Tuesday report

yeah for the home team.

Go Warriors.

Good morning ST and all other night owls!!

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

Hi BHF2 Still working hard? Are you planning on coming over for homecoming? It will be another awesome tailgate. Say hello to Susan for me.

Having a hard time falling asleep. Planning to go and watch practice this morning so I’d

better go to bed.

ha ha.

nice to know you’re on the case ST. 😀

some lucky guys get all the great jobs. 😀

Wow, Thanks! I’ll contact you right after dropping off my kids to school!

Looking for a big Special Teams game next weekend!

Good morning Hawaii!

Aloha from Tashkent, Uzbekistan!

The Warriors and coaches better not be fooled by Utah State’s record. Their QB is the key to winning the game. Contain him like we did against Kaepernick and this should go in the “win” column.

Have a great day everyone!

wow

lucky you Bleed

just googled the place. sounds romantic

It’s the attitude, not the altitude!

We’ve got lots of time to get Coach Mack into the Top 15 for Coach of the Year too. First phase of Fan Voting is 9/14 – 12/4.

http://www.coachoftheyear.com

Coach Mack is now #42, with 125 votes.

A great day to everyone!

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

Healing powers for Pepa and GDL.

Go Warriors! Go Rainbow Wahine!

“It’s the attitude not the altitude.”

Its official.

Good morning Tsaikos everywhere.

ST

Great article. very good.

Coach Mack

got a suggestion for you.

or two.

1. after the game in Logan, no matta wat,

say hello to the fans who traveled to support our Warriors.

not just you, but the players 2.

2. during the game, you’re gonna get those moments when you’re

wondering what to do, call for a review, go for 2, wattevaz.

plan now for those moments, pik your sidekick now to help you make the

judgment call, give you the swift kick….

orrrrrrrrrrr,

just call me. coach. i’m in da book.

well well well

laterz gangeez. have a great day.

ST… great article on Corey Paredes! We grew up with some of his uncles in Makakilo. I especially like the last line…

“The key, Paredes said, ‘is to make the play. I’m not looking to make the big hit. If it comes, it comes. It’s more important to bring the guy down for the least yardage. That’s my job.'”

made Reno = Reno made

It’s the attitude not the altitude. Imua Warriors.

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

Pomai, UH- 42 Dem aggies- 21

Oops! Pomai so sorry. Make that 42-20. I just checked your posting on the last blog.

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

Top 50

It’s the attitude not the altitude! GET’m WARRIORS!!

In the Seattle vs Chicago game this weekend, the Bears were down in the waning seconds and attempted an onside kick…the Seahawks played it perfectly by assigning players to BLOCK for the receiver who was focused on catching the ball.

The Bears never got close to the receiver.

Pete Carroll would have been helpful in our game against Nevada.

Mahalo, everybody! And no fo’get… keep da votes coming for Moniz! Here’s the present standings:

http://www.voteobrien.org/standings.asp

Moniz is on the verge of passing the next two guys. If we can keep this pace, (or even get more votes per day from here on out), we may be able to get Moniz close to the top 10!

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

Great Morning All!

Hank,

Why wait til then? 😈

#61…d1…really…i agree…but (as you know) that’s not how Coach Mack rolls.

re: comments from last post about the Wides dogging it on some plays.

If that were the case, the answer is most certainly, “No, you’re not the only one noticing it.”

I think it’s being shown that one key addition to the mix this season is the “grandfather of the R ‘n S” being on staff. All the receivers are getting coached on the nuances of their positions to a much finer point than ever before. (sorry to step on some toes there but, it is what it is)

Part of that is how the precision of the routes sometimes “set up” other routes to be open. I don’t believe there could be much opportunity for any receiver to “dog it” without it being noticed, if not from the booth during the game, then certainly in film review.

66.. d1… excellent point!

All right, 808ike!!! Eight more votes to catch #20… 32 more to catch #19, Kaepernick. Should easily accomplish this quickly today.

Oh and ‘It’s the attitude, not the altitude!’

If I win please give to Pomai.

And Congradulation on your new arrival is it first Great-grandchild?

IMUA LANAKILA

expat,

Good point…or two? 😕

Have a terrific day erryboddy!

HiHo….

As much as this team has improved since the beginning of the season, we still need to work on Special Teams, Red Zone, and 3rd Down Conversions.

Carried over from last night:

Breaking News

Bolder, Hawaii

Da commish of da pix’s contest on dakine wen jash release one news update.

“Da rule change dat sum of da peeps wen suggest was told to da 32 owners of da pix’s at der meeting today at da Holaday inn in Bolder, Hawaii dats out da wessai of Kaho’olawe. Der response wuz “we no need no stinkin rule change”.

We now return you to your regular progam staring K.K. Ka’umanua in “How da heck dey do dat”

Thanks for good stuff

Thanks to Brian McInnis for the Great attitude article on Warrior Basketball by Brian McInnis “business attitude” starting so early in practice. Coach Arnold’s “Seven Deadly Sins of Defense”.

I can already see many interesting ways coach Arnold’s motivational sessions.

I was disapointed to see ‘No fans’ at the UH ticket office on the first day of Basketball season ticket sale.

Where is the Warriors Fans? Please also back up the new coach and especially the New Warriors BB players by becoming a New Season ticket holder.

We are going back to the WAC Tournament and More!

I’m already booked for Las Vegas in March!

I’m expecting to see both Dana’s and Gib’s team in Las Vegas and stay a few more weeks on the Mainland!

congrats, Michigan Warrior!!! Hope the shirt fits.

Congrats to MW for winning the shirt. Hoping Avis will pick my name next.

Mahalo! No matters… if no fit me, the wife can use ’em as one night shirt for sleep time!

By the way, Moniz is now #20, and 20 votes behind Kaepernick!!! Great job, people!!!

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

UH 31 – 28 USU (Ipu Man)

UH 35 – 24 USU (Pride.)

2010-11 Preseason Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll

1. Utah State (8) 64

2. New Mexico State (1) 55

3. Nevada 47

4. Boise State 36

4. Fresno State 36

6. San Jose State 32

7. Louisiana Tech 24

8. Idaho 19

9. Hawai‘i 11

2010-11 Preseason Men’s Basketball Media Poll

1. Utah State (19) 259

2. New Mexico State (8) 237

3. Nevada (2) 190

4. San Jose State (1) 135

5. Fresno State 133

6. Boise State 129

7. Louisiana Tech 116

8. Idaho 78

9. Hawai‘i 73

Not surprising Utah State is at the top. As for Hawaii, the only way to go is up. 😉

I voted for Mo! (twice). He is now at #20 with 1439.

#100… Shoko… here we go again! New coach plus almost all-new team… gotta learn to play as one, real quick. Lots to prove to everyone. Can’t wait for the start of the season!

Good morning, gang!

I need to make kope so I can skedaddle to practice early enough.

Congrats, Michigan Warrior!

GO WARRIORS!!!

Voted fo’ Mo-1440! #99-Ronnie, how did you vote twice?

It IS all abot the numbers

Was reading the Idaho Statesman and only one Statesman reporter thinks Boise State will be in the BCS NC Title game. Chadd Cripe (Bronco Beat), Brian Murphy (Columnist), Mike Prater (Sports Editor) picked either a PAC-10, Big 12, or SEC team in the title game. Nick Jezierny (Vandal Beat) picked Boise State and the MWC champ. Whaaat?

Shoko,

That Idaho Statesman paper has been on the downslide for sometime now.

Congrats Michigan Warrior for winning the shirt!

Lots of mainland folks going to the Boise game.

Be warned cold!!!!!

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

9 votes away from Kaeperdick.

Gotta thank Avis for picking me!

Fair enough, Pomai!!! Closest without going over, plus closest to UH (also without going over) as the tie breaker! Rubbah checks okay too?

Hey, congrats, Pomai! Great-grandfather? I have to catch up on posts after practice.

Esme & out…

Your post is the best. I’m sure people like reading your blog.

PolyMom,

I’m praying to be able to go to Boise – especially since it’s the last time we’ll play there. It doesn’t hurt that they are the last WAC stabber we’ll face and it would be great to knock them out of the Top 25 like we did to Nevada…. 😀

Tiebreaker for guessing the score should be:

Closest to UH score THEN, if still needed, closest to opponent’s score. Not total points b/c then

UH 65 Them 0

equals

UH 33 Them 32

That makes no sense.

Anyone else agree?

Ipu,

The USU-UH is 2:00 pm PT. ESPN stated 5:00 pm time whiich is ET.

