Gabriel is honorary captain
Garrett Gabriel, who led the Rainbow Warriors to two victories over BYU — including the night BYU’s Ty Detmer won the Heisman Trophy — is the honorary captain this week.
Gabriel spoke to the team at the end of today’s practice.
Gabriel and his wife have three sons. He now works for the Department of Education.
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Defensive end Beau Yap is expected to be medically cleared to play in Saturday’s game against 25th-ranked Fresno State.
Yap displayed mild concussion-like symptoms after he was struck on the helmet against Nevada this past Saturday. Knowing that Yap wanted to re-enter, the athletic trainers and equipment staff collaborated on the stop: They took away Yap’s helmet.
Yap said he will be ready for the game.
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For the few who still have not seen it, check out this video on Fresno State’s Derek Carr: Video.
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Happy birthday UHFan808
Go warriors!
I just want to say thanks to the IT people of the Star Advertiser. The blog is much easier to read without all the spam.
Or maybe it’s ST working overtime. 🙂
Have a great day in Paradise Hawaii!
……and as always, Let’s Go Bows!
Larry Ellison just completed a stunning comeback to win the World Cup in sailing. Hey Larry, how about investing a Billion into Hawaii Athletics and lead our comeback.
ITT
Good Morning Folks!
ST either is up early today or had a very late night.
HAVE A GREAT DAY HAWAII!!!
Thank you for your slippah stomping kaka-roach skills, ST!
Great news about Yap!
Boyd Yap exemplifies a Rainbow Warrior!
GO WARRIORS!!
Happy Birthday Blessings, UHFan808!
I meant Beau!
morning gang!
happy birthday UHFan808 !!! … i always enjoy your positive posts
ITT
Howzit, Haleakala?
Howzit, Loa?
ITT 😀
Great news on Beau….hears hoping playing at home…no travel for a few weeks give the Warriors that added boost….at some point in time….ya gotta think….I am mad as hell and not gonna take this anymore……lookin forward to it. They are a lot better than results show….now is the time to put it on the field—Go Warriors
The Warriors have played up to beat Fresno several times before.
Maximus: You ask me what I want. I, too, want to stand before the Emperor as you did.
Proximo: Then listen to me. Learn from me. I wasn’t the best because I killed quickly. I was the best because the crowd loved me. Win the crowd, and you will win your freedom.
Maximus: I will win the crowd. I will give them something they have never seen before.
mo808 – right back atcha… it’s all good
ITT
With the morning practices and no kids to shuttle to school, I get up at 4:30 every morning. I hate mornings.
Morning, Gang!
Good to hear that Beau is back at it.
Happy birthday, UHfan808! Hope you have one good-fun kine day!
Is something wrong with our helmets? Or are the trainers much more cognizant of concussion symptoms now than ever? Or both? Or what?
Have a great day, everyone!
Praying for healing for all the Warriors. Going to miss Joey.
Go Warriors!
Good morning, Tsai-kos and Lurk-ers!
How awesome is Beau’s dedication – Thank you, Beau! Hahaha (of course, in a way 🙁 ) Please be sure you’re entirely A-OK!
Aww.. Thank you for the birthday greeting! 🙂
Speedy recovery for Iosefa.
Great news to hear about Yap return.
Happy birthday to UH808fan.
And…
In da video, I could have sworn I saw a string that helped guide the football to the basket. 😉
Have a great day, and ITT (Whatevah dat means!)
GOOD MORNING HAWAII!
Best wishes for Beau Yap! Stop Fresno!
Thank you for your birthday wishes, too, Loa, mo808, Wes’side Warrior, and shoko!
Positive posts are my pleasure, Loa 🙂
Wes’side Warrior – OK, I will do my bestest!
🙂
Play nicely and have a fantastic day, everyone!
ITT!!!
Pretty cool trick play, ST! (Altho thought of FSU gives me acid reflux.. Grrr!)
Incidentally, anybody here have a trick play video(s) they’d like to see the Warriors do?
Wow! Just took time to watch the video…amazing! Derek is one cute buggah too! 🙂
GO BOWS, BEAT DA BULLDOGS!
Good Morning Gangeez! 🙂
Happy Birthday to the lovely and talented UHfan808!
Great news about Beau Yap! You can’t keep a good Warrior down.
Maddog50 – I love your post @ #18! +1,000
GO WARRIORS!!!
Great Morning All!
Hoping for a Bulldog-Bustin’ effort from the DL on Saturday. Having Mr. Yap in the group will help that a lot!
Go Warriors!
IS IT SATURDAY YET?
ITT
Yes. Good news. Da Beau is back. Hang in there Warriors. It can be done. Protect da house.
I behave today. Everything look nice and pono. ITT.
Aloha kakou! 3-prong, as for Larry Ellison, we might be, and this is in all due respect to the State, a little too small a venue for his level of business interest. First, he is already involved in a very small group, of uber high asset individuals, who are working behind the scent to bring back a NFL franchise to Los Angeles, and so his quota on football might be currently filled. Next, and possibly more important, is that although he has been a benevolent landlord (at least some would say) on Lana’i, he is at the end of the day, a businessman. Thus, unless he identifies a legitimate and pragmatic way to monetize Warrior football, this would be a non-starter from his side.
Although, I work in mgmt. consulting, I have not seen enough of the business model, and as well, its obligations from both the state, the stadium, and its media contracts to make any precursory determinations of whether their current practices are solvent, and/or has the ability to be sustainable. In other words, it would be nice, but unless it can actually provide a ROI (return on investment) the safe money says he passes…..
