UH lands DE/LB from American Samoa

Welcome to the Warriors David Katina!

Ekahi sweeter.

Morning

Shucks elima

Stephen,

So does Fonoti play?

Good morning errybody! Happy Friday! It’s game day!

Top 10?

Welcome to the Warrior ohana Mr. Katina.

naaaaahhhhh just getting my stuff together and getting ready to put in the car.

morning to all the early risers heading off to work. be nice now.

St no forget to show face at tgate before or after the game. We will be open for business @ 10:30 am

OK gang….

Check all supplies:
cooler
ice
fuud
beverage
binocs
radio (put new batteries)
tickets
plenny air in lungs
grab a coupla neighbors on da way in

Have a terrific day erryboddy…IT’S GAME DAY!

HiHo….

D1 forgot one item Juliette bwhaaaaa

ahh…the Katina brothers…how I miss their sweet melodies

hi ho esme wooooooshhhhhh.

next time many ah you hear from me, it’ll be face to face. 😀

Chompin at da bit, waiting for food pau cook, den heading for da cabana HO dat sounds like one song coming on………

Brew808,

Hi, I’m back.

If there were an e-mail sent out last evening concerning the T-Gate, it did not arrive yet and probably may not before it’s time to head into town around 8:30 am. Could someone please re-send it to me? Mahalo.

Hi Liz! Hows ukulele boy?

IT IS FRIDAY…………

YESS, it’s GAMEDAY….

Good Morning Gangeez! 🙂

Game Day! Nuff said. See you all at the cabanas.

TGIF!!! LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!

I found this site which lists broadcasts for all sport. Click on 2009 Football, and look for the UH games. For example, it lists tonight’s game on Oceanic Time-Warner and Oceanic Streaming. Click on the link and you can register to watch streaming video. You can order 1 hour before the game. Price is $12.56.

http://mattsarzsports.com/

Still in shock over that Oregon/Boise game last night. What an ending with “the punch”.

LizK,

Your list is great except “go to work.”

Brew808,

If attendance is not possible, then showing one’s UH spirit and
support is important which you have.

Look for local recruits in the diamond head/makai lower seats tonight. They will probably be on the field prior to the game.

Tsaiko’s who donated to the bike fund. I’d like to personally say mahalo to you at game so if you see a tall haole guy with gray/white hair and a Na Koa Shirt on walking in the parking lot or in the stadium walkways, or up and down in the stands please stop me and ask ‘how’s the bike’?

December 2, 2009 Centennial Dinner news is coming soon.

Curveball,

Looking forward today, reuniting with all the Tsaikos.

COLT WATCH:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2009/09/chase_and_colt_on_colt_and_cha.html

Who else weighed in? Well, Jason Campbell, for one, was conflicted by this whole drama.

“[Daniel] got a chance to get out there against their starting unit, and a lot of times he didn’t have much of an opportunity, they was in his lap,” Campbell said. “Those guys have the opportunity to go out there against the starters, create good film, and they’ve got to take advantage of it, but a lot of time he didn’t have any chances. It’s a tough decision. I like both of them. I like the way both of them put in a lot of work and everything they do. I enjoy being around them. It’ll be a tough decision, most definitely, but I think both of them, no matter what, I think both of them will be successful.”

Aloha Don Weir –

You should head over to Richardson Field and meet the most of the Tsaikos there. You’re also most welcome to join in w/ the T-gate! 😀

G O ★ ★ W A R R I O R S !!!

😀 Oh…. I thought you were ignoring me…. I’m use to that! 🙄

NEVER!

I am really bummed that I won’t be there in Seattle, but at least there’s Vegas.

ST,

Any chance there’s going to be a post of the potential lineups for UH and Central Arkansas???

I’m going to try to get to Reno (that woman really was quite entertaining!), but San Jose may be more affordable…

Can’t believe it’s finally game day!

I’ll be off-blog most of next week tending to a residence search in D.C., but hopefully the rest of the Wazzu game plans (if any) are finalized. I’ll try to check back in periodically.

I didn’t get to see the Boise game as I was on the road yesterday. I just have one question. Did Boise look beatable?

in case you are interested…

k5 will be showing last night’s na wahine/st. louis billikens vball match at 1000.

Okay time to get ready for football.