LD808,

I’m not very good with predicting scores, but I will say that USU has averaged 31 points at home, while UH has averaged 31 points on road games this season. There are still other variables involved that would be account for possible ending score on this game.

LD808…

“Without going over”… you forgetting that part that’s already in place!

Ooops ET got into the mix…

Still 2pm is when the weather starts to

cool…with each tick of the clock.

So the solution: Clobber them in the

first guarter!

Pomai:

WARRIORS- 42

ags- 3

GO WARRIORS!!!

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

Gotta keep the offense on the field

to stay hot…and hope our defense

get their jollies warm with 3 and outs.

Ipu,

I agree, score early and and score often. Keep an eye on Diondre Borel. The way he runs, I’m surprised he doesn’t gets the ball stripped more often. The answer to that problem would be: Corey Paredes. 😉

Aloha Kakahiaka!

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

GO WAHINE!!!

If our D plays the same way like they did against the wolves, we’ll contain Borel and stop the farmers. IMUA

Logan, UT 3:00 PM (MT) game time, @ UH website Sked.

-4 hrs. HI 11:00AM

you’re right 702WF, forgot we’re still on dlite savings time. IMUA

TyAiea… it’s showing up as a 5pm game for me. We are still six hours ahead of you guys until I think the first in November, at which time we “Fall” back one hour. (Then, we’d be only five hours ahead of Hawaii until the second Sunday in March, at which time we “Spring” ahead one hour.)

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

I wonder if the stadium in Utah serves beer or if that is illegal.

The one game of Utah I watched the kid Diondre Borel, seemed like a baller, we need to contain him for sure. As our friend Pride says all the time special teams is very important, this will be the area we need major improvement on, we have the players just need to coach them up.

Here’s a refresher on the votes for Moniz:

Yesterday saw our biggest one-day gain for Moniz so far! Keep it up!!!

Votes as of 2:45pmEST.

….Name……………..School………Votes..10/18

1. Cameron Newton…Auburn…………….11504

2. Kellen Moore……..Boise State……….10799

3. Robert Griffin III…..Baylor………………8592

4. Jerrod Johnson……Texas A&M………..6701

5. Ricky Stanzi……….Iowa…………………6133

6. Andy Dalton……….TCU………………….5167

7. David Piland………Houston……………4706

8. Dominique Davis…East Carolina…….4260

9. Russell Wilson.North Carolina State.4045

10. Jake Locker……Washington………..3000

11. Terrelle Pryor…..Ohio State………..2449

12. Denard Robinson..Michigan…………2388

13. Ryan Colburn……Fresno State…….2209

14. Garrett Gilbert….Texas………………2196

15. Christian Ponder..Florida State……2064

16. Blaine Gabbert…..Missouri………….2061

17. Ryan Mallett…….Arkansas………….1872

18. Greg McElroy……Alabama…………..1744

19. Bryant Moniz…….Hawaii……………..1478

Keep the votes coming! Family, Aunties, Uncles, Cousins, Calabash Cousins, Friends, Frenemies, Everybody! Voting for Round 1 ends this coming Sunday, at 12noon, CST.

are usu’s top two wr’s and top two rb’s out for the game?

Utah State’s Coach Gary Andersen on Hawaii…

“Hawai’i is a very good football team. I think that they have played extremely well on offense. They are obviously a very explosive football team. They have a tremendous receiving core, a quarterback that runs their offense very well,and an offensive line that is experienced, and works very well together. I don’t see a weak link, I think their running backs also do a nice job for them, and their numbers would speak for themselves. They are a very good offensive football team. One of the big differences I can see is that their defense is playing extremely consistent. They are solid, they are physical and they are good up front and at the linebacker spots. They are also good in the secondary. You have a very well-rounded football team in Hawai’i, again I think that their record speaks for itself. They are an older football team that tagged themselves as being able to have a good year this year with guys coming back for them. It has been so far so good for them. I think it is a challenge for our guys. They are excited about returning back home. We have played fairly well at home this year, and I expect our kids to play well. This will be a big time challenge for us without question.”

Gary Andersen on our Slot receivers

“They are very well-rounded receivers. They are physical, very good route runners and they understand exactly where they fit within the offensive scheme. The thing that they do they best is that they catch contested balls. If you sit back and look at them, or any great or good wide receiver, they make plays on contested footballs. Their ability to make plays on contested footballs is what sets them apart from being an average wide receiver to being a very good wide receiver. Other than that they have the whole package. You can look at a guy that is fast, you can look at a guy who runs great routes, but the guy that makes the hard contested catches stands out and both of those young men do that.”

A call out to all lurkers-

Register yourself and vote for Mo

http://www.voteobrien.org/

Spread the word. Stand up in your cubicle and let your neighbors know. Forward this link to all your friends and family. Encourage them to vote for Mo!

I know we can do this!

KELLEN BARTLETT their Junior Tight End answered the questions after the Colorado question…

An sorry if I just thought maybe you guys would like to read it… Interesting read

Yep, MW dlite savings end on Nov. 7. Just voted for Mo 1st time. Was reluctant for a few days cause they wanted your email addie and password. Was afraid gonna receive an email from some Nigerian asking for $500.00 to fight his wrongful lost of inheritance and a promise to share in his winning back his 5 billion dollars. IMUA

Gigi-

So my two daughters can be named Mai Tai and Bloody Mary ?

Puuur-fect

It looks like coach Andersen has done his homework well, we can not underestimate this team. We need to bring our A game this Saturday. I know we have the tools to win this game. It will be a fun game.

Thank Markazulu for what Utah State is thinking.

On another note, Bill Parcells cleaned out his office

in Miami and may leave (for Cowboys?).

Parcells’ four-year contract allows him to leave at any time and collect the balance of the $12 million due him. The deal expires after the 2011 season.

Good morning everyone!

Whoa…good to see the blog post count up over 100 by the time I get on. 🙂

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

Cause and Effect:

Every choice and/or sequence that is made creates its own history of events.

What did that Nevada quarterback state that 3 plays caused Nevada 21 points and implying they would of won the game. No No No.

Hawaii going for 1 when 2 was the mathematical number that was needed. No No No.

If Paredes didn’t knock the football out Nevada scores. Nevada needs to kickoff and a different chain of events will occur… Paredes knocks out the football Hawaii gets it on its 20 yard line, Hawaii won the game.

Hawaii went for 1 and Hawaii won the game.

Hawaii goes for 2 and fails. Nevada could of won. No one knows cause the chain of events would of change based on the attitudes and energy of each player and coach.

But,,,, If,,,,, Maybe,,,,, CWS ‘ve.

Never know what the outcome will be at times, only thing is to make the best possible choice to get the best possible result.

Again FACT, Hawaii won the game.

Congratulations to the players and all connected to the program.

Chris Ault is #26? Whuddathunk that reading their sports boards?

If Kazz was playing for the Cowboys

and scored a touchdown and gave

the shaka sign and wuz penalized…

wonder how he would react???

btw Parcells worked a full schedule in his first two years with the team. He arrived early each day, watched practices from a golf cart, poured over film and offered players frequent feedback.

Better yet, if Kazz was playing for UH…

Go Kazz!

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

so why is Bill Parcells leaving? Was he asked to leave?

It’s the attitude not the altitude

Garret @#82 – I am not saying that Rolo or Mack did or didn’t make a mistake. I am just saying that it shouldn’t necessarily just be look at the chart and say X or Y in terms of whether to go for 2.

What is an honest assessment of the chances of a 2 point conversion being successful? We are 0-1 so far this year. 0-2 last year. On the other hand Enos is 66 for 66 on PAT kicks so far in his UH career.

Clearly this is an area that could use some work. After all, there have been a number of attempts from inside the 5 yard line this year and while I do not know what the success rate is that might be a pretty good indicator for a 2 point conversion attempt. Against Colorado, for example, we were 0-6 within the 3 yard line.

I would like to think that our offense had a package that would allow a good 2 point conversion percentage, but the evidence would suggest that is not the case. USC scored 7 TDs against us and went for 2 on four occasions and had a 50% success rate — which put them in no better place in terms of points but I guess it gave them some practice.

Perhaps the coaches should have a policy that once they get two or three scores ahead it is time to go for two just to get the reps in. I know that it can be seen as a sign of disrespect, but it is essentially a goal line offense and it seems that we need all the gametime reps we can get.

