Proud parents

ahh, here’s the new post, right on time

woh sorry premature submit button

UH vs SMU in 2010?
i thought the other guys were booked up already

I’d rather UH play Pac-10 teams, but with two openings in the schedule I guess SMU makes sense–it sure would draw the fans. Although, 2010 is far enough away that maybe people will have moved on and it won’t be much of a draw as it would have been this season or 2009.

Too bad about JJ’s mom…thoughts and prayers indeed.

I think that Stretch might have “marketing” today…the guy in this article had a week that Stretch, duffer, and the other golfers here would love to have.

Central Illinois amateur golfer Curt Hocker is on a roll. Five rolls, to be exact.

Just ask anyone at the El Paso Golf Club, where the 22-year-old has recorded five holes-in-one in the last week, including two on Saturday.

thoughts and prayers for JJ’s mom

ST – have a nice flight

Stephen Tsai:

November 7th, 2008 at 7:13 am
And, if things work out, maybe Blaze Soares still will be playing.

maybe they might want to come in 2011?

Just ask anyone at the El Paso Golf Club, where the 22-year-old has recorded five holes-in-one in the last week, including two on Saturday.

That guy, if he lives up to his duty, should be poor by now.

BTW – who told you that I was “marketing” today?? shhhhh

Just a quick good morning and Happy Aloha Friday to all those in the Tsaiko village.

OK
HiHo
esme and out
whoosh

Loa – I think it is a custom for more than just Hawaii

RE: SDSU & City of San Diego…. now you know the challenge facing the Stadium Authority here…. reduced income from concessions and parking due to declining attendence at UH football. Plus, all the UH fans want to stop the one regular income-producing event at the stadium… the Flea market…

aloha Rich,

yes, that is a CONFLICT, man oh man…..choices. well, you know me,

GO WARRIORS 🙂
GO WILDCATS (X2) 🙂 🙂

Happy Aloha Friday Tsaikos,

ST, that is a round about way to get to Las Cruces via Denver vie El Paso…whew, lots of miles my friend.

hope you have better luck with the TP in Las Cruces, some establishments have gone green and are more environmentally concious, so they are using the residue from the cactus plant in their paper products. although you get a lot more ‘grip’, it’s the ‘rip’ that i am more concerned about.

hopefully, you packed some TP from Maceys that you purchased in Ogden last week, good luck.

Let’s go get a victory TSAIKOS!!! AND WARRIORS!!!!

morning to watercress god and best wishes to beast again. about time someone printed some ink on his playing time.

hope to see you at some latta UH home game tgate. kden lattas

Stretch,

if you out ‘marketing’ again, i hope that it’s not too windy. sometimes those crosswinds can make a presentation just ‘fade’ away, and at other times, when the wind is blowing jus’ right, you can really ‘hook’ your audience.

either way, hope they all ‘lay up’ to your suggestions and you can actually ‘drive’ your point home. stay true to your plan, and don’t ‘flop’ any ideas, you just might have to ‘drain one’ of those ideas to close the deal.

either way, hope you’re feeling better so you don’t have to ‘hack’ through the day. whether it’s working or working, the 19th hole is the ultimate equalizer.

have a whole in one day, that’s right, i didn’t say a hole in every day, stop it Homey!

Good Luck to the Twin Wildcats from different mothers.

Morning Tsaikos.

I don’t think “coming home” is the right terminology. Maybe “visiting” is better. 😉

Anyhoo, let’s just show SMU that life goes on post-JJ in 2010. I’m sure we’ll be getting stable during the same 2 years too.

bulla still waiting for beast rookie fball pics and since he going be freshman dplayer for Weber an autograph one 😀 good too.

dpk
you literary giant, i meant mark, haha, and not takai

Insofar as SDSU is concerned. If they have to drop their football program, do those players have to sit out the next season wherever they might end up?

madeinhawaii,

I don’t think that SDSU is in danger over the next season or two, but once the Chargers’ lease expires or they pay the buyout fee, then SDSU’s football days will be ticking down. I read in the paper today that the city already approved a big commercial development on the stadium site after the stadium is torn down…where is SDSU going to play? It is crazy that as of today SDSU has no lease to play their final 2 games of the season…that will get fixed, but it is a sign that the city doesn’t really want to subsidize SDSU football anymore.

If they are forced to drop football in say 3 or 4 years, that would be right around the time that the MWC has to improve the strength of their conference for possible BCS status. Replacing SDSU with just about any school (not to mention BSU) would definitely help their case.

This will probably kill SDSU’s recruiting in future years, as you know parents and other teams will bring this up. If recruiting goes down even further, the team cannot get better…and so the fans will continue to not care and the budget situation will get even worse.

In past situations (like SMU’s death penalty), if the school drops football then the players can transfer to any school (even D-IA schools) and play immediately.

“My comment is awaiting ‘moderation?’ What? I’m a Conservative!…and Catlick!”

See everyone later, have a great Aloha Friday. Off to do some marketing now.