Stephen is John Estes starting?
Gotta keep that streak of games started (41) going. Also everyone should help promote John as an All American Candidate where ever you can..

Oh yeah baby…GAME DAY!

If I see anyone here who’s physically on Oahu while the game fesitivities is going on, I going be very disappointed!!

I thought Tennessee also offered David, but don’t matter as he is Hawaii bound.

Welcome, David Katina, to the Warrior Family!!!

So, because of poor planning with the parking passes, 400 people are upset about finding out at the last minute that they aren’t going to get parking passes this season. They are being refunded $600 each, so that means that UH is losing out on $240,000! That is a *lot* of money that will be missing from the Athletic Department budget…I hope that this type of error never happens again.

i think i’ll be seeing the cougars in the sheraton next weekend. i wonder where our boyz will be staying…

go warriors 2 nite, hoping to see some studs emerge from our inexperienced D

stevem…..just plan on coming down to the tailgate for a few minutes. bring your rice and a bowl. actually it goes well with some tortillas.

any team can get beat.
that is why they play the game.

altho’ i am sure that this year bsu will be well prepared when they come into town. bsu is the new byu in my eyes. i hope the rest of the state feels the same.

since there are no college televised games on ESPN today, blount of oregon is the news all day long.

central arkansas is not just another weather vane school.
led by a God fearing coach who seems to do all the right things preparing his team for the gridiron and in the community.

we are definitely in for a battle.

lots of questions will be answered tonight for our warriors.
this will be a test of will and might.
the balance of the outcome will be determined by who has prepared the best.

this is a very significant game for us as it lays the ground work for the first 1/3 of our season. we can ill afford to go 1-3 like last year. the next 2/3 is the meat of our schedule.

all you lurkers, be there at the game, show up.
go warriors!

al, I’m sooooo there!!!

here’s an article from the samoana news, touting our newest warrior.

please note: as of aug. 21st he was still 16 yrs old.

http://www.samoanews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=8827

9/19 K-Call location

Kiku Hana
2550 S Rainbow Blvd
Las Vegas, Nv. 89146
(702) 222-9617

Still get Seats (just a few)

Tsai-Ko bus from Cici’s Pizza on 9/19

Once again I have changed vehicle type from motorcoach
to 3 mini busses, which means that I will have at least 5 seats avail
if anyone wants to join in on the fun.

K-Call is 9/18 FRIDAY

During a game in HS, my helmet got locked on to the opposing Mililani’s
tackles helmet, I thought he was holding me and I punched him in his facemask.

Got thrown out of the game and had to do a thousand yards of bear crawls.
I learned my lesson

Going to Kaahumanu Mall to watch the game with the kid. Consolidated Theater has the game for $10 on a 25 foot screen. No darkside, no Tiffany’s, no whitey! 🙂

SteveM and Peaches- we sure will miss you – but nice to have M/M LTUHF with us!
Taking care of family= PRICELESS and will bring blessings.

las vegas- 1k bear claws? wow. 😈

HiHo!

gram=grab

ralphie….perhaps al davis will grab him.

I’M READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!!!

Bring on the tailgates so we can party until the REAL party begins on the field.

OH, wait, I’m still at work…okay three hours and counting.

Al we need some tough mothers, but we already have 3 rbs, none of whom get any carries. not counting last night, the 3 prior games the starters carried a total of 8 times. Oakland must be working on the passing game or cable and his OC lost it.

Al (& not “our” al), makes the calls for the radiators! You know that! 🙄

I was thinking since members of both teams were wrong and had the incident happen during the game they both would have been penalized. The NCAA should make a rule that these kinds of infractions will carry over to the next game. Both teams should start off the next game with a 15 yard penalty.

In BB, both players would get automatic (minimum) one game suspension! 😐

Blout suspended for ENTIRE Season.

good for him.

Just heard from my buddy in DC who has a source that Colt will most like be practice squad.

Unless something changes from now

Yikes

Boise St Hout will not be punished.

man they should have at least done some kind of suspension to Hout. bleh

only in benson’s world, gosh damn i really can’t stand that guy, almost as much as the herman

Rumor (j/k) is Radiator HC Cable is looking to sign Blount – as another short-yardage RB to “punch it in”. Heheheh…. pretty funny huh Ralph! 😆 🙄 😆

David Katina, welcome! I remember your brothers. 🙂

See you all at the TG; some of you I will be meeting for the first time.
Greg will not come with me; his knee is hurting kinda bad.