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

Luckily we missed Jenkins for all 4 quarters.

http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=205014183

Louisiana Tech quarterback Ross Jenkins, Hawai’i linebacker Corey Paredes and Boise State punt returner Chris Potter were named the Verizon Western Athletic Conference offensive, defensive and special teams players of the week, respectively.

Jenkins, a senior from Houston, Texas (Langham Creek HS), threw for a career-high 422 yards and three touchdowns in Louisiana Tech’s 48-35 win over Idaho on Saturday. It was the most yards thrown by any quarterback in the nation over the weekend and sixth most this season. He was 31-of-44 with no interceptions and also rushed for 34 yards and a touchdown on eight carries. Jenkins escaped without being sacked as Idaho came into the game fourth in the nation in sacks.

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

Just voted for our qb.

But Ryan Colburn of Fresno has 2225 vote.

Moniz has 1501.

Go figuah…

deleted my cookies

but no can vote twice they said…

With the way our defense has been playing against the run lately, that should be a good challenge for our offense for 2-pt. conversion practice.

A-Joe ~

I was goin’ take your advice about voting for Mo. Then I realized that first, I need one cubicle to stand up in! Nah/jk…can do!

Good mid-morning to all. Always happy to see people like Michigan Warrior come away with a win! His encouragement has resulted in Mo moving ahead in the polls.

Good on ya MW!

Thanks, Liz!

Like I said on Facebook, Moniz deserves all of our votes. His story needs to be told! His has been a long journey so far, as has our whole team… considering we were picked to finish near the bottom of not only our conference, but the whole country.

Ipu Man:

October 19th, 2010 at 9:24 am

Better yet, if Kazz was playing for UH…

-Would have been kicked out of NCAA and UH for deliberatly trying to break Kaepernick’s ankle.

-Would be held on $100,000.00 bail for assaulting Chris Ault.

When you spend so much time growing up with UH, then go off for a dozen+ years (and all you hear is “Florida this, USC that, Texas blah, blah, blah…”) you really give your all for your home team… even when they not doing too good. And now, once again living away from Hawaii for another 14+ years… gotta do what I gotta do to keep it alive!

219th?

Alright!

Mahalo, TChahng… but I gotta thank Avis for picking my number!

#219…how’s the nuts?

All right… Michigan Warrior! A little souvenir from the cradle of the pacific… good for you!

Someone posted on message boards about a argument between Mac and Stephen. Is this true? I want some details. How can there be a argument after a huge victory?

Hoping for a speedy recovery for all the banged up Warriors.

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

GO WARRIORS!

Da nuts are where they belong! Hangin’ Out!

Da nuts = drama queens.

More Video Highlights From The Hoopfest

http://www.warriorinsider.com/2010/10/more-highlights-from-hoopfest/

Kukui High School:

Well, you should put em back, zip em up, before somebody sees!

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

tell the coaches get on this kid if they not already! tyler trosin from folsom, ca same school as david graves. this kid reminds me of a chad owens, davone bess and kealoha pilarez in one. had 1800 yds 26 tds his junior year… first team wr and safety! kids a baller

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob8Q8_BhAEQ

Mahalo Skycap, very good video. IMUA All UH Teams

Good Morning Gangeez! 🙂

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

Prayers for the injured, heal up fast we need both guys!

Thanks for the link, jonj! Is he inerested in playing for UH?

#227 – for details, I suggest staying close to other message boards… don’t care for clutter and chaff here…

See you at the softball stadium tonight. We’re bringing some food to share so please feel free to come on up to the top row third base side to take back something back to your regular seats.

IpuMan,

you have to go into the O’Brien site with another e-mail adress. You can set one up with yahoo/ gmail/ hotmail/aol etc. and go back and vote again and again if you want.

GiGi

High altitude desert (Utah)

Quote of the day:

“Who signs up for brain damage?”

-Bobby Curran on concussions in football.

mahalo K Kid.

If I were to visit Utah, the 1st thing I want to see is Salt Lake. Isn’t that where Morton’s salt comes from? our table salt?

#249 Oh yea forgot, you guys like everything sugar coated, and want to talk about how perfect everything is.

LizKauai,

Do Betta’s come in black or green? My cousin is looking for a black betta and i don’t ever remember seeing a green one…

It’s the attitude, not the altitude

Hiya homes!

Hiya Raplh!

Hi Ho!

Bryant Moniz now at #19, with 1528 votes.

next guy has 1745 votes.

Let’s vote up Bryant !!!

good advice in #31 BigHilo, you are back to form. You must have won your last pending case, now you’ve got time to blog.

Heya mLiz.

Someone tell koakane to bring ample beer next t-gate. Was sad to see him run out of beer.

Thanks everyone for the good time at the t-gate and a whooping fun game afterwards.

Pomai – I’ll bring my contribution for you next t-gate. 😉

Remember how Kapernick said he lost the game Hawaii didnt do nothing to stop them but they stop themselves well apparently this is there Fans take on it…

“This game comes down to one play. At the beginning of the second half Nevada was driving. As Colin Kaepernick was going into the endzone it looked like he was trying to Spike the ball. It was rulled a touchdown but overturned on the replay. From the side angle it still looked like a touchdown. From the back angle you could see him going into the spike motion early. If he had just tucked the ball and dove that would have erased any controvery. It was ruled a touchback and Hawaii got the ball. We lost by six. That was the easiest of the touchdowns we lost. Hawaii didn’t do anyting on that one. That was clearley Kaepernicks fault but the Ault bashers have been waiting for their chance to blame Ault. Kaepernick wasn’t sharp and made some dumb mistakes. He will be the first one to accept blame for the loss.”

Jeez No Respect hahaha… Thats okay just let the play do the talking.

Time to get some grinds, gotta keep my waistline intact so my pants don’t slide down.

You could see Kaperdink starting to showboat. That’s what inspired Paredes to hack the Mutant Stork’s arm, resulting in a touch back instead of a TD for the Wuppies.

“Jeez No Respect hahaha… Thats okay just let the play do the talking.”

You know what the play said on that down? Wait for it… wait for it…

“Eh Kaperdork! WOP YOUR JAWS!!!” 😆

As I read elsewhere, someone mentioned Kaepernick should be on suicide watch.

I say let him be.

Addition by subtraction.

Nevada’s fans should follow suit.

DPK,

Gloating for fans ends when the fans decide it should end.

Players and coaches play the game. We don’t. We make noise and provide support. We can do and should do and say what we want WHEN we want.

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

And if I win it, it’ll go to one of the Wahine Softball Booster Club Officers.

Kazz-

I was speaking for myself. U can do what you want! 😉 You make me laff!

Adrian Klemm is not only an excellent OL coach, but he’s a recruiting superstar. If coach Shaw gets lured away by some big budget school due to UH’s success, the first coach I’d call if I was UH would be Klemm. I like it whenever a Warrior goes on to the NFL or into college coaching…Klemm has done both.

After snagging recruits here and there out of California, the Mustangs are heavily embedded in The Golden State in 2011. The big reason why? It’s behind the efforts of potential non-bcs recruiter of the year Adrian Klemm. The former NFL player/SMU offensive line coach grew up playing high school football in Los Angles and still has many ties to the area.

Moreland chose the Mustangs and his recruiter over schools like USC, Oregon, Arizona, UCLA, Arizona State, and Washington.

Narbonne offensive lineman Dontae Levingston is making the trip to SMU this weekend as well. Levinston has offers from Florida, Oregon, and Washington, but Klemm will look to get another major skin on the wall if he can add the 3-star to the Mustangs’ commitment list.

While Klemm’s done an amazing job out west, he has also won a few big recruiting battles in the state of Texas.

William B. Travis offensive lineman Carter Wall chose SMU over offers from Missouri, Houston, Arizona State, and Mississippi State, electing to be coached by Klemm. Wall will also be visiting this weekend and SMU will look to get him in front of Levingston and another offensive lineman undecided with an offer.

When Klemm won verbals from Moreland and Preston, he showed he had the ability to recruit outside his position. He even impressed more when he landed wide receiver Arrius Holleman from Lubbock Monterey (TX). A wide receiver stuck in a running attack, Holleman had offers from Texas Tech, Houston, and UTEP. He chose SMU due to his relationship with Klemm and will look to take his official visit this weekend.

“Klemm is good people,” stated Holleman to PonyStampede.com last night. “I’m pumped to visit.”

http://smu.scout.com/2/1013502.html

Kaimuki Kid..