Derek Carr. HA! Fafa wen try sell me sweet bread fo fundraising. I said no, and like one mary he said okaaayyyyy and twirled away from my door.
So wat, we goin win or wat?
Whats ITT? I’m lost
happy birthday UHFan808 and many more to come.
Hey Punchbowl….I am a what is called “Mature Warrior” played many years ago….I eat sleep celebrate and anguish over these guys…..like I say I just want to win…a lot to be said for dogged determination and relentless effort…thats what wins games….not always the more talented….lets do some damage and bring this one home or exhaust oneself in the effort….I believe in the Warriors!!!!
Happy B-Day, UHfan808!
ITT!
morning
happy happy joy joy UHfan808
ITT
play nice now
Maddog50 –
I am with you, just win! And I also agree that we have the players and that the win will come soon enough. I believe that once they get a few W’s under their belts, it will start to steamroll for them.
To summarize, The Warriors so far, are so near, yet so far. That will change.
ITT
Ok, I missed the ITT bandwagon… what does it mean?
Internal turkey temperature?
I got St Louis (+3.5) tonight.
The dome is going to be loud and 49ers have issues. No Aldon Smith, Vernon Davis is still questionable. Without Davis, the WRs are going to get smothered again. St Louis has a quality defense and played the 49ers very tough last year in both games.
As much as I like Kaepernick, his Oline isn’t playing as well as last year. In the losses, he’s been scrambling much more than before, but has nobody to throw to. Defenses have a spy on him so his scramble yards are being limited, but the bigger issue is the WRs can’t get open.
ITT—if I’m not mistaken that is a powerhouse internet company out of Waipahu right??! Ilocano Tagalog Technologies…
Happy birthday, UHFan808!!! Hope you’re having a wonderful day.
Howzit, gang!
ITT…
Good luck to the team this weekend. GO WARRIORS!!! LETS! GO! BOWS!
ITT technical institute?
For Saturday… The DL needs to get their hands up and disrupt passing lanes. Fresno does a ton of quick throws that are too fast for DL to get to Carr.
Happy Birthday UHFAN808!!! Hope you have a great one!
ITT
#FreeBillyRay
#39. IgnoreTheTrolls.
Defensive end Beau Yap has what Chad Owens always said:
No Fear!”
Go Rainbow Warriors and beat the bulldogs…
dazzle and razzle
dodge and dart
Hit them high
Hit them low
Make them fart.
Players transferring is one of the bad breaks hurting us. Our best left tackle and pass protector with real pro style size and athleticism Muir transferring to Baylor, our best receiver out of Spring practice Davis transferring to Cal. And one of our best running backs from 2012 in Gregory leaving the team– those hurt us badly. Injuries hurt even more.
Just watched the 2006 season highlights and man Colts release looks faster than it did before.
To the fans who want to talk football, IT ITTs
Some side info on former warrior….” Philadelphia Eagles practice squad news, earlier signed wide receiver Will Murphy and in the process released offensive lineman Isaac Remington.
Murphy was a part of the Eagles’ final cuts on August 31st but there is an obvious desperate need at the wide receiver position. With the addition of Murphy to the practice squad, the Eagles now have two wide receivers on there including Greg Salas. Personally, I think Greg Salas should be on the 53-man roster instead of Jeff Maehl but that’s up to Chip Kelly and the front office.
Murphy went to the University of Oregon and only played three seasons there initially joining the team as a walk-on. At Oregon, he would only have 240 receiving yards and one touchdown.”
One would think, that Salas gets a bump up to the active roster….
Kind’ve wondered how come Norm chow doesnt incorporate the shovel pass
UHfan808.
First off. Happy Birthday/
Second. You asked what’s an (OT) Original Tsaiko. I used that term as a play off of {OG}Original Gangster, which by the way is usually taken as a positive. The context I used it was to describe founding members of the blog who have remained regular posters.
To explain OG and OT in local talk….OGs and OTs don’t aack. They are who they say they are they don’t misrep themselves.
59. I think many people wonder that as well as bubble screens, hitches, etc. Kaumeyer was on the Bobby Curran show this morning explaining how Fresno does a great job protecting Carr by using screens, shovel passes, and 5 yard hitches as effective ways to get the ball out of his hand quickly. Those quick passes act like run plays. Him saying that makes me wonder why we don’t do it too to protect our QB and act as running plays to keep the ball moving forward.
No point trying to figure out why we don’t do certain things though.
Oh Wow…Happy Birthday UHfan808! Have one good one today!
Mahalos fo da pep talk. I can see the fire in yo eyes wen I was reading …. keep the passion going!
One trick play I like see?…Warriors score 10 TD’s this week!….
#55 on the bright side…we getting quality players into the program…now just got to keep them here.
2014 guys look good, keep building the foundation, make um strong, then they will come.
Imua Warriors!
47, yes 49ers have a lot of issues. But beware of the wounded dog. I would stay away on this one and just enjoy it. For me, I like: Paul Johnson’s Georgia Tech -7 against the Hokies at home. Have a great day and and always, bet with your head, not with your heart.
Just a thought…could we defend Fresno like how we defend an option team? Assignments?
Then again Carr is one hell of a QB.
jeezy33
#61, is it because Fresno catches and we don’t or haven’t yet on a consistent basis?