See ya!

…especially when the ‘skins QB has to run for his life….! 🙄

Kekoa
OK!

Remember guys, always keep your helmet on.

it all hinges on colt’s hammy.
if he is to be out for 3 weeks or so. then he’ll go to injured reserve and daniels will be brought up to the 53 roster.

when colt heals. then a huge decision looms for the redskins.

Al,

They changed the Collective Bargaining Agreement for the NFL, so when a player goes on injured reserve that player is done for the *season*. No other team would be allowed to get Colt for this season–he would be done playing for the year.

Washington could try to cut Colt and sneak him onto their practice squad. Any team could grab Colt, but they would have to keep him on their 53-man roster all season or give him back to Washington. If Colt is too hurt to play to start the season, NFL teams might not want to use a spot on their 53-man roster for him.

Nice summary of the rule change in the NFL.

Prior to that, the injured reserve rule distinguished between a player going on the list before the final roster was set (in pre-season) and after that. A player going on injured reserve in pre-season was, like now, lost for the season but a player going on the list during the season only had to sit out for a minimum of four games.

Apparantly, the NFL owners pushed for this rule change in an effort to police themselves. I’ve read that some, unnamed, owners (the NFL owners’ meetings are private) felt that some teams were illegally using the injured reserve list to stash players who weren’t really injured to circumvent the rules on roster limits (to gain a competitive advantage).

Washington State’s players have been coming down with the flu–not surprising when so many of their students have been infected also. Some of their players might need to miss this week’s game and they may not be at full strength next week.

The flu bug has found its way to the Washington State campus, and football players are not immune.

Coach Paul Wulff said 13 Cougars have come down with the flu in the past nine days, and starting receiver Kevin Norrell is so ill that me could miss Saturday’s season opener at Martin Stadium.

Unless the Redskins plan on keeping Jason , they really have no one else to turn to next season, except Colt. Daniels can’t be expected to master their system in one year.

Hmmm…. looks like ESPN has already adjusted it’s 2009 projection for Blount’s rushing yards….

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=378483

😆

(Note: the update about the decision on criminal charges)

d1…did you see manti as the #2 true freshman?

if new commit david katina can play as well as his brothers can sing…………..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckHtFaZzsW0

future halftime entertainment???

bstunna2002:
September 4th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Hey Dirty Commish what if we make a shirt with Hout going down and make it say “u just got knocked the hell Hout”

Ha ha. Or just a simple “Shut Yo’ Hout” shirt might do.

As for the Redskins handling of Colt, two years in a system then you start rumbling about replacing the guy? Classic example of a two bit clown cart franchise. Parcells always had a three year window with the third year being the “show me what you got” time to prove it or move it.

I hope he ends up with another team. Colt deserves better. And hanging around that Cooley guy is not doing him any good. Bad influence.

YMI still here? 🙄

I thought Boise looked pretty bad offensively last night. Their defense was very effective but it was hard to tell how much of it was due to Oregon just not firing.

The thing that surprised me most were the number of Boise miscues– fumbled snaps, missed field goals, fumbles, wasted red zone visits, etc.

This Boise team has talent, but they really struggled with execution which is something surprising as I think execution has been their strongpoint these last few years. They have never had the fastest or strongest players, but they have always just executed.

The way their defense held Oregon to five three-and-outs to start the game and with the time of possession difference they should have absolutely destroyed Oregon– and yet, the ducks were in it until the last few minutes and were within striking distance. That has to worry Chris Peterson.

About Hout, the guy should not have been mouthing off, but Blount had provided a locker room board quotation and to say that his play could not back up his mouth would be an understatement. Pretty hard to knock Hout for reminding him of it. Hout only got decked though because Peterson was immediately in his face chewing him out– and that is when he got sucker punched. Even after that Peterson pushed Hout back and kept in on him. You have to be impressed with that. In previous years that would have been a full on mee-lee if it had been our impetuous guys.

Hout may not be getting any official sanction but you better believe he will be running or crawling this week more than his peers.

I have said this before, but one thing the Athletic Department should do is ensure that all the winter athletes have flu vaccinations every year. As soon as the H1N1 vaccine is available they should be getting that as well.