I think better we just dress Kazz up like Vili and send him out there with that T-shirt bazooka and a tub filled with wet t-shirts.

gigi…do you know what a brine shrimp is?

afternoon 808 and to all tsaiko’s and tsaikette’s. welcome back to those just returning from visiting the continent. sitting here at the waikele starbucks enjoying some gooooooood kope while watching young japan tourist filling in and out.

thinking about going to the wahine sball game but also watching the weather cause might have a down pour like yesterday. so game time decision.

still really feeling good about the past two week warrior wins and this being an away game pondering where to enjoy their next victory. any suggestions? would be great to have a huge group cheering on da team.

The other stat that I checked was turnover margin, as that has been a major reason why I think UH has such an improve record. The offense has done an amazing job at limiting turnovers and the defense saved games for UH (Army, Nevada come to mind first) by forcing turnovers.

UH is #10 in the country in turnover margin, getting 1 more turnover per game on average than they give up.

http://web1.ncaa.org/mfb/natlRank.jsp?year=2010&rpt=IA_teamturnovermrgn&site=org&div=IA&dest=O

garret,

momo made some supa chicken heka, don’t know how you can keep away so long. but no worry he keeps in practice by providing so much good dishes.

al what is shirp 😀

hard to sugar coat those stats…

madeinhawaii,

If the NCAA kept a stat on where teams start after kickoffs, then I think UH’s kickoff defense stat would look worse. The short kickoffs are limiting the return yardage…but that doesn’t mean that kicking short is always better, all that matters is where the kickoff returner ends up being stopped.

I openly worried about the special teams play before the Fresno State game, the special teams almost cost UH the Nevada game, and now after checking the stats I see that perception is reflected in the stats.

momo made some supa chicken heka, don’t know how you can keep away so long. but no worry he keeps in practice by providing so much good dishes.

koakane,

My Mom and Dad make such ono food and I eat like crazy every time I go back home. Mom’s chicken skewers is still my favorite, but the pan lau lau and everything else are missed by me also.

My mother-in-law is a chef and lives 5 minutes away from my parents, so we get stuffed from both sides of the family when we get back to Hawaii. Sigh.

kazz,

imho let boise worry about UH and get ulcers. warriors just do it one game at a time. so let them be the worry beef curry while mac, coaches, player take it one step at a time to the next level.

Howzit Tsai-kos!

Congrats MW!

Congrats Pomai on the new addition to your ohana.

It’s the attitude, not the altitude.

I’m looking at pictures of Boise’s Bronco Stadium and I’ve come to the conclusion it’s not just the Blue Smurf turf that the opposition has problems with, it’s the combination of that and brown track and field area that surrounds it that is disorienting. Looks like the color of a football.

From ground level.. everyone with the elbows bent must look like they are carrying the ball..

Can we get unis with big brown armpits?

The “biggest” problem about playing in Bronco Stadium is the BS-You Broncos.

Looks like Utah State is suffering from the injury bug like we did last season…they have my sympathies.. but I’m still cheering for our Warriors!

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=teamreports-2010-ncaaf-uud

MIH… concerning the Bronco’s stadium… hahaha! That’s some good stuff!

Everyone, again, mahalo for your congratulatory remarks! Everything I wear, that has anything to do with Hawaii… I wear with Pride. Wait, let me rephrase that! I wear all Hawaii and UH apparel proudly!

Liz is right… we got a super combination of coaches right now, and our players are listening and believing. Always got room to fix things and improve, especially Special Teams, as everyone knows and keeps pointing out. I hope we can hang onto the coaches we’ve got.

October 19, 2010

Both University of HAWAI‘I :

Men’s Head Coach-Gib Arnold and Women’s Head Coach-Dana Takahara-Dias on line and other coaches from the WAC questions and answers session can be heard.

The WAC conducted a preseason basketball media teleconference on Tuesday, Oct. 19. To listen to the coaches, click on the windows media audio links below. Each clip is approximately 15 minutes long.

http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=205015009

Garret- understood (YES- PLEASE SIGN OUR COACHES TO GOOD CONTRACTS, UH ADMIN!). But would it not be more likely that Coach Klemm might also be lured away to the higher-paying conferences?

Like other areas of teaching… some day it won’t be about having to leave a job you love because you can’t afford to stay.

God Bless our teachers and coaches for doing what you do for the generations to come!

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

If I win can ST cut the shirt in half horizontally and give it to DPK. That way he’ll have a cut-top shirt and a tube top.

Hmm.. Utah and Hawaii are tied at 5 apiece… Nevada and Hawaii were tied going into their final game… Fresno and Hawaiii ended up completely tied… Aren’t Boise and Mac tied at 2-2?

#322 – Need to always look to not only have coaches who are coaching, but also who are mentoring. In this case Mouse is mentoring Rolo, and Mack is mentoring Aranda. We need to take that a step further and have Rolo mentoring the next OC, and Aranda mentoring the next DC. Have to always be prepared to lose good coaches.

ESPN decided after the UH-Nevada game to show *Nevada* against Utah State on ESPNU. Today’s Star-Advertiser article mentioned that there were 2 more games that ESPNU would pick…this is one of them.

So far, ESPN has chosen to televise *5* of Nevada’s games and just *1* of UH’s games. If UH beats Utah State this weekend (which I expect), then my guess is that UH will get the final ESPNU spot for the game against BSU.

The University of Nevada’s Hall of Fame game against Utah State on Oct. 30 has been selected for a national TV broadcast by ESPNU, the WAC announced Monday.

With the change, kickoff for the game has been moved from 1:05 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

This will mark Nevada’s third appearance on ESPNU this season as the Wolf Pack’s wins over Colorado State and San Jose State were also broadcast on the cable channel. This will be Nevada’s fourth appearance of what is now five scheduled appearances on the ESPN family of networks.

***If I win, pass the shirt over to Ralph. (I already got one 😎 )***

It’s the attitude, not the altitude.

So, UH beats Nevada. They both play Utah State in the future. ESPN picks Nevada to televise. ESPN sure doesn’t seem to like UH.

This is not a good sign the for type of TV deal that UH could get with ESPN. ESPN could televise UH for free at Utah State (no need to send a crew to Hawaii) and declined. ESPN could pick UH’s game against BSU in Boise, but they want to wait to see if UH beats Utah State first.

I guess they figure Nevada losing to USU is a better game than UH blowing the aggies out.

#334 – you old fortune-teller, you!

Good afternoon Tsaikos….

Garrett #335, I wonder how much of it has to do with ESPN hyping the Nevada-Boise Game as the WAC Championship game and possible National Title Contention BCS Spoiler Game…Mark May, Lou Holtz, Kirk Herbstreit and gang have talked about that for the last few weeks. Even the WAC Network during the Boise Toledo game were saying, “No disrespect to Hawaii and Fresno but come November Nevada and Boise will be undefeated and playing for a Championship.”

Kazz… No, quote of the day from Kirk Herbstreit on the BCS on today’s Sportscenter…”Five weeks from now we will be looking at all these one loss teams on one side and undefeated Boise and Utah on the other side and be thinking what one loss team is going to be playing against one of those for the national title.”……and I know how you love Herbie KAZZ….MWaahahahahahaha

Other site reporting that Mac went “off” on our Tsai-Master this morning at practice…..

dang 😈

Nomo SaxRox

It’s the attitude not the altitude

Fixed it, Liz. On my profile, it showed up, but not on the public search. It’s ok now. Thanks for the heads up!

koakane????

“al what is shirp”

Okay . . . someone offer a little help here. If the Boise – UH game gets picked up by ESPN and is shown on either ESPN or ESPN2, then PPV is cancelled because most TV’s have those channels. What if it is on ESPNU? Far fewer viewership compared to the other two ESPN channels. Is PPV still cancelled for a spot on ESPNU? If you don’t have ESPNU, then you can’t watch?

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

Go Warriors!

#325 –

That’s just plain scary.

longboarder… like your analysis!

In seven games, we have given up only 21 total points in the 1st quarter. Our defense has held five teams scoreless in the first quarter.

CSU scored 7

USC scored 14

Nevada – 0

Fresno – 0

LaTech – 0

Colorado – 0

Army – 0

Ipu Man – mahalo for that one. Hey, do you have iphone? ESPN Radio has a great app that connects to a bunch of local stations carrying different games. I cannot get 1420 all places on Kauai so I use that app a lot – and also to listen to 980 in DC to follow the Redskins.

It’s the attitude, not the altitude.

ESPN must be doing it’s best Homer Simpson “DOH” right now since they’ve scheduled two late November Friday night Boise games – Fresno on the 19th and Nevada on Turkey (how appropriate) weekend.

