Kamehameha’s Sai chooses UH

Excited to hear about Coach Tony…Go Warriors!

More information about Colorado State’s new on-campus stadium that UH will begin playing at in a few years. I have been to a number of campuses where the on-campus stadium is looked upon this way. Trouble is, most of those on-campus stadiums were built a long time ago and space is a lot harder to come by on the Manoa campus area.

“This is more than a box,” Graham said. “This is a place that, hopefully, when any student at CSU walks past that building, they can go, ‘Wow! That’s where I go to school, and I’m really proud of that,’ and can tangibly identify with it. And, similarly, an athlete that shows up can look at that and say, ‘Man, I want to be part of that.’ And when people from Fort Collins have guests come in from New York City, they get them in the car and they drive around Fort Collins and show them all the sights, and they come to the stadium, and they say, ‘That’s our football stadium,” because we’re all proud of it. It’s a landmark that we’re all proud of.

“That’s the vision.”

http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20120106/NEWS01/201060344/Graham-dreaming-2014-game-day

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Congrats Coach Tuioti!

Happy Birthday Paul Cole and Norine Kekuaokalani!

Great news about Coach Tony ! Still awaiting news about Rolo.

good morning tsaikos

Congrats to Tony Tuioti. Smart move by Norm Chow to retain Tuioti. From I saw, I really liked his enthusiasm, teaching style, and demeanor working with the players. Nothing laid back or easygoing about him on the field. I also liked hearing that Tuioti has played a role in acclimating newly hired assistant coaches Phil Rauscher and Lewis Powell. Looking forward to seeing NC’s complete coaching staff.

Good morning Tsaikos!

Congrats to Coach Tuioti.

Spring semester starts today. Hope all the athletes have their game face on to tackle the challenges ahead.

Congrats, Coach T!

Morning Tsaikos.

I thought he’d keep Rolo and groom him because of his background…wonder what was the reason to not retain him? Great job on keeping Tony that leaves two polynesian coaches to get more poly’s to commit to us hopefully then UTAH.

Good Morning Gangeez! 🙂

Great news for Tuioti and the Warriors!

Didn’t know Tony Tuioti was born in Orange County New York. Unless you were referring to that upstart county in CA.

Malo Tau……cheeeeehoooo!!!!!!

(ie. Good job well Done,excitement,all the above).

Good news Tony is returning. Interesting that Inoke Breckterfield is not going to be back at UCLA afterall. Wonder where he goes next. He would be a good addition to the staff but that would leave us with 3 DL coaches. Tont, Inoke, Powell

UCLA: Sources close to the program tell us that Angus McClure will wind up coaching the defensive line. Unfortunately we hear that Inoke Breckterfield will be leaving the program.(Football Scoop 1/9/12)

Sorry to hear that. Thanks for the news Graham. Hope he’s able to hook somewhere else if he hasn’t already. Tough business.

really don’t like chow’s statement about chasing championships – it should be winning championships – go for the gusto. after all it is all about winning the league title or bowl games. teams number 2 to last chase championships, only number 1 wins championships, and we should aspire to be number one.

Reading what Chow stated that the coaches needs to be recruiters. Must be that is top of the totem pole in a requirement for someone to coach under Chow. He knows that no matter how good a coach can be, he will only be as good as the athletes he has on the field. As some say great athletes make good coaches look great. Good athletes make good coaches look OK. It all starts with the type of thorough breads one can have in the barn.

morning 808

tuioti is a good get congratulations. looking forward to more announcements on the re building UH fball program. so far liking what is happening.

innocent observer,

I see what you are saying. But it is a pretty bold statement that Hawaii would be chasing the national championship. I give him credit for setting that as a goal. I don’t feel many other coach really set a goal that high. JJ and NC are the only ones that gave me the impression that their ultimate goal is not just to win the WAC. They are shooting for more.

If UH loses the in the national championship game a couple times, I will be pretty happy with that for a decade or two. haaa

Great news about Tuioti.

Nomo Rolo. My guess anyway. But should be fine without him.

Thought that N.Y. Jets would have looked good on Tony’s resume. But of course more important than the resume is making sure that the kids have food on the table. So with that said, congratulations to Coach Tony.

#20 Kekoa : Who’s idea was it to have the 1st public meet & greet at the Hukilau? Not easily accessible to most folks, and the parking downtown SUCKS!…oh and btw, did I mention that the venue itself is smaller than my garage!

I think Kekoa got it right, but it’s the New Downtown Athletic Club. I’ll be attending this for the first and last time just to see. But if you want more to attend better get a larger and easier access location.

Ther service at the Hukilau hasn’t been all that great either.

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FootballScoop is reporting that Rolo is out. Not sure how they got their info.

Interesting that with all these Rolo rumors flowing about, ST has not confirmed nor denied them. I’ll wait till ST reports on Rolo before I count him as gone…

Thank you Coach Chow for retaining Coach Tuioti!

He will not disappoint you nor his recruits nor his Dline players nor UH-Manoa.

A-house

I hope UH Manoa won’t disappoint coach Chow!