Good morning Tsaikos-

I haven’t posted here in a very long time, it’s been because I almost didn’t feel welcome, especially in light of, let’s face it, a less than stellar season. However, I came back because I realized something. I realized WHY I didn’t want to post, it was because I wasn’t feeling the mana’o from the Tsai-kos, and then I thought more about it, and I realized, “braddah NEO, you ARE feeling the mana’o, but you not putting it back out there…that’s why you feeling the way you do…” Took a lot of soul searching to figgah out that you know what? I AM a warriors fan, and no matter what anyone says, all of you guys are too… We hate to see the team lose, and for some of us, more than others it hurts even physically, and it’s perfectly natural to get upset and whatnot, but we always have the choice to stand aside for a while, let things calm down, and come back with a renewed sense of purpose, and clear mind. So, if the Tsai-kos will have me back, I’d like to call myself a Tsai-ko once again.

Aloha, and mahalo gang!

NEO

Personally, I’m not excited about a UH/SMU game…not even another team from C-USA. I’d rather see more scheduling of teams from the MWC, and PAC10.

So, Mr. Bulla…

Are you in da-poor house yet with your traveling to the main-island and Hawaii for the Beasts’ games??

According to this, here is SMU’s schedule in 2010 for the early part of the season (their other nonconference game is Navy later in the season):

9/4: at Texas Tech
9/11: TCU
9/18: Missouri

The UH-USC game is on 9/4. As you can see from SMU’s schedule the only way SMU could play UH would be for the game to occur the week before UH plays USC. TCU is a *big* rivalry game for SMU and TCU’s schedule doesn’t have many pukas to move the game around to.

So, ST says that the game would be the week before or after the USC game. I looked into it and have to conclude that it would have to be the week before the USC game. That also makes sense for SMU because it is easiest to travel early to Hawaii if the game is their opener…plus, I’m guessing ESPN might have the game moved to Friday and both teams would get an extra day of preparation before their second game. On 9/4 UH has USC and SMU has Texas Tech, so both can use that extra day!

SMU would have the type of non-conference schedule that I’d like to see UH have–UH, Texas Tech, TCU, Missouri, Navy. Two Big 12 schools (for UH that would be Pac 10), one MWC school, one WAC school (for UH that would be MWC or C-USA), and Navy (one of the teams I’d MOST like UH to schedule).

Okay, boss is forcing me back to work. I actually finished my proposal yesterday and have a new task for work that I need to finish today.

garret….are you suggesting that we go westward to reach the mainland then? or maybe schedule a couple of japan teams huh?

Good morning gang…

Have to do another Esme again today but wanted to say hello.

I’m not sure how I feel about a UH/SMU match-up. Not real excited about that either but we’ll see how it plays out when the time gets nearer.

Kekoa – I’m not sure if you got my RSVP but I’ll be at Bay View tomorrow.

NEO – Once a Tsaiko, always a Tsaiko. We all have our differences. We all don’t see eye to eye. That’s okay. We can agree to disagree on things. No harm, No foul. We all know that everyone here truly loves UH sports.

Esme and woooosh

Sorry NEO, I was confused. That was the terms for another club that I was going to join. I’m still waiting for my invitation though.

pride….no forget you haven’t put your 25k down yet.

garret….are you suggesting that we go westward to reach the mainland then? or maybe schedule a couple of japan teams huh?

Al,

There isn’t a way to fix the problem for UH…but it does underscore the difficulty UH has when they go on the road, and also why it is less demanding of teams when they travel to Hawaii. I’ve watched 30+ years of UH struggling on the mainland, but never realized that traveling east could be a significant part of the problem. It is harder for any team to win on the road than it is at home, but apparently it is harder for teams when they go east instead of west.

The problem is probably compounded when the road game is during the day (like the Utah State game) instead of at night (like the Fresno State game). The time change would cause havok with the body clocks more for a noon game (morning in Hawaii) than a 6pm or 7pm game.

darren mickens…………..

some stats available on max preps

http://www.maxpreps.com/texas/football/parkland-(el-paso)/darren-mickens/stats.aspx?athleteid=70a43f6a-13fa-4cec-b103-ba705ceceaef&ssid=2f36027d-d6f6-4509-aba9-adad5cc85b5e&urpath=,local,player

few highlights;
averaging 10.6 tackles per gm
punt returns at 14.6 per return
also has caught seven passes/3 td’s

this through seven games.

One more thing 😉

In my daily search for Colt info, I’ve discovered my favorite Redskins blog- after Matt Terl and Chris Cooley, of course.

This blogger has a very insightful approach and I found many of the things he observed about the MNF Redskins-Steelers game applicable in principle to the Warriors as well:
http://www.theomfield.com/2008/11/not-quite-ready-for-prime-time.html

HiHO~

Good morning everyone!

A “welcome back!” to OTTO who has been a very infrequent poster since last year!

Same to NEO, who first appeared on the blog in October 2006– 3 months after ST first started!

DOE’s decision on King Kekaulike’s hand gesture,

http://mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/510775.html?nav=11

Stephen Tsai – don’t worry, your secret is safe with us

Good Morning Tsai-kos!

Kekoa, Koakane & DPK sensei – tomorrow looking iffy for me. If can, can, if no can, you guys can eat my share. Just don’t let Homey get to it! 😆

Congrats to Wahine on their win yesterday. Scott Robbs yesterday morning certainly called it – said match would end at 5:15, match ended (by my watch) at 5:14.

