Game day: Michigan
ANN ARBOR — The day started with a glitch. Only two of the four buses scheduled to pick up the Warriors and their supporters showed up at the hotel. They had to go in two shifts: Team first, then the supporters.
Other than that, it’s been a wonderful game day: Nice weather, nice stadium workers, and really friendly Michigan fans.
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Best of luck WARRIORS!!! Go get um boys!
Kimpira!
Imua Warriors! Play with pride…Shock the world!
Nice win for Paul Johnson.
Luck of the Irish.
Lou Holtz was here.
A good omen?
If Hawaii has a lead after the 1st quarter, I’ll be satisfied.
Anyone got any links to watch it on the internet
Nice Pic!!
Moocher, its on watch ESPN
http://www.espn.com/watchespn/#channel/espn/
What a pick!!
Steady boys,,take a deep breath,,we are ok. D line is getting a nice push.
Refs missed a clip on that screen…
Is JGW playing?
No pass rush. Our backs can’t stay with their receivers.
Oh my!!!!
BC sucks!
Ikaika needs to settle down.
Oh my!!
BC really sucks!!!
Boola, that clip was right in front of the ref and he looked the other way. Michigan should have been punting, not scoring a TD.
At least they flagged the clip on the punt return.
What happen to Penitito? Talk about thin!
Yikes… We can’t seem to get anything going on offense… And can’t stop anything on D… I hope we can turn it around…
Who are we running behind
RT or LT ?
What formation is Michigan
D in?
BC please describe?
We actually look worse than our outings to Ohio State and Wisconsin. I did not think we could. Maybe Michigan is just better than those teams were. Either way it just shows the difference between the haves and have nots. BTW, special team play still looks bad.
Bc
Did we blitz on that TD
Oh my you suck!!
Left to right who is on our D line?Are 3-4 2 Hugh?
Yikes… I could have picked that off… He was staring the receiver down forever!
Late throw by Woolsey staring down the receiver equals touchdown Michigan.
Geez, could you have locked on and telegraphed that anymore?
Put in Dru Brown or AZ
Running plays only…3 plays and out no matter, just get that clock going to speed up the game.
It’s bad when we could see that pick coming before the throw. That stare down was like what happens in pre fight weigh ins for fights.
Woolsey back, pick 6…. time for Rolo to bench Woosley and put in Zwalhen at QB. Might as well get Zwalhen some live game rep for the future.
AZ start warming up?
What’s going on with slant
route? Should we be double
move our route?
Were is Isaiah Bernard?
Come on show some pride!
When the commentators commented that the Michigan coaching staff saw something special in one of their 3 star freshman recruits and were playing him, I had to laugh. They seem like great guys and all, but they seemed oblivious that 3 star recruits are not the bottom of the barrel for a lot of team. The team isn’t quitting. Let’s Go Bows!
Punt the ball!
Go for it!
Tackling is still needs work. Offense has been dominated by Michigan’s defense. I was hoping to a better showing, but you have to admit that Michigan is formidable.
That team speed of Michigan is just wow.
Anyone else reminded of the USC game in 2012?
Great coaching opportunity for the team. Learn from the game and move on. Another day another game! Go warriors keep playing.
I expected the porous Hawaii defense to stink it up today but the offense is looking like Chow is calling the plays with the same old inconsistent QB play by Woolsey. I had low expectations this season with a new coaching change but wow Rolo. Come on bench Woolsey and think of the future at QB.
Hopefully Michigan puts in it’s 4th string team or Hawaii might loss by 70 points.
Not too surprised, I think Michigan is for real and I think they will make the playoffs this year. Harbaugh is arguably one of the best coaches in football. Won at every level (USD, Stanford, 49ers, and UM, with other coaches players).
Team not quitting and now moving on offense. Something last year’s team could not do against Ohio St and Wisconsin even with backups in the game.
Sorry, Ikaika is being Ikaika.
More like the Florida game of 08
Ouch.
But good drive before the half. Building and I have more hope for the season than last year.