Bleed Green and White:

January 9th, 2012 at 8:26 am

#45 Pride:

Mike Smith got a full time gig with the Jets, he turned down Washington State offer.

Yes I knew that. Old age setting in.

#60, so reading between the lines, Rolo was also on staff, so if his retainment hasn’t been announced, we can assume he’s gone?

ST,

Are the background checks all that’s holding back announcing the rest of his staff??? If so, is that confirmation that Rolo is out as he would not have needed one either???

The Advertiser was doing employee screening for the drug test company?

ahhhh, blog test.

you should eat asparagus before a urine test.

I wonder when all of these genetically modified stuff will start affecting the outcome of the urine tests?

Congrats to Tuioti, he was a “safe” retention by Chow and leaves some form of continuity especially with any residual recruiting from the previous staff to the new staff. Also, Tuioti can probably give an assessment of existing players and where they possibly might fit in Chows’ offensive and defensive schemes. Too bad about Rolo…I think Chow want’s to keep his hands on the offense just like MACK/Mouse, so he wouldn’t be able to truly run the offense as desired. Wish Chow would make it official and get it over with, so Rolo can move on.

Couch Potato..

#73

My father felt the same way until one day he couldn’t shishi at all … My brother, too. Glad that hasn’t happened to me.

bungy —> bungee 😆

Got Shishi problem? Close to 85% of men worldwide develop some type of prostate problem by the age of 60! This statistic is even more acute in United States, where 90% of men have or will suffer from prostate related problems at some point in their lifetime.

Read this but best to go see your doctor.

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I see they are talking about revamping the BCS again… rots of ruck…

for the BCS wannabes ….

The BCS as we know it is going away – from SA breaking news

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/136934048.html?id=136934048

Mazel to Coach Tony!

@Pride if I am not mistaken the internship program with the JETS that Tony was attending was a camp for Coaches of Color. You know what I mean? We have been working on Letters of Recommendation all week last week for several young Poly Coaches who would like to be invited to one of these camps. My husband has been banging the phones to get our Poly Coaches in the doors.

@ Stephen Tsai…the drug test at work have saved a life or two. In my union you have to pee to work whenever they feel like it. Two of my co workers it was discovered had early signs of bladder cancer. The drug test literally saved their lives. Bladder cancer is a hard to detect. Most MEN hate going to the Doctors.

I think that BCS stuff is the same stuff they said the last time they attempted to make changes…

ST: you mentioned Tuioti has been an active recruiter, landing cornerback Mike Edwards, safety John Hardy-Tuliau, and defensive ends Craig Cofer and Tavita Woodard–anyone else he recruited? Can you also give us a list of which former coaches recruited this past year’s players; or at least the key players?

Thanks to Sportsbow:

UH offers RB, Jeffrey Coprich a scholarship; 5-9, 182 lbs. (4.43 40 yd dash); trips on 13th.

http://www.sportshawaii.com/sh/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41497

808Bowler…

Tuioti used to be the recruiting coordinator… thing is, the recruiting coordinator is not a coach and is not allowed to coach… I think his energy on the field is a big plus.

I did a search on the girl’s name and they actually have the video on youtube of her bungee jump.. Scary stuff… and there were crocodiles in the river… LOL

100

Will the GAs be from UH, or do they have to be from UH? Who would be good candidates and how many can be acquired?

As Director of Player Personnel….and not as coach….his first 2 years, Tuioti could not actively recruit.

Whoever ends up as the Recruiting Coordinator (not Director of Player Personnel) must be a coach….and therefore is allowed to recruit.

Tony the kicking coach?

Bugaz – #102 – all GAs must be graduate students at UH in a degree program.

Kapakahi,

ah.. maybe I have the two confused… do we have both?

#105 (kapakahi)

It’s my understanding that Jim Mora hired Inoke Breckterfield to be part of his staff.

2011 National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association’s Awards

HAWAII SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR

Stephen Tsai, Honolulu Star Advertiser, Honolulu

HAWAII SPORTSCASTER OF THE YEAR

Dave Vinton, OC16 (Time Warner Cable), Honolulu

http://nssafame.com/2012/01/09/costas-feinstein-to-nssa-hall/

re: # 105.

maybe LB/RB Wooching would be “open” too.

Under Mack, the Director of Player Personnel position was created with salary paid by Na Koa….but no UH assistant coach was ever assigned the title & responsibility as the Recruiting Coordinator.

As a non-coach, the Director of Player Personnel took care of the all the logistics (the stuff you mentioned) associated with recruiting but could not actively participate in the recruiting process…since must be coach to do so.

re: # 112. latest gossip on Bruin’s blog says he left Mora’s staff.

Congratulations Stephen!

#112 (Bleed Green and White),

See earlier posts #30 & #32.

#116 (ai-eee-soos),

Breckterfield was Wooching’s recruiting contact for UCLA too.

hope st had a bonus tied in with that award in his contract.

#114 –

Thanks Last Call.

Congrats to the blog leader, the hardest working guy in sportswriting!

Gratz to DV as well.

