JC cornerback, d-lineman commit

First???? OMG…..

okay, first after I actually read the post. the atmosphere at the game was awesome, even though I expected more fans there. best recruiting tool is a full house and raucous fans.

mornin’
glad to see i’m not headlining today’s blog.

top 10.

cheepono.

I was thinking that the third quarter was definitely a “closer” for recruits! You could just feel the electricity again during the third…too bad it didn’t continue until the end of the game. It was a fun season anyways.

still feeling the hurt from the Cinci game. warriors should have won it, much effort, energy and heart put out in the game. team and fans represented 808, a win would have been sweet.

ND coming to town will be some consolation and its a good snag by the sheraton bowl peeps.

nuff said and trying to be positive till bowl game.

esmeeeeeeeeee, no kope sheeeeeeeeeeeeeesh

rob25

did ronnie’s boy get his tattoo?

Aloha Kakahiaka!!!

Good luck to Adam, Solly & Ryan in their post-grad training.

Great news re: the 2 new JC recruits.

Esme & out…

We lost out on Danny Watkins, any chances to land a JC Olineman that will be here for spring ball?

koakane – Yup, he got 808 with the “0” being the outline of the island of Oahu. He’s sooo stoked about it.

Wow, jojo is here gracing us with her presence…I’m honored to share the time with her.

Gotta Esme though…see everyone later! 😀

(Comments to last blog stuff)

homey ~ Ask me about homemade spaghetti sauce the next time I see you.

I nominate J(J) to be Touchdown Jesus. Got the hair, and he went to Damien, so he knows the drill…

K, whoosh….

Welcome to the new recruits! Both sound like good ones.

“Touchdown Jesus”? James? Things that make you go hmmmm…

The 48 hour rule applies to the fans too. Still hurt from da loss but I’m still and will always be a Warrior fan! I hope they learn from the mistakes and take it out on ND!

Go Warriors!
We Believe!

Come to think of it, I hope that Zach’s last name is pronounced like “mash”, as in “mashed running back”. 😆

If it’s pronounced like “mosh” as in “mosh pit”, that’s not so bad either…

Come on, guys. It’s GOTTA be “Monster Mash!”

Off to Kali for work. Be back to glorious Hawaii Nei this weekend.

Tom, Myki & SJ, can’t get to your dvds until this weekend. Sorry, but I got you covered. No worries.

Hey, Stretch, is it true my parents have neighbors again? They told me they saw this hulking guy wearing skin tight Under Armour this weekend. Only one guy I know fits that description.

Good morning Tsai-kos!

Welcome to the Warrior ohana Lametrius Davis and Zach Masch!!!

ST, good neighbor:

Is there a genuine reluctance by O-line recruits to commit to UH?

If so, any idea what it/they may be? I know the line coach is young and not really battle tested, but he has played in the system and had an excellent mentor in Coach Cav who recommended him to Coach Mack.

LAMETRIUS DAVIS AND ZACH MASCH:

WELCOME TO THE WARRIOR OHANA AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUCCESSFUL CAREERS AT UH – MAKE US PROUD!!!

Tsai-Meister,

That’s the best news yet. Can you give us a hint on the quality of those possible O-Line boys/men?

chawan_cut: I didn’t get to respond to yesterday’s blog… You’re HILARIOUS! And if memory serves me right, I was definitely working that day when Dan Kelly was chatting. Good thing no one ever snapped a picture of me.

I am sure W-Mojo will be at practices again keeping a close on all the OLinemen. He can give the detailed reports

Get practice today?

When will UH recruit an Offensive Coordinator, one who is not afraid to mix it up and go deep periodically? This is where the focus should be for next year, playing to conservative cost UH a few games this year, not to mention the last game against Cincinatti

JJ – If the party starts at 630pm, like the game this past weekend, does that mean Koakane is going to get started at 1030am as usual??

Did safety Aaron Brown Verbal to the warriors?? we need some safties who can play right away

(j)james……you fit the bill for td jesus excepting for the fact that the real Jesus never wore a brown bottle in his right hand. mwahahaha.

wmojo…..i was going to coin that “monster masch” last night but was too lazy. he looks to be focused on the future at hand.

iwonderwhythey……………….you said it. tickets are going quick. “you better hurry cuz its going fassssssst.”

