida vs Alabama

2009 Alabama vs Florida

Now the following SEC schools have not even been in the running, but they are still SEC schools, so I don’t think it would be too hard of a sell to schedule them to play here.

Kentucky

Mississippi

Mississippi State

Vanderbilt

So if you look at all the conference’s like this then it may not be to hard to make up a decent schedule.

I myself wouldn’t mind going to see us play any of these teams.

Any guess on what attendance is going to be against the likes of UTSA, Texas State, NMSU, SJSU etc?

Independence may be risky, but at this point it may be our only option. I know someone earlier was talking about Bobby Curran I know he is a proponent of independence, so I wonder if he is echoing the thoughts of those in UH administration? He’s always moaning and groanining about how unattractive the WAC is going to be with these new teams.

how’s tank hopkins recovery going?

Pomai,

Why would the SEC schools travel to Hawaii? The Hawaii Exemption is worthless to them because they need the 2 bye weeks to deal with the brutal conference schedule. Their TV deal encourages them to play all home games in their nonconference schedule and they rarely travel far for home-and-home series. They make $5+ million per home game…and would barely break even with what UH gives visiting teams.

Garret does Kentucky,

Mississippi,

Mississippi State and

Vanderbilt get the 5million per home game when they play out of conference games?

Starting the season early was mentioned on this blog a few months ago. I believe teams can start practicing a certain amount of weeks before their first game. So if UH starts 1 week earlier, then their opponent may start 1 week earlier too. No one else may start earlier. This may be good for their opponents as they will add another bye week or use the game as their 13th game for a home game money maker. Scheduling a weak team or a Div.II team following the Hawaii trip, then taking a week off may actually help the opponent to prepare for their upcoming season with minimizing the risk of a loss following the Hawaii trip.

Pomai!!!!!

my score

24 UH – 6 LaTechie

papajoe2

If you meant #169, I believe the extra game allowed now when teams play UH is the 13th game. When they don’t play UH, they only need 6 wins now; but if they do play UH, they’ll need 7 wins to be bowl eligible under current rules.

So Mr. Peanut suspends Donkey State’s Winston Venable for one game then then the Donkeys whine and Mr.Peanut changes his mind and reduces it to a half game .Karl still bending over backwards for his Alma Mater.

OldDiver:

September 29th, 2010 at 10:26 am

Jordan Monico will make eight tackles on eight kick offs. And by the way.

UH——–42/b>

La Tech–21

Either Monico makes a tackle on one of LaTech’s KO’s or Enos has a really bad night! 😆

My prediction:

La Tech 14

Hawaii 52

Last Call:

September 29th, 2010 at 12:14 pm

I did notice the 5-0 had an uptick in the overnight ratings this week so I guess some are digging it.

There’s a specific reason for all the “upticks” that occur during that show! 😯

http://tinyurl.com/28dyuvc

Old Diver,

OTOH, are you saying the HC blows it on making the call after the coin toss? 😈

Hmmmm…how come erryboddy stopped posting? 😆

#134 & 135

if we could get the ncaa to agree to allow us to start a week earlier or a week later, it would be a home game for obvious reasons. the team coming in gets to either start a week earlier or later as well as have this as their 13th hawaii game rule.

because the game is ahead or after the rest of the ncaa, it will not only give us another bye week during the course of the season as this is imperative to the amount of travel that we would have during the rest of the schedule (especially if we are independent). but, this will give us an exclusive tv game nationally, provided we play a marquee team since we would be the only game that day/week. surely this could be an additional draw to entice a quality opponent to be featured on national tv.

i think it is worth pursuing.

kazz…some say that there is strong support for us to fly the coop and go independent. it is starting to make more sense. contacts are being made as we speak. if the ad can get six or more recurring teams or a good rotation of quality opponents this could be a go.

i believe a lot of this hinges upon what happens with the wac and how the fallout will be in the next year or two as more and more realignment begins to take shape. i think that the big12 is the conference that will have the most changes in the near future espicially with power players like texas and rest will be subject to the domino effects of it.

…tweet.

Pomai,

Yes, they make that money for HOME games. Home teams get the ticket money and only home games qualify for the SEC’s $3.1 billion TV deal. When SEC teams play on the road, they do not get any ticket money and they do not get any TV money. Florida, Georgia, and Alabama make much more for each home game than the lower-level SEC teams of course, more than $5+ mil.