Good job, neighbor!!!

i wonder if tsai has an incentive bonus clause in his contract?

probably not i suppose.

but, i’d buy you lunch.

Pride,

Yes it’s true. George is one of the best football officials out there. I’ve had NFL guys tell me that he really should be officiating in the League. In addition to coaching St. Louis baseball, he also does a great job as the director of football officials for the HHSAA.

133.Al

That sounds awesome! Hope rumors are true! Thanks

Getting paid to hang out in LV with the football team…he no need a bonus! Nah just kidding.

Great news for Tuioti!

Hey Stephen Tsai, great job! Do you know “Betty’s” secret???

Al, I buy you lunch!

Have a great day everyone! Here today, gone to…

jojo…shoots. we go!

Thanks KapoleiWarrior. That’s great news. Remember when he did the Rose Bowl a few years back.

tommui…really? where? i stood you up? you mean my coconut wireless didn’t reach you from kauai?

ST is sportscaster of the year? Congrats! Well deserved.

So how many graduating Warriors are playing in all-star games?

lunch.. I have it all day long!…. oh wait that’s java.. not kava… no need Kava.. I’m in the hot sun all day long…

ST-congrats. Very well deserved.

“Unguarded” an ESPN film about former Fresno State point guard Chris Herren’s battle with drugs.

A must see for sports fans today at 4 pm HST on ESPN 2.

Now that you got the award, can you pull some muscle and get those live video interviews back on the Star-Advertiser? Dunno who your partner would be, but those were always fun to watch. With the new coaching crew, there’s a lot of people to interview and meet.

Last Call,

That’s going to really conflict with the LSU – Alabama game.

oops . . . sportswriter. I bet if he wanted to be sportscaster of the year he could though. My bad.

Also gotta recommend “A Game of Honor” on CBSC about Army and Navy’s recent seasons culminating in their December matchup.

What an ending! Chickin skeen stuff during the end credits….

Sure glad we avoided bringing this guy on:

@wilnerhotline: Source: QB Tate Forcier has withdrawn from San Jose State: “He’s disappeared.”

Much appreciated ST!!

Re #170 – I wonder if Iwonder will be hoping Forcier shows up at UH??

As ST hasn’t said anything about Rolo (unless I missed it), perhaps Rolo was not retained as OC but was offered a lower position as QB coach or something? He is trying the waters to see if he can get an OC position outside but perhaps there is still a chance that he may stay at Hawaii?

Congrats ST, Hawaii’s Sprotswriter of the year!

Who won last year?

Big party for NC tonight in Nalo town? Is he here already? Exciting times!!!

#167 McTruck – you should see a MD-urologist as you may have an enlarged prostate.

ST = CONGRATS

TT = CONGRATS

GO WARRIORS

GO WILDCATS

AL #150 – Saw Richard who said you still had a reservation there – your message showed doubt but “I’ll get back to you”. Your message was on target when you said that Tony was offered.

No biggie though, as I live nearby.

Your bet #153 – you’re on!

CRUCES SPORTS@: http://crucessports.blogspot.com/2012/01/report-three-interviewed-for-aggies.html

Oh, oh…

Monday, January 9, 2012

Report: Three interviewed for Aggies offensive coordinator position

A report from footballscoop.com has New Mexico State University interviewing three men for the Aggies offensive coordinator position in football.

The three names in the report: former Hawaii offensive coordinator Nick Rolovich; former Colorado State head coach Steve Fairchild; former Washington State offensive coordinator Todd Sturdy.

The Cruces Sports Blog had two of these names when speculating on possible coordinator candidates last month. Click here for that list.

Aggie head coach DeWayne Walker is currently at the American Football Coaches National Convention in San Antonio, Texas, an event that runs through Wednesday.

Follow me on Twitter @TeddyFeinberg

Posted by Teddy at 10:29 AM

if mora pulls an offer to one of his own coaches, imagine what he’d do to potential recruits. hope the local boys are paying close attention to these tactics… also hope that our coaches see this and use it as a recruiting tool against ucla in the coming years.

norm chow gives off a much more honorable vibe than mora.

What is the word on Cal Lee?

Re 188: “…in the report: former Hawaii offensive coordinator Nick Rolovich…”

Seems most likely will not be on new staff here. I wish him well at getting his next OC position!

congrats ST…Very deserving award.

Interesting times…The suspense on how NC will recruit athletes and coaches is unbelievable. Also, I’m dismayed with the many “rumors, inuendos, and stories” going around about Mack and his “retirement.” There seems to be more than the simple “won-loss” that stoked his departure.

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PRIDE: You got #204, 206 and so you have to have #207 … unless you want Portguese sausage.

Congratulations, Stephen, for the award! U da man.

ahouse…shoots you are on.

stretch…you mean the space cadet is still trying to find a home base? he could start this year if he kept his grades in order. my guess is that he should continue at a naia school.

al,

U sure know how to tease us with the surprise coaching prospect. Hope Stormin’ Norman can pull it off.

can you imagine if cal lee joined greg taguchi’s kalani hs football staff…?

they would be the only high school in america with two former d1 coordinators on staff. let alone brothers.

pride. davone bess for one.