“Three quarter of our sacks came in the early part of the season”. This was a direct quote from Coach Mac in answering a question from KGMB’s Liz Chun on The Coaches Show as she pointed out that 5 more sacks in the Cincinnati game added up to 49 sacks the OL has allowed this season.

In the last 7 games the OL has given up 32 sacks.

BSU-7
Nevada-6
Utah St-1
New Mexico State-4
Idaho-2
Wash. St-7
Cincinnati-5

So the Coach Mac answer, which infers that most of the sacks allowed was in the early part of the season as the OL was getting in sync with the new offense doesn’t make sense when the stats show most of the sacks have come in the latter part of the season.

When LC asked the coach about the issues of clock management he seemed to be impervious as if there was a problem, although he goes on to say that some of these problems we’ll be taking a look in the off season. This season I’ve heard time and again the play-by-play announcers more than once say, “this doesn’t make sense…why let 25 seconds run off the game clock and then call time out”. In the Cincinnati game the radio guy, BC, “if they’re going to call time out why didn’t they do it early in the play..why let 25 seconds run off the game clock”.

The impression I got from watching this show is that the coach doesn’t take well to criticisms. And will go to great lengths as not to expose his coaches or players inadequacies. But with one game left in the season I hope amongst the players and coaching staff, especially, that they don’t wait to after the season to fix problems. In the next couple of weeks I hope the staff and players take on a MacGyverism personality, and like the star character in the TV show, exhibit an urgency to improvise when their backs are to the wall. I hope the staff covers all contingencies, like if this doesn’t work what should we do next kind of scenarios.Some of the willingness to fight the hard fight and for the players to give it their best shot in the ND game has to be backed up by coaches that are motivating,improvising, quick thinking and organizing with a polished game plan and improved team discipline.

roysan16 – interesting, thanks for the read.

Just found out my cousin is in charge of ticket sales for the ND alumni club here.

al,

good thing i got my tickets before the notre dame announcement. Notre Dame must be gobbling up those tickets for it to be going so fast. Im impressed! It’ll be a packed house for sure.

roysan……….and yet.

71.4% of the sacks did occur in the first ten games.

wouldn’t you love a boss/mgr who did not publicly chastise you no matter what your job performance was?

and if one doesn’t think that the coaches and players are upset about what just happened………

i understand now why they did what they did when they did not call a timeout when they didn’t. they didn’t want to burn all the timeouts with that much time when it appeared that the opponent had a reasonably good chance to get a first down and then not even have an opportunity to have the ball in their hands. that and the fact that at first they were in range of that rangy field goal kicker that they had.

homey…one more thing…I love the idea of the cheerleaders and rainbow dancers maybe spreading out around the stadium and leading the fans in the spelling of W-A-R-R-I-O-R-S when we score…hearing that from just the student section is cool…but if 30,000 plus did it…it would be awesome….sort of like the old RAIN – BOWS cheer…that was sweet when 50,000 people did it during those BYU routs……

Late Good Morning Everyone:

From yesterday’s blog:

“Tsaiko Lurker Kamali’o NYC, the generous donor of two season tickets to Coach Alan Inaba’s after school program at Dole Middle School, will be visiting her family here in Hawa`i. She arrives on Friday, December 19, and leaves for the Big Island on Tuesday, December 23.

Unfortunately, that means she’ll miss both the Tsaiko Holiday Party at Murphy’s on the 18th as well as the T-Gate for the Sheraton Hawai`i Bowl on the 24th.

She’s a graduate of McKinley High School who moved to New York over 30 years ago to pursue a career in art. She still hasn’t forgotten her roots – her generosity has spurred a lot of support for Alan’s prgram including from Tsaikos.

Here’s what she said in her most recent e-mail:

I would love to get together for dinner or lunch. I arrive Friday evening on December 19 and leave for the Big Island on the 23rd. Unfortunately, I will miss the game and the T-gate. It would have been fun to finally put some faces to the names I always see on the Warrior Beat. But I have seen some of the Tsaiko karaoke performances on YouTube–I was particularly taken with Stephen’s rendition of “The LIon Sleeps Tonight.” How could anyone sleep?

I am putting together a luncheon Cattle Call for Sunday, December 21. Alan and Barry, his assistant coach, will be attending along with their wives.

Any suggestions for a location? Perhaps the new El Mariachi In Aiea mentioned a few weeks ago by Kekoa might be a possibility. Bear in mind that I will need to make a reservation ASAP given the time of year so we’ll need a headcout.