NEO-

Braddah, you never left.

Once a Tsai-ko. Always a Tsai-ko!

I agree, it’s hard to take a loss. But, it’s so much easier to take a loss united together.

Now’s the time as fans we build character. We find out who we truly are under adversity. Last year, Notre Dame was 1-6 and obviously about to lose yet again at home. It was the fourth quarter with 6 minutes left when I noticed something significant. The stadium was jam packed with fans. No one left. Everyone still cheered as if they were going to win. What an unreal site. Now, THAT’S fans! That’s what I’d like Hawaii fans to aspire to be. Totally committed. Unconditionally.

At some point every team is bound to lose. It is then the team, the program, their nation will see who they truly are. What kind of foundation do they have. Do they crumble? Or do they press on! Sure, good fun win together. But, gotta lose together too.

A perfect example is our run to the Sugar Bowl. Biggest game in our programs history and we get skunked on national TV. Droves of Hawaii fans took it hard for months. Why? We never learned how to lose. I heard our fans expressed words like, embarrassed, ashamed, give up, losers, weak… Cannot help. When one is negative all their lives, they’ll be negative too in times of distress.

Texas just got the #1 title yanked out from under them from a foe they’ve easily handled for decades. Look them, they’re right back fighting this week. Twice Oklahoma was embarrassed in BCS bowl games on national TV. Look them, they’re right back again, fighting for a national title. USC loss the national title with what quite possibly could have been the best college team ever assembled. Look them, trying to fight for a title, yet again with a reloaded team. The difference between us and these programs? They all know how to lose. They all know how to handle extreme adversities. We don’t.

Not yet…

I have the utmost faith Hawaii will one day rise to national prominence. And this time, we ain’t leavin! It’ll be glorious!

I wanna be prepared for that day. The building of our program’s foundation begins within each and every one of YOU!

jojo…he is usually there on Fridays…and Tenks her for her food pics…just watch the Woodcraft Hawaii commercials, he is frequently on those….mwahahahahahahahaha

and no, you only look like you’re stalking homey…LMAO

addahknowjoe…as homey would say, “True dat”

real fans support their teams through thick and thin and each of us here do just that. I remember Notre Dame under Willingham when they had that horrible 2 and 10 season…and their stadium was still packed during the 11th game of the season. LSU moved its game a few hours earlier so that fans could watch the game before evacuating the city ahead of Hurricane Ike (now that was really hard core)….We have to be fans who will win with pride and lose with dignity. When we lose, we need to be able to pick ourselves up and move on to the next game and improve.

(J)J – I’m in it only for the cc, t-gates, and tv-gates… 😆

GO WARRIORS…BEAT THE AGGIES

GO WARRIORS…BEAT THE AGGIES

GO WARRIORS…BEAT THE AGGIES

Where’s my pompoms?

Ahhhh Koakane. I might not be able to make it to Bayview. I kindahhhhhhhhhh, pulled my groin muscle trying to do the split after the last “Aggie” shout. I goin’ try put some DMSO and see how I feel in da mornin.

Pride.:
November 7th, 2008 at 11:30 am

Where’s my pompoms?

ROTFLMFAO! I could just hear you say that in your high voice!

What high voice?

You bettah watch it Homey? I going put you at the bottom of the pyramid with me at the very top.

Stephen Tsai

Did I pluralize “bags”? That can’t be right. Surely, a man does not need two bags for a two-night trip, does he?

We’re not talking about the ones often mistaken for a 6-pack, are we?
If not, then no, unless they are the ones under your eyes.

NEO,

A team only loses if it doesn’t learn from it’s experience. JJ took 9 years to build his ‘team’ and supporting staff. Then he left, and so did his ‘team’ with him. Now we got a new team… ‘McMackin’s team’ and it’s going to take awhile to build. Meanwhile, there will be lessons to be learned and pieces to be fitted just so.

Even as fans, it takes a bit of re-acclimating to get used to the faces and persona of a new team. You need to grieve for the passing of one before you can welcome and cheer for the new – something we all do in our own time, space and way.

Thanks to this blog and some other online haunts, I’m really enjoying this rebuild of the Warrior program. This time we all get to sit in at the ground floor and not only see each and every nail, screw, staple, and board go up at Ching and hopefully Aloha, we also get to watch each player’s development, travails and tribulations, his contributions and the team’s unification under a new coach and staff. We get to wallow with the team in their moments of despair and revel in their successes as never before. More than ever, we have so much to be cheering for. We not only have more local players on the team, we have a lot of alumni in the coaching staff, as well. We have absolutely no right to be ‘down.’ As fans we are discovering that we can make a difference, in the smallest of ways to the biggest and it’s all good.

Homey,

oh you wen upgrade your clubs…

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!!!

Al-san…I agree with you that Mickens has the potential to grow into an outside linebacker with his height and speed….OK, so you didn’t say “outside”, jmo.