Congrats Tony!! Show Coach Chow what you can do bro!

Mahalo Rolo for everything!!

Congrats to Numbah 1 Tsaiko! Much deserved!

couch potato…wendy’s infuses horse meat and bull meat into their hamburger.

Burgers?

The Counter at Kahala Mall… quality of ingredients and talk about customization…

😎

aiig…in jt turner’s case, it is when will he come?

if he comes this semester, tomw, he’ll face tougher academic challenges to be eligible in the fall.

or

he could go back to jc and get it done in an easier fashion and be here in the fall as well.

however, should he take the latter route he becomes a “free agent” once again.

#219 al: rolo has several offers at oc coordinator. it is a matter of how far he is willing to travel from home/hawaii.

If I was rolo I go to New Mexico State since he will have another Mule to work with at QB and will be much warmer than up north.

i guess the book on rolo is not officially over since a formal annoucement has yet to be made. keeps things interesting doesn’t it?

i think that half of the visitors this weekend will make a commitment by monday.

I don’t think I am alone on Jack Box. Every lunch time

I drive by Kapahulu or Punahou places, their parking lot

is almost empty…

Pride,

Now, those prospects would have many of the Warrior fans salivating…more so than al’s $14 burger.

Minute By Minute lyrics

Hey, don’t worry, I’ve been lied to

I’ve been here many times before

Girl don’t you worry, I know where I stand

I don’t need this love, I don’t need your hand

I know I could turn, blink, and you’d be gone

Then I must be prepared any time to carry on, but

(chorus)

(Minute by minute by minute by minute)

I keep holding on

Oh, I keep holding on

(Minute by minute by minute by minute)

I keep holding on

Always been one of my favorite songs.

Clam down guys, we will know who the staff is when Chow tells us, everything else here on this blog is pure speculation.

“Hey, don’t worry, I’ve been lied to.”

Inoke Breckterfield to Jim L. Mora.

Pride, your Japanese University possibility for Rolo

would make it sure interesting for him to translate his

playbook to his players…

mikey…burger king does that wm burger trick. they fire up a number of burgers to near doneness and then toss em on the grill when you order them or during peak hours they are just firing em off in anticipation of the sale.

al – that’s why NMS is a great place to start at the bottom.

Look what JJ did at UH from 0-12 to almost National Coach of the Year!

Rolo can become a hero with great Mule to work with for few more years.

I would go far also Al.

“Minute by minute by minute by minute, I keep holding on.”

bk also loves their microwave ovens.

Went to Portland recently and had the best burger I EVER HAD! Can’t remember the name of the place, but it was downtown Portland. The burger was called the 50/50. It was half ground beef, half ground sausage with an aioli sauce. BUGGAH WAS ONO.

Although they don’t have much in them and are pretty basic, I still LOVE the BBQ Cheeseburger Deluxe (TWO TIMES) burgers from St. Louis Drive In. Awww man . . . take me back.

Kevin…you think the games are “fixed”?

Well, maybe in Heaven…

🙂

ipu man…wm still in business. moved next to city mill about ten-15years ago. maybe longer.

kev1…st louis drive inn or w and m burgers?

Thanks Al, will hafta check ’em out again. Whoopie!

Channel 58 on tv always shows some great burger (and other foods)

joints on the mainland. But then they spoil the show by showing

gluttony on how much they can chow down rather than celebrate

its taste.

W & M burgers are better and their fries are great too. chunky and meaty fries.

#255 – Thank you Al.

Inn not in.

Kinda neat that BCS National Championship game is gonna be played on the same UBU Series S5-M synthetic turf system field installed at the Louisiana Superdome….that’s now installed at Aloha Stadium.

The story of how Alabama became associated with “elephant” goes back to the 1930 season when Coach Wallace Wade had assembled a great football team.

On October 8, 1930, sports writer Everett Strupper of the Atlanta Journal wrote a story of the Alabama-Mississippi game he had witnessed in Tuscaloosa four days earlier. Strupper wrote, “That Alabama team of 1930 is a typical Wade machine, powerful, big, tough, fast, aggressive, well-schooled in fundamentals, and the best blocking team for this early in the season that I have ever seen. When those big brutes hit you I mean you go down and stay down, often for an additional two minutes.

“Coach Wade started his second team that was plenty big and they went right to their knitting scoring a touchdown in the first quarter against one of the best fighting small lines that I have seen. For Ole Miss was truly battling the big boys for every inch of ground.

“At the end of the quarter, the earth started to tremble, there was a distant rumble that continued to grow. Some excited fan in the stands bellowed, ‘Hold your horses, the elephants are coming,’ and out stamped this Alabama varsity.

“It was the first time that I had seen it and the size of the entire eleven nearly knocked me cold, men that I had seen play last year looking like they had nearly doubled in size.”

Strupper and other writers continued to refer to the Alabama linemen as “Red Elephants,” the color referring to the crimson jerseys.