Please post your suggestions here and then once a location is selected, I’ll let folks know how to sign up. ”
Back to work.

letsgo……….did aguirre even visit last week? has it been confirmed that he was offered? for some reason i thought his recruitment was just a ghost.

and i was thinking that davis had size to play safety.
if anything, looks like we have four jc cb’s to compete next year with black and bryant redshirting this year.
but, we need another safety or two for sure.

i think the defensive secondary is something we need to patch more so than any other parts whether it is defensively or on offense.

good morning to all Tsaikos both here and not so close,

GO WARRIORS
REDEMPTION TIME

All I want for Christmas is a BIG BIG WIN, A BIG BIG WIN

yo bulla,

how’s the beast taking the coaching vacancy at weber state?

al – from what I have seen, athletically (speed and quickness), the secondary should be in fine shape. Learning to communicate and play together is something that will need to be worked on very intensely during the spring and fall camps. they can fine tune their techniques during the off-season.

I’m still waiting for A-Sports and jojo’s cattle calls.

I’m still waiting for homey to invite me for Thai food again
🙁

Rudy II, what are the chances we see Nathan Mckay get in the game against ND. That would be the ultimate of story book endings. Snowflake in the game to face ND, the storied program of which Rudy was born. I vision the 4th qt with the Warriors way out in front, the crowd starts cheering , Snowfake, Snowflake, Snowflke, coach Mac points to Rudy, i mean Snowflake, motions him to get into the game, the crowd goes wild, Snowflake crosses the sideline, ten feet into the playing field he trips on the confetti blowing about the field, he has a high ankle sprain and is helped off the field. Well, we all know it won’t happen, but in Warrior football, we’ve seen crazier things happen.

fuud?

My tummy strike ended yesterday, so I’m in…. 🙂

its been told that coach mack has a position board for recruiting with laundry lists of all the prospects of note. it also identifies the needs by priority.

gotta hand it to coach and tony the tiger for bringing recruitment to a new level this year.

ok, so who is this phantom 2nd running back that coach keeps referring to????

I sure hope that the Warrior fans are not looking at the ND game as an automatic win.

The Irish are loaded with talent, despite their seeming ineptitude. Don’t be fooled by that, they will be fighting very hard and for four quarters, they just haven’t put it all together yet, just like us.

We are just as much a team that isn’t quite ‘there’ yet. It all will come down to which team will be able to put together four solid quarters. The Warriors have to play real well to pull this off.

Right now we’re ranked # 85 and the Irish are # 58, whatever that may mean. The Warriors have to be all business and play smart and hard the whole game. We’ve seen how quickly things can fall apart, if we let up.

fuud??? burp!

good afternoon Tsaiko’s.

looking to next season, Greg Alexander is getting more comfortable at QB, should help the O-line a little with faster decision making.

regarding recruits, so do we already have enough D-linemen to form a decent rotation? isn’t d-linemen harder to find than o-line?

chawan_cut,

Don’t worry about the laughter, the happiest people in the world are the ones who can laugh at themselves.

….he trips on the confetti blowing about the field…

I miss seeing the confetti being thrown after touchdowns or big plays. I know most of you guys will disagree with me but it’s almost a tradition here

homey it was a car

FloridaTed:
December 9th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
chawan_cut,
Don’t worry about the laughter, the happiest people in the world are the ones who can laugh at themselves.

I guess Chawan is the happiest person in the world…. maybe he should go work Disneyland??

jojo – You modeled for a Benz?

Yes, Stretch,

but is he really laughing at himself? That’s the key.

By the way, getting paid for acting happy doesn’t count, lol.

g-nalo – the way I see it if there is not enough time to throw the ball there is not enough time for the receiver routes to ripen.

no doubt the o-line needs to do their jobs, but there were plays where the QB (Funaki too) took extra time to let it fly. was thinking these plays would be reduced “a little” if the QB was more decisive. he can only be more decisive by being comfortable running the offense.

Let me see…5 o-linemen vs. 3 or 4 d-linemen…I guess if you do the math there are less d-linemen…

had to think “Homey” for a second, but got it.

Stretch and FT – are you saying that if chawan was buck naked standing in front a mirror he would laugh? I just threw in the buck naked part for dramatic effect.