Pride

Soooo, who’s your DMSO supplier? Tell me tomorrow….

har, har, har……….

jojo ®:

November 7th, 2008 at 10:59 am
(Jesse) James – you lie. I don’t see Annodahdave at Cat’s Daily Dish! Now I look like a stalker.

so you are the palolo prowler.

gee. stevem. you should have just said you wanted to go to camellia’s or chin’s.

you didn’t have to bust out the mre’s. do they keep that long???

ah, desparate times produce desparate measures.

SteveM, I thought you liked SOS….not MRE’s… 😉

Looks like Kansas State was close to an agreement to hire TCU’s Gary Patterson to be their coach…unfortunately for Kansas State, some people leaked the news early (similar to what happened with Les Miles and Michigan last year) and now he says he won’t take the Kansas State job.

Patterson had reportedly agreed to a 5-year, $2 mil per year deal. I guess he noticed what JJ was making in nearby Dallas…

Gary Patterson’s agent has denied to GoPowercat.com that Patterson has been hired by Kansas State. GoPowercat cited sources stating such earlier Friday.

“We have had no contact with K-State,” George Bass, Patterson’s agent, said.

Multiple sources have told GoPowercat that K-State has had discussions with Patterson and a deal was reached. Bass strongly denies this information.

Patterson is a K-State graduate who began his coaching career as a graduate assistant coach on Jim Dickey’s 1982 KSU staff at K-State.

Happy birthday to Tyler G. It is too bad he is not able to spend it with his family as planned as well as his Hawaii family (his teammates).

Al – We have half a box of MREs, it helps sustain my prowling abilities.

This may be the only time Linfield gets compared (favorably) to Michigan’s football team.

Linfield (Ore.) College and the University of Michigan are no longer linked in college football lore.

What? You didn’t know they were?

Well, until Saturday, both had long streaks of consecutive winning seasons. Linfield still does.

That improved Linfield’s record to 5-2, clinching the Division III Wildcats’ 53rd consecutive winning season — an NCAA all-divisions record.

Meanwhile, Michigan lost to Purdue, 48-42, to drop to 2-7, thereby ending its streak of 40 consecutive winning campaigns. The Wolverines also won’t be going to a bowl game after 33 consecutive postseason appearances.

SteveM,

I had SOS once on the Pride of America too; brought back memories of eating those in the Air Force. This guy who served in my squadron was an all-state Tennessee high school WR and he loved them. He told me to try it but I really didn’t care for it.

Sorry,

Piscataway.

Hmmm…interesting.

Garret:

BCS rules on # of teams that must consistently place in top 25 for “wana bees”.

Kind a tough when some current BCS conferences cannot meet this standard or are they “grand fathered in”? Is USC the only PAC 10 team in the top 25? Big East has only one at # 25. MWC has 3 this year.

Venerable Klum Gym:

Witnessed UH beat Oregon St when Oregon was ranked # 3 in the country.

Bows center was Tony, forgot his last name, who was 6′ 11″ and slim as a rail. He was so tall that he had to bend his head while walking the halls of Atherton YMCA.

D-1 ~
Pardon me for not shedding a tear for Michigan…but..3 cheers for Linfield!!

d1:

Did not the “halls of ivy” go that far south?

Or, is the “halls of ivy” only in northern part of East Coast?

Hi A-House! *waving*

How is Mrs. A-House? I haven’t seen her posting lately, is it because there is no blog contests with milestones that we have to reach.

A-House,

To answer your question about the BCS rules, they actually take an average over a 4-year period instead of just a snapshot at one time like now. If you look at the postseason rankings for the Pac-10 over the past 4 years, they have lots of teams that show up in the rankings–much more than the MWC or WAC.

The Big East *has* been getting a lot of heat because of their performance, especially after their conference was raided and they lost some of their better teams. There was some talk about dropping them when the BCS was being reviewed, but they were lucky that several of their teams jumped high up in the ratings…plus, the MWC and WAC were not as strong back then.

The Pac-10 will be back once they get their QB situations straightened out. The Big East should worry though if they keep struggling and the MWC gets better (dropping SDSU would help their power rating). But both conferences have 4 years or so to show how good they are. If TCU loses its coach, that could be a problem for the MWC, just like BSU losing their coach could drop the strength of the WAC in the future.

Appears we all have our own special reason(s) for playing a certain school.

For us, its travel, visiting more casinos, and maybe the opportunity for UH to truly recruit “nationwide” as do some of the schools like USC, LSU, Florida, etc.

For sure, traveling East is much tougher than “go West young man”. Gets much tougher as one gets older and I remember being a “zombie” sitting in classes at Caralise(sp) Barracks for the first 2 days in 1984-85.

Every time I visit the Kona coast, I keep thinking how many people can live between Kailua-Kona and the Maunakea Beach Resort – must be several millions and I dream of the recuriting potential for UH.

I still have my P-38 on my dog tag chain. I only have a problem when it pops open.

I remember that David Farmer lost his shoe on one play after a good run.

I don’t know. I had mine since 1970. I think it came in the c-rat case.