The 1930 team posted an overall 10-0 record. It shut out eight opponents and allowed only 13 points all season while scoring 217. The “Red Elephants” rolled over Washington State 24-0 in the Rose Bowl and were declared National Champions.

Thanks al what a laugh haven’t been to W&M in a while too… change to skinny fries?

who would do a dumb thing like that. Must be the son who took over to cut cost.

At Inn & Out they hand cut the fries to order.

#279 (mikey),

FYI….In-N-Out is privately owned family business…just like The Original Tommy’s….and hasn’t yet sold any franchises….so I wouldn’t expect them to move out here anytime soon.

This looks like it is going to be one hell of a football game.

right business decision vs. integrity of the game. hmmmmmmm.

Integrity of the game?????????

Has anyone paid attention to the professional sports headlines and issues over the last few years?

The college game had whatever integrity was left and the BCS nonsense is about killing that completely.

Im not saying the business needs to “change” because it’s stupid and naïve to think it will change, so we’re just gonna go with it for what it is and more people should see it for what it is.

I think pure football fans still believe the NFL holds some kind of true aspect of athletic competition, yet they are the same ones debating and justifying insane salaries and supporting holdouts from a player or owners perspective.

That’s fine if you wanna do that, but personally those same fans should acknowledge that business comes first in the NFL, then somewhere in there is the game of football.

all the hard work the players put into the game is thrown away from some dumb business decision?

so you saying if your favorite Wahine softball team puts in the hours to train, work hard, play the game as best they can and gets it all thrown away because of some collusion between the NCAA and the umpires, is okay?

Jefferson is losing his composure. First he drops the snap and yells at the center. Replay looked like he just pulled out too quick. And now he’s on the sideline dropping F bombs all over the place. Be cool man! Game just started.

Happens all the time.

Ratings increase, sponsorship to the NFL increases, more $$$$ comes in, push Tebow to the moon and make him a superstar unlike no other…

Use him. I mean the NFL has had so many issues with players gaining bad press that someone like Tebow brings in a fresh look for many so why not use it to the NFL’s advantage? Create a new fan base that was previously disenchanted therefore producing more willing wallets.

More money to spread out, not just for the Denver franchise, but for NFL programming, and more kala for all involved including the players league-wide.

How many, JUST how many of these NFLers that don’t make the playoffs or Superbowl will sleep sleepless nights after coming home to their elaborte estates and heavy incomes????

Seriously?

More power to them, they get to make the kind of living we can’t by playing a sport.

business is business but to have officials decide a game because the commish says who should be the winner is simply stupid.

Kevin, you did mention the college game and in principle it’s the same thing. you are playing with the teams passion and goals. why then play the game if the outcome is already decided?

Couch potato:

January 9th, 2012 at 3:33 pm

business is business but to have officials decide a game because the commish says who should be the winner is simply stupid.

If they’re not going to do it, they’re not going to do it.

The thing is, I do not hold the NFL in the same light as you do as you think there is still some kind of purity about football and the game itself in the NFL.

I think and I firmly believe the NFL is a business FIRST amongst everything else.

That’s the difference between you and I.

that’s fine, we can agree to disagree, but i wouldn’t rig a game just for money. that’s just my integrity as a player, coach, and parent.

and no, it wasn’t Sacred Hearts gramps…..since I know you are going to say something like that….MWAHAHAHAHAHA

oops.. time to watch the game…

Couch Potato,

I wrote this:

Kevin:

January 9th, 2012 at 3:23 pm

Integrity of the game?????????

Has anyone paid attention to the professional sports headlines and issues over the last few years?

The college game had whatever integrity was left and the BCS nonsense is about killing that completely.

Im not saying the business needs to “change” because it’s stupid and naïve to think it will change, so we’re just gonna go with it for what it is and more people should see it for what it is.

To which you followed up with this:

Couch potato:

January 9th, 2012 at 3:27 pm

so you saying if your favorite Wahine softball team puts in the hours to train, work hard, play the game as best they can and gets it all thrown away because of some collusion between the NCAA and the umpires, is okay?

So my question is why bring up softball in the NCAA? It’s a low revenue and in some places like UH, it’s non-revenue???

AGAIN, I’m talking about the NFL.

The bottom line is you keep thinking the NFL is still about just football.

I’m saying it’s not. After years and years of contract holdouts when a millionaire is not satisfied with his current fleet of cars and wants more… after stalemates between owners and players bickering about who gets what share of the BILLIONS leaving fans and arena staff employees in the lurch…. after all that, try tell me that the NFL is NOT a BUSINESS FIRST.

While the college game is slowly losing that other sports on the college level still have that “purity” you think the NFL has in some degree. I’m saying it’s DEAD in the NFL and while college football is close to losing it completely, there is still some element of “purity” left.

Im not apologizing in BELIEVING the NFL should set up the next Superbowl to make sure it’s Denver and Green Bay simply because that’s what a business should do since that is the big money match up.

Mickey, #295 scoop link comments kinda put down i&o…dunno.