The way I see it, the big difference to next season vs this one should be that everything will be much more in place and organized to start spring training. This year there were a lot of wasted efforts, trying to figure out which way to go, considering all the turmoil and turnover.

Next year, the blue print will be in place and everybody can just concentrate on perfecting their performances and team chemistry, as well as finding lots of depth.

If I’m right, come kick-off 09, we will be a vastly improved team and, with a much more favorable schedule, the sky is the limit.

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

g-nalo – sometimes indecisiveness is due to waiting for the route to ripen. 😆

homey:
December 9th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Stretch and FT – are you saying that if chawan was buck naked standing in front a mirror he would laugh? I just threw in the buck naked part for dramatic effect.

probably no laughing, just crying….

g-nalo:
December 9th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
“By the way, getting paid for acting happy doesn’t count, lol.”
tempted but i’ll leave this alone……….

those damn actresses are gooooood…..

g-nalo – sometimes indecisiveness is due to waiting for the route to ripen.

ok.

there’s a certain amount of time you expect your linemen to hold their blocks. if they are meeting that time then its either the QB or receiver?

guess from the previous three seasons i’m used to seeing at least one of the receivers open every play?

homey – what part of the cardboard is cut out??

i was crying looking at my picture from yesterday…

Stretch – the part that says, “Princess“.

Another article about Notre Dame.

Tough for family and friends to make it to the game. Rutt-row.
Senior safety David Bruton said Monday that it will cost his family more than $4,000 in airfare alone if they do make the trip to see the Irish (6-6) try to end their NCAA-record nine-game bowl losing streak Dec. 24 against Hawaii (7-6) in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl.

Senior wide receiver David Grimes’ mom has a more cost-effective solution.

“My mother said she was going to watch the game in a beach chair and bring some sand in the house,” said Grimes, one of the few ND players who actually voted against Hawaii.

His vote was to play in the Motor City Bowl in Grimes’ hometown of Detroit, but he hasn’t complained about losing that vote.

“Nice weather, beautiful women,” Grimes said as he began the list of reasons not to be bitter.

“I believe the fact that we’re going to a bowl game in general should energize the team,” Bruton said. “A lot of us are upbeat and peppy about the fact that we’re going to a bowl game.

“And I guess Hawaii probably adds a little more excitement and a little more wind under the sail for a lot of guys, because some guys would never imagine going to Hawaii in the first place, let alone to play under the sun. It’s more attractive than Houston or something like that.”

NMSU lost their chief recruiting link to Hawaii…but he’s going to Wyoming now, so I wonder if he’ll get local players to go there?

New Mexico State University veteran assistant football coach Mike Fanoga is headed to the University of Wyoming to be the Cowboys’ outside linebackers coach.

Fanoga spent four years on Hal Mumme’s staff at NMSU as a defensive line coach and was a key ingredient in helping land players from Hawaii to the NMSU program.

Fanoga said he is on the road recruiting for the Cowboys already and will hit the West Coast hard. He also plans on going to Hawaii to do some recruiting as well.

Long transcript of the Notre Dame captains talking about the Hawaii Bowl.

Q. As leaders, how do you guys guard against, okay, we’re going to Hawaii and then trying to keep focus, there is a game, what do you do about that?
DAVID BRUTON: I believe the team is well-prepared and got the mindset right that it’s not just a vacation. It’s a business trip in itself as well. We gotta take care of business first and the free time that we do get, enjoy it. Soak in the sun. Soak in the memory.
But when it comes game time or when it’s practice, you gotta take it seriously because we’re not coming there just to end up 6 and 7. We want to be 7 and 6 and springboard off into the right direction.
MAURICE CRUM, JR.: I think us going out there right at the finals kind of sends that message to guys and just it will help everyone just distinguish between football to let them know this is what we’re here for first and foremost and it’s our jobs as leaders to make sure that message gets preached.
DAVID GRIMES: And the parting line, since we found out, has been just to win the Bowl game. And I think secondly is to enjoy a place like Hawaii. But definitely our goal is to win a Bowl game.

Q. What do you guys know about Hawaii, the team?
MAURICE CRUM, JR.: I know there’s a lot of receivers on the field. I’ve seen that much. But, I mean, they did pretty good, was it last night? Saturday night, when they played against Cincinnati, from what I saw, I think they were a pretty good team. And they’re definitely a really good opponent.
DAVID GRIMES: We also know they’re a quality opponent and they’re tough to beat at home. I think their record at home is 22-4 in the last 26 games. So they’re definitely a quality opponent.