Happy Birthday UHfan808, many happy returns in da future.
63. I’m going opposite you on that tonight. I hate Logan Thomas, but i like taking the points with a defense as good as V Tech. Those games usually are pretty close..
63. I’m going opposite you on that tonight. I hate Logan Thomas, but i like taking the points with a defense as good as V Tech. Those games usually are pretty close..
60—Damn, it feels good to be a gangsta…geto boys…nice.
I remember the last time Fresno State was ranked we knocked um off lets see if history repeats itself.
as much crap as the offense got i think the secondary had a off day against nevada but thats my opinion.
Even the SEC having problems with student attendance.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304795804579097223907738780.html?mod=e2fb
boola. You are proof of the old saying, you can take the boy out of Halawa but you can’t take the Halawa out of the boy.
Jeezy, I just don’t trust Logan Thomas, very overrated thrower. On the other hand, GT QB sophomore Vad Lee is a good one. Plus, I like Paul Johnson’s play calling. Good luck anyway. Let’s have some fun.
P.S. At the Hawaii Bowl last year, we saw Margus Hunt destroy Derek Carr. Too bad we don’t have a player like that to cause that kind of havoc. Fresno just couldn’t do anything against SMU that day, one of the more shocking games I saw all year.
ITT
But there are Pony fans who aren’t happy with June. Kinda deja vu.
http://ponyfans.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=67787&start=15
Good the hear Beau Yap going to play…..he’s one tough mofo…..!!
Wow! Welcome back, NSF! Good to see you again!
ITT!
Yap is stout at his position. Glad he is cleared to go. Go UH!!!
Go, Greg Salas!!!
73. I def think Logan Thomas is a horrible thrower. Somehow V Tech defense always keeps them in games though. Whether its a big ST play or turnover. I think G tech will win, just hopefully 7 or less…..
On the other hand, whats more annoying? A troll or people who post ITT non stop in a football blog?
Wesside . . . you know something? What’s up with Greg?
wtf is “ITT”……i missed the email on that one.
we’ll have to score more that 21 to beat Fresno…..anyone think we have a chance?
72…Halawa is like BO…you can take as many au’aus as you like, but the stuff is never leaving you…neva.
On the issue of calling someone a troll…
I have come to understand that when someone disagrees with your position and they cannot come up with an argument that trumps your argument, these types of people and personalities resort to calling the opponent names like troll, disagreeable, etc. It’s a sign of weakness, people. Calling someone a troll is weak, at best. Weak retort; weak argument; weak rebuttal; weak ability to formulate a powerful argument for your position.
Labels of that sort mean nothing to me or to many others who lurk and who do not speak up. I am not interested in a popularity contest. If I were, I’d run for office.
I reserve the right to demand that my school do a better job. End of story.
Good morning everyone!
Glad Beau Yap can return this week. Geev ’em!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY UHFAN808 !!!
…this warrants a comment post of it’s own. 🙂
Name calling is a sign of defeat.
But remember….”Sticks and stones………”
Ahhhhhh, dat wuz special…
Former University of Hawai’i quarterback Garrett Gabriel, who led the Rainbow Warriors to a pair of blowout victories over Brigham Young in 1989 and ’90, will serve as honorary captain at Saturday’s football game against Fresno State.
Go Warriors!
EH, NUMBA 85. SO YOU TELLING ME THAT GET PLENTY PEOPLE HERE THAT AGREE WITH YOU AND THINK YOU MAKE SENSE AND THAT EVERYONE IS AGAINST YOU FOR NO REASON? COME ON, BRADDAH, I WENT READ YOUR POSTS LONG TIME ALREADY.
NO CAN, DIS GUY. WHAT YOU THINK, SASA MULI?
#91
why the anger brother?
Should this be “what it’s all about” in CFB, too?
http://footballscoop.com/news/10986-here-s-the-letter-that-the-coach-gave-to-his-team-after-suspending-all-80-guys
(annoddah good one from PIAA DS)
Any updates on Tavita Woodard? After a phenomenal 1st half vs USC, including 3 batted balls and a few tackles, his name hasn’t been called much the last few games.
75…that was a great little insight from the SMU side….I love this one post: I think June desperately wants to leave SMU. Unfortunately, his record hasn’t merited someone giving him a job that pays him better. I am sure he blames SMU for his problems, though SMU fans can certainly list a few reasons why June has only himself to blame.
SMU has 3 options after the season. It can extend June; it can terminate June; or it can see the contract through to the end. Let’s table the last option for a moment because for the reasons above, it really is not a good option.
If SMU elects to terminate June, from the outside looking in, it will appear to be insane. I am big on reasonableness. Firing June will look unreasonable. To an outsider, SMU wandered the college football wilderness until June took over. All June did was go to 4 straight bowls, winning 3 of them. One sub-.500 season after 4 bowls does not merit termination at SMU to an outsider.
Now, I can list the myriad of reasons terminating June is absolutely the right thing to do, if not overdue. He doesn’t want to be here; he doesn’t recruit; the team has plateaued; he doesn’t really do anything to sell the program; he once managed to personally sabotage his own recruiting class in an unprecedented way. Frankly, I think there was enough on the ASU debacle to fire the man with cause, but too much time has passed.