UH gives something like $300k to visiting D-IA teams, which basically covers travel expenses.

OK then if we were to stay in the wac with the edition of the texas teams an so on maybe we should revisit taking some of those so called bodybag games for our out of conference games?

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SEC and Big 10 teams are getting so much TV money now that the asking price for bodybag games is going up. Colorado got $1.3 million for a road game without getting a home game in return, and I already posted an article a few months ago where people are talking about *$2 million* for paycheck games in the future.

The trouble is that travel comes out of the payment, so paycheck games are less worth it to UH than any other school. Also, the Big 10 and SEC are so far away from UH, so travel is even more costly.

When the Pac-12 gets its new TV deal, then the Pac-12 schools will be looking for paycheck games. I wouldn’t mind UH playing a paycheck game at Stanford or Cal–great for recruiting and the $1 million to $2 million would be nice. U-Dub and Washington State would be great also for recruiting. USC and UCLA may be good options also for recruiting.

Inouye isn’t going to do anything for the Hawaii program. The NCAA or any other sports related entity could give a flying rip about what Inouye has to say about anything.

Another tackle by Jordan Monico.

Garret,

Regarding #194, you’re very insightful. In order get others to initiate change, we stand a much better chance if we can show how they will benefit from it. Excellent.

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Benson quoted in the Seattle Times newspaper this afternoon. Seattle University and Denver would be joining in all sports other then football. SU basketball is a legit program with Cameron Dollar as the head coach.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/seattleuniversity/2013026139_seattleu30.html

Seattle U. and Denver are non-football-playing schools and would be invited for their men’s basketball and other programs.

Hogan said 17 of Seattle U.’s 19 sports would be able to move to the WAC and said, “With so many sports it would fit us quite well. … To be a part of the presentation as a potential conference member, we think that is a significant development for Seattle U. athletics.”

Seattle U. is in the process of making the move to full Division-I status. Benson said if Seattle U. were invited it would join the conference for the 2012-13 season, the first year the school is eligible for the NCAA basketball tournament.

Benson said that all of the schools made it “very, very clear that they had strong interest in the WAC.” Seattle U. is playing as an independent but has said it would like to join a conference. Many figured the West Coast Conference might be a natural fit. Seattle U. was a member of the WCC before dropping out of Division I in 1980. However, the WCC recently invited Brigham Young to join for men’s basketball and has not shown interest in inviting Seattle U.

Benson said WAC officials will make campus visits to each of the schools and that invitations could then be extended “in the next 30 to 60 days.”

It is expected that the invitations could come in waves, with the WAC attempting to fill its football vacancies first, then move on to Seattle U. and Denver, which is a member of the Sun Belt Conference.

Texas-San Antonio and Texas State (located in San Marcos) are each Football Championship Subdivision schools that are looking to make the move to Football Bowl Subdivision status. Each is currently a member of the Southland Conference. Benson said Montana — a member of the FCS Big Sky Conference — did not make a formal presentation to join the WAC and is conducting a feasibility study of whether it wants to make the move to FBS.

Re #199. Dan Inouye’s clout will be with his financial supporters, not with the Senate/House in DC.

One year when he was honorary chair for the Symphony, there was a lot of monetary support. Maybe they should have kept him as the honorary chair.

You may have read in the papers and on the web about many of the Congressional people have raised money for their favorite charities – probably because they can’t pocket it themselves!

So the Honorable Senator can always nudge Joe the Moneybags (who may have some interest in pending legislation or some unknown interest in legislation in the future, or who may just be a good guy who needs a nudge) to help out.

ST,

What about the suggestion of some others that UH stay in WAC for football only and go to Big West for all other sports. Wouldn’t that be a win win for everyone, this reduces travel costs for all schools involved, and UH can still fill out its football schedule.

ST #209, you make a really good point. If the WAC does add Texas State, UTSA and Montana to get to nine football-playing members, then UH leaving to go indy will not “kill the conference” as some think and relegate the other members to also going indy and having to play games against UH in the middle of the season. Instead it will leave UH on the outside looking in, with none of those schools having a reason to put Hawaii on their schedule.

RE: UH football going independent.

Anyone ever see the opening sequence to the movie “Office Space”?