This “comedy” writer sure needs better material.

Bowl Organizers Banish Notre Dame from Continental United States

After barely limping into bowl contention with a 6-6 record, the country has decided that the only place that Notre Dame will be allowed to play in college football’s postseason is Hawaii.

“We felt that by giving them an invitation to play here we could keep them as far away as possible from the rest of the country,” said head Hawaii Bowl organizer Rich Bradshaw. “We hope that by flying them out here we can isolate the damage that their bad play can cause during the holidays. We have them going up against the equally disappointing Hawaii University, so that should ensure absolutely no one will care about this game.

I’m done with the article posting now…Al, was that easier to read? Homey is much more talented with the bolding of the quotes…I didn’t try to figure out how to do it because I have to get back to work…

Stretch:

December 9th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
….he trips on the confetti blowing about the field…

I miss seeing the confetti being thrown after touchdowns or big plays. I know most of you guys will disagree with me but it’s almost a tradition here

Ronnie said that it looks terrible on TV…especially in HD! Boise’s turf is the same way and they aren’t forced to do away with it.

chinese made firecrackers with red paper as it was a symbolic to bringing good fortune throughout the year.

now only get what was formerly red plastic that once burned would leave black stuff that no can scrape off the pavement. hate it.

sure hope clinton portis’ outburst against zorn does not lead to zorn being a one and done HC. For colt to survive long enough in the league to get a chance, have a feeling he really needs zorn.

I’m looking forward to the game with Notre Dame. The last time they were here, some of their fans sat next to me. The fiercely proud fans were respectful of our team. I enjoyed our friendly banter throughout the game.

Both of the teams need a victory badly. Unfortunately, they need NOT to lose more. Both teams have much more to lose by not winning the Hawaii Bowl.

Aloha Tsaiko Family.

We’re back in Cali (not going to say home 🙂 )

Aaron is back to normal, and only has to take the steroid pills for one more day. 6 1/2 hours in the ER and catching a flight 10 hours later is an experience I don’t need to repeat. Aaron and I were both really touched by all the well wishes. Tsaikos are such good people!

Coach Mack, if you’re reading this, before Aaron had his anaphylactic reaction at dinner, he was so excited to meet you. He kept pointing to you and saying, “There’s Coach Mack! There’s Coach Mack!!!” It really made his night to be able to shake your hand and have his picture taken with you.

Ian loves his “new look”. The next time we’re home, he’s thinking of coloring in O’ahu with a Hawaiian flag.

I think ND has proven that just because you can recruit all of these so-called blue chippers, it doesn’t guarantee that a top ten, or top twentyfive ranking will follow. Give-it-2-them, WARRIORS!!!

so, is LaCount coming or not? .

i think lacount is already enrolled at UH, just redshirting this season.

On LaCount, think he’s still taking care of grades and planning to enroll for the semester starting January 2009.

Thanks, Stretch.

We learned a very valuable lesson… Ask before eating anything we don’t make ourselves, and if the person serving doesn’t know if there are nuts in the food, don’t take the chance…

Pomai – I agree that confetti doesn’t look bad, but by the end of some games, it looked like the field was the bottom of a hamster cage…

We don’t have hamsters in Hawaii.

Ronnie

If only you could get back here for the Hawaii Bowl!

Just leave the boys with Anne and then you can fly back on Christmas Day or even later after the game. 😯

I always like to see the lists of the Bowl gifts.

BSU players will get these gifts from the Poinsettia Bowl:
8 GB iTouch
Tommy Hilfiger watch
Sport-Tek hooded sweatshirt
Best Buy $50 gift certificate

UH players will get these gifts from the Hawaii Bowl:
Kicker iKick500 iPod/iPhone dock
Kahala Aloha shirt, Oakley Hijinx sunglasses
Oakley backpack

Nevada players will get these gifts from the Humanitarian Bowl:
Sony camcorder
Winter jacket, gloves, hoodie sweatshirt, skullcap, baseball cap

Fresno State players will get these gifts from the New Mexico Bowl:
RCA video camcorder
Oakley Holeshot Three-Hand watch
Oakley beanie; New Era cap
Ogio travel bag, Oakley backpack
One-year ESPN The Magazine subscription

La Tech players will get these gifts from the Independence Bowl:
Timely Watch Co. watch
New Era cap
Trek mountain bike

I think this bowl’s gifts are my favorite:
Champ’s Sports Bowl:
Party at Best Buy
Commemorative watch
$400 of spending at Best Buy (at those parties Best Buy always makes sure to have the hard-to-find items available)

Although, the Poinsettia Bowl is a close second to me.

homey – I think that was the only person to do that this season.

umm well enough that he is taking you.

jus saying

what were the gifts from the Sugar Bowl? I just remember seeing the players with those black leather jackets.

