Hold me back

WOO HOO FIRST!!!

My prayers go out to ‘Curveball’, Kristin and their family as well…

I’m sitting here watching a DVD of the 2006 UH vs. Purdue game… boy do I miss these guys…Colt, Davone, RGM, Rivers, Ilaoa, the whole O-Line… Peters, Patek, Alama-Francis, Purcell and yeah…even JJ…

Top 5!!

OK really late for me. Oyasumina-tsai. Hasta manana.

Going back to missing the Warriors of 2006… the YAC output from these receivers was crazy…

I almost forgot about Lafaele…

hello late nighters

first my best to kristen curveball mrs. hope all goes well and she recovers quickly. both of you will be missed at this saturday’s tgate 🙁

finally caught up on two days of reading the blog. very busy with da gov’s mandate to cut budget by 15 to 20%. much anger, frustration and fences to mend once dust clears. not to many happy campers sorry to say. this sat is going to give me a relief being out of the crap that is going down. but on the other side we going beat the bobcats and I will feel supa for a while.

bulla if you read this my cheers to beast and wstate. add 8) my congrats along with the oddah tsai-ko’s.

good morning

Hi Shannon,
up late or up early?

Shhhh..I’m at work… watching a DVD… : )

opps.. coaches not coached

eh, BigWave…long time no talk!!! I think it was the Cincy coaches…

Shannon,
702WN and myself are always ready for the next mini CC

jrcollins42 at excite dot com
drop a line B4 u come

Vegas, sounds good. I’ll make sure to get in touch with you when I get there… You guys been to that ‘Island Sushi’ on Maryland?

BigWave, Yeah kids are a handful, yeah? Always got something to do with them or take them to… My older boy (9yrs. old, 5’2″, 115 lbs.) decided to take a break from Football this year. But he’s been playing basketball instead. It’s his second year and he’s already been MVP for 3 out of their 4 games. He’s plays “point-forward”, a la Lebron James… and all 3 of us (my little one is 6 now) have been taking JiuJitsu since March… Can you say no “free time” ?

I think ST was the one who threw the drink at the Cincy guy… lol

Oh Mahalo Stephen….

WOW…How dare I forget Ross Dickerson… His 4th qtr. clutch catch-juke-sprint and leap into the endzone TD was flat out awesome…

A fine morning to all!

One day closer.

Yeah!

Shannon, las vegas, 702WN,

We just booked a trip to Vegas that would be for around the time Shannon will be there! We are staying at the new Hilton resort from December 29-December 31. In exchange for attending one of their presentations, we’re getting money from them to stay at their place.

Cattle call on December 29 or 30 would work for us. Either dinner is free for us and lunch on 12/30 is also open now.

The Texas vs. Texas A&M game got higher ratings than the Cardinals/Eagles game that was being broadcast at the same time.

ESPN drew 5.7 million viewers for Texas/Texas A&M on Thanksgiving night, up 8% from 5.1 million for the USC/Arizona State game on Thanksgiving in ’07, and making the game the second most-viewed program of the week on cable.

The 5.7 million viewers easily surpasses the 3.8 million who were watching the Cardinals/Eagles game on NFL Network at the same time.

Good morning Tsai-kos!! Howzit to the Mainland Tsai-kos!! Now, where da heo is brew (coqui, coqui)?

Hope the weather holds out for Saturday. I don’t want to have to cover up the white shirt with a different color jacket or poncho.

ribbit… 🙄

Have a great day erryboddy!

HiHo….

The news that 51 people will be leaving the Advertiser, voluntarily or involuntarily, is sad. It is sadder to read this news about how the newspaper industry’s problems will result in some cities losing all of their local papers by 2010.

Newspaper and newspaper groups are likely to default on their debt and go out of business next year — leaving “several cities” with no daily newspaper at all, Fitch Ratings says in a report on media released Wednesday.

“Fitch believes more newspapers and newspaper groups will default, be shut down and be liquidated in 2009 and several cities could go without a daily print newspaper by 2010,” the Chicago-based credit ratings firm said in a report on the outlook for U.S. media and entertainment.