They might have it at that military surplus store near sand island.

it did appear that we had difficulties maintaining our footing at usu. however, the usu aggies had no problems with it. i am beginning to wonder if the under armour shoes are the culprit. seems to me that we are having many incidents of slipping and sliding this year.

perhaps, the ua shoe design folks could work out these glitches with some real football players in resolving the matter during the off season so that by spring (at least) this can be rectified.

lab rat:

P-38 have not heard that term in ages – I still have mine at home and I keep it for emergencies – also got one in my fishing kit.

For the Air Force types, it is the twin tailed fighter used during WWII in Europe and the Pacific area of opns.

and in the mess out on the field there was the bigger version called a p51.

talk about ingenious. what would the gi’s have done without em out in the fields?

and you could also pop a bottle cap with it.

shyloh,

I don’t think they are doing a walk-through at Aggie Memorial Stadium. I thought I remember ST or someone else saying that they were gonna do their walk-through at UTEP. IMO, it would be a waste of time to drive 45 minutes to Las Cruces to do a walk-through that might not even last that long, then drive back to El Paso.

I believe the field at NMSU’s stadium is grass.

It has probably been stated in the past, but why has the MWC and WAC not looked past their differences and looked to the fleeting dollars if they choose to remain the same? They will alwys be looked upon as step children to the “mighty BCS schools” as they have enough weak baggage to allow those divisions to look down on the respective conferences (WAC and MWC).

They should really look to be pro active and take what is perceived to be the marquee teams and form a new division. Be it and 8, 10 or 12 team division, but be something that is marketable, exciting and would give the Big East a run at who should be in the elite grouping.

Actually, the re-organization would help the weaker schools as it is really hard, as exhibited by SDSU, Idaho and the like to keep pretending that they are at an elite level. They could move to DII or just move on at what may be also be a financially wise move.

How come they name can openers the same as the fighters? P-38 Lightning and P-51 Mustang… I worked on F-86 sabre jets…is there a P-86? 😉

I noticed some players using nike shoes but they colored them all black, or have tape wrapped around the nike logo.

Thanks Buffoman. Took the words right out of my mouth.

terrorist to flight crew, “i am taking control of this aero plane. if you don’t listen i will commence opening a hole as big as a tuna can in the side this aero plane.”

“hak…..okay then i will use this weapon of destruction immediately!”
(all the while brandishing his p-38)

A-House…Rutgers is in New Jersey…not too far from Princeton. That Ivy League school. They have a serious rivalry between the two schools….

Howzit JamesH-38 (Heineken Bottle opener).

Rotgers? We would need Bio-suits and all our shot records updated to enter into NJ.

A-House,

As a contemporary of mine, thank you for those tidbits about the F-86 sabre, the fighter that dominated the Korean skies…

8 Super Conferences including combining the “mid-major” conferences by taking the top 4 or 5 teams and creating a new BCS conference may be the way to create a “play-off” system to determine the national champion. Example, top 5 teams from the MWC and WAC form a new BCS conference.

Conference champs automatically qualify for a BCS bowl game to determine who will be the national champ.

fliht = flight

(Jesse)James,

I agree that is one awesome bird!

at las cruses, one of the nmsu “supporters” wrote about coach mumme’s “air raid” offense. he said air raid spelled backwards is “diar ria”. that is funny.

The Nevada-Fresno game is set to start in about an hour and a half.

al,
Would you like us to keep mum about the highlights and score of this game? I know you’ve been kind of irked that members such as myself have been babbling off in-progress reviews.

James ~ Yup…gotcha down for a party of 12!…Bwhahaha!

Lopaka43 ~ Da Boss not coming, so I got you listed as ‘single’ but lurking.

It’s official designation is ‘US ARMY POCKET CAN OPENER’ or ‘OPENER, CAN, HAND, FOLDING, TYPE I’, but it is more commonly know by its nickname the P-38 which it supposedly acquired from the 38 Punctures required to open a C-Ration can. It is also known by many as a “John Wayne” by those in the Navy and Marines because he was shown opening a can of C-Rations using a P-38 in a WWII training film. From then on Sailors and Marines referred to them as a “John Wayne”.

d1Shima,

Thanks for that tidbit about why P-38’s are called “John Waynes”…

BTW – The AF is going to feature a formation of jets doing a fly-over right after the Nat’l Anthem. Designed to give the NMSU Air Raider offense a boost.

We should counter with an AC-130 gunship to scatter their sideline bench with 40MM rounds and a 7.62 Gatlin pouring hot lead! (For Amusement Only).

Finish with da Ha’a!

WARRIORS RULE!

Hiya MsLiz! Lurkers in Lihue?…Wow! Pretty soon you can run for Mayor to take Bernards place!

Long Time UH Fan – Pops & Hi Flyer can talk you down safely out of the wild blue yonder at the TV-gate. There’s about 75 years of flying machines between them.

Pride as a cheer leader?

Man, those guys that toss him up and do a basket catch should be playing for the Warriors.

Committed Road Warrior:

eh, no worry beef curry.

a few days ago i broke the dvr against the dry wall. although the dvr won that skirmish, it was damaged internally forever. i hope that oc16 is forgiving and will give me a new one.

in the past, there was only one tsaikoette who used to blab the scores aloud in spite of my pleadings. she, however, got all habut and left the blog for the third time since the beat’s existence and you’re right three strikes you are out.

suffice to say, its a free country so do as you wish.