Tyler had his chance. If the coaches stuck to the original JJ-style run and shoot, I think we would have been better offensively with Tyler. When they decided to abandon the QB from under-center, the offense started clicking again.

I was pulling for the Tyler at first, but he had his chance to be the man. Didn’t he get into “personal issues” again a few weeks ago? So he would have let the team down yet again??

Good luck to him. I hope he settles his off-field “issues”.

New math above?

“6 fee1”

I still a little habut about Sat. nite’s loss give away.

you just know I’m gonna be givin da Warriors lots of positives and yelling the wrinkles off my behind 😀 at da holy ah holies. 😆

da oline. two sides ah dat equation. da coaches is one paht. da players are da odda paht. CAN. i know day can. both sides!!!

come on Coach! Fix dat spoke!

come on Coach Brian. You can do it. Coach Mack believes in you. I believe in you. This game is not the end of the world. But I’m hoping now you’ll show us the Warriors believe in you. This year, never mind next year.

Those two outside guyz. make em read these last few post from me.
We’re in this together. I sooooooo want us to beat Notre Dame. 😀
I’ll be right over the tunnel with my bannah, cheering YOU on!

Go Warriors!!!!

evening tsai-ko’s

al: I just pooped my pants.

😯 wats up with dat?

(Jesse) James: Stretch…ummm. I guess KK will be starting the party at 10:30…and will be in full swing by the time you get there at noon

8) james you assuming he can get his choke chains cut so he can come out

koakane™:
December 9th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
james you assuming he can get his choke chains cut so he can come out

eh, some guys need to work before heading out to the game.

Yeah, Stretch has to work on his marketing skills, those are sorely lacking. 😉

Your spelling and grammar skills are severely lacking, too … 😀

al:

December 9th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
I just pooped my pants.

so who is this false al posing out here?

Jason –

Aaron said he saw a card that said “Stuffing” but didn’t notice ingredients…

CONGRATULATIONS, Noriko & Heinekenhealer!

Noriko’s son was married today! Met HH, the groom’s brother & Noriko’s cousin after the Na Koa lunch. Noriko’s younger son says he’s the #1 Warrior fan in Japan as he had his picture taken with Coach Mack.

Garett who is Rich Bradshaw and was that a real comment by him? I hope it was just in jest! smile.

Ronnie, a couple friends of Hawaii will be at Ono Ono this Thursday at noon – all Tsaikos are invited to talk story.

What I am looking for on the 24th is a CLASSY tough game with a quality opponent – no cheap penalties!! And the best team will win. ND fans are some of the best fans in the mainland, unlike Fresno and Georgia, please treat them well.

Ronnie, Ian, and Aaron:

Glad to hear that you all made it back to California after the special situation at the banquet.

Aaron, most happy to hear all went well for you as we were concerned with your reaction to nuts.

Ian, help your Mom and brother in every way you can.

Hope to see you again in Hawaii or at Las Vegas next September (if can).

As Mrs A-House says, “little hug, big hug”, “little kiss, big kiss”.

Jason,

That was someone else’s wedding. Noriko’s son was married today.

Momo – nice to know us Tsai-kos carry some weight, figuratively & literally!!! 😆

Way to go Momo!

Good evening Tsaiko’s everywhere.
Was checking out the Warrior roster to see what we got in the cupboard and it seems there are some good looking O-line guys.
John Estes 6-3 295 jr
Ray Hisatake 6-3 315 jr
Raphael Ieru 6-2 315 jr
Aaron Kia 6-5 290 jr
Levi Legay 6-3- 270 fr
Matagisila Letiti 5-11 295 rf
Joey Lipp 6-3 270 so
Austin Hansen 6-4 270 so
Brysen Ginlack 6-2 310 so
Kaha’i Choy 5-10 275 fr
Adrian Thomas 6-6 305 so
Tui Tuiasosopo 6-0 310 fr
Clayton Laurel 6-2 280 rf
Drew Uperesa 6-2 280 fr
Ikaika Mahoe 5-00 280 so
Daniel Johnson 6-4 290 jr
With this amount of guys and maybe more recruits, would some of these guys go to the defense?