I would expect UH Football under coach Rolovich and staff will exceed the conference win total of 4 from the last 4 seasons. I bet Michigan wasn’t happy to see UH move the ball at the end of the second half. It will be interesting to see how both coaching staffs adjust UH offense vs Michigan defense.
UH conference wins
2012 … 1
2013 … 0
2014 … 3
2015 … 0
It’s not the QB. Speed kills.
The replay official had Michigan -33 at the half.
Woosley is out. Drew Brown in as UH qb…
Woosely shoulder is being looked at.
Dru is transfer from san Mateo.
I would have preferred Aaron Z.
Keeping Woosley from being injured in the 2nd half makes sense to me.
🙁 interception td by Michigun…
This is embarrassing!
Our qbs got 2 passing tds so far.
Might as well go to the next QB
Put in QB Aaron Zwalhen please, Rolo.
Ban on alcohol at Mich stadium.
Nice.
Inyoface,
The Florida game—Yeah, that’s a good comparison… Hopefully the new QB will come in move the ball a bit…
Little Saint Just not enough… fifth down.
Dru Brown movin the chains
Terrible 4th down play call.
So far, I think the Play of the Day for UH is
UH interception on Mich’s first pass attempt.
Do we have anyone that can stop the run? Our D-Line is so thin…
Yea, 4th quarter mercifully cometh…
Still I am enjoying UH effort. 🙂
The other UH is beating Okalahoma.
Can we score a point in the Midwest?
Well, yes… 🙂
Sometimes I think Chow is up in the booth calling the plays, all the run dive plays up the middle is bring back bad memories.
Yeah, first points against Big 10 powers in two seasons !! Attaway to go Rigo !!! Rolo has broken the goose egg.
QB competition should open back up.
Go Bows. Heads Up. Finish Strong.
I think going forward …..Brown should be our starter and here’s why. He just present more problems for opponent. He is said to be an accurate passer. He also has more athletic ability and speed than Wooslsey. He just lack game reps and experience. Ikaika had his chances for 5 years already. He should be way ahead of what he is showing now. Time to plan for the future. Give Brown more reps.
Jeezy was right. Dru Brown is or should be the starting quarterback.
The last time we went to the state of Michigan (Michigan St) early in the season and lost, we at least found our starting QB, Colt Brennan. I think that happened again, and yes, Jeezy called it awhile ago. I also think we should start Lakalaka and use St Juste as the change of pace.
That was a nice throw by Mr. Brown.
I don’t know if Brown is the right guy yet. Woolsey was playing against the first team defense of probably the top team in the country. You can’t blame him too much… He did perform against Cal…
South Alabama, remember those guys? They’re on the verge of beating Mississippi St 21-20 with 57 seconds left in the game. Hope they can hold on for the W.
Did Michigan even get to fourth down in the entire game?
Got to give to the ESPN commentators they do understand Hawaii high school football and the challenges University of Hawaii Football faces in recruiting. They also understand that June Jones worked miracles in Hawaii Football. I hope Matlin didn’t make a mistake in hiring Rolo over June Jones, only time will tell. QB Dru Brown does have the great mobility and a good arm, I would take him over Woolsey any day.
Only 19,000 coming to our home opener next week. Lots of parking to tailgate before watching our first win.
If im not mistaken warriorNY they did once but there was a penalty that gave them a first down.
Oh well
Let’s get the next one.
Imua Bows
It would have been good to have AZ see some playing time when the game was out of reach, as Michigan did with their qbs. Also good for recruiting.
The word I think best describe Brown is “POTENTIAL”. If you have a starter that is a career below 50% passer and an up and coming who has the physical tools…who would you pick? It was said that this offense supposed to be a better fit for Woolsey but I honestly don’t see any great improvement. Woolsey still predominately look right and throw right almost all the time. We have Ursua on the left and he is being taken out of the game if the Qb doesn’t at least glance that way.
Not sure why Rolo doesn’t just call the plays like June did
When all the laughter died in sorrow. Ikaika has had his chance. Let somebody else try. That’s all I’m saying. But Hawaii sucks because we have no D-Line. Two years already. We no more nothing.
What happen to the pistol?
Our TE?
Not sure of our 3-4?
Imua bows!