Unfortunately, good reasons to fire June don’t really matter. Like it or not, SMU is not a plum job. It isn’t a bad job. It is just a job. We can list 100 reasons why SMU is a great job, but the truth is so can almost any school, and make no mistake, SMU has warts as well. And since we are not one of the top 25% of college jobs out there, it is important that SMU, at all times, appears to be REASONABLE (there is that word again).
Why is being reasonable important? Because we have to show a coach that SMU is supportive and will give the next coach time to put his system in place and recruit his players. SMU isn’t a good enough school to demand a coach’s head after 1 losing season. I always think of Southern Miss who fired Jeff Bower after 9 straight winning seasons, then hired Larry Fedora (who left after 5 years for UNC) and then fired the next guy after a single season-as an outsider I view So. Miss. as a bunch of friggin’ nuts with unreasonable expectations.
Given that he is owed 2 million, and obviously can’t be fired for cause, although SMU has some high net benefactors, I don’t see them pulling the trigger on a termination, as the more pressing problem is who can they attract, like him or not, he has set the bar high for the next guy.
#94
I was wondering where he went……MIA
Mr.Yap a true WARRIOR!!
What happened to the DT who got the FB tryout early in camp? He looked like he had pretty good feet.
PRIMO, I ANGRY CUZ… I DUNNO WHY. I JUST STAY ALL PISS OFF ALL THE TIME. GET PLENTY CLOWNS ON THIS BLOG BUT I JUST… I JUST… I GOTTA USE BATHROOM.
#99
Breathe….AOSD…..Breathe………then try using lower case words to write………..breathe….
NorthShoreFan,
First of all, howzit! Long time no blog. Hope all is well!
It appears our pass defense has been exposed many times in the past couple games. Frseno is no longer the Pat Hill “run ’till ur done” offense. If it were, I’d say we could make this an interesting ball game. Our run defense is quite good.
With Fresno throwing the ball all over the damn creation, it’s going to take a performance we haven’t seen yet to slow them down.
#73, Maybe Kennedy can be our Margus…..although not as tall.
#90, My Daughter played tball with Garrett’s son last season & we play their team Saturday morning.
ST:
Is that “stop” or “spot” ? Eh, the first kind of makes sense, too…
All-time favorite UH player: Garrett Gabriel. The QB who finally beat BYU after 10 years of losing.
83… I think UH gets more than 21 barring a massive amount of turnovers. Fresno’s defense is as bad as their offense is good. Offense will have chances.
Fresno is ranked 91st vs the run
Fresno is ranked 119th vs the pass
And it’s not like they’ve played elite offenses. Rutgers hasn’t come close to replicating their production vs Fresno and Boise St’s offense got shut down vs a mediocre Washington defense (their other quality opponent so far) The Baltazar kid is going to be really good once he’s the guy.
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Defending Fresno is a tough task…
Fresno is top 5 in fewest sacks allowed. Just makes the Dline more important as they must look to deflect passes.
Fresno loves the quick pass game, and Carr often throws the ball under 2 seconds. That’s why they allow so few sacks. Kaumeyer going to have to use a nickel, either (4-2-5) or (3-3-5), alignment to get extra speed on the field to defend that. UH does have the depth in the secondary to pull this off.
I think UH can stack the line (show blitz w/ cover 1 or 0) and decoy the blitz and try to trap Carr into a bad read and maybe a cheap interception knowing that he wants to throw quick on most plays. Zone blitzes could be effective vs quick passes/screens as college QBs often don’t read/react well to DEs dropping into coverage. On screen plays, OL blocking assignments get messed up vs zone blitz. Basically, do anything to keep Carr off balance on his reads.
I like how Boise tried to defend Fresno… only rush 3 or 4 and try to keep everything short. I thought Boise played too conservatively and their DLine never threatened Carr and he had a bunch of time to wait for receivers to find a soft spot if he didn’t throw quick.
It’s all good in theory, but they still have to play the game. If UH has any chance, the defense needs to make Fresno earn every yard and force some turnovers. Plus, it’s paramount that the offense to have long grinding drives to make the game as short as possible.
UH defense will definitely have their hands full on Saturday. Need to force turnovers, WRs tend to be loose with the ball, so hopefully UH tries to rip at the ball.
#105
so you leaning UH +18.5 eh?
Awesome News! Glad to see Gabriel honored!
Gabriel had Swag!
Like a lot of RnS, or Air Raid, the deep ball is set up by the short stuff. I’m sure Fresno will take deep shots if Kaumeyer plays too aggressive. Forcing Fresno to dink and dunk seems to make the most sense for me if I were a coach, but a coach I am not.
106.. not likely… I thought the line would have opened over 20.
I’ll only put money on UH if the line gets to 21. At this point doesn’t look like it’ll get there. I’m no expert, but the odds makers must have the line this low for a reason…
Sasa says, if no poke squid long time, man like talk talk talk to people he cannot see.
Will be rooting for UH all the way though. The offense get chance to look better as Fresno’s D is really bad, but the OLine needs to show me something.
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ST:
Any word on the QB situation?
Two thumbs up for Garrett. A well deserved honor. I’ll stand and cheer when he’s introduced. He deserves a standing O from everyone in the house. Glad Chow doesn’t hold any grudges for the spankings GG administered to the Cougars.
primo123… Oddsmakers probably not loving Fresno St as they are 0-3 ATS this year. That and Saturday is Fresno’s 1st road game probably explain the line (in addition to their defense).