In honor of las vegas – Christmas groaners 😀

Q: What do elves learn in school?
A: The Elf-abet!

Q: If athletes get athletes foot, what do astronauts get?
A: Missletoe!

Q: What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
A: Frostbite.

Q: Why does Santa have 3 gardens?
A: So he can ho-ho-ho.

Q: Where do polar bears vote?
A: The North Poll.

Q: Why do birds fly south for the winter?
A: Because it’s too far to walk.

Q: What do you call a cat on the beach at Christmas time?
A: Sandy Claus!

Q: What do you call a bunch of grandmasters of chess bragging about their games in a hotel lobby?
A: Chess nuts boasting in an open foyer!

Q: What do snowmen eat for breakfast?
A: Snowflakes.

Q: Why did Santa spell Christmas N-O-E?
A: Because the angel had said, “No L!”

Q: Did you hear that one of Santa’s reindeer now works for Proctor and Gamble?
A: Its true . . . Comet cleans sinks!

Q: What do you call people who are afraid of Santa Claus?
A: Claustrophobic.

Q: Why is Christmas just like a day at the office?
A: You do all the work and the fat guy with the suit gets all the credit.

Yes, jm2375. Punny! 🙂

Off topic – got this email from Georgetown Club of Hawaii 😛

Georgetown vs. Duke

Date: Saturday, January 17, 2009
Game Time: Tip off 8:30 a.m.
Venue: [confidential]
Donation: $10 for breakfast

___ YES, I WILL ATTEND AND ENCLOSE $10
___ YES, I WILL MAKE AN ADDITIONAL $10 DONATION BECAUSE I HATE DUKE
___ SORRY, I CAN’T ATTEND BUT WILL MAKE A $10 DONATION BECAUSE I HATE DUKE

What’s invisible and smells like cookies and milk?

Santa’s Burp. 😆

North Shore Fan:

Good to finally meet you and Mrs at the tailgate.

Told Mrs A-House about you later that evening and got good scolding for not tell her you were there – she wanted you to sign her special book.

May have to wait till later as you will not attend the Hawaii Bowl.

Have a good one and be safe!

Why on earth did I capitalize burp? Surely it means something.

According to the o-line “in stock” list above, we get plenny o’ dem. The competition should be strong. I wish I could hear Mojo’s or Pride’s thoughts on them.

DPK,

hiya big friend! sorry I missed you last Tgate. I hope to see you at next Tgate. Make my XMas, for sure!

Howzit Braddah Hilo. Howz you?

Garrett

ahhhhh soooooo! tanks for da ed!

welcome from Hilo, Momo. I neva become Tsaiko till right afta da game, when JJ when make his big announcement and I couldn’t believe and then my mind figured out why his outward appearance was so – how shalli say junk – so so so….. (fill in the blank).

anyway, howzit momo.

my cheer at the end of the half, to the Warriors as they pass for the locker room: 4 auarters!

some of last night’s & tonight’s news
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPnOq-127lU
quotes from some ND players, tickets going fast,

Passengers on a round-the-world cruise were evacuated and flown to Dubai to avoid the Somali pirates. I sure hope that no Tsaikos go on a cruise that goes anywhere near Somalia or Yemen!

http://www.thenational.ae/article/20081209/NATIONAL/833470055/1133

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gB7YMEDuCwwY9ncDOtPAkEI4-H2wD94V5D9G0

Really cool “MiFi” device lets users use any 3G cellular service to create a mobile WiFi hotspot. The device is tiny and comes with a rechargeable battery…this could really find a market. $200 before subsidies is a great price point.

Woman was arrested when she smuggled a monkey from Thailand to the US. She hid the monkey under her blouse on the plane and actually got through customs at LAX with the monkey!

Dell is selling Wii Fit for $73…even after tax and shipping it is a good deal since retail price is $90!

SteveM,
Sun nite Shinsho Tei. GREAT pupuz, drinks, the karaoke was superb because Pride when buckaloose. he wen outmelveen melveen.