Wonder what Qb dru
would of done against
Cal?
Maybe we have a Qb competition?
Holy heck … 110,222 in attendance … that sounds pretty close to last season’s total
http://www.mgoblue.com/gametracker/launch/gt_mfootbl.html?event=1403113&school=mich&sport=mfootbl&camefrom=&startschool=&
While that was painful, I think we found a more fluid and dynamic QB. IW is just so myopic in his reads, that he basically cancels 1/3 to 1/2 of the playing field–he also appears, for whatever reason, very robotic. So, yes, Jeezy made a good early call….
Houston seems to be the next mid major entering big time football ala tcu, Baylor, Boise st.
Dru Brown brings a Russell Wilson aspect to the game.
OK! Nuff already, #11 is NOT the answer at QB! TD to INT ratio abismall, completion percentage under 50% awful and these are his stats to date for all games played as a Warrior. Stares down his 1st option, not able to pick up secondary receivers, throw more wounded ducks than a flock of ducks and poor touch. #11 has that so bad “happy feet” syndrome. If the team is going to build for the future, Rolo please make the change now with a lot of games to go. He said from the start, he will make the tough decisions to let the best play, regardless of class or being a newcomer. Yes Rolo recruited him, he had his chance, now time to move on in the best interest of the team.
Never expected coming close today but there are some things that are clear:
1)another major embrassment on national TV, good God its getting hard to stomach.
2)Chow left us with no talent to even compete with higher quality teams, it remains to be seen if we can even compete in the conference
3)agree with previous guy, this offense looks like Chow is calling the plays, why is Rolo letting Smith call the plays? Where is the run-n-shoot Rolo said we are going to start seeing again? Love to hear Rolo answer these questions……
4)at least Rolo has them playing hard through 4 quarters and they aren’t quitting..
5)Woosley is not the answer, he has had his chance, please play somebody different, he has reached his ceiling and his record is 4-17, pull the plug!!!!
Lets get a win and some confidence next week, Go Warriors
Looking forward to next week.
When your down over 50 points in the second half and you have no chance to win the game, GET THE SECOND TEAM SOME REPS especially on defense!!! Get these young guys some reps in the BIG VENUES so that the Mountain West will be a cake walk. Coach Lemp you missed a golden opportunity to get them ALL READY, were gonna need ALL HANDS ON DECK to turn this thing around!!!
Michigan had their 3rd string in today getting them some game experience. Gotta start developing these young guys, change the culture of it’s ok to loose NOW!!!
Man im hearing the same people calling for IW head that called for bryant moniz to b benched in his first year and the same dudes who called for mack to be fired. U guys r all premature! IW as soon as he had time and WRs open he made the throws. With IW the playbook is open. We saw vanilla becuz dre brown knows vanilla! This is michigan we talking about… a team thet talking as contenders. Enough already! Players family n friends read these blogs
I don’t remember people wanting moniz benched his first year, he was money from the start. But then again I don’t think I was on this blog back then.
Got a glimpse of Dave Aranda on TV, forgot he is now the DC at LSU. Defensive battle in the 1st half. They got beasts on both teams.
Look at it this way….If Ikaika is not getting the job done and the coaches continue to keep him in then the fan will see this as Norm Chow part 2 and lose interest.
I have always like Ikaika as a person. He’s top notch young man but this is about productivity and unfortunately he have not produced wins.
Rolo wants to change the culture and told everyone that. Well…he has got to make the hard decision and give fans hope. If he doesn’t make any noticeable changes then what will have to look forward to? Most of us have seen 5 years of this and we supposed to get excited at the same old same old??????
Next week is our first home game and its a perfect time to get fans excited about changes, Having Ikaika continue to start will excite no one, unfortunately.
#91, good points. However the key here is that Bryant Moniz improved. Take a look at the body of work IW has had here at Hawaii. More Int’s than TDs, completing under 50% of your career passes is good? He’s a senior, how much improvement will he show? He’s not around next year, he got his chance. If you’re going to build for the future having experience and growth for the key cog on offense, which is the QB makes sense right? A year in Rolo’s system for someone coming back next year is positive?