Amazingly, Fresno has been outgained on offense in every game this year.
morning everyone,
watched the Nevada again and after watching Sean didn’t do that bad. the int was good plays by the dl and the other one Sean got hit as he was to throw it. want able to put anything on it. but if u looked at another angle the wr he was throwing too was wide open. so seems like was making the right reads.
For some reason, our opponents tend to get well against Hawaii. Doesn’t matter if it’s at home or on the road. Why? Because the other teams can score and we can’t, simple. If we could score 24-30 points per game we would win a lot of games. Our defense is good enough.
FUHA, based on your observation, the over might be looking good… I am not convinced yet that Hawaii can score against a bad defense though…
But there is a stat out that Hawaii is 20th in the country in fastest pace per play. Fresno is 6th. So if that many plays are being run a game, it could equate to a bunch of points.
jeezy, UH is 20th in pace per play? Whodda thunk that?
58.5 is the consensus total… over might be the way to play.
If the UH offense can show improvement and Fresno’s D is a bad as advertised, UH can score… Good for the over. Should UH shoot themselves in the foot with turnovers, that will gas out the defense and Fresno may have a monster 2nd half… also good for the over.
I think I’m liking the over also… good call jeezy
Now watch both teams play sloppy, 8 combined turnovers, 3 missed FGs and it turns into a low scoring grinder and UH plays to another under. LOL
#115 808bowler~ Remember SS had at least 3 balls batted down at the line of scrimmage. He still takes too long to release the ball (the one he got sacked, and you say the receiver was open) and zones in on his receivers too long too. I don’t see too much improvement in him from last year except he seems to be real confident. He may be the best of the rest though and I support whoever coach Chow decides to use and will ALWAYS root for our Rainbow Warriors. Go Bows!
Hawaii averages 21 seconds per play. Fresno 19.8. The closer the game, the higher the chance of over in my eyes. If Fresno is up 28 at half, they will do what they did last year. But if Fresno D gives up big plays, I could see Hawaii putting up points considering we do have deep threat guys.
Last game of the day so I’ll wait on that one.
If we can get two long td runs by St. Juste and a establish a controlling rushing game, we get chance, because then their secondary will soften up. All we need is a chance. And hope. Our boys are going out there to try and win on Saturday, the least we can do is root for them.
Our running is better than our passing, who would’ve thunk?
I would love to see UH spoil Fresno State’s BCS hopes. Hopefully they get caught looking too far ahead and get surprised by Hawaii. Anything can happen , especially when it’s a home game. This could be like what UH went through in the ’07 season. They were favored in both the San Jose St. and Louisiana Tech games and both turned out to be “down to the last play” finishes.
fresno’s defense never saw anything like Hawaii’s offense.
121. Corner play in my opinion is still Hawaii’s weakness on D. I’ve been consistent with that going in to the year even though they have played decent so far. Its going to be tough matching up with all the Fresno WRs. Quezada is average at best running the ball so they shouldnt get much on the ground. We need to hope Fresno comes out flat and establishing the run will be our only chance to win this game in my eyes. Then like you mentioned, we can take advantage of Fresno DBs deep.
Fresno is going to score though. Hawaii will have to find a way to create turnovers and convert into TDs… Hope to see Woolsey get a shot. He can sling it deep and run
At this point, Fresno is thinking that they are going to run the table, and looking at who they have left who can blame them? Hopefully, they will overlook UH this week. Would playing in a rainstorm affect their passing game? How about encouraging them to swim in box jellyfish infested waters? Anything?
@Hawaii
@Idaho
Bye
UNLV
@SDSU
Nevada
@Wyoming
Bye
New Mexico
@SJSU
MWC Championship game @Fresno if they win out.
121 & 125
I agree establishing the run to set up the passing game is key. Also creating turnovers to not only help out the offense but to deflate Fresno’s momentum and offensive rythym . I like Woolsey as well but very worried about his lack of reps with the offense.
@Wyoming is going to be tough…. I think Boise can win in a re match..
Yup, Fresno’s 2013 schedule makes the 2007 Hawaii schedule look like a gauntlet. Fresno is going to get reamed by the media once the regular season is over and Fresno wins out.
5 to 1 odds that Mark May or Trevor Matich makes a highly negative comparison to the 2007 Hawaii team.
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As much as I can’t stand Fresno, UH needs Fresno to make a BCS game so UH can cash the BCS bowl revenue sharing check.
127… Not too worried about lack of reps. We already know what we have if SS starts. A lot of dinking and dunking and eventual INT on long ball. Woolsey at least gives us a play making element. You can give him simple throws to start out… Boot leg would be good too because he can run pretty well giving him another option if no one is open…
Risk is worth reward I think.
Glad I stopped by to wish the lovely UHFan808 a Very Happy Birthday Sistah!
Also very heart warming to see a bunch of old timers posting today. Imua
primo123:
What are you saying? That’s there’s no evidence of it on the tapes they got? 😉
Check that… make that 3/2 odds that Mark May or Trevor Matich makes a highly negative comparison to the 2007 Hawaii team.
5 to 1 is way too high.
#129
As much as UH needs the money, I think beating Fresno would benefit them much more.
FUHA, 100% agree that the comparison to UH 2007 will be made if Fresno run’s the table, especially if a few of the wins are squeakers.
Jeezy, no guarantee that BSU will win their division to make it to the MWC championship game.
#128. Wyoming is a tough place to play. Fresno and Boise both have to play in Laramie. Boise could very well beat Fresno IF they meet again in the championship game.