Fitch rates the debt of two newspaper companies, The McClatchy Co. and Tribune Co. as junk, with serious possibilities of default. It also assigns a negative outlook to both the companies and the newspaper sector, meaning their credit ratings are likely to deteriorate further.

While other forecasters are saying the advertising environment will be as bad as it was in 2001, Fitch predicts economic weakness continuing into 2010 could depress advertising by 6 percent to 9 percent in inflation-adjusted terms.

Fitch says the advertising downturn that began this year is unique in that it affects not only national advertisers, but local ones as well. And unlike the easy credit and lower interest rates during the 2001 ad recession, this time advertisers and consumers face a credit freeze.

Aloha Kakahiaka!

Good Morning Tsaikos and everyone else! Hope everyone has a good day. Prayers and thoughts to Curveball and Kristen and ohana.

Let’s just hope that the fans honor the game and in doing so, honor the players on the field on Saturday night. Two years ago when I went to see UH play at UNLV it really looked stupid in the stands. Idiotic folks (not fans) just looking to be stupid and start fights were all over the place.

If we treat this game with Cincy in the same light because we feel that “we have to defend our turf” and provoke confrontation, the only people who stand to loose will be the UH, our community, the State and ultimately the team as no one would want to come to play the game.

It’s a game, honor it and as fans we cannot allow bad behavior to have anyplace in the sport.

Good morning everybody!!

Will be praying for Kristin and Curveball.

My thoughts and prayers to Kristen and Curveball. Let’s all give to help with recovery.

morning tsai-ko kane’s and wahine’s. 8) sun is out and day looking good lets hope this stays like this for saturday’s game.

wishing the best for curveball mrs. get well 😐 soon kristen.

ditto the many comments for the seniors. come out and show some luv 😛 for their hard work and dedication to the 808 state. also yell your lungs out and rock da hale.

reply to stevem comments: after two years I stopped trying to make heads or tails on what will happened. just let peeps do what they feel is best. the tgate still is great and everyone enjoys themselves no matter what. my comments was nothing negative but just saying to the one’s who come that they are and have been very generous with what the do to make the tgate suppa.

Ronnie — I’m thinking of not listing tailgate food next year. Very few people say what they are bringing and don’t post or tell Kazz. Then people see that there are only a few food items listed so figure they should bring something. Then EVERYONE brings food for 5-10 people… 🙁

I propose this Rule of Thumb:
Visitors and first time Tsai-kos should not bring food to Tsaiko-Gates. Come and enjoy what we have (and don’t believe all the talk about animal parts). But bring your own refreshments.

Two great chickin skin articles this morning. One FB by ST and the other WVB by Ann Miller. Advertiser take note, these are two really talented journalist that blended sports with the personal side in these articles. Been through a layoff and it’s really stressful having to file for unemployment and seeing the 6 months click down while you are looking for another job; double whammy this time of the year too.

Don’t know Curveball, but wishing his wife well.

short comments before back to managing the compound. oline will have their hands full against cincy, wishing them the best.

d1 on 1500 now and commenting on dends not playing this sat. got arrested before getting on plane but other end still awesome. d1 sure sound like a knowledgeable or is it another person impersonating him 😆

Morning/afternoon, Tsaiko-Nation and Tsai-Meister.

Kristin, Curveball and Ohana,

The combined power of prayer of Tsaiko-Nation shall carry you like a chariot in overcoming your hardship.

We’re all with you.

Garret

ten – four!

Prayers for Kirstin and curveball and their ohana. May God’s grace be with you.

Very sorry for the Advertiser employess who are affected by these lay offs. Thank you for your hard work these past years.

Cincy shmincy! Warriors are gonna rock!

Oh yeah…

A special mahalo out to homey, the tour guide/consultant extraordinaire.

Good morning Tsaikos….again, have to Esme today…

Prayers out to Kristin, Curveball, and Sliders grammy…..like bulla said, prayers can be a powerful thing. God Bless during this difficult time…

I remember that Cincy fight…and wasn’t there one again during the Hawaii Bowl against the other UH….????

Okay gang, gotta go….talk laters….