FG by Rigo, 55 yards. Is that a record for UH or close to it ?
I’m with #91, IW has had his chance multiple times and he hasn’t delivered and doesn’t have the “IT” factor. Even the ESPN commentators recognized that DB has some skills, but lacks game experience. Rolo, make the right decision and start DB next week, so he will be ready when we visit UA in 2 weeks. I think we can beat UA with DB, but not with IW.
OMG…..why all the doom n gloom….we are still in first place in Mountain West.
2 fumbles…..2 picks…..8 penalties…..killers !
They do better next week…..
Travel 20 k miles in 2 weeks n expect to perform against top notch team…..maybe asking to much…..
IMUA
After rewatching last season 2015 Hawaii vs #1Ohio State game. The Hawaii defense was stout for 3 and half quarters against Urban Meyer Buckeyes. They held J.T Barrett, 12 gauge “Cardell, RB Ezkiell Elliot in check. This years defense is atrocious. Hopefully Rolo can get the defense fixed because the offense looked like it did last year. A QB change is welcome, UT Martin is a good game to play Brown and Zwahlen and see who wants is more.
bc said on the radio broadcast that Rigo’s kick tied for all time
2nd place in UH history with Jason Elam… But they have to
check on it some more. Maybe the animals know…
In the last drive before the half Ikaika consistently hit his targets and the team moved down the field. He did it by hitting his primary targets in timing pattern. I do agree that IW may not be the best once the primary target is taken away and a second or third read is required. I did not see enough of Drews passing ability yet to determine if he is the answer. I did like his pocket presence, scrambling ability and quick decision making though.
Still encouraged… Next week!! Go Bows!
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Michigan defenders know how to get off our blocks. Ours just seem to disappear. I am curious to hear from Rolo why he made the qb change and if he is going to stick with it? I really miss Julian on the inside. He had good instincts for finding the ball carrier. I saw some players who did some good things. I think Meffy did okay. And Kory. I still think we are soft up the middle. Need to find backers who can fill better. I liked what little I saw of Dru. He throws a nice ball. Could use more reps with 1st team. If he is the guy the offense will need time to get used to him being in there. At times it seems that our receivers gave up on the play. Kinda did that too in Cal game.
It was embarrassing when a commentator said that unless you are a Michigan or Hawaii fan there are better games to watch. This is how low we have become. It really is time for coach to take a look and make some hard adjustments.
The sky is falling the sky is falling, we are doomed, lol …..
0 – 2. It’s still early in the season. Now if at the end we see 0 – 13, then we should be worried.
I think UH will win some games under Rolo. IW or DB? It’s nice to have competition at the QB position again. I just hope Rolo makes the right call before MWC play.
Time to unleash KT…
anybody knows how to watch uh vs. ut martin live via streaming
A full playbook years under his belt IW who won’t be here next year versus a vanilla just got here but will be here 3 more years DB…
Gotta go with DB. Vanilla runned offense looks better than full package runned offense.
Most importantly, DB is the first QB we had in a while that we can actually develop and will be here for a few years to grow with the coaching staff.
I’m miss Sean Schroeder.
IW only moved the chains when Michigan was up 35-0 and they dropped into a soft zone, no press and rushed 3. All the completions were under 5 yards downfield anything extra were YAC, which Michigan was more than happy to give until UH got into the red zone. Then Michigan started reapplied pressure and IW reverted back to his normal, then inexcusably drew an intentional grounding that ended the drive with no points.
We’ve seen 3+ seasons of IW and even if you give him more credit than his stats showed last week, he’s just not going to give you more than 60% completions on a good day. That’s not going to cut it at any level of football. He’s had more than enough chances to succeed, regardless of style of offense or whatever excuse anybody wants to give.
IW has produced one 3 TD game in 30 games played. He’s only produced one 60%+ performance when attempting more than 15 passes in a game. He’s had 19 games with more than 15 attempts.
Next man up please.
The physical difference was like watching Punahou playing a school like Kaimuki. It’s tough to block, tackle, cover or get open against players that are bigger, stronger faster than you. Larry Price’s old adage applied to this game.