Monday morning cuz took me to Hungry Lion next door. the 2 scoops rice,gravy,2 hamburgers, 2 eggs sunny up was too huge. cuz’s porkchops was huge. and this was breakfast at 9:30. super fast.

but company makes the place. I still love your cuz’s place and I plan on going back to Genji’s when I’m in town and you guyz wanna sing.

anyplace is good, as long as you’re in the mix. 🙂

AHouse,

I’ll be around. My cuz wants my tix.

Wow, the best available seat online now is in my section, J — in the yellow. Thank goodness I renewed my ticket in the summer, like I always do.

no matta wat, i no can lose. the worst is that i get to sit wit my friends in the stadium and watch da Warriors whip buttt!!!

plus, the kids need “security” protectah! LizK knowz what i mean. 😀

Notre Dame get how many 5 star guyz on their team? Their fastest D guy is how fast?

I googled Notre Dame Football Hawaii Bowl and stub hub got some tix for them, way way up in the toooleez kinda like where LizK and we sat in Florida. 😀 or in the Sugar Bowl. 😀

no like say outright wat i’m tinkin. bachi. but lets just say
i am sooo HAPPEE!

Bighilofan2 — next time you are in Hono, remember that it only takes two to have a Karaoke Call.

Correction: “…only need a minimum of two and 1 hour advance notice to have a Karaoke Call” 😆

This 94-year-old man didn’t start to play golf until he was 75 years old…and now he’s had 3 holes in one since he turned 90!

Herman, 94, aced the par-3, No. 7 hole on the West Course at Braemar Country Club on Dec. 3. It was his third hole-in-one since he turned 90. Herman didn’t start playing golf until age 75.

“My son (Barry) was playing, and I wanted to play with him,” Herman said. “I play with my son every Friday and play with my friends every Wednesday. My son is a good golfer. He’s a dentist. He never took lessons and neither did I.”

Cool, homey’s idea works pretty well! Geez, I think that guy has memorized every character entity number ever written down. That, and he’s not a golf hack. 😀

Sorry – forgot to take the bold off.

Thanks for the remarks I got from my posting. Yes Garret is my son and momo was a name I got from my teacher friends when I was younger and as they said chubby and cute. So over the years I got to like the name and used it in many ways. Off the subject, I am good at hydroponic and will be willing to teach the subject to those of you who wants to grow things this way…let me know

Momo- I am VERY interested in hydroponics. We have hard clay and lots of bugs here on da wessai of Kauai and it’s a struggle to grow veggies!

so that is what happened on saturday. i was urged to try the wow wow lau lau. everyone was raving about it, even the girl who ate it with ketchup.

but, now i know the rest of the story…..was lizk the one who when swoop all the lau lau. by the time i got there was pau pau.

for our lawyers esp BHF2

The night before Christmas for an attorney

Whereas, on an occasion immediately preceding the Nativity festival,throughout a dwelling unit, quiet descended, in which could be heard no disturbance, not even the sound emitted by a diminutive rodent related to, and in form resembling, a rat; and

Whereas, the offspring of the occupants had affixed their tubular, closely knit coverings for the nether limbs to the flue of the fireplace in expectation that a personage known as St.Nicholas would arrive; and

Whereas, said offspring had become somnolent, and were entertaining re: saccharine-flavored fruit; and

Whereas, the adult male of the family, et ux, attired in proper headgear, had also become quiescent in anticipation of nocturnal inertia; and

Whereas, a distraction on the snowy acreage outside aroused the owner to investigate; and

Whereas, he perceived in a most unbelieving manner a vehicle propelled by eight domesticated quadrupeds of a species found in arctic regions; and

Whereas, a most odd rotund gentleman was entreating the aforesaid animals by their appellations, as follows:

“Your immediate co-operation is requested. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, and Vixen; and collective action by you will be much appreciated, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen”; and

Whereas, subsequent to the above, there occurred a swift descent to the hearth by the aforementioned gentleman, where he proceeded to deposit gratuities in the aforementioned tubular coverings.

Now, therefore, be ye advised: that upon completion of these acts, and upon his return to his original point of departure, he proclaimed a felicitation of the type prevalent and suitable to these occasions

Just for jm2375,

What do you call an Eskimo cow ?
An Eskimoo !

What do you get if cross a snowman and a shark ?
Frost bite !

What do snowmen wear on their heads?
Ice caps!