Just a little correction. The Katinas, the musical group, are David boys uncles, his father’s brothers. Very proud of David boy and I wish him the best in his college career.

Howzit Everybody,

Getting really nutz sitting in front of my computer at work waiting for the time to past. Can’t wait until kickoff so I can get all this built anxiety out of me. Looking forward to a good performance from the boyz.

kama,

can we get the game on the internet? i am in wyoming and will be watching from Laramie…..mahalo

Oh and get one question.

Is David’s fada Pastor David Katina from that Waipahu church or is that one uncle. Just wondering.

Sorry about the last post but I forgot the name of the Waipahu church that Pastor David Katina is at.

A quick break from baby-sitting.

Hope everyone has a great time at the T-Gate!

In the aftermath of last nights sucker punch incident, I would imagine that all across the country today–coaches are reminding their players of how such an ill advised action brings shame to the individual, team, school and community. And one step further I also think fathers are giving their sons (and maybe even their daughters) the same kind of lecture, especially how such bad behavior would bring shame to one’s family.

And furthermore, it also wouldn’t surprise me if Sunday parishioners hear from the leaders of their Church referring to last night’s sucker punch incident that it’s also bests not to perpetuate an incident to begin in the first place, like how the one players cockiness and taunting resulted in the incident to escalate.

This is unfortunate to happen. For both teams. And for both young men.

In the end…football does teach many life’s lessons.

Bulla @ UH game online streaming.

I am not sure if it will work over there, but it seems the only chance you might get as nothing else turned up with myb search yesterday. Maybe some Hawaii fan might have PPV at home and justintv it too.

https://secure.oceanic.com/Streaming/

The wait is torture… Just called in to BG and the party in Halawa is only going to get better…

Just need the Warriors to handle business!!!!

1.5 hrs til my full body heineken marination takes place………….cheeeeeeeeeeepono

these last few hours are the toughest.

Maui warrior- you flying over?

ES had a really cool X and O post from kshakak about how Colt fulfilled what Coach Zorn designed for him to execute yesterday. I’ll try to copy it.

Plane is late.
I am hungry.

wafan #176:

I was wondering that too, although technically the “Arkansas feed” is simply K5’s broadcast being beamed to Arkansas.

I don’t mind paying the $12.56 to watch the Oceanic streaming feed, but a part of me would like to see something larger than a 640 x 480 video picture.

βρεω808 & bhf2

Mahalo for the invitation to join the Tsaiko’s tailgate.
First game has me running all around and I might not make it.
How about a Manoa Rain/Rainbow check?
May I request an invite to the tailgate before Boise or Fresno? Do you have give-aways at these events??

Don –

Tsaikos are UH Warrior (& Rainbow) fans ==> True & GREEN!!! 😀

http://home.roadrunner.com/~smurashi/tsai-kos/

a_fan,

Thanks for the info. I had forgotten the name of the church but I remember my cousin used to go to that church. Well tell David and his father that we are very proud that David Jr. has decided to chose Hawaii as his school of choice and please let him know that we Tsaiko’s are looking forward to him hitting the field for the Warriors in the near future.

go Warriors.
I was just at the market restocking for football weekend, wearing my green shirt with H logo and the guy behind me says he was a Rainbow, in the 60’s on a sailing scholarship.
All of Newport Beach is watching tonite!
Wife is making Kale and Pork in order to be tailgating in spirit

Heading out soon. Have fun tonight Tsaikos!
Yell Loud!!
GO WARRIORS!!!

Come on Snowflake. Rope and Tame them Cowboys.manana.

WARRIORS! Show the South who is Da Boss!

K-5 will retelevise the Central Arkansas game the following afternoon at 1pm.

by the way,

snowflake is ready to ‘buck up’ some cowboys on the field…..mahalo for the support for ‘snowflake’ and the other wildcats

I LOVE MY ALOHA STADIUM PARKING PASS!!!

Alrytie Bulla!
Mahalo 4 the hit back

U & da ms. Go cheer dem Wilcats 2 victory.

Your right, tough country surrounding you, and the tumblweeds blow hard in the wind, rolling over anything that gets in the way.

Hope to catch the game on BigSky tomorrow.

Lets get the Paniolo Cup back in force between UH & Wyo.