Congrats Davone.

All right! A future Rainbow Wahine!!!

Congratulations to Daddy Bess and Mommy ???

And, welcome to Warrior World Kyrah!!!!!!

look at her hands, curling at the fingers, trying to clutch a football already, make the daddy proud girl!!! :):):)

LTUHF,

You’re welcome.

Thanks for the well-wishes.
They are playing Western Oregon, a good D2 school. #2 son says, “They’re big. Like playing Kahuku!” 😆
Bulla can relate!

Congratulations Davonne Bess! C-yoot da bebe!

Thanks, al.

Congrats to Davone and Mother.

Congratulations Devon….best wishes!!!

d1
PSU’s oline coach, SL alum, Aleki Pascua just left W. Oregon to go with Glanville. He said it’s a lot different, but he likes it.

Before the game he kept asking about The Beast, so i told him, well, you know Aleki, he’s a freshman, so if he gets in some plays by the 3rd quarter, we’ll be happy (the only reason we went to this game is because he called to tell me he was starting, haha)

after the game, the coach found me….what the heck was that 3rd quarter crap, your son made my center look like an idiot…..haha, oh yead, sorry coach, i guess they changed the line up at the last minute…haha

all good, just thought it was funny, the level of gamemanship is very intriguing to say the least.

Committed Road Warrior: you know i was joking around right.

Congratulations to Davone Bess and Kyrah’s Mom ..hope you get one WR next time… 😉

Hearty congrats to Davone and Mrs for Kyrah – a future VB or SBaller!

All these letters and numbers you guys are throwing out! For me, 36D is fine.

Whoa, that baby is huge! Waaaay bigger than homey and Wreck put together! Beautiful!

Congrats to the Bess family for their new addition!

Whoa Kekoa…I don’t want to play darts or golf with you tomorrow! I think that I will take on homey.

Happy Birthday Tyler!

jojo – The baby photo is photoshopped!!! 😡

homey,

i was thinking of 36-24-36-8…YIKES! they let anyone play in the sandbox nowadays 🙁

NMSU’s AD was asked about Hal Mumme’s standing with the school and he answered that they still have a chance to make their goal of a bowl game. That is kind of a strong hint that Mumme needs to win 3 of 4 to keep his job!

“Again, we have a chance to achieve our goals,” Boston said when discussing Mumme’s standing within the program. “Any other discussion is premature at this point.”

Things hit a boiling point this week, when fans launched a Web site titled http://www.firehalmumme.com in an attempt to vent frustrations in a public forum. It was reported that a blogger under the email address of NMSU Director of Football Operations Greg Harrod went on the Web site and made derogatory comments regarding the Las Cruces community and the Aggie fanbase. The poster wrote that “with so little support from the community this town will never have a big time winner,” and “this town doesn’t know what it takes,” among other things.

It was reported that Harrod confirmed that it was in fact his email address but that he did not write the post. Regardless, the news hit the AD’s office.

Hi Bulla!

I converted Frank to Jaeger Bombs. He was all over that in Texas, although he didn’t like the taste by itself.

NMSU still has OL problems with a starting tackle missing the game due to injury.

New Mexico State should be a bit healthier today. It expects running back Marquell Colston and receiver Marcus Anderson to play. But the offensive line is truly lacking in terms of depth. Tackle Patrick Blount is likely out, meaning right guard Polo Gutierrez will move over to right tackle, where he was getting repetitions early in the week. Backup Joseph Palmer could slide into the right guard spot.

“The offensive line takes time to build good communication and we’re getting there with some of the new guys on the line,” NMSU head coach Hal Mumme said. “Our center Mike Grady is in his third game as the starting center and he’s getting better.”

Added Grady: “We have to communicate well against Hawaii. Hawaii has a good defense and we’ll have to be smart. We can’t make very many mistakes.”

Rob25 – Thank goodness for the H3. Otherwise would have to go through kolekole pass, up towards Waialua/Haleiwa, then past kahuku…then I get lost.

rob 25

so is frank going to transfer to the air force? bombadiers get a good jump in pay i heard

Headline of this article is: “Aggies season on the line vs. Hawaii”

If the Aggies are going to be successful Saturday, they simply have to execute better and take their best shot at Hawaii by trying to go downfield by using their speed with Anderson and fellow receiver Chris Williams. And the Aggies have to take care of the ball.

In their three straight losses, the Aggies have been error-prone and that has to stop. The offense can’t continue to put the defense in bad positions.

On the other side of the ball, the Aggie defense must find a way to keep an up-and-down Hawaii offense off balance. The Aggies need to get turnovers and give the struggling NMSU offense a chance for good field position.

Hawaii is also playing for its bowl life. The Warriors need three more wins to be bowl eligible and Saturday’s game is every bit as important for them as it is for the Aggies.

Kekoa . . .

Hollywood would have the Warriors doing the Ha’a smack in the center of the field (aerial from the helicopter point of view), wild-eyed sweat and hair flying (slo-mo zoom and pan shot of the Warriors), while the gun-ships strafe the sidelines. Of course, all the while there would be massive explosions of Gatorade containers and the glorious detonations of the goal posts (ground level shot of the helicopter fly-over as the explosions take down the goal posts).