You get stuck in traffic on the road and you are in one lane that is not moving but then the lane to your left is. You move over and then that lane stops moving also, BUT the lane you just left opens up again, but everyone is being a ____ and won’t let you back in before the lane stops moving again.

Then by the time you can move back into the lane you originally moved from that WAS moving, it’s not moving anymore and then again the lane you JUST left starts moving again.

C’est la vie…. 👿

In my opinion, I just can’t see UH going independent in football. The difficulties in scheduling seem too “dangerous.”

The other significant issues would be:

1. Where to park the non-football sports. Will the WAC allow UH to go elsewhere?

2. Can UH retain all rights and revenue from its own TV contract?

I don’t know, they can’t talk. LOL!!!

The dogs obviously pick LaTech…the turtles pick the Warriors…and the guinea pig just eats his pellets and doesn’t give a rip.

…as for me, I say UH has its troubles but pulls out a close one in the end.

Another tackle by Jordan Monico.

The guinea pig is the smartest of all.

It won’t succumb to stress-related health issues.

I think our Athletic Director is a great fit for us at this time.

He’s got a bit of Stan Sheriff in him and thinks a lot like June Jones.

As for Carl Benson, I think he is worried how he is going to pay

for his daughter’s tuition and needs the WAC more than UH does…

1 down. 2 to go!

Kazz,

I’m guessing that we will stay in the WAC for football and are NOT going independent. In my opinion, the scheduling as an independent from late Sept to Nov would be too difficult and risky. Therefore, I believe UH will stay put…for football at least.

With that in mind, the following key issues remain:

1. Where to park the non-football sports. Will the WAC allow UH to go elsewhere?

2. Can UH retain all rights and revenue from its own TV contract?

flash 10.1 is awesome. It will allow android phones to easily surpass the iphone.

Yikes!

This is NOT the NMSU team of years past….

We’ve had numerous discussions concerning scheduling, and “the Hawaii/Alaska Exemption”. One way to insure nationwide tv exposure would be to be the first to host a football game each year, like the old “Pigskin Classic” and it’s predecessor. With ESPN’s backing, we could start off the season, but with a doubleheader, at Aloha Stadium. Imagine the tourists who would be in state at least a week early from THREE different schools, plus visiting UH fans, for this event? Secure big time corporate sponsorship, longterm, to be able to guarantee a certain payout for each participating team.

Good God!!!!

The match started less than an hour ago and already pau with two sets?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Kazz, you did not know that the Wahine Volleyball Team is trying to beat the Wahine Softball Team, in the shortest match/game. GO WAHINE!!!!

Anyone know what were the scores when Texas State swept NMSU earlier???

Another tackle by Jordan Monico.

I like how NMSU’s fans are standing behind the UH servers and harassing them. Being on the road and being harassed, the must focus even more than in Hawaii with the crowd backing them. Results: PHHHUUUUMMMPPPPAAAA!

#247, mistake, the=they must focus

Papajoe2,

Those Aggies fans need to try harde…

Nevermind.

Long day tomorrow. Hosting the region advisor meeting at Bremerton tomorrow evening. About an hour away without traffic.

Nytal!

Jesus.

The Wahine worked NMSU like a part-time job.

Thanks a great deal you for this blog . Thats all I are able to say. You most manifestly have crafted this World Wide Web into something speciel. You intelligibly know what you are working at, youve taken care of indeed many corners . kind regards. More detail about cheap store

Us 50 – Dem 10

Another tackle by Jordan Monico.

http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2010/09/29/it-happens/

In 2006 at home against Hawaii, Warriors’ quarterback Colt Brennan marched into Bulldog Stadium and put a whipping on the Bulldogs, winning 68-37. It was one of the biggest blowout losses in Bulldog Stadium history.

Howzit Tsai-kos!

Congrats to the Wahine! That game was a blowout, took less than 90 min. Gotta watch it later. NaMaSU definitely isn’t as good as in years past.

Can only play 12 team conferences at the beginning of a season, they all have or will have a championship game. NO AD, no matter how weak their team is will schedule a game here in late Nov. or early Dec. on the assumption their team won’t make their conference championship game.

Gotta support Donovan in whatever decision he makes. He’s privy to all the behind the scenes wheeling and dealing. You know he’s crunching the numbers ($$$) behind every possible scenario. He’s stated before that he doesn’t want to or see a need to, to make a quick decision.