Awesome program that can use a shot in the are from the WAC and BIG SKY.

channel surfing and just stumbled across Canadian station TSN right now showing CFL Friday Night Football, Montreal at BC Lions, and…dang, right then I saw Ryan Grice-Mullen on the field for one play, and that was it…first quarter just ended, 0-0. (This is Comcast ch. 15 if you’re in Seattle). BC Lions website also tracking the game live and so far RGM’s numbers are 1 punt return 4 yds, but no catches yet…….wait, just switched from the Mariners game and Montreal just scored and RGM has just returned a kickoff about15-20 yards…

maverick

no big sky hookup online, gottal listen on the radio station from Ogden, 1420 am i believe, they’ll have it available…….sucks no tv

Halftime in Vancouver: BC Lions 10, Montreal 7 – RGM’s numbers: Rec 1-4, PR 2-16 (L12), KR 1-18

G China
go to #171, it’s all good, i am hooked up already

Bulla – Best of luck to “da beast” and his family tomorrow. It’s a huge sacrifice to take off work, travel, and support the fine young men.

Are we gonna see you in Vegas?

howzit rich

hope all is well and you’re safe from all those fires…whew. mahalo for the kind words, but we have a blast when we travel. our vacations are working vacations, we have our wi-fi, the phones, the blue tooth, the lap tops……we may be away physically, but we’re always ‘hooked up’, haha. the real joy, is like today…..after the walk throughs at the stadium, the team cleaned up and headed back to the hotel…..well, all the 808 boys know that when uncle bulla and anty lyn show up, we bring gifts…….i should take a photo of some of their team mates sampling the cuttlefish we bring…..talk about sour, haha.

some of these kids never left hawaii, until now, so they are growing up real quick. we’ll be back down in ogden on sunday afternoon, i’ll be cooking some BIG pots of stew, shoyu chicken, chili and spam musubis……so the kanakas are all ready for some ‘home style’ grindz

we’ll check on the Vegas game, we’d love to be with all the Tsaikos again….

Thanks Bulla.

Authorized and ready to buffer!

Ronnie,

I see the same ‘authorized’ screen as you. Now just waiting another ten minutes or so…..

Aloha everyone. It’s time for Warrior football.

Hope everyone is doing well. 🙂

2 words.. Wild Cat

Sitting at the theater with about a dozen other fans.

Chee hee UH football baby!!!!

Stadium doesn’t look too full, just like here!

whaddda-scoop???? hasn’t the game started yet???

Rough start to the season!

If Mac actually manages to lose this game…my god

Auryte LWJ

Good evening Tsaikos & Tsaikettes, Lurkers & Lurkettes!

Happy UH football season start!!!

Have confidence team, you-can-do-it confidence!

I BELIEVE !!!

GO WARRIORS !!!

Katoosh!!!!

Safety.

That’s THE WAY guys! Keep it up!

#246 that would be on Ron Lee.. Yep fire Ron Lee

time to change the qb. Alexander…you killing us.

if we’re quick and deliberate this team cant stop us.. bad bad playing calling so far

I been calling for Ron Lee’s head since the 3rd game last year!

We’re making Central Arkansas look like Alabama…time to switch up the QB’s Alexander is rattled, and the shovel pass is being wayyyyyy overused

Nice feed into NYC. Wish I was seeing some better results but its OK, the guys will settle down.

put moniz the scrambler in there…..

You gotta give Alexander some time. He’s not getting the best blocking or pass patterns. Remember too that he’s not calling the plays.

You can’t be changing your QB in the first quarter.

change up for just a couple plays so Alexander can view everything from the sidelines.

I think GA hit his head pretty hard.. that will be the excuse for the change. I am sensing desperation.. clearly out of their offensive game plan. bad scouting bad play calling.

Let’s go

wow

The CA qb is good or are we making him look good?

Didn’t Scottie Pippen play for UCA?

Green hits that pretty fast.

talk about being emotional

About time Ron Lee.

Ron Lee has no play calling ability. I don’t doubt that he knows the system and can teach it but play calling is an art.

this play calling is atrocious…how can you not punch the ball in when you have 1st and goal on the 3 against a mid-level D1AA opponent…

Touchdown!!!!

yessssssssss!

Out of bounds on a kickoff…bad.

spencer smith looks like a beast!