Looks like Gameplan is picking up the Warrior game this week, along with Altidude. Not sure how the blackout rules apply to one or the other.

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

#363

Warrior/ Opponent scoring by quarter:

1 – 76 / 21

2 – 75 / 37

3 – 55 / 84

4 – 57 / 42

We are pretty dominant in the 1st, 2nd, and 4th quarters.

We’ve shown way better consitency in the three WAC games though which means that we are improving.

Hawaii / WAC Opponent Scoring by Quarters:

1 – 31 / 0

2 – 24 / 17

3 – 31 / 31

4 – 31 / 28

Might have missed comments on the onside kick with 3:06 left in the game after Nevada scored. T.V. said Hawaii had to take a time out as the “hands team” was not on the field, the regular kickoff unit was out there. I know the Nevada’s chip shot onside kick was perfect and their special teams executed, but anyone hear an explanation on why “hands team” was not initially out there? Isn’t this Special Teams 101 when the trailing team needs to get the ball back and an onside kick is probably coming?

with so many coaches, you would think one would be the game tracker and forecaster. he should be feeding info to hc, dc, oc, and stc as each play/series/score/timeouts, etc progresses. he should be a constant reminder to all of them throughout the game.

GIGI #248

Yep – took a cruise from New Zeeland to Australia and stayed in Sydney for a couple of days after the cruise. Great city. Saw Tosca at the Opera House.

It’s the attitude not the altitude

Oops has a good point about the 12-day window maybe not allowing ESPN to pick up the UH-Utah State game after the Nevada game was over. The thing is, I’d bet that UH and Utah State would waive the window if ESPN really wanted the game. If ESPN was a huge fan of UH they would pick UH instead of Utah State now instead of waiting until after the UH-Utah State game. Even if Utah State wins, they would be 3-4 and UH would be 5-3 with Nevada and Fresno behind them.

Rich2176- congrats!

If the Boise – UH game gets picked up by ESPN and is shown on either ESPN or ESPN2, then PPV is cancelled because most TV’s have those channels. What if it is on ESPNU? Far fewer viewership compared to the other two ESPN channels. Is PPV still cancelled for a spot on ESPNU? If you don’t have ESPNU, then you can’t watch?

ESPNU takes precedence over PPV, so no PPV if ESPNU has the game. If people don’t get that channel, they have to go to a sports bar or a friend’s home. Games on ESPNU are one way that ESPN tries to get people to upgrade to get the channel, so they don’t waive their rights.

Could not call a fair catch, the ball was kicked in to the ground making it a free ball. Just a well executed kick.

Ronnie… when you all type in “SaxRox”, you will see my name as the first search result that pops up. My name has my Army nickname (“Dewey”) in Korean characters, between my first and last names.

My son just did a search, and my name popped up.

Um… my last name has 11 letters.

Kid- really? I’ll have to look again… it looked like a popup.

Madam Butterfly by Pucini is chicken skin…

400???

399?

Hooo da cute Cali!

http://huggingnuts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/bj-penn.jpg

hmmm… kinda when they smile…

ST,

so what was Mack’s reasoning?

#405 – thanks for letting us on the inside. Sounds like being a reporter is rather exciting.

Well every coach has there reasoning… I’ll support the guy no matter what but damn I feel bad for you Stephen glad yall made up haha..

Good afternoon everyone!

NSF – left your cooler at your office. GET WELL!!!

I sort of agree with Mack. After all, suppose the 2 points don’t happen. Then you’re out 2 pts. Even 1 pt is better than no pts.

It’s the attitude not the altitude! But Mack’s attitude is soooo wrong. That was the stupidest decision by either Rolo or Mack. One point, at that time, meant squat!!!

Well lets hope they learn from there mistake.

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

I’ve been totally confused by the comments on the on-side kick. Some have said there was a forward spin on the ball which meant that the ball must have struck the field surface first. Does anyone have a link to that report?

I’ve played the kicker’s swing motion over and over again in slow mo. In order to get forward spin on the ball and kick it into the turf to bounce it as high as it did you really have to kick the top end of the ball in a downward motion. Just kicking the top part of the ball gives a forward spin which eventually bounces the ball up in the air, but it goes along the ground first. When the kicker kicked the ball, it went up right away like a golfer hitting a wedge. At no time did the kicker’s foot come far enough off the ground to hit the top of the ball that I could see. The ball was pretty much straight up and down and not slanted forward or back. With the tee, the kicker had to elevate his foot at least 9-10″ to contact the upper end of the ball. Watching the path of his foot, I can’t believe that happened.

Someone please explain how the ball can contact the ground immediately after being kicked and bounce that high in the air with the leg swing that the kicker used. I’ll keep an open mind.

In any case, I liked what another blogger said…when in doubt, everyone call “fair catch” any way. With the ball getting up high in the air right away, how are any of the kicking team going to know if it touched the ground first or not? Tormey’s explanation is an after the fact deal. It was in the same class as Mack’s explanation of the 1 or 2 pt conversion. Just be honest, say it will be handled better in the future, and do just that.

Ok i guess I will chime in one more time about this one issue haha. But after that for real kine im over it.

What is the difference between 6pts, 7pts, and 8pts?…More importantly for me is what the difference between 6pts (missing the 2pt conversion) and 7pts (making the PAT).

What do we gain from making that 1pt which some say is a “sure thing”

So on to other things…

Is the altitude in Utah going to be that much of a difference? I think we handled ourselves pretty well in Colorado. I don’t think we will have much problems with it.

Too bad we don’t have a Haleakala or something on Oahu for them to practice at.

Oldest son just pointed out to me as I’m ready to sleep…

“Dad, the UHAD site just put up the “vote for Moniz” thing that you’ve been telling everyone about”.

Looks like they posted it about 13 minutes ago… better late than never, I say.

Nice pic of Moniz and his daughter Cali.

“We missed the boat on that one, luckily it didn’t come back to bite us.” my fantasy response from Coach Mack, even if it is a mixed metaphor.

Hindsight is wonderful huh?

BG, glad you brought it up. Everyone is saying the ball hit the ground, but looking at the replays the ball left the T straight up. You’re also so right, when in doubt call a fair catch and freeze the defenders from going for the ball and risk a penalty. But, as they say…pau already! IMUA Warriors.

I’m sure others have witnessed it too, but I’ve seen high profile, highly paid coaches lose control of their team and the game by totally screwing up at the finish of an emotional, closely contested game. Name it…SEC, Big 10, Pac 10, etc. So, I’m prone to cut our coaches slack when they make human mistakes. What I’m intolerant of is sweeping the mistakes under the rug. When that’s done, there’s no chance to learn.

I was taught and I tried to pass it on that decision making is highly correlated to the expertise and information brought to bear on it. It could be historical info or statistical info, or from a subject matter expert…whatever. Of course, there’s always room for the “gut feeling”, but you have to make sure it’s coming from the gut and not pulling it out of the backside of it. 😀

Sorry. That was the last game. Woulda, coulda, shoulda is moot. As long as they learned something positive from the experience and apply it constructively then I am okay with it.

I always tell my kids it does not matter ifthey win. The questions are did you give it your best effort? Did you have fun? Did you learn something? What can we work on to make improvement?

Wafan,

Actually, at softball I don’t heckle the opposing players. Well, except last year with Morgan Melloh from FSU as she loade the bases with Majam up to bat… I think I screamed “OH MY!!! LOOK WHAT YOU’VE DONE!!!!”.

Anyway, it’s the opposing coaches and umpires I go after.

But not until the actual spring season. Not much animosity between UH and the fall exhibition opponents. I’m pretty quiet.

Wafan,

Besides, I am NOT in the same league as Fresno State fans that have the nerve to call opposing female athletes _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

(Fill in the blanks yourself with your imagination.)

I remember only ONE of my friends made the comment after that TD from Pollard that we should go for two. In fact he was screaming it. The rest of us were still hi-5’ing each other and the people around us in the stands to even really notice.

I just wanted us to score on the possession and was elated that we did. I shrugged off my friend’s comments but as soon as Enos kicked the extra point, I realized the situation.

Guess that’s why I am not a coach…

I posted it here right after the touch down… I was really surprised that they went for one.

Not allowing me to post. Whatever.

It’s the attitude not the altitude….

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

#444 MIH.

Thanks for the link to that Mid Season All WAC Team.

Interesting to note that they have two offensive linemen from Nevada and two from Fresno State on the 1st team. I don’t rememeber seeing any All WAC performers on either of those O-lines when we played them.