Woolsey seems more comfortable in a spread offense where the pass is used to set up the run. He doesn’t appear to have any running instincts nor aptitude to use his legs to extend plays. The QB run is a major component of the spread option. Brown appears to be a better fit for this offense but he’s had such a short period to learn the play book.
IMHO Rolo has to tweak the O to better fit Woolsey or go through Brown’s growing pains in fully learning the O and personnel. At this point I think Brown probably knows less than half of the playbook.
99… The UH website said Rig0’s is 2nd after Elam and Jason Ayat’s 56 yd FG’s. But Rigo’s was good. It looked like it curved from the right to go right between the goal posts.
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Watch out for UT-Martin who lost only 7-28 to Cincinnati on Sept 1.
Biggest difference I saw besides the rushing yards was Ikaika 4 sacks Dru 0.
Rigo might end up being the kicker with most tackles too.
105. I think the center snap killed that drive.
#1 Alabama starts a Freshman QB against USC. They pull this guy and put in a true Freshman QB. Saban not shy on making a change. Yeah I know it’s Alabama with almost all 5 star recruits. But the word here is “change” to get the job done.
Like coach gene Hackman explanation, YOU GOTTA HAVE HEART, MILES AND MILES OF HEART.
#106
Or like Kahuku playing Kalani.
Remember when the Falcons had to forfeit because they ran out of players mid-game?
This must be around 1991.
When I think of Kalani, I think of this gal named Mele Moniz…..u’i. If you don’t know ask someone…..
UMass hanging with Florida. Down 10-7 after 3.
I think our goal now should be to get competitive in our league. We have to separate ourselves from the bottom feeders and close the gap between us and Boise, Air Force and SDSU. Everyone outside of HI see us as the bottom of the MWC totem pole. Our goal should be to change that perception by winning t least half of our league games this year and improve our record each ensuing year. Rolo is the right man to do it. He just needs the support from the school and the fans.
I understand the attraction of “big money” games for an impoverished athletic department. But not only is it demoralizing for the team and the new coaching staff to play these unwinnable games but I also wonder if it isn’t short sighted from a business perspective. You have a local fan base that is very tired of losing and many, many have simply lost interest. Games like this certainly don’t help to build on the interest that the “new start” has generated. I doubt the home opener will be well attended. All I can say is we better win with authority or the interest will wane more and quickly. So we make some money on these “body bag” games but get our butts kicked and lose the fan interest. We could be left with less money in the end and an unfortunate start to a promising new beginning. The 2007 team had the weakest schedule in the country. But we won games and generated interest and it was a lot of fun. No cares much about the weak 2007 schedule and Aloha Stadium was packed. Let’s play teams at our level and stop these sacrificial exercises. At least lets not plan three of four of our first games the way we did this year. It is probably a losing proposition all around. But I guess we are left with the results of the poor recruiting of the Chow era in terms of talent and the short sightedness of the Ben Jay era in terms of th schedule. The fan interest will return if we start to win again. I hope that happens before things deteriorate even further.
Winning is everything. Ganot had a relatively weak non-conference schedule last season and was successful in part because he won most of those. Trapasso used to schedule a tough non- conference schedule in the past and got the fan’s wrath in return because he lost many games.
Aranda returns to visit Wisconsin as No. 5 LSU’s DC and they lose 14 -16, despite giving up only 3 FG’s and 1 TD.
Don’t get too discouraged folks… Alabama is up 52-6 on USC midway through the fourth Q… My point is this can happen to anyone…
Goodnight and Safe Travels to all who made the trek to Ann Arbor…
118, 117, No, winning is not everything. You got to want to win, and you’ve got to want to win against the best. You got to love the game. That means you want to play with the best. It is all about change and changing in the right direction, continuously. And respecting your opponents for wanting to do the same. Out of respect, you want to play with the best. You want to win yes, but you’ve got to love the game. All the winners do.
Michigan just had more talent than Hawaii. If this team keeps on losing against top power 5 conference teams and keeps on losing conference games because they are all worn down by conference play, the fan base at the stadium will get smaller. Who wants to pay for tickets, fight traffic to the stadium and then watch them lose.