Mac’s gotta find a way to beat this team

their DE #9 is a monster off the edge, and UH has not stopped him all night

Half-Time report:

Mack and his staff are way out of their league. The blind leading the blind. They have no emotion, do not attempt to rally the players, and have this deer in the headlights look.

Alexander does not belong on the 1st team. Let Moniz or Austin or even one of the freshmen play.

LWJ looks good here and there, but I rather have green from what I have seen so far.

could add more, but later on. Sad sad game so far.

GO DEFENSE!!!! I guess as the offense really is stinking it up.

i think he’s better than LWJ

Warriors are not playing disciplined football. They are over pursuing and not staying in their gaps. If they stick to their assignments they should be OK. If they don’t pick it up in the second half and play inspired ball then we have problems. Show some heart boyz!!

It almost seems like Alexander didn’t even work with his receivers this whole off-season…no one “gels”. The only offensive players who i’m impressed with so far is Salas and Green. Furthermore, if Coach Mac cannot get a win against Central Arkansas, his seat HAS to turn pretty hot all of a sudden. I know its only one game, but c’mon this is not supposed to happen, this is Central Arkansas were talking about here not Texas or USC. All of a sudden this program has gone on a decline ever since Jones left.

Need to get the ball to the playmakers…period.

salas looked good, pilares had a big gain……green looked like he can boogie, out of GA and into their hands

Conor: couldn’t agree more 🙁

the rainbow warrior marching band. ha!

I agree with Conor as well except the “all of a sudden” it’s been a gradual decline from last year. good news is Junes recommendation for his replacement is still avail..

Las Vegas
you hit it, kind of hard with no foot speed on the edge….shoot, the DE is only 248 lbs at 6’1 and we can’t stop HIM? he’s in GA’s head already…….like the fact he wears #9, that’s cool

ok, i am the party pooper, bring back Graunke, haha

camera man must be on drugs, moon is shaky

…you do the Noke Poke and you turn yourself around, TD is what about

Bulla,
yup, slo-mo tackles again this year.
if we gotta play slo guys, we should at least have slo guys with looong arms.
UNLV has speed off the edge this year!

Greg Salas! Awesome today, just continuing his play from last year.

Salas still making plays!!

TD!!! There ya go!

Warrior!

Touchdown!!

Auryte GA and KP!

Its about effing time!!!!!!!!!!!!

like I said…stop holding on to the ball and feed the skill players!

The offense is not designed for the QB to run the ball, flashbacks to Raphael Cherry days…….haha

see what defense can do, 3 and out, get the offense back on the field

Bulla… true story, but if no time from the line den da legs gotta mek strong!!!

can we get a turnover please.?

good pressure by blaze suarez. lol@leahey.

Yeah either Leahey can’t read the roster or he’s making up any kine names he feels like.

If GA is the best we got, then GA is the best we got and we move forward with that….he should have thrown the ball instead of keeping, running right, losing 2 yards…..nothing big, something small, but that’s a detail he should be aware of. luckily, we got the TD eventually

Alex Green is quick for a 6′ 2″ guy

Offense is starting to get that old rythym…

….or not 🙁 O-line needs some work

Well 2nd half is looking night and day, but… O-line looks iffy. GA looks to be finding his groove, I think we need to get used to him scrambling.

Nice special teams!

C’mon D turnover

Smith is going to be a stud too.

i admit our boys can hit.

I like Henry as a punt returned he is decisive in his decisions. Picks a seam and takes off up field.

Henry is tough, all positive yards every time,and sure handed, which is good!

CA moving the ball too easily on this drive, too easy

Katooosh!!

BIG KATOOSH, untouched from the side for #53, but UH still losing, gotta answer that score with one of our own now!!!! GO WARRIORS

We gotta score on this drive. NO EXCEPTIONS.

let me specify: score a TD. FG won’t cut it…

Defense

DEFENSE DEFENSE DEFENSE

ball control by CA, scary

the clock is not our friend at this point in time

if they get the 1st down here…we’re in trouble…

field position…..

ok…defense did their job…. now the Offense’s turn! STOP TURNING THE DAMN BALL OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Question: WHY THE HELL ARE WE HAVING A NAIL BITER WITH A FCS TEAM???

Guess who………. S-A-L-A-S!!!!!

Punch it in

good job by salas

First game jitters, I suppose.