Hey, not that I am advocating any unnecessary violence!

D1, the voices gave me the scenario.

Will someone please say what her name (Kealohimaikalani) means?

A-House ~ Got pretty deadly with the M-79! Used ’em during TET as a last resort against a human wave attack on our perimeter.

bulla,

now leave homey alone, he was only commenting on your ‘misaligned’ comment

hey,

that’s enough lovin for everyone, now stop it dpk

Homey-

that’s what I like about you. You get one unreal imagination. Even if it is just about Bulla.

CONGRATS TO THE NEW ADDITION TO THE BESS OHANA!!!

rob25

ono ono broke da opu good. big steaks, big baked potatoes, big drinks and a small bill…..we love throwing peanut shells on the floor, yeee-ha

…a lilly pad in your pond of discovery.

…and righting homey’s dinghy…? 😐

What SAR mission did I miss when I was napping this afternoon? 😯

Damn…now I have to go back to Texas. Guess I’ll have to meet up with him on the return next summer! I love me a good steak (or as my co-worker would put…big hunk of mammal)!

Kekoa,

Eh, dat was wafan who had those “Apocalyptic” visions…
Me, I jus dream of fuud!

heheheh

…not to mention da 7-0, Campbell score (2:21 in the 1st)!

Whew!

NEO,

Keep those caissons rolling along….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KMyuZIH-js&feature=related

nevada has horrible clock management there to end the half.
and looks like ault brought his own cops again to fresno. although they need them there more than here.

Wow.. Nevada should have gone to the air on that last play…

Anyway… may the winds of misfortune come down upon Fresno State with hurricane force and may the rains of failure pour down upon the valley with a vengance.

off to Rainbow Warrior Basketball…

GO BOWS!

Nevada – Fresno State game is interesting with the Wolfpack up 17-7 in CA. We were lucky to get them at home.

I’m late on ST’s suggestion that LWJ get a chance to return kickoffs. I just hope they can do something with his talent. JJ set up some interesting pistol-like plays for him last year that got him some TDs but I haven’t seem them this year.

btw,
Does anyone know why al sometimes seems to ignore my comments?

Stephen,

Please don’t tell al how much $ Nauahi made.

ummm. was that a hint st?

d1…..i did have it on sched to record while i broil some spencer steaks.

be back after the friday feasting.

al,

while i broil some spencer steaks

Oooohhh…and al gets his revenge!
Alas, I await gisantes by Mrs. d1島….hmmm, that’s good stuff!

fuud?
Spencer steaks…gisantes….

gotta admit I’ve developed a liking to spencer steaks 🙂

Good evening Tsaikos everywhere.

Gonna be a great game tomorrow.

GO WARRIORS!!!

Congragulatons to D Bess!

Happy Birthday Tyler Graunke! Thanks for all the great memories and being a part of our team! Now, finish your degree! 😀

A House,

Rugters is just a rent a car away from Atlantic City.
I hope Jim Donovan is using the 50 State approach, and scheduling future games all over the country, with good programs so the away games go back to back to reduce costs.

And I’m hoping there are home and home with SMU. puts the heat on both programs,and is a positive positive for both programs.

plus, i like scream AT J.J. my therapist said it would make me feel bettah if i yell A T J.J. 😀

Good evening bighilofan2!

Vili comes thru!

BEIJING!

COOL!!!
$47560!
Way to go Viliami Nauahi!

Warriors, Vili, Barack, Alexander the Great, Tuioti Mariner, Hollister High….

all things are possible!

Go Warriors!!!!

😀

Howzit bhf2/JaM?/J-dog.

Aikaukaunau….

Congratulations Davone and mommy!

Here’s a link for a video of an Orange County running back. UH is mentioned as a school that has shown interest. His dad’s girlfriend will be with me at the Cincy game next month.

http://www.ocvarsity.com/video/index.php?bcpid=1126062229&bclid=1134010117&bctid=1906919399

jm2375 — yes, please join us. I will send you more info at your .edu email account in a few minutes.

Thanks Ronnie. I can’t cuddle and spoil Kyra yet, since she’s in Miami, and I’m here in Hawaii – soon though.

Grandma R

Congratulations to you Grandma R!

And welcome to the Warrior Beat…hope Kyrah is not too distressed to learn Grammy is a Tsaiko!

heheheh

Congratulations Davone, Rachel, Kyrah, and Grandma R!!!

Congratulations to Vili! The financial burden of walking on to the team must be much less now that he’s $47,560 (minus taxes) richer!

I think my parents and I met Vili and 3 other men (all 4 were quite large!) in the food court of the Houston airport waiting for our flights to New Orleans in late December. They were sitting in the table next to ours and they figured we were Warrior fans because of the green UH shirts we were all wearing. We had a nice talk with them and then as we were leaving one of the other men pointed to the youngest of them and said that he would be joining the Warriors next season. They said that his last name was “Nauahi”, and we all remembered the name because they were all such nice, friendly people.

Vili walked on to the team, made the team (not an easy task for any walk on), and has made a contribution. But what I’ll remember most was how nice he and the 3 other men were to my family while we all waited for our flight to New Orleans.