Who’s to say the champ game won’t be UH v Wyoming? Neither team is mathmatically eliminated from winning their division.
What is going on with Penitito Fa’alologo? Putting him him will solve the running game. It will take 3-4 guys to bring the BEAST down!
him IN*
#132
madeinhawaii
Exactly……….LOL………
Fresno will lose at Wyoming.
I will guarantee that!
Mark it down.
140.
The game at San Jose State won’t exactly be a cake walk for them either
Wyoming.
Makes me think of Fennis Dembo.
New Mexico.
The Pit
Luc Longley
Interchangeable
Will be interesting, indeed, to see how Kap faces adversity tonight.
143—MJ made Luc a very rich man. Lesson of the day–associate with iconic sport’s figures.
Gabriel was my favorite. tough bugga. he is top 10 in passing yards and was not a part of the run and shoot era. was so good in H.S. QB too. arguably the best Hawaii h.s. qb of all time!
#freebillyray
Hopefully the attedance for Saturday is decent. Doesn’t look good but Fresno games usually draw pretty well. In my opinion I think the athletic department should also look into offering the student athletic fee on volunteer basis for students from other UH campuses (i.e CC schools and West Oahu). It would be a good way to bring in more students and to possibly make some extra income as well.
Aloha everybody ~ just a reminder that this Saturday’s tailgater is again at Rainbow Bay Marina Cabana ‘A’. Plan is to follow the normal schedule – 9 AM early crew arrival and prep, approximately 10:30 grill crew starts the grill, and 4:30 or so clean-up. Hope to see everybody there. If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me at jboster(at)yahoo(dot)com. Cheers, SB
Ahh glad to see some order and somewhat how TWB once was. I still miss back in the day when you’d have “Random Facts” and some of the late night jokes by Rasu. Ohh well, back to lurking. Keep up the good work ST and OG OT’s
Gabriel, good choice.
The trouble with the O hasn’t been the play calling it’s been the execution of the called play. In my eyes our offense has been playing better defense on itself than the opponent’s D. Our mental errors combined with phyical mistakes have been the biggest facors in keeping us off the score board. I truly believe this is the game the offense comes together to support the efforts of the defense and special teams.
And den, who steh looking forward to the Jonas Bros. performing at the 5-0 premiere?
Who looking forward to the 5-0 premiere?
GO WAHINE!
GO WARRIORS!
Ahhh… my first of many homegame T-Gates to be missed this year…. tsigh….
Happy Birthday, UHFan808!
God Bless Rasu… miss you so much!
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GO, RAINBOW WARRIORS!
On paper, Fresno wins. But dig deeper and there are opportunities for Hawaii if it can get its offense to produce a few good plays and for a change, some big plays like Nevada laid on us.
On the field as opposed to paper, things like turnovers come into play and if our defense is stingy and we win the turnover battle, we hand the game to the offense to win for us– a breakaway by St. Juste, or another long pass to Gant or a pass to Clark our TE that catches Fresno napping.
Pardon me while I step on the broken record…
Stop the 3rd down conversions
Stop the big plays
Be consistently good on offense
The win will come.
…stepping off the broken record.
Sasa says: Jonas Brothers… what is dis?? FAFA week in Hawaii Nei? Get all kine fafas on the blog yesterday, get fafas coming to aloha stadium, get fafas coming to waiks.. makes sense yeah? Jonas Brothers near QUEENS beach. All da fafas.
#77 Wes-side Warrior…been around lurking, been busy with my patnah.
Guud to hear from you…hope you and da ohana have been well. Will try to stop by a T-gate to say hello to all.
#101…True dat…Carr is one scary QB. Dude is quick and hard to sack. TK will have to come up with a good package this week or else….
Howzit Tsaikos!
Happy Birthday uhfan808!! You da bestestest.
NSF and WW – wen we gonna see you guys at a t-gate?
GO WARRIORS!
GO WAHINE!
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Gabriel was mobile enough to be very effective in Hawai’i O.C. Paul Johnson’s spread offense.
Watching tonights NFL game, and it provides a very relevant reminder, e.g colin kaepernick, don’t crown the king if you have not yet really sat at the throne. Three tds first game, since, 4 picks….remember this is just really his 15th game starting….so, I think of Mariota, let the kid just play…accolades are for like 10 years from now.
Sasa, have some pride . . . and class. You’re better than what you are portraying. Or reveal yourself. Maybe too fafa to do that? At least with the spam it was unintelligible. You’re vulgar.
If Graham is back, and practices more than a day, I would expect the Offense to show incremental improvement. But for them to suddenly connect on all phases of their game play, I don’t think that’s a reasonable expectation. If we’re going in with one of our other Qbacks? No real improvement. Some different looks with different results, perhaps but more predictability after the 1st quarter. 3 guys suffered concussions, and I’ve only heard that one is cleared to play? Dline is losing depth? Not good against Fresno.
I think our boys play their hearts out but Fresno comes out on top.
156…Good point, but the fafas I grew up with, all 6 foot plus, all 200 pounds plus…all plys…that’s the beauty of Halawa—you gotta respect everyone, or get tuned up, on the spot.
Sasa says: sasa sad. Sasa go away now. Sasa learn for spend time with people face to face.