It’s not gonna look pretty if the miscues and O-Line woes persist in the coming games against Washington State and UNLV.

hold onto the ball…….don’t turn it over…

LOL Bulla….

wow
throwing the ball, with the night we’ve had,that is a BIG risk

1:28 in the game, 2 seconds on the play clock…and we burn a Time Out?

Right on da money. What a pass!

UNLV has moved last years stud lb to the rush end.
Both DE’s can run all day and the DT’s are hugh!

whew…wipe sweat off brow

yah the clock management did suck. haha.

TOUCHDOWN…AURYTE, END OF SUSPENSE

line up front needs to get a push…

Good time for a turnover

Or a sack! 🙂

Curran and/or Kekaula reporting Aaron Brown may have injured his hamstring.

defense let’s go, nice sack

WHAT DID I SAY!!!!!! 3 & FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Arm was forward… PLay Zone with a corner blitz!!!!!

Our “Inexperienced Defense” might be our savior this game and our Trump card this season!

Wow. Home cooking?

Not to say it’s a horrible call on the field, but if Curran/Kekaula are to be believed, it should’ve been a “call on the field stands” deal.

bottom line is we got lucky….IMHO, we didn’t take care of the ball, and we’re fortunate to get out of this one

Wow…I stand corrected? That’s gonna be another mar on WAC officials…nonetheless……………SCORE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And just to be fair, it wasn’t looking good for the visitors at that point anyway, but still. From “one in a million” chance to game over. Tough break. Good game, Bears. Warriors, you’ve got a ways to go.

terrible call.

watch the replay, incomplete pass, not a fumble….

Pops is slightly senile

BowsForever,

There were a couple of calls in this game that I think definitely were in favor of the home team…UH would have won without that last call anyway, but I can’t imagine how unhappy UCA was about that reversal.

kush, no doubt. Boise State, Week 1 is not the example for UH to be following.

I gotta see the replay tomorrow afternoon…is Leahey seriously messing up that much? Blaze Suarez? 😀

line of the night from papa leahey after the game….

hawaii escapes brilliantly from this one…..brilliantly……

oh boy, i gotta crash, it’s 2:25 in the morning, and we got a football game tomorrow …..

drive safely, have a safe and happy 3 day weekend Tsaikos…….1-0 AURYTE

Garret, thanks for the info. I wasn’t listening in to the entire game, so I only caught that last probably favorable call. Of course, that was a HUGE break for the Warriors.

I agree Bulla. Arm was coming forward.

UCA did play their hearts out and my hat goes off to them. terrible call at the end. special teams looks good. Mr. Smith is a stud. Glad to see Blaze Suarez hitting hard. we know the oline needs work and GA can scramble. Salas is clutch. Green can boogie (according to Bulla :).

Alexander needs to stop running…but he is a gamer

Kush…. True Story.

Salas sounds like he’s gonna have a great 2 years ahead of him.

About Pilares…those who saw the game, was his fumble a straight-up mistake?

Salas will have a monster year!

You can correct me, but I don ‘t believe this was a homecooking type officating.

The officials for the game would be a composite of Wac< MWC, Pac-10 and Mid America or Conference USA unless they (collectively) don’t like Central Arkansas or the Southland!

I guess we can relate to how the fans at Indiana, Kent State, and even Oregon felt about their respective teams’ performances in their season openers.

One game doesn’t make a team.

That’s the feeling I’m getting from some folks here. If we went by that logic and judged teams on how they fared their first game, then Oregon should just mail it in for the year and Indiana and Kent State are on their way to losing records.

But alas, this is just Week 1 of the college football season and all of these teams, as well as the Warriors, can work on their deficiencies and improve. I can almost guarantee that the Warrior team we saw in this game WILL NOT be the Warrior team we see at the end of the year versus Navy and Wisconsin.

That said, it’s on to Week 2 and time to prepare for what the Cougars will bring to the table in Seattle next week.

Ryan Henry should return punts all season!

The front four needs a couple of pass rushers!

CA is a very good team. Well coached!

We’re supposed to have a more established offense. There was plenty of sputtering today despite the big plays.

How’d the O-line do on penalties, tonight, btw?

oh yeah penalties was really kept to a minimum.

we just need to rest up and get ready for the long road trip…get fonoti, brown, and purcell back strong.

$1000 to be donated by McDonalds to UH program

Just my thoughts.