I think more fans will go the route of PPV and watch games in the comfort of their own home.
A better gauge for UH will be the MWC. 2007 season was like a perfect storm. A weak schedule plus a seasoned team and a QB who could wing it and we saw UH’s best season.
I think fans just want to see wins even if some of the wins come from teams against the likes of Lamar.
Again, UH is 0-2. Who know’s with a DB as QB, UH may surprise some teams in conference play.
ESPN commentators mentioned we were moving the ball toward the end of the first half when we went to the spread offense (ala June Jones). Why didn’t we do this earlier when we couldn’t move the ball at all during most of the first half?
I would have liked to see this spread offense for at least one series to start the 2nd half; but was happy to see that we have a potential QB that is a dual threat; which is what we badly need at this point.
A QB that can hurt you with his legs really gives an offense a “shot in the arm” and brings excitement back to the fans! I am sure it can fire up the defense as well!
Might need a dual qb system before conference play so we can figure out who really is the truth. Hopefully can see AZ in the next game too.
Go Warriors!
#110 Yeah what was up with that rolling snap? I’ve never seen that before, I’ve seen it go over the head of the qb but rolling?
121…AH…..I think you miss my point. At this time we cannot compete against “the best.” The power structure of college athletics has changed drastically and we (and the others not in the BSC conferences) cannot reasonably be expected to compete against the big schools. We did not play against Michigan as a method of challenging ourselves but because we need a big paycheck. I am simply saying that there is a consequence to accepting this paycheck. And this consequence is potentially further demoralizing our team and coaching staff and further alienating an already thin fan base. I am all for challenges and “playing up.” This is simply not the time to do it in my opinion and doing it repeatedly ( as we are in three of our first four games) is simply not wise from a competitive standpoint and it is also probably bad business because it probably further thins the number of people who are interested in following the team. This has nothing to do with loving the game and backing away from challenge. It’s about being wise in my opinion. I don’t think this season’s schedule is wise. If I show up at Aloha Stadium next Saturday and there are 35 or 40 thousand in the stands I will be dead wrong about this and actually……..be very happy to be wrong.
I guess coach Rolovich either forgot to ask the blog how he should coach, or he feels pretty confident he can handle it for now. Regardless, I see no resemblance to the style of play used during the previous four seasons.
iyf, I’ll try to explain the reason why the center “rolled” the ball. The ESPN broadcaster explained, as best as I can recall, a new center will tend to have his weight in the front for running plays. Sometimes, the football gets “stuck” because of the weight being placed on the ball. With only two weeks working at the center position, Leo K. is excused since the broadcast guy said this is fairly common for a new center.
Go Warriors! That’s alright! Losing two top college team. Just try work harder next game!. Rich you should Woolsey bench him all throughout the entire year. See whatever your other three quarterbacks can do to help the team to win!. Because Woolsey never shown any for the pass four years at UH. You need a really seriously change at the QB!. Rich you seriously need a offensive coordinators!. Not the one you have now!. Go out and get one!. Because this is not a high school game!. Rich you are great head coach! And you gotten a great defensive coordinator staff!. Boston College is one!. What’s about other university for the offensive? . But anyway what happened to Kansas? University of Hawaii football should schedule Big time large university!. Otherwise Warriors you will get better then this year!
Take the money and run. Don’t look back.
Shouldn’t getting 7 wins by any means necessary more important than running a cost-efficient athletic department.
Hawaii is playing Tennessee-Martin next week, but it gives me pause that four FCS schools won today. South Dakota State lost, but they played like they could have beaten half the schools in the FBS.
Go Wahine, Beat UCLA…
Well its all been said, now and even before this. My only concern with these body bag games on National TV is the deleterious effects on recruiting. And do not think for one instant that potential recruits don’t think to themselves ,
‘Why would I want to play for this micky mouse loser program?”
This is primarily why we never really have a shot at real talent….geography is not any longer the issue…UH has met the enemy and its them!
Rally cap time.
The Rainbow Warrior was defeated ny ferocious animals today—wolverine and the bear . . .
Eh CG… Long time.
Yup, tough day for warriors and wahine.