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20+ years ago, as a young attorney representing custody defendants, a regular customer was a strapping 6 foot plus fafa with linebacker shoulders (prostitution). There would be gasps from the audience when the court called his name and a giant muscled fafa in a tube top and mini skirt would sashay up to the counsel’s table.
Sasa can be funny, funny is okay.
boolakanaka
Or, you beat them bowling for lines and when all the other guys see them big fafas paying for your games, they leave you alone… figure you one small but crazy Japanese… 😉
166..sasa, always have valuable mana’o for everyone. 167….my sole–Tuffy?
169….I like it…. I like it a lot…you and me, going do plenty izakaya.
170. Foafoa
The comparison of the Norm Chow taking over Hawaii and Tim Deruyter taking over Fresno with immediate success is ridiculous. There is no comparison Deruyter inherited Derrick Carr and a roster full of legit D1 talent from Pat Hill. While Chow did not inherit the same legit D1 or superstar QB talent on the roster from McMackin.
So lets be honest Deruyter should be kissing Pat Hill okole for passing of superstar QB Derrick Carr with great WR’s, plus the rest of the loaded roster, period! While Norm Chow should be kicking McMackin okole for passing on a roster that only had a thin select few that where legit D1 players and no Superstar QB with the bloodlines like a Derrick Carr. Chow has to recruit to get the talent level up to legit D1 status and Derutyer did not.
We all know the QB position is the most important position on the team. And Deruyter inherited Superstar QB Derrick Carr from Pat Hill and Norm Chow inherited not a Superstar QB from McMackin. And that my friends is the biggest reason why Hawaii didn’t have the same success as Fresno.
Pomai
UH 24
Fresno 71
#163
pokinfun:
come on now, be HONEST, tell us how YOU REALLY FEEL…….LOL….
EVEN Von Appen left June Jones more talent than Mack did for Chow.
Say What? 40+ recruits later and we still don’t have enough talent?
What gives? You get 5 good ones on each side and you have a pretty outstanding team.
C’mon, Chow’s not like that. I’ve heard nothing but glowing reports regarding his recruits.
Must be something else.
OT Lurker — do you reside in Hawaii? If not, please share you city/state of residence. Yes… it was a great blog era when rasu begasu and Long Time UH Fan appeared nightly. Nice to meet people who remember that and them.
May they rest in peace.
http://home.roadrunner.com/~smurashi/tsai-kos/hallofame.html
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#176. Can’t count on Frosh to be of immediate help. I can’t think of 5 “good ones” on offense, can you? Won’t e3ven get into depth issues.
#FREE BILLY RAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I dont understand how people think were gonna have better offensive production when the guy who been given most the reps since spring is out and our coaches have not proven they can adapt the offense around the personnel that we have.
im betting 95% chance schoeder starts. ikaika comes in mid 3rd. while the best of the bunch Higgins (not athletically, but mentally and pocket presence) sits on the bench. higgins was the only one who could get the ball out quickly which gave the Wrs some space to run.
MY prediction 42-13.
I’m guessing that our QB situation is on a need-to-know basis??
Where’d Billy Ray go?
#182.
Chow’s dog house.
#173 Mack played fresno With a Rs Soph DG who had his First start. while playing a Derek Carr who had started all season. We had how starters go down with injuries right about then??
So please stop with the Mack bashing already cuz weve always played Fresno tough with Mack. And i can tell you now its gonna be a bad night for us! probably lose another 1000 or so fans for the next game.
cocobean,
If freshman don’t count, then we needed more JuCo transfers. That’s a recruiting issue. But don’t we have a couple of true freshman contributing on both ends of the ball? According to some, we still don’t have enough talent by some. I disagree. I think we have enough talent. Enough talent to have won against Nevada or at least put up a much better fight. We have enough talent to show marked improvement on Offense, just as the team has demonstrated improvement on Defense. It’s the coaches jobs to figure out why the output hasn’t matched the talent pool.
and what 9 of 11 starters are MAcks recruits aswell?!? No legit D1 talent?? when the only bright spot is our Defense??
Made…didn’t say frosh don’t count. Said you can’t count on them to be of immediate help. Juco’s are hit or miss. While they may be older they have zero D1 experience.
Experience, D1 game experience is the best teacher. Take Fresno’s starting Offense and count the total number of starts they have as a unit. Do the same for UH. I bet they’ll be a big difference in Fresno’s favor. It takes time for talent to reach it’s full potential.
2011 QB statistics vs fresno: DG first start
D. Graves 13/27 199 7.4 2 0
2012 QB stats vs Fresno
S. Schroeder 16/30 162 5.4 0 1 8.6
J. Higgins 4/5 56 11.2 0 0 97.7
C. Shutter 1/2 3 1.5 0 0 75.1
J. Iosefa 0/1 0 0.0 0 0 3.2
Team21/38 221 5.8 0 1
2013 QB stats vs Nevada
T. Graham 9/15 77 5.1 0 0 25.9
S. Schroeder8/14 74 5.3 1 2 12.4
J. Higgins 5/11 51 4.6 0 0 30.2
I. Woolsey 2/5 41 8.2 0 2 3.1
Team 24/45 243 5.4 1 4
All the other starts had atleast 3 starts under the belt. Also notable BRS stats in 2011 vs Fresno:
Stutzmann 8 136 17.0 1 69
2012 vs fresno
Stutzmann 4 57 14.3 0 26
STILL GOING, AH? COMPARING STUZMANN 2011 RECEIVING NUMBERS TO SUTZMANN 2012 RECEIVING NUMBERS. OR DAVID GRAVES NUMBERS FROM FRESNO TO SCHROEDER’S NUMBERS IN 2012. AS IF THE RAW STATS CAN BE COMPARED EVEN THOUGH ONE WAS FROM RUN AND SHOOT, ALMOST 12 YEARS ESTABLISHED AS THE OFFENSE AT UH, AND ONE WAS FROM CHOWS OFFENSE, VERY FIRST YEAR. PAU. MORE BETTAH YOU COMPARE HIGGINS AND PETER GABRIEL’S STATS. MORE BETTAH GO HOME MAKE RICE!