We had 4 turnovers. 3 were in the red zone I believe. The 4 turnovers made the game way to close. Waaaaaaaay to close.

If we had 3 turnovers we win and it’s a good game.

With 2 turnovers we win big.

With 1 turnover we blow them away.

With 0 turnovers, no contest and we see the reserves in the second half.

Just need to limit the turnovers/mental mistakes.

Did we give up 4 sacks? At that rate, that would be 52 sacks in 13 games.. isn’t that the same as last season? Is it the Oline or is it Alexander leaving the pocket too early and therefore not being able to get rid of the ball without drawing a penalty.

Not a good sign when your QBack is your team’s best rusher, 4.5x more than the best RB.

Turn-overs like those tonight would have killed us with just about any of the remaining teams Hawaii has to play.

Thank goodness it was UCA and the Warriors got a win with a chance to review and correct things before next week.

Warriors showed a lot of potential. Got to capitalize on it.

good day all around…new recruit, new enthusiasm for the season, new hope for the future

You need a bit of luck to win. UH got lucky.

It could be a loooong season.

Good luck to the Bows.

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hey tsaikos g00d to b back to the blog. great job warriors tonite on squeaking past uca. i agree wit coach mac on the line did well. imo most of the sacks occurred due to the receivers having trouble getting open and ga spotting them. the only real mistake they made was the first fumble. i think uh needs to run quicker routes to improve on lessening sacks. sometimes it seems the routes take t00 long to open up. they had a lot of yards off the simple screens. i remember colt days they would run just short outs bubble screens or slants which would easily gain at least 5 yards. that way by l00king at the coverage if its l00se just call a quick slant in and chip away the yardage. that would easily decrease the number of sacks.

The storyline in this game is that the defense allowed 6 points in the final 43 minutes. And the offense emerged in the 58th minute, turning a deficit, a possible loss, and the embarrassment of losing to a D-1AA school into a lead and eventual victory.

With the Warrior back to the wall and facing such pressure they prevailed. And resultingly– pulling out a victory and escaping a possible loss, and escaping the wrath of the awaiting cynics and the naysayers that would have certainly surfaced had they lost.

That’s big pressure for the team and coaches. And they came through, none the less.

This game the Warriors can build from, for they can learn and keep importantly their confidence and momentum going.

FYI CAU is a darn good team, I would say they could play in D1 right now, they made some good plays all night long. We looked really bad that first half, but then improved in the second, biggest thing I noticed is the front line needs help, I don’t care how good of a QB you are without protection your not going to be able to run the game plan.

Congrats to the Warriors, you hung in there and pulled it out.

WassupDoc called the right score 24 – 20 UH

Night all

labrat,
how bout the one on the QB for that 2 pt conversion. he didn’t even know blaze was coming.

Aloha Tsaikos

Tailgating with the Tsaikos A+ Great food and an amazing crowd of people. As usual I lurked, listening in on some great stories and conversations. Thanks for the warm greeting for our family — Mrs. Lopaka and Son No. 1 really enjoyed themselves.

Crowd Enthusiasm and Participation

D in the first half (what is it with all the folks who arrive half way through the first quarter — that is like coming to the movie 15 minutes after it starts)

C+ in the second half until the beast came alive with the great Salas play that saved the game

Team Play Not ready for prime time. Embarrassing to watch. Central Arkansas was the team that played with precision and ball control. Virtually error free through most of the game. Alexander hung on to the ball and lost yards when he should have just thrown it away. Where is the team that is supposed to be carrying on the run and shoot legacy of scoring so fast that they can come back from any deficit?? Every once in a while we see it. Did we see it in the fourth quarter? Agree with those who say that any of the remaining teams on our schedule would have beaten us tonight.

Coaching ?? I don’t know what grade to give. I have been a big believer in Coach Mack and his crew but I never expected the team to struggle as it did for most of the game tonight, and some of the choices Coach made were mystifying.

In particular, the decision in the second half to send the team out to kick a point after when only a two point attempt made any sense. (Adding one point put us ahead by only six points so if they scored a touchdown, we lose. If they score only a field goal we win even if the two point attempt fails.) Eventually somebody on the sidelines figured out the math, called time out, and then we went for the two points.

Much good to build on, much bad to correct. Go Warriors!! On to Seattle. Beat the Cougars!!