With conference realignment still in flux the possibilities of where UH finds itself in 4-5 years are many. We may still be in the WAC or maybe the MWC or maybe in conference that doesn’t currently exists. Maybe we’ll be a total independent or independent in football only. Maybe we’ll be part of an alliance of teams left out should the prediction of four 16-20 team super conferences come true,

There are many scenarios that could play out. Gotta trust Donovan for now. Best way to help is to keep renewing your season tickets for the sports you have.

cocobean,

Not only is Jim Donovan privy to those matters and information, but he has to stare at those things dead in the eyes everyday he goes to work.

Kazz,

All commits for Wahine volleyball are solid.

evening

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SD08ggtvDE

Dallas Morning News reports that TCU has been talking with the Big East and they are already getting into the logistics of TCU joining them…as early as next season.

TCU and Big East officials have discussed the Horned Frogs joining the conference, according to several sources close to the situation.

TCU has met with Big East officials within the past 30 days to discus the logistics of a move by TCU in either the 2011 or 2012 seasons, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/09/tcu-has-discussed-move-with-big-east.html

Fort Worth Star-Telegram also has the TCU-Big East news.

The Big East wants the Frogs because it desperately needs an immediate upgrade to its awful football profile.

TCU would want the Big East because it’s a conference with something they have never had, the automatic qualifier into the world of the sorry BCS system.

http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/09/29/2506251/tcu-might-get-last-laugh-by-moving.html

Interesting post by Al on SportsHawaii about UH recruiting. The little birdie’s news isn’t good here.

there are two reasons why we haven’t had any early commitments;

one, the weakening of the wac has got to be a concern of many recruits.

two, we haven’t had a winning record the past two years.

three, tony tuioti is an asst coach this year and his replacement has not kept up with the standards and pace that tony established. we are far behind in scheduled visits, for example. tony worked ten times as hard doing this stuff.

http://www.sportshawaii.com/sh/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=37209&sid=7e058d95ebf3d3d36766266f95f2074a

The multi-millionaire who owns the Segway company died after riding his Segway off a cliff:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8027301/Segway-company-owner-dies-riding-two-wheeled-machine-off-cliff.html

29-year-old man in Brazil finally removed a knife that was stuck in the front of his head for 3 years!

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2010/09/25/15475746.html

Mitochondrially targeted antioxidants appear to be showing effectiveness in anti-aging in mice and they have advanced far enough that they are about to start *human* trials. The current expected limitation of this anti-aging drug is to extend human life by a decade…though they are working to increase the effectiveness of the technique:

http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/09/antioxidants-that-can-enter.html

Free play links pau.

saw this good picture of pilares’ block.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs677.snc4/61757_142464029131111_100001025434896_224665_6028719_n.jpg

Garret,

If you’re still around, how are the Texas blogs treating Mack Brown and his coaches?

We give our coaches a hard time when our team under performs. With the unexpected loss this weekend, are the Texas fans forgiving? I know they lost some talent, but with all 4 & 5 star recruits, you would think it’s just reloading every year.

I was wondering why there wasn’t any talk about coaching visits during “Vegas Week.”

There is no way a top football prospect will want to play in a conference in shambles. Yeah we going have one here and there that have bled green since hanna baddah days like Billy Ray but c’mon now how the frikk we going try persuade a top football recruit to play for UH against subpar competition??? Sorry, but recruiting big time players especially in this funk of crap the WAC is in ain’t going to happen. Plus with all the talent we currently have on the team right now, we need to start whoopin arse and winning big which is something that hasn’t been consistent enough the past couple years. I mean I see the Hawaii player tracker and think to myself, what if had the Manti Te’o, Scott Smith type players, but in all honesty I can see why they would choose to go elsewhere to bigger and better places and be able to showcase their talent against the best competition out there. Cause let’s not kid ourselves, a Manti Te’o beastin at Notre Dame could mean easy 1st rd. NFL draft pick, a Manti Te’o beastin at UH…maybe a 2nd or 3rd rounder…just sayin based on competition he would have gone up against.

Another tackle by Jordan Monico

How do we pay for all the good softball teams that come to Hawaii for our spring pre-season games? It must be expensive to have six or eight teams like Washington, Stanford, DePaul, East Carolina and Cal to play in our tournaments.