Oh joy, score is 6 to zero…

the concept of this “rematch” irks me. i agree with those who think alabama had their chance to prove they were #1 and failed. Ok state should have been given a chance.

OK St wouldna shutout LSU at halftime

#236 al? Who else is visiting this weekend?

#320 – maybe, but there would have probably been a touchdown or two somewhere along the way.

Ducks halftime score woulda been 35 to Tide’s 21…

#327 – well LSU’s defense doesn’t look like its stopping anything, so I beg to differ.

anything=TD’s?

The Honey Badger don’t care!

BIK

Roll Tide = ‘Bama

#333 the ducks played LSU

#330 – Wheeden is a better passing QB than Mccarron who has already thrown for 156 yards.

getting old sucks sometimes…

BCS game is a clinic on field goals.

Two best teams? Yeah right…

..or go thru your schedule undefeated with wins over eight Top 25 teams!

tommui, ur#182…..tanks for dat advice……I’m sorta sick and tired, and untrusting wit the medical field thru years-n-years of personal experience. 2me, it’s a big rip-off.

I’ll see how I do wit dis stuff I ordered; 1leg in da-grave anyways, so no big deal.

W&M also has ono potato salad.

W&M, Kua Aina, Teddy’s, Counter, The Shack…

Good thing I just ate dinner (crepes), oddawise…

…including a #2 and two #3’s

I wouldn’t be surprised if LSU wins with seconds to spare in the 4th!!??, talk about lucky!?

Thanks for this blog post. Really entertaining and accurately published post. I will visit again in future.

Congratulations, Mr. Tsai!

Whoo-hoo!!!

Boca Burger?

HELL YES !!!

Offensive linemen Kiha Sai of Kamehameha Schools said he has accepted a football-scholarship offer from UH head coach Norm Chow.

“He asked, and I said, ‘Hell, yes,'” said Sai, who is 6 feet 4 and 315 pounds. “I want to stay home and get that Chow legacy started, with the Hawaii boys staying home.”

Sai had previously made an oral commitment to Utah. He said he was not recruited by UH until after Chow was hired on Dec. 22.

prt ST’s header.

prt = per

!

the brudda get stars by his name. but now dat UH has offered and he has orally committed, you just watch the disrespect the media (except us) going dump on him. especially Washington, Utes, yada yada

“Hell yes!”

Kudos to coach Chow and Staff! Let’s keep as many of our local boys home as much as possible!

GO WARRIORS!!!

Nice!! Welcome Kiha! If I’m not mistaken, on his vid around the 1:15 mark, he took on and took care of that soon-to-be Duck from Punahou right? Nice!!! I’ll take that anyday.

Big boy signings = awesome

Get the lines beasting and the rest will follow.

As just reported by Kanoa Leahy on KHON2 News, Kamehameha-Kapalama OL Kiha Sai gives verbal commitment to become a UH Warrior!

Congrats to Tsai.

Welcome Sai.

SEC game was boring.

it is truly a blessing when a big boy wants to play for the home team!

with a great coach, and samoa great coaches, i’m feeling the vibes and the chicken skin setting in.

Go Warriors!

Was that pro-style football?

I wonder how the Div1 NCAA Champions in Fargo, ND, feel about seeing their DONE hats on BCS Champs.

evening gang!

congratulations Stephen

…. exciting times

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wuz lookin at the ’12,’13, ’14and ’15 Warrior schedules, looking to the future against Washington, Oregon State, USC, BYU, Colorado. da brudda Sai gonna be a part ah all dat.

exciting times indeed.

I had a nice conversation with Tony tonight at the Polynesian Coaches Assn. meeting. Looks happy and relieved at the same time.

Jimmy D.

make your magic no sked. schedule sum beefs. da big boyz like make sum respects!

The Utes cry and say bye-bye.

Da Warriors rejoice and welcome Kiha Sai!

In Chow we trust.

It’s championships or bust!

I wonder if Colt is going give the Argonauts a look.

I’m thinking Colt might do it if he’s in form. Isn’t he either on the Big Island or Oahu at this time?

400!

I no like play cards wit Chow.

dat bugga is a big time COOK!

😆

Great job coach. Keepa charging!

It all starts in the trenches!!! First two commits…

Great news about Kiha Sai! I was hoping that UH would go after him for some time ever since he decommitted from Utah when they asked him to grayshirt after they got another recruit to commit to them. Huge recruiting win by Coach Chow and his staff.

Congratulations, Stephen, on being chosen Sportswriter of the Year!!! We knew that… you are always a good writer.

Pretty riveting blog. You constantly publish a engrossing post. I will drop by again in future.

Indys 1-1.

mctruck:

January 9th, 2012 at 5:14 pm

tommui, ur#182…..tanks for dat advice……I’m sorta sick and tired, and untrusting wit the medical field thru years-n-years of personal experience. 2me, it’s a big rip-off.

I’ll see how I do wit dis stuff I ordered; 1leg in da-grave anyways, so no big deal.

Hey mctruck…!!! It’s one beeeg deal! No talk like dat! We have rasu begasu’s gathering next week. 🙁

You take care old friend, and keep the other leg out. See a urologist.