It’s the attitude, not the altitude.

Stephen, I’ll try to call you tomorrow. I have to look for your number on the Star Advertiser. Thanks.

Having been a head coach at the HS level, I do understand Rolo’s comment about getting “caught up” in the moment. Football is an emotional game…and its easy to lose focus on the sidelines.

Someone on the coaching staff (someone in the booth), should have been yelling in the headsets about going for two. Then someone else should have alerted Mac….as the final decision is his to make.

I think a timeout would have been the logical call…..confer, then decide. But I also think we should let it rest already….Heck, we won the game, point is moot!

Again, it’s the attitude not the altitude.

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el guapo,

The chances of succeeding on a 2 point conversion are much greater than JHT blocking a kick or a missed XP. Statistically, the success rate on 2 point conversions is around 40%. If you missed 40% of your XPs, you wouldn’t just be sitting on the bench, you’d be sitting in the stands or on your couch. Heck if you missed 10% of your XPs, you’d be in the unemployment line. Like madeinhawaii, I too posted that Mack should have went for two right after the touchdown on Saturday. In the end we won the game, but could you imagine the backlash if Nevada came back, scored the last touchdown, and we lost by a point? Sorry Mack but you mentioned yourself after your past XP snafus that you follow the 2 point conversion chart. This time, you definitely didn’t.

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

Matt,

That’s just how I would play it. If you don’t make the 2 you don’t even have a chance of JHT blocking the kick or a missed XP. To me, going for 2 is something you do when you’re behind. The way the D was playing, I’d go for 2 if up 1 or up 5, or my O-line is totally blowing their D off the ball. I wouldn’t tell my D i don’t think they can stop them twice in 5 minutes. And any coach who goes for 2 based solely on the chart is a fool on my chart.

Longboarder – while you’re throwing around ch*&#en sh@t nicknames, I thought I’d inform you that Kekaula anyway did address the 2-point issue.

Not after the game during the call in show, but Monday on the radio and on his TV show.

He pretty much said it was a non-issue, that going for 2 at that time, made no sense at all.

That charts may have indicated otherwise, but the flow of the game, according to him, called for a simple extra point kick.

I don’t think he’s of the ch*&#en sh@ts…..the other you mentioned, well, I got no arguement brother.

Way to “stand up” fearless blog Tsaiko!

From what I understand, after the coaches had met and had time to discuss things, Rolo gave a radio interview yesterday where he specifically said that they made a mistake and should have gone for 2. Rolo said that the coaches got carried away in the moment and made a mistake.

We’ve seen 1pt/2pt mistakes for 3 seasons now. We’ve seen 3 or so timeouts burned before the extra point attempts, with at least once Mack saying that he was too busy making adjustments to pay attention to decide to go for 2 until it was too late so he had to call a timeout.

The good news is that UH won the game so this issue didn’t go nuclear. I’m putting it behind me after this post and won’t discuss it on the blog anymore. But I hope that the controversy that erupted will insure that this type of delayed or missed extra point decision NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.

Someone needs to think ahead on what UH will do when they are on offense…a couple of seconds should be all it takes to figure out what UH will do when they score a TD. Plan ahead so things don’t get lost in the moment. This is actually showing confidence in the offense and maybe will help the special teams to make sure they get the right number of people on the field without burning a timeout.

Feature article on Jake Ingram.

“People will ask (what he does for a living),” said Ingram. “I tell them I’m a long snapper. Some of them don’t even what it is. They’re like, ‘What?’ I’ve had people call me a long kicker. I’m like, ‘Read up on it a little, man. Don’t talk to me about football if you’re going to call me a long kicker.’

“I try to avoid it a little bit. Just say I’m out from Hawaii for work. It’s the exact truth.”

Wahines won the first game of the doubleheader 10-0 in 5 innings. Ricketts pitches a 1-Hitter. Alex A. and Zamora hit HR.

It seems to me that Southlake Carroll High School is even more of a QB factory than Mater Dei or other prominent high schools.

Graduates of Southlake Carroll who are starting QBs in D-IA:

Greg McElroy: Starting QB for Alabama

Kyle Padron: Starting QB for SMU

David Piland: Starting QB for Houston

Riley Dodge: Starting QB for North Texas in previous seasons, moved to WR this season (struggled at QB, especially after his shoulder injury)

eh no make…

If Kekaula addressed it on his show (the day after on BC and his news segment) then props to him.

But if what ST said was true:

“But during the news conference, nobody would ask the question. I usually don’t like to share my interviews, so I don’t ask questions when the cameras are rolling. But after a while, the conversations were going every which way, I decided: What the heck. I’ll ask.”

So obviously “everybody else” (and I wasn’t in that room) didn’t have the guts to ask. Who else was in the room? Who doesn’t have balls? The way that it was described–Every reporter in that room, during that post game press conference that was whispering, making side talk amongst themselves but didn’t do anything. That is CHICKEN 5HIT!

Are you gonna stand up or just follow the rest? ST said he stood–and at that presser (according to him) he was the only one. Maybe its a cultural thing that here in Hawaii the media is vanilla and doesn’t want to ask the tough questions.

I am definitely not a blog homer and I don’t always agree with what Mack does/says but again props to ST for asking, props to Mack for not putting up with it and speaking his mind, and props to the team for pulling out the win.

It’s the attitude not the altitude.

It’s the attitude not the altitude…

ITS THE ATTITUDE NOT THE ALTITUDE.

congrads MW!

props to ST for asking the ‘tough’ questions…seems like the pressure is getting to Coach Mack…if you’re a man admit your mistake and move on. nuff said!

I’m going to try and chime in on the 2-point decision from a coaching stand point even though I am sharing my thoughts as a high school coach and not a college level coach.

I will first say that no matter what kind of charts or forward thinking you do during a game, none of that prepares for the heat of a close game. During games like these you have to factor in the emotion of the game. I coach along a coach that has been a coach for over twenty years and still to this day he has a hard time pulling the trigger on decision likes this. It is not as easy as forward thinking and just saying ok if this happens then this is what we will do. If that happens then this is what we will do and mind you this is only high school level football. We are not coaching for our livelihoods and for most of us we are just volunteering. Decision like going for 2 in a crutial moment is not a decision that can just be made off of paper, it is a decision that is made by feeling and I feel that Mack made a sound decision. Anybody can say it was stupid to go for the point after but until your in the situation you have no idea what kind of emotion and thought process goes into a decision as critical as this. I will say this, if no points where scored, Mack would look even more stupid to you experts then he already does.

Onces again these thoughts are just my experiences as a coach myself but only as a high school coach and not a college coach. The scrutiny is totally different but in the end, coaching is coaching.

It is a time of the game that is hard to explain but when you are a part of it many thoughts go thru your mind and decision making is not as black and white as people would like to think it is. I found that out while coaching this season and I have a greater appreciation for all coaches. Not just high school coaches but also the coaches of the University of Hawaii.

I will say this though,

Sending in your regular kick return unit out with 3 minutes left and Nevada down only six was the most boneheaded coaching decision I have ever saw. Everybody and there mother knew Nevada was going to onside kick the ball. That is the only gripe I had all game and that could have really cost us, even more then the decision to go for two after our last touchdown. Calling the timeout just gave Nevada more time to decide what to do and that gave them the time to come out with the kick formation that they came up with. Now that I will say was dump.

#438 Kapolei Doc:

Anyone see on ESPN TV where Brian Moniz was listed as one of three party crashers for the Heisman?

I saw it! 😉

What if:

UH went for 2 didn’t make it. NV scores TD, UH recovers onside kick on NV 45. 1st play pass to the 27 yard line, NV 1st timeout. UH calls three running plays to the 20yl. NV burns 2 timeouts, clock runs down to 1:30, UH calls time out, kicks FG go up by 8.

UH squib kicks, NV ball on their 39. Scores TD with 10 secs, make 2pt conversion, tie game.

UH loses in double OT. Would there be anyone complaining about going for 2? Or passing on 1st down. Or not passing on 3rd down. Or for squibbing.

This is the only scenario I could think of for not going for 2. Reasoning being kicking the PAT

keeps alive a FG making it a 2 possession game with very little time left.