“Another tackle by Jordan Monico”

Thanks to everyone with suggestions for the prep of the side belly pork for deep frying.

Got 6 lbs marinating now in a mixture of salts (including LizKauai’s red salt), NOH chinese chicken mix, and brown sugar (from the bacon prep sites)….and about the garlic…

Mom, the retired hospital cook and dietary manager, perfectly understands and agrees with Al. She minced fresh garlic and added it to the pork after the salt rubbing. She thinks we should do a test and deep-fry a piece Friday night. 🙂

Kauai folks- We’ll be catching the game this Saturday at Kalapaki Joe’s in Poipu. Shhh, it’s Kymry’s birthday too, I think!

GO WARRIORS!

Hey Bulla. Is that your classmates son that leads the Warriors in tackles? Two boys way bigger than dad huh?

By the way, wasn’t one of those Paredes boys a hero several years back, when he saved someone’s life near Kualoa? I may have the wrong young men, I’m not sure.

Time for a clubhouse raid. 😀

*sneak in, disarm alarm, open front door for blog mascot, who’s been standing in the rain* Shake, boy! Ah, the smell of wet dog permeates the clubhouse.

*give mascot squeaky LaTech bulldog toy* Go for it!

*hide servings of bread pudding under heavy security for Liz & Jason. They have to figure out how to get to it.

*let mascot out, turn on alarm.

Nytal!!

jm2375,

My Kumu said he loves your sister. Maybe someday I’ll meet her when the Waimea halau comes over.

Night!

Is there practice tomorrow? Will it be raining?

pride….check your modern day postal services.

Pride.. Amazing, yeah? 24 hr DT in Eleele – next to a traffic signal!

You can call when you come over, you know. 🙂

This is getting a bit more subjective, but I much prefer the Zune Marketplace. The interface is colorful, has more flair, and some cool features like ‘Mixview’ that let you quickly see related albums, songs, or other users related to what you’re listening to. Clicking on one of those will center on that item, and another set of “neighbors” will come into view, allowing you to navigate around exploring by similar artists, songs, or users. Speaking of users, the Zune “Social” is also great fun, letting you find others with shared tastes and becoming friends with them. You then can listen to a playlist created based on an amalgamation of what all your friends are listening to, which is also enjoyable. Those concerned with privacy will be relieved to know you can prevent the public from seeing your personal listening habits if you so choose.

P0mai,

Hawaii 31

Louisiana Tech 28

Aloha Pride !

Bobby Jack is on his way as I FINALLY got it mailed off to you and Hailey !

Thank you for your patience as between work and recruiting for UH I had

no time to get the cuddly stuff animal out of my home to your grand daughter’s

arms as it will be arriving in 3 to 5 business days from Los Angeles as I mailed it

off this Wednesday morning !

The cuddly monkey is a safe keep for life as when she grows older he will strap

on her back as you walk hand in hand with her during those memorable times of

grand dad and grand daughter !

Take care kind sir and MAHALO for your GREATNESS !

Thanks Rainbow Cliff.

Hope everyone has a great Thursday!

Garret,

If you’re still around, how are the Texas blogs treating Mack Brown and his coaches?

We give our coaches a hard time when our team under performs. With the unexpected loss this weekend, are the Texas fans forgiving? I know they lost some talent, but with all 4 & 5 star recruits, you would think it’s just reloading every year.

oldie,

Mack Brown has built up so much good will that *nobody* is calling for him to be fired. Most criticism talks about what needs to be done better but mentions how they believe in the coaches to help improve the team. The big thing for Mack Brown is that he’s won 10+ games since forever, has probably the top recruiting class in the country committed for 2011, won a national title, and was in the national title game last year. Basically, he’s earned a lifetime pass from the people who were calling for the firing of past coaches. He has *every* booster with the big bucks on his side.

If you look at Mack Brown’s record, he’s “struggled” in years when he’s had to break in a new starting QB). Colt McCoy graduated last year so his QB is new this year, so I expected Texas to lose some games.