I am very interested to see who the o-line coach would be and his credentials. That would be key, in my opinion to the possible early and ongoing success of the new team.

Watching the Bama-LSU game was exciting to me. Bama’s defense is just unbelievable. What they say is true, offense may fill seats but defense wins championships. I don’t think any of the other, lower, top tier wannabes could score on Bama tonight. They were fired up and ready to play.

Can we also have that for our Warriors?

Keoniana

thanks for the heads up. and the kid is only a junior??

Buffoman

you just gotta know in your gut that Coach Chow is planning the whole deal.

thats why he’s got the history of credentials, great offensive mind.

plus, he’s part … uh… uh…. Palolo… 😀

Nice recruit pickup!

Nice to have Tuioti on staff!

Congrats to Pollard and Happy Birthday to the birthday kids.

Burgers…Can’t beat the homemade kine!

Kazz – I think what Couch potato is saying is no matter what sport…no matter what organization…no matter what league…you just don’t throw games to make a better match-up.

Knowing the time I put in as a player as well as many on here who have played competitive sports for their alma mater(s) you just don’t cheat to get a desired result. Also looking back at my kids and also the kids of our fellow bloggers and seeing the time and effort they put in to play the sports they love I would not appreciate it if I knew their games were fixed.

I will never condone throwing a game to benefit someones pocket. Like Couch potato said, that ruins the integrity of the game for the players.

People who know me know that I am a competitive person and I hate to lose. But someone has to lose and if they do lose I hope it’s not because refs, umpires, or officials blew calls on purpose.

If you want to predetermine winners in the NFL then you may as well run it like the WWE.

418 no doubt about that. Just anxious to see what our bigs will be doing in the trenches. I remember watching our first game under JJ and the team was warming up just under our end zone section. I could not help but notice the difference in footwork, and the crispness of the o-line. It was a BIG difference from the year before.

I’d like to believe we’ll be equally pleasantly surprised when Coach Chow implements his schemes.

DORIS – thanks for thinking of us.

Punt returner Scott Harding makes the Football Writers Association of America Freshman All-America Team

Congrats!!

http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/news/2011/allamerica120109.html

the chow list…

6’5″/260 ot leo koloamatangi

6’5″/300 ot kiha sai

6’4″/230 qb taylor graham

Damn! Alabama’s “D” is mean!

gotta agree with homey though, homemade burgers no ka oi.

#413 – Keoniana

I sure hope Sua Cravens is better than Siaki. To be honest, his play & his attitude were a complete bust in 2011.

On a much more positive note, I am SO jacked at the first two recruits Norm Chow has landed. I know it’s only “verbal” right now, but dang it’s so nice to read / hear “local boys” committing to the “local” team.

I saw hi-lites of Kiha Sai on KITV (Kekaula), and I had no idea he was such a beast.

al – More recent stories like after this weekend.

welcome to the warriors kiha! another awesome pickup from the norm.

i hope the story on this commitment makes it to the front page of the sports section tomorrow. show all the local boys that staying home puts you in the spot light and that the state will now be backing you up.

homey…yup. i would imagine half of the tourists will want to become five year residents.

Beeg pikcha on da frunt page!!! Sai Local Warrior to build Chow Dynasty!!!

jm2222…the best are “crepes suzette”.

yup

okay. i’ll mark my memory bank.

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jm2375 #447 . . . oh hell yeah. That place is mean.

451. I too believe that.

Is the Kahuku LB over 6′?

Holy smokes….Kiha and Leo on the same line?!?! Wow….I can’t wait until February 1. Awesome!!! And congratulations, ST on being named Sportswriter of the Year. Well deserved!!!

I wonder how Chow will utilize our current crop of receivers…especially the slots. Will Stutzman, Harding, Sampson, and the others have much of a role?

welcome kiha and thanks for being a warrior.

tonight’s game was not a national championship game and lsu coaching staff sucks. i had no bets on the game, but i expected this to be a good solid football game. instead, it was a DUD!!!!!

Come on whitey, a dud? . . . really? That was a physical, defensive ball game. If anything, I think LSU should have given Jarrett Lee a chance to play. Afterall, all he did wasgot win the first half of the season for LSU. But he got bit by the interception bug and never got his chance again. Doesn’t really seem fair, especially since Jefferson was very ineffective tonight.

But I disagree with the dud assessment. Alabama folks, is really that good. And so is LSU’s defense. Kept Bama out of the endzone all night but once. I also think Alabama was only penalized once during the entire game. That is disciplined, hard nosed football.

Kiha Sai sounds like a very promising recruit.

Congrats ST on your award. Kinda diminishes the award when Dave Vinton is the Sportscaster of the Year, really???

I think “wasgot” in my previous post is supposed to be “was go out and”

kev-1, you have your opinion I have mine, and lsu sucks.