Some people are getting quite upset at the huge buyouts that college coaches are collecting this season.

South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier notes the bright side of Phillip Fulmer’s firing at Tennessee: The school’s $6 million buyout of his contract. “Congratulate him,” a smiling Spurrier said this week, “on hitting that lottery ticket.”

The Volunteers aren’t alone in digging into their pocketbook. Four major football-playing schools will pay a combined $11.85 million in severance to newly deposed coaches, a longstanding practice drawing fresh scrutiny as universities and their athletics departments struggle through the nation’s economic decline.

“Not only do you have these buyouts, these immediate expenses — what it’s going to cost you to keep coaches on contract who are no longer actually working for you?” said Dutch Baughman, who heads the Texas-based Division I-A Athletic Directors’ Association. “You’ve got all the new (coaches’) contracts, all the moving expenses, all the other start-up costs of a whole new staff coming in.”

The big-money moves at Clemson and Tennessee likely were in the works before the nation’s economy took its latest nosedive, Baughman said. But he’s sees a chilling effect on subsequent changes.

“Schools,” he said, “will find themselves in a position now where they’re going to say, ‘You know what? We’re just going to have to tough it out. Economically, we just cannot afford … all the expense involved.’ ”

Solar array of 20 solar cells created that is smaller than a dime.

Drunk Alaskan man was arrested for accidentally stealing a car. How drunk do you have to be to accidentally steal a car and how do you steal when you are that drunk and drive away with it?

Free play links pau.

Grandma R,

All of us on this blog are proud of how well Davone has been doing with the Dolphins. It was a big shock when he wasn’t drafted, but we knew that he would show those NFL scouts and GMs how big a mistake they had made. I search the web every day and read through 3 Miami-area newspapers every day to find tidbits about Davone to share with everyone here…he doing an awesome job with the Dolphins and is already a big contributor as a rookie!

Congratulations to the Bess’s on their newest jewel, Kyrah.

Wow! Congratulations to the Bess Family on their wonderful new addition to the family.. She’s adorable!

And to Tyler! Happy Birthday. Best wishes and a lot of success to you in the years to come.

Was the receiver (or football) OB? Is it a legal play? Check out this freaky pass and pitch in the endzone.

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1889566

TD! GO GOVS!

watching fresno st on defense and nevada on offense is a lesson on simple football. nevada off line lines in 3 pt stance, then blocks and drives fresno back at least 2 yds, then back goes thru puka, fresno tackles high, miss because trying to tackle high, and cannot stop run. plus the d line is not quick and cannot get down to tackle.

very good hs game for the oia championship. both teams played well and their teams should be congratulated for putting on an excellent championship game. congratulations and best wishes to both team at the state ch.

Garret, thanks for your positive comments and support. I search the web too, when time permits. I normally donʻt comment on blogs, but I could not resist this time – she is so precious!!!

I really appreciate all the aloha shown to Davone and my daughter. Thank you folks for wishing them well.

BTW, FloridaTed, Davone and Rachel are married.

Good night all & God Bless,
Grandma R

time to hit the sack and get ready for tomorrow’s game.

Thanks,Kyra’s Grandma,

That’s very very good, always thought he was a class act.

Amazing how he kept that under raps. Sorry, I was mistaken. I think he will make an excellent Dad. Your granddaughter will be a beauty.

aw shucks,

d1 and whitey left the house. oh well…..
g’nite all.
emse wooooshh

hi yooo silver and awayyyyyyyyy

Big Hilo!…Schucks I miss dat bugga! I was goin’ tell him come ovah in da morning on da first swell!

i knew i should have not come here until i watched all my recordings.

Good Evening Tsaikos!! Just got home from a long day of marketing. Time for me go sleep so I can wake up in time for the game tomorrow morning. See everyone later

Back from a wild men’s basketball game – saw Kazz briefly before the game.

DrDoc Update: He’s doing much better and may be able to come home early next week.

However, I was in a freak accident in the Kaiser parking garage Thursday afternoon. I accidently dropped my cell phone as I was getting out of the car to go see DD yesterday afternoon. While I was searching for it, the car door slammed into the right side of my face. It doesn’t look too gross, but the area where the skin was gashed open is right where I am scheduled to have a cancerous tumor removed. The tumor is generally a slow-growing one so surgery can be deferred for a couple of months which is what we had to do given DD’s heart attack. What happened yesterday changes that situation.

Let’s give a shout-out for our teams playing tomorrow!!GO WARRIORS!!! GO WAHINE!!!

Aiyah! W-Doc, take care of yourself. Did you go see a doctor?

S Malai,

Thank you for the correction! Now I have to figure out who we met at the airport…

Just drop in to give a shout and love to all,I am Davone grandmoter I been reading all these blogs,I would like to thank all of you for the support and the love you have shown my grandson. It’s nice to know there are good peoples and lovin peoples everywhere.Been to Hawaii back in 88″ didn’t know this was the route God had pick out for Davone. He loves Hawaii talk about you all the time. My great grand daughter is so cute.To Davone and Rachell see you in a couple of weeks. Love Nanny