So Alabama is starting a true freshman at QB that they are really high on. Apparently, Saban does not usually like to play underclassmen, so this guy must be legit. Look for him to be a 4 year starter.
Is Tua making the right choice by choosing Alabama? Someone like him could go to a Pac12 school, or even UH, and start sooner than later. If he goes to Bama, he is going to have to seriously compete for the chance to maybe play as a junior or senior.
USC on the other hand looked like they could use some help at the position.
Did the team fly home after the game?
Great Evening All! (Great Morning to those with me here in D-Town)
Watching the game replay on the U now and catching up on the blog comments.
So much to respond to…
Essentially, this came down to a physical mismatch.
UM’s strength as deduced by the ESPN color guy (don’t know his name but his background is a Pac-12 OL) is that Harbaugh has done the same thing at UofM as he has done elsewhere, most notably at Stanford (and even at SF in the NFL)…he built the OLine with future NFL’ers and had everything fall in line behind that.
Hawaii’s most glaring weakness is its DLine.
That mismatch was very evident early on.
ok the money games are over !! rolo knows what he was doing saving the young qbs for the rest of the season . think about it he had not thing to lose by putting Ikaika out there ikaika not going to be next season!!and if he did good all good if not rolo saved his young qbs for the season !! season start know !!
Add on top of that all the A-A “skills” that UofM had on the field and it isn’t hard to figure out how limited the coaching options become for Rolo and his staff.
After it got to 0-35, the success of the offense had more to do with UofM changing to a zone versus man press than what the TV guys said was because Hawaii spread it out. I think the latter came as a result of the former.
Before the D switched Hawaii’s receivers were blanketed by DB’s who already have hefty files put together by NFL scouts
Why did UofM switch? It was their first game and I’m sure their coaches want to try out different things
One dramatic difference between this staff and the last one (and it’s especially true of the HC) is there is no more pained looks, screaming and other antics when QB1 or any other player who screws up on the field comes back to the sideline.
This staff won’t do that.
The talking heads have said they like that Rolo has started his tenure with a couple of highlight games.
IIRC both of these games were inked prior to his selection; especially the UofM game which I have had circled on my calendar for years.
I think Hawaii keeps taking a couple of “money games” each season. Two sides of the argument based on if you win the games or lose. But how you going win if you no play?
Anyway, the Good Lord willing, I’ll be in the stands on Saturday for the home opener regardless of how many others will be there, too.
And I’ll wave to all the PPVers and wish that they would join me in person.
Pride Rock(s)
IF THE MICHIGAN TEAM HAD ANY GUTS, THEY WOULD HAVE BOARDED A PLANE AND FLEW AROUND FOR THE SAME NUMBER OF HOURS IN THE SKY AS HAWAII DID BEFORE THE GAME. THEY ARE A CODDLED BUNCH OF SISSIES THAT ARE JUST HANDED ALL KINDS OF CREATURE COMFORT BENEFITS.
Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!
Rolo wants answers: PART 2
#138, Aloha! Playing the big teams just brings out the urgency for improving. Thumbs up to urgency! I think rolo is making strides, and there are many here who believe. And if you love the game, you just simply don’t get demoralized. The game now, not the chatter about the game and stuff. That motor keeps running, even if you get knocked on your butt. You just know you need to improve. But you still love it.
When they love the game…they become selfless…not about (I), (Me), but about my neighbor (teammate)
Majority will never get it..all they will do is keep that motor running, just as you described
Today’s a good day
to devour some poi glaze donut and Strawberry donut
with coffee in my right hand.
What time is practice on Monday?
Mr Green please send my Aloha
to your client Mr Tulimasealii
“We welcome you back with open arms”
161… right, UM flying around in a plane would have made up a 60 pt difference. I actually wish UM would’ve played a top tier opponet their first game. All of us in Ann Arbor knew they were going to come out like rabid dogs in the first one, just hope they maintain the effort/energy.. unfortunate circumstaces for Hawai’i with that and the travel.
Brown seems to have has moxy, he impressed me a lot more than Woolsey (albeit he had to play against the first string D). Good luck to you guys and kudos on always scheduling top ranked teams.
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