2010: 3-1 (starting sophomore QB never started a game in college before the season, backup QBs are true freshmen)

2009: 13-1 (won conference, starting QB hurt early in national title game)

2008: 12-1 (won Fiesta Bowl vs. Ohio State)

2007: 10-3

2006: 10-3 (Vince Young left a year early for the NFL, Colt McCoy started as a freshman)

2005: 13-0 (won national championship vs. USC)

2004: 11-1 (won Rose Bowl vs. Michigan)

2003: 10-3 (Vince Young’s freshman year)

2002: 11-2

2001: 11-2

Even the most bandwagon, critical UH fan would happily take those round of years and would give the coaches a pass if the team was “only” 3-1 like Texas is this year.

The MWC’s Commissioner admitted that they invited Fresno State and Nevada in response for the WAC trying to take BYU. Note that the MWC is talking about how there is only room for the Pac-10 and one other D-IA conference…so, they want the WAC to go away.

Thompson looks at the college football landscape in the West and sees room for two conferences – the mighty Pac-10 and one other.

The WAC tried to solidify its future by swiping BYU from the Mountain West.

The Mountain West countered by grabbing Nevada and Fresno State – short-circuiting the WAC’s secretive BYU “Project” and reaffirming the Mountain West’s position as the region’s No. 2 conference.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/09/30/1361109/part-of-every-day-is-bcs.html

UH vs LaTech

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#329 – Garret

I had said long ago that the MWC was out to get rid of the WAC. MWC is so arrogant, I guess they feel that the rest of the teams on the west coast should just drop football or move down to DII.

Pomai,

The MWC brings higher TV ratings in BCS bowls than the Big East. A MWC/C-USA play-in game winner would probably bring more $$$ to the BCS system than the Big East winner.

The MWC isn’t being arrogant–the WAC was trying to *destroy* the MWC. That was clear in the e-mails between Benson and Utah State. The WAC tried to destroy the MWC and the MWC responded to insure its survival. In this case I think you have to blame the WAC for Fresno and Nevada’s invitations. Your put-downs of the MWC are wrong in this case, in my opinion.

I agree with Garret. As much as I hate the MWC, this is ALL Benson’s fault. I didn’t think we should have taken BYU from the beginning, but that’s water under the bridge now. I think the only way UH should stay in the WAC is if they get rid of Benson. Sure he has done some really good things for UH, but he has pretty much destroyed the WAC and encourages the WAC to be a stepping stone conference. He should make the conference stronger, not individual teams.

Awesome share! Thank you very much 🙂

Pomai,

If you read the article I linked to above, you’ll see that the BCS wants to add another BCS bowl (the Cotton Bowl played at the Cowboys Stadium). That means they will need another BCS conference…the MWC is the strongest non-AQ school and the BCS would get rid of a lot of political pressure if they added that BCS bowl and made the MWC an AQ conference.

That would be more money for all BCS schools…especially because there would be another BCS bowl spot (for an at-large team playing in the Cotton Bowl against the MWC champ). The Cotton Bowl is offering a lot of money to entice the BCS and TV will pay for that game.

The BCS might need the MWC just for inventory of games.

Hey Garret-

Hope to see the Cotton Bowl come back into popularity when it was part of the basic group of Rose, Orange, Cotton & Sugar.

Waiting to hear of new title names like Capt. Crunch, Lucky Charms, Frakenberry and Count Chocula bowl. ( Since all the mkt now is targeting the younger generation.

CoolEthan,

The biggest problem for the Cotton Bowl was that they played in an outdoor stadium and the weather in Dallas in January could be horrible. However, the Cotton Bowl game has solved this by moving the bowl game from the Cotton Bowl to the Cowboys Stadium–an indoors stadium.

It will be weird for the “Cotton Bowl” to not be played in the Cotton Bowl. But stadiums with tons of luxury boxes and other amenities make tons of money more than other stadiums.

I’ve seen a good proposal posted on the blog a couple of times about having a season-opening double-header at Aloha Stadium to get an extra week for the season. Trouble is, Aloha Stadium doesn’t have the luxury boxes and seating capability that NFL-type stadiums have…so, if the NCAA wanted to approve a special season-opening game, they would put it in an NFL-type stadium in a major TV market instead of Hawaii.

Aloha Kakahiaka!

Another day closer to Saturday!

No put away the umbrellas yet.

Have a terrific day!

HiHo….

I’m on the blog a lot today because starting tonight I’ll be off the blog for 10 days. My mother-in-law comes tonight and my wife’s aunt, uncle, and cousin will also be staying with us next week.

Another tackle by Jordan Monico.