#183. Well, if he’s really in the dog house, I’d guess that there’s a reason he’s in the dog house. It’s not like Coach Chow wakes up in the morning and says, “Hmmm…which player recruited by the previous coaching regime should I throw into the dog house today?”
Shock the monkey…
189 your just punk trying to make all big on this board! but when i call you back out u all bluff!
an those stats in 2012 is after the 3rd stringers all went in the 2nd half
We’re going to have to find a way to triple our offensive point production in order to have some hope at winning this week’s game…or we run back one kickoff, block a punt (and recover) in their end zone, AND have a pick 6 to go with our standard one FG and one offensive TD. I’d be happy with either scenario.
194 haha id like that too
#183 from past observations, not a good place to be.
trust in Chow. it will be ok.
Trust is earned…in my eyes, that’s still a work in progress.
Not sure if you guys get this in Hawaii… But this was pretty awesome… Mariano’s last exit from the Bronx…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_voxdzu2bvY
196 ask your wife! nah too old that one ask your daughter
cocobean,
I agree. Even underclassmen are hit and miss, with injuries, academics, ego and personality in the mix along with their talent. If the team doesn’t start to show marked signs of improvement, it’s going to get much harder to land quality recruits. The Pro style is a big risk for UH as it is not only more complex and difficult to master, it requires a higher level of gifted athletes on the line. Only a third of the Division 1 schools run the Pro Style, the vast majority are BCS teams. We can only cross our fingers and hope.
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Hau’oli La Hanau, UHFan808!
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202… if chow can somehow get some recruits at best i can see us being fresno state under pat hill. good but always beat up becuz they play physical smash mouth ball.
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I hope you had a wunnerful birthday dinner Julie. Diana wanted to pass on best wishes on your special day. Thanks for the *ITT* reminder. I’m trying to be mindful of it, as I scan the blog.
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Sasa says better go cause sensitive jonas bros fan might make sasa cry again.
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heard pick6 was spotted on island…
#191 peter gabriel (#189)
#75
good for smu…jj will milk all he can from those big money texans.
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Getting harder and harder to sift through the garbage to find comments about football.
I’m honestly surprised that some of what gets posted is allowed to remain.
*sob
One man’s garbage…
nice try kev-1 #2
nice try kev-1 #2 #3
Kev-1 — interestingly, many times over the years, some have complained about all the non-football talk on the blog. Well, for the last month, almost all you had was football-related talk… mostly trash, but still football-related talk if you want to be technical about it.
As ST, pointed out, the football stuff is not worth having a fight and heart attack over. Maybe that’s why the blog 5 F’s were adopted so early in 2007 when the Tsai-kos started to meet in person… and added value to the Warrior Beat:
Football
Food
Family
Friends
Fun (been in short supply recently)
and, in 2008: Fishing
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Where are the reports from gigi on big screen tvs, her golf game, hubby’s work issues, and old days at UH when we need them? Remember how mad some posters used to get at her posts? Sorta puts these newbies in perspective. Still some of this exchange today had possibilities. We haven’t had pidgin rap break out in a long time.
And with all the fafa talk I was sure koa mahu would make an appearance.
Somebody on the blog long ago said Warrior Beat always rights itself eventually. Too many funny, smart, big heart posters and lurkers out there. Great spirit Tsaikos! Always interesting to be with you.
try again…no work last time?
uhfan808
happy birthday girl!
you da bestest and how come you look da same?
you found the elixir of youth?
…nuff said!
Hey, did I miss something? I thought someone who seem to refer to himself as Independent Thinker’ son mention St. Louis connection (or maybe someone else did). Isn’t Michael Green a local attorney connected to St. Louis who also has a passion for sports?
Here is to an inspired effort in front of the home town crowd….these guys need your support, I am envious because I have to watch the game on that crappy Mountain West Video stream….if I coukld go nothing would stop me…..Go Warriors!!!!
… travel subsidies …
The University of Hawaii won’t pursue relief from paying travel subsidies to its conference foes, athletic director Ben Jay said.
In response to a question from John Holzman, chairman of the UH Board of Regents, Jay told the Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics on Thursday,
“we have no bargaining power, we have no leverage, frankly.”
from SA …
UH sets its sights on Pac-12
By Ferd Lewis POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 27, 2013
Saying Pac-12 membership is an achievable goal, University of Hawaii officials will ask 78 major stakeholders today to put their money behind the athletic department’s ambitious dreams.
Athletic director Ben Jay told the Board of Regents Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics on Thursday that he will lay out his “Game Plan” to elevate the department’s future at
today’s invitation-only downtown luncheon.
from SA
Let’s Go Bows! no butt-fumbles though 🙂 … http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6920045/is-it-time-to-break-up-with-your-football-team
Great Morning All!
IS IT SATURDAY YET?
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