Well, I guess posting the second half of my post is better than nothing.

boy, would have been something else if they went for 2, didn’t make it and score would be 26. Now if it was 26, it would have been a very, very, very long evening on the dark side. Am glad they made the conversion, so came 27 and went home before more the aliens came out to play. hahhahahahhaaaaaa

505

i agree with WarriorMojo…simply stated.

this is important, but not right now. Do we have a coach responsible for recruiting???? I would assume if we had one, there would have been some recruits visiting during some of our home games. i can understand loyalty to the grayshirts, but i don’t think we have 25 grayshirt for 2011 or do we???

didn’t we call the timeout before the kickoff?

i am pretty sure it was us who called the timeout after seeing how nevada lined up. calling a timeout on our part was the correct thing to do. see what nevada was gonna do and line up accordingly.

my concern was that we were vulnerable for the pooch kick. the deep back was somewhere on the 24 yard line and with only two other mid return guys to cover the pooch with everyone else near the line of scrimmage. nevada executed the onside perfectly.

what should have mana silva done?

jump up to field the ball, yes.

or he could have swatted it out of bounds if he couldn’t grab it ala kanani danielson.

the worst case scenario was what he did, wait for the ball to come down. however, that is a coaching point that should have been reiterated to the kick return team during the time out.

fortunately for hawaii and mana silva he made the game saving interception minutes later as if it were an act of God. (or was it?)

mana silve would say after the game that it was and beginning the next day said he would attend church regularly.

i understand that we only have seventeen or so scholies to hand out next year. not an apr issue just that we have so many grayshirts from the past year or so.

Matt #460

That’s what I’m talking about!!! Ask anything on this board and you’ll get an answer…funny or factual! Many, many thanks to you Matt. That video showed the exact same leg swing as the Nevada kicker took. Awesome! Please send the link to Tormey…he might learn something.

Al #511,

I understand what you are saying. The only reason why I had a gripe with this certain situation is because we did not already have our hands team on the field ready for an onside kick. If they had there hands team on the field and still thought they needed to make adjustments then by all means call the timeout but to call a timeout without your hands team already out there was a mistake and it gave Nevada more time to scheme what they wanted to do for the kickoff. That was my only gripe. Put out your hands team and things may have happened a little differently and maybe they do not recover the onside kick.

Ok gotta go tend to the newborn. Just wanted to chime in on the discussion and give some of my mana’o on the subject. Back to lurking tomorrow. See everybody later.

kama, boy or girl????

Kama

I’m going to disagree with you. All that you said is actually a reason why coaches keep a GUIDELINE in their hand during the game. It’s precisely why the military uses all sorts of mnemonics and key words to aid in making decisions under the heat of the real battle. It’s the reason that the guide is used at all levels of high school, college and NFL football. If there wasn’t a real need, they wouldn’t be in place.

HNL in #498 relates that it is made by math folks (like Jason!)…as if that makes a difference. Mathematicians may have crafted it, but they wouldn’t have if the coaches hadn’t asked for it. So many coaches (including Hawaii) have them because there’s a need. Without a demand, the guides wouldn’t exist. HNL also says “Enough already WE WON, WHY KEEP HARPING ON EVERY LITTLE THING.” Sounds like Coach Mack. I hope he/she remembers that saying when we lose. Fact of the matter is, you should be doing an after action review to learn from mistakes whether you win OR lose. Winning or losing has nothing to do with reviewing what happened and how to fix mistakes. Matt had awesome links to the on-side kick. Tormey really needs to check it out as I would bet money that we’ll see again some time, just like we’ll see more hurry up offenses when we visit high altitude sites. We also need to learn to do that kick ourselves.

After all is said and done.. we go back to the saying..

“This ain’t P.E.”

I accepted Rolo’s explanation.. figured they would be all the more aware of it and let it go. Why it’s snowballed after the fact, I don’t know.

Better we (the coaches and team) move on and focus on Utah.

madeinhawaii,

i gotta agree with you…we gotta move forward to Utah St.

The coaches know, ST knows, the fans know it was a stupid mistake. Fortunately it didn’t hurt us any.

So how many of you think we can achieve a national ranking prior to our match up with Boise st?

iwonderwhytheyhateme:

As long as we win by two touchdowns or more in each of the next two games we will move up from 29. Three and we get to the top 25. The eyes are on us now. Gotta show up at Utah.

chiming in on the 2 pt conversion.

most coaches would go for the the two. this would put them in a situation where the opposing team would need two scores to win or at least be tied at the end of regulation play. this gives them another opportunity to play on and win the game.

as for the heat of battle, euphoria, personal decision/preference one can’t judge what another person would do. just gotta live with the decision good or bad. hopefully everything turns out and end well.

homey ℞: October 19th, 2010 at 11:33 am. Someone tell koakane to bring ample beer next t-gate. Was sad to see him run out of beer

tgate

homey; koakane I only get one left

me; eh take one Becks from my cooler

ready to go to game so looking to take one more for the road

me; eh what happened cooler…….empty.

homey and his truck disappeared.

Congratulations, Kama!!!

Good night to the baby. Sleep tight…

Night all!

Garret:

October 19th, 2010 at 7:36 pm

It seems to me that Southlake Carroll High School is even more of a QB factory than Mater Dei or other prominent high schools.

Graduates of Southlake Carroll who are starting QBs in D-IA:

Greg McElroy: Starting QB for Alabama

Kyle Padron: Starting QB for SMU

David Piland: Starting QB for Houston

Riley Dodge: Starting QB for North Texas in previous seasons, moved to WR this season (struggled at QB, especially after his shoulder injury)

If that’s the case, then Mater Dei QB’s can’t be too far behind.

Matt Leinart – Heisman Trophy Winner 2004

Colt Brennan – Starter Hawaii 2005 – 2007

Mark Sanchez – Starter New York Jets 2009 – 2010

Matt Barkley – Starter USC 2009 – 2011

go for two

go for one

the thing about all this is that we should have thought this out before we even got possession prior to the td. we should have already thought ahead, if we score we’ll be up by 12. do we go for two or go for one. had we prepared and played out the scenario we would have knew exactly what we would be doing.

including if we didn’t get the td do we go for a field goal or go for the first down. then we would have saved a timeout pondering that decision and tsai would miss a pipi break. hypothetically speaking anyway.

Howzit Tsaikos everywhere.

ST

#405. yup 😀

Colt to the Raiders, redux!

http://www.footballnewsnow.com/2010/injuries-could-lead-to-colt-brennans-return-to-raiders/

#540 – Yes you’re right Al.

Don’t understand why the Raiders don’t have a QB on the practice squad anyway.

Nitey nite and Tsweet football dreams!

Congratulations to Davone Bess on his much deserved raise.

http://es.pn/dz9JI5

Wow!!! Yesterday was Moniz’s biggest vote gain so far! Keep it up, Gang!!!

Votes as of 9:07 amEST. Originally posted 8:48amEST.

….Name……………..School………Votes..10/17……….10/18……….10/19……….Change

1. Cameron Newton…Auburn…………….9937………..11041………11967……….+926

2. Kellen Moore……..Boise State………..10200………10603………10981……….+378

3. Robert Griffin III…..Baylor………………8315………..8509………..8731………..+222

4. Jerrod Johnson……Texas A&M………..6682………..6693………..6706………..+13

5. Ricky Stanzi……….Iowa…………………5900………..6060………..6228………..+168

6. Andy Dalton……….TCU………………….4963………..5117………..5251………..+134

7. David Piland………Houston……………4637………..4672………..4709………..+37

8. Dominique Davis…East Carolina…….3992………..4192………..4332………..+140

9. Russell Wilson.North Carolina State.4010………..4036………..4061………..+25

10. Jake Locker……Washington………..2929………..2972………..3017………..+45

11. Terrelle Pryor…..Ohio State………..2401………..2437………..2464………..+27

12. Denard Robinson..Michigan…………2378………..2385………..2395………..+10

13. Ryan Colburn……Fresno State…….2070………..2176………..2281………..+105

14. Garrett Gilbert….Texas………………2169………..2191………..2208………..+17

15. Blaine Gabbert…..Missouri………….1999………..2050………..2097………..+47

16. Christian Ponder..Florida State……2055………..2061………..2069………..+8

17. Ryan Mallett…….Arkansas………….1842………..1859………..1885………..+26

18. Greg McElroy……Alabama…………..1732………..1739………..1750………..+11

19. Bryant Moniz…….Hawaii……………..1183………..1403……….1713………..+310

Keep the votes coming! Family, Aunties, Uncles, Cousins, Calabash Cousins, Friends, Frenemies, Everybody! Voting for Round 1 ends this coming Sunday, at 12noon, CST.

Oops… didn’t change the time.

Wow!!! Yesterday was Moniz’s biggest vote gain so far! Keep it up, Gang!!!