That’s cool.

like i said you have your opinion i have mine.

i neva said anything about alabama’s defense, all i said was that lsu sucks. why did the tv keep showing the second team qb of lsu when their first team qb was totally not in the game??? this is not the nfl, if one is not helping the team, pull him out, talk to him and explain why and if he understands, put him back in, but no, lsu kept thinking that it could make a game of it without changes. sound familiar????

Yep. Alabama made LSU look sucky. Can’t take anything away from LSU though since the did have a good season leading up to this game. Can’t have a good game every game.

believe it or not, i thought lsu was going to beat alabama because of their success during the regular season and winning their conference championship, plus they had over a month to prepare for this game. One game only, over one month to prepare. Even when they were down 9-0 at the half, i still felt they would correct their offensive and defensive alignments, but no, they stayed in the same mode and that is why the coaching staff sucks.

now that da warriors have a new coaching staff and we start preparing for another season, i hope they learned or re-learned from this game and they avoid getting into the same game situation as losers.

Wholly smokes!! Watched the Sia video. Sia owned that Oregon recruit BIG TIME!! He has a mean streak and finishes his blocks well…at least from what I saw on the video.

Defense definetly wins Championships…Bama’s D was as good as advertised…

Steven Lakalaka=Nate Ilaoa

490# I would say Iosefa is more like Nate just bigger…wait until Iosefa learns to be a running back he’s gonna be hard to stop…

Congrats ST on your award…well deserved!

since tuioti also had a hand in some of these lets include all of the chowlist.

6’5″/260 ot leo koloamatangi

6’5″/300 ot kiha sai

6’5″/290 og dustin adawms

6’2″/200 cb justin turner

6’4″/230 qb taylor graham

nate ilaoa is/was in class by himself. we may never see another 5’9″/255 lb running back with that much shake n bake, hands, power, good speed, blocking ability, route running. the guy was an amazing “freak” of nature. so much athleticism rolled up in one short and powerful package.

its too bad had some owees that prevented him from making the final cut with the eagles. had he been in top shape he would still be playing on sundays.

500!

i’d like to see keoni bush-loo rearrange his visits so that he’ll come by this weekend.

if you didnt see this…at least one 2012 mbb recruit has arrived rather early.

welcome orel lev.

http://www.warriorinsider.com/

al:

January 10th, 2012 at 12:10 am

hopefully matt sparks becomes a warrior.

i know an ex-uh olineman who feels he would end up the best one of this year’s crop.

Well Al, Kiha Sai, Matt Sparks, and Shane Brostek will all be good ball players in my opinion. Would be great to see all three of those guys lining up next to Kolomatangi and Adams. There’s another Kolomatangi that’s still available. 6’3″ 275 pound Viliami Koloamatangi out of Arizona would be a nice get.

Can you imagine Kiha Sai as a space eating defensive tackle?

wow. alla sudden we talkin like get chance for a whole crew of 6’5″+ 300 lbs OL. meannnn!

‘gotta hand it to Chow. conserving on da pay so get kala fo da banquet table. 😀

ahem…

wow. its been about 34 years since a big brudda from da top ah Kalihi came down da mountain to Manoa and made dis much ruckus. 😀

gonna hafta teach brudda Sai da ropes, Tsaiko. 😆

ST….. Sportswriter of the Year. You da man!

Welcome new Warrior Redux Sai!

Whoo-hoo!!!

Good morning Tsaikos everywhere, and Sai-ko too. 😀

Great New Day for Hawaii nei!

#494-konamei, long time lurker, Tsaikette tailgater! Is this your very first post! Yay!

congrats to the Sai ohana,

great family, older brother Kapua at Utah will have some great discussions with younger brother Kiha about Coach Chow. Kiha is a great kid, a work in progress (like all of us) but he has the rack and we have the coaches.

Kiha, welcome to the Warrior ohana, now does that mean we have access to our very own resident dr. regarding the overthrow of the Hawaiian government and subsequent land issues…..haha, tell your dad i said howzit, and give your hard working mom a big hug from da Eastman ohana.

GO WARRIORS

GO WILDCATS

as you can tell, I’m awfully excited waitin for more Chow.

Intriguing article – cheers. You often publish a riveting post. Thanks!

Good Morning Gangeez! 🙂

“Das about 1,000 more fans at the game from da Sai side of da family. Only going get 700 fans from da Kenoi side of da family, cause da air fare stay expensive for come from da Big, I mean Hawai’i Island.”

Kiha!!! Wihaaaaaa!!!

I spoke to Kiha’s Pops about a month ago and Utah sounded like a lock for his son. Its great news that Kiha’s staying home.

Twenty something years ago when Kiha’s parents, Keanu and Kina were getting together, I told them both that any boys they had were going to be stallions! Sure enough both sons are bruisers, with brains to match! Grampa Kenoi is huge, too!

This is a great get for UH football! Kiha sure looks like his uncle Billy in that pic. If the honorable Mayor Kenoi is reading, I mean that in the best way. 😉

good morning tsaikos and have a great day

Howzit a-joe, whitey and bugaz.

yah you Tsaikos, enjoy and smile.

have a great day. Imma going outta my way today to say “hello” to cuz Billy in da

nicest ah ways. 😀

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