Votes as of 9:07 amEST. Originally posted 9:15amEST.

….Name……………..School………Votes..10/17……….10/18……….10/19……….Change

1. Cameron Newton…Auburn…………….9937………..11041………11967……….+926

2. Kellen Moore……..Boise State………..10200………10603………10981……….+378

3. Robert Griffin III…..Baylor………………8315………..8509………..8731………..+222

4. Jerrod Johnson……Texas A&M………..6682………..6693………..6706………..+13

5. Ricky Stanzi……….Iowa…………………5900………..6060………..6228………..+168

6. Andy Dalton……….TCU………………….4963………..5117………..5251………..+134

7. David Piland………Houston……………4637………..4672………..4709…………+37

8. Dominique Davis…East Carolina…….3992………..4192………..4332…………+140

9. Russell Wilson.North Carolina State.4010………..4036………..4061…………+25

10. Jake Locker……Washington………..2929………..2972………..3017…………+45

11. Terrelle Pryor…..Ohio State………..2401………..2437………..2464…………+27

12. Denard Robinson..Michigan…………2378………..2385………..2395………..+10

13. Ryan Colburn……Fresno State…….2070………..2176………..2281………..+105

14. Garrett Gilbert….Texas………………2169………..2191………..2208…………+17

15. Blaine Gabbert…..Missouri………….1999………..2050………..2097…………+47

16. Christian Ponder..Florida State……2055………..2061………..2069…………+8

17. Ryan Mallett…….Arkansas………….1842………..1859………..1885…………+26

18. Greg McElroy……Alabama…………..1732………..1739………..1750…………+11

19. Bryant Moniz…….Hawaii……………..1183………..1403……….1713…………+310

Keep the votes coming! Family, Aunties, Uncles, Cousins, Calabash Cousins, Friends, Frenemies, Everybody! Voting for Round 1 ends this coming Sunday, at 12noon, CST.

Pride.,

I listed 4 QBs currently playing in D-IA football who graduated from the same high school. I just think that it is amazing that one high school is responsible for 4 starting QBs in D-IA football. Mater Dei has 1 graduate starting in D-IA right now from your list, for comparison purposes.

Southlake Carroll has sent QBs to the NFL also, but I’m just looking at things from a recruiting perspective. If 1 high school sends its starting QB to become *freshman starters* at QB at Alabama, SMU, Houston, and North Texas, it might be good to keep an eye out for that school in future years where UH wants to recruit QBs.

Congrats to Kama Krab & Nohea for their latest addition to the ohana. Please fill us in on the details. Was the date of birth 10-10-10?

(Oh and it’s prolly a good thing you folks nevah go for 2!)

Good morning.

Correction… North Texas’ #2 QB, Thompson, went down with a broken leg… which lead to Dodge coming in. Hate to be a QB on that team!

My 2 cents:

Mana does not look anything like BJ.

I don’t think going for two would have been a gamble at that point because either way Nevada would have still had to score twice even if UH didn’t make the conversion. I think going for two is a game situation kind of thing. If this was the first half, going for two would have not looked very smart. But with only a few minutes remaining in the game, I think the smarter move would have been to go for two. I don’t know about Mack’s comments about how good the defense was playing. The defense played outstanding in the first half, but the second half wasn’t as impressive. They were playing the bend but don’t break theory in the second half. Nevada got real deep into Hawaii’s end of the field a lot of times in the second half.

I don’t understand why they didn’t have the hands team on the field for the kickoff, but I don’t blame them for that one. I think they should start looking for more “hands” players if they ever do see a two kicker kickoff again. That was unique and the first time I have ever heard of it.

disagree with you on the lookalike theme, buddies!

Mana is a MAN.

nah nah nah 😆

BJ’s parents are a doll. hard working for their son.

good to all the Penn and Silva ohana.

but Rage, you wen set me up. tanks eh! 😀

#539 Al…i think Rolovich on the BC show that they had thought about going for two but decided not to. I think it was a mistake and I don’t understand it myself…but my guess is, and this is only a guess…is that Rolo would have gone for two if he was in charge but Coach Mack wanted to kick it in order to keep the momentum going and not take a risk at disturbing the flow.

He’s an emotional guy, and goes with what he feels. Just my less than 2-cents.

#565 rage777(interesting name)…i blame the coaching for not putting the players in a position to receive the onside kick. They looked confused and no one blocked the Nevada players from getting to the ball, which they were free to do as soon as the ball was kicked. I’m not even sure if the coach designated a player to go get the ball (who’s receiving and who’s blocking and whos’s blocking who – that’s what the time out should have been all about after they saw Nevada’s set up).

Our Warriors sort of stood around going “what’s up?”

Not on the players, but on the Special Teams Coach.

A good example of why the Big 10 gets so much more TV money than the Pac-10, and even more than the SEC. From Saturday’s final TV ratings:

South Carolina at Kentucky: 1.518 million viewers

Mississippi at Alabama: 3.143 million viewers

Oregon State at Washington: 2.748 million viewers

Ohio State at Wisconsin: 7.271 million viewers

UFC 120: 1.935 million viewers

NLCS Game 1 (SF vs. Philly): 7.126 million viewers

The Big 10 game beat the baseball playoffs. It also had more TV viewers than the back-to-back SEC games *combined*. It looks like the 2 SEC games and the Pac-10’s featured game got about the same number of TV viewers together as the Big 10 game.

Gmorning gang! Rise n Shine.

No forget to perform your Civil Warrior duty and vote for Mo.

http://www.voteobrien.org

He’s slowly moving up but needs to move faster.

Spread da word.

Hauoli La Hanau, Kinda Shy

Have a terrific day errybody!

HiHo….

Happy birthday, Kinda Shy!

Gratz to Wahine Softball on their wins last night!

Moniz is one vote back of the next guy, and should pass both guys above him today, as long as we keep up the pace (+220 two days ago, and +310 yesterday) of the last two days!

1753- Mo passed Alabama!

#564 Ronnie Good post. Our Warrior team this year: Giant Killers! Two down … one more to go.

In the mean while, got to take care Utah State this Saturday. Focus one game at a time. No take any team cheap. In college, upsets are a fact of life. It boils down to heart and who wants to win most. Our Warriors have heart, miles and miles of heart.

And this year’s team has depth too. I mean … depth, D E P T H! It is deep in most positions. There are guys standing on the sidelines who could come in to play without the team missing a beat like when Gordeon Hanohano spelled Vaughn Meatoga and immediately helped bust a play. I hope more players get a chance to play in the Utah State game. They must be antsy and just raring to go like Stutzmann who did not get to see any action, if at all. He is so much like his brother Craig, reliable, good hands and he gets open to make catches.

GO WARRIORS! ,,,, the GIANT KILLERS!

Love this:

Laurie Beth Miller; ‎”All you have to do to win, is rise each time you fall” ~

New blog just poped up!

Good Morning Gangeez! 🙂

One mo’ for Mo!

Happy Birthday Kinda Shy!

Extremely hard to believe that Shaq seriously went to the Celtics….how many rings do ya precict?

TEST 2

Here’s where our competition ranks so far in Red Zone Scoring:

Hawaii…….67…82%….6…..11…..10

Team…….Rank…E%…Rush…Pass…FG

USC………..5…93%….8…..15…..4

Army………27…88%….24….1……4

Colorado…..94…75%….9…..3……3

CSU—

LaTech…….83…79%….10….5……7

UC-Fresno….27…88%….9…..9……4

Reno………50…84%….20….5……6

Utah St……18…89%….10….2……5

Idaho……..27…88%….5…..9……7

Boise St…..27…88%….14….8……6

San Jose St..78…80%….3…..2……7

New Mexico St89…77%….4…..1……5

UNLV………58…83%….4…..6……5

Clean now?

Here’s where our competition ranks so far in Red Zone Scoring:

Hawaii……….67…82%….6…..11…..10

Team…….Rank…E%…Rush…Pass…FG

USC…………..5…..93%….8…..15…..4

Army…………..27….88%….24….1……4

Colorado…….94…75%….9…..3……3

CSU—

LaTech………..83…79%….10….5……7

UC-Fresno……27…88%….9…..9……4

Reno…………..50….84%….20….5……6

Utah St……….18…89%….10….2……5

Idaho…………27…88%….5…..9……7

Boise St………27…88%….14….8……6

San Jose St….78…80%….3…..2……7

New Mexico St89..77%….4…..1……5

UNLV…………..58…83%….4…..6……5

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