Good Morning Tsai-kos!!
I’ve been in a crunch with work and other projects lately, so my lurking time has been curtailed, but I have been checking in, just no time to read ALL the posts and respond.
Interesting speculation from AP about the bowl lineups. Northern Illinois in the Hawai’i Bowl?? I had to look them up. A 6-6 team in the MAC that didn’t beat a single team with a winning record this year! The average record of the teams they beat is 3-9!! How does a team like this even get CONSIDERED for a bowl game?? Heaven help the Hawai’i Bowl if that’s the best team they can get!!!

to the Tsaikos,

miss everyone from the T-Gates, but we can’t be in 2 places at 1 time.

we’ll be cheering from Missoula MT for the Warriors to be victorious, as we hope for the Wildcats to be in the win column also. during this crazy season that everyone calls Christmas…..amidst the hustle and bustle, the stress and pressure, take a deep breath and remember the ‘purpose of Christmas’

1. Celebration: the birth of Jesus

2. Salvation: the greatest gift of all

3. Reconcilliation: make things pono with family and friends, let go the opala, the truth shall set you free. let go the bondage of unforgiveness and live life to it’s fullest. forgiveness is not a sign of weakness, it is a sign of divine and intrinsic strength….let it go. i define grace like this….

God’s
Riches
At
Christ’s
Expense

GO WARRIORS
GO WILDCATS

Texas Tech DB (housemate of Michael Crabtree) was arrested by the DEA for dealingcocaine. He went to Texas Tech from CCSF–wasn’t that where Rolo coached? But Rolo might not have known him if he left CCSF before Rolo got there.

A reserve Texas Tech defensive back was arrested by federal agents early Thursday and charged with dealing cocaine.

Junior De’Shon Sanders, arrested in downtown Lubbock at 1:30 a.m. Thursday by agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, has been charged with felony possession with intent to distribute in excess of 50 grams of cocaine, DEA public affairs spokesman David Ausiello said Thursday.

Texas Tech associate athletic director Chris Cook confirmed that Sanders is a housemate of All-American receiver Michael Crabtree and junior defensive end Brandon Sesay. Neither Crabtree nor Sesay has been implicated in the investigation of Sanders, a law enforcement official with knowledge of the case said.

However, the official said, both players were in the apartment when DEA agents searched Sanders’ room in the middle of the night, following his arrest.

The 22-year-old Sanders is a transfer from City College of San Francisco.

Hawaii may not have started the brawls, but the quotes from players didn’t help promote a positive image, like this excerpt from the post-game story of the Cincinnati game:

– If Cincinnati wins its final two games and becomes bowl eligible, there is a chance the Bearcats could face the Warriors in the Hawaii Bowl on Christmas Day. “I would love that,” Moenoa said. “We can just skip the game and go straight to the fight.”

Hopefully, the Warriors can smash the Bearcats by at least 20 points, then there shouldn’t be any tension near the end of the game!

would allow….

a quick good morning to all………and joining in prayer with the Tsaiko’s………speedy recovery Kristin.

i would think Hawaii can win late with a clutch field goal, but this season the ice man……………………….well anyways, Hawaii will still win it close, makes for an even more exciting game.

al – good idea, was wondering what I was going to eat for lunch today…

Many prayers out to Kristin and curveball as well as their ohana.

Note to Jason and the other 49ers fans here: Mike Martz is a rumored candidate for SDSU.

San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Mike Martz declined to say whether he’s been contacted about the vacant head coaching position at San Diego State. So did the agent for former University of Minnesota coach Glen Mason.

But because SDSU is demanding its search be conducted in secrecy, such nonanswers only have added to the increasing buzz that both are at least persons of interest for the Aztecs to replace Chuck Long. Sources have indicated they are.

Martz, 57, previously coached at Mesa College and Madison High. His bio says he “spent many Saturday nights at San Diego Stadium watching Don Coryell’s San Diego State offensive powerhouses.” As head coach of the St. Louis Rams from 2000-05, his offenses often were prolific. This year, his 49ers are 4-8, leading to speculation about the future of the coaching staff.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Kristen and Curveball during this tough time.

I saw this article on ESPN dot com about Auburn’s search for a new coach and one line from the Athletic Director stood out:

Jacobs said there were no financial constraints for the hire.

I’m sure the agent representing the future coach will bring that one to the table!

Let’s you and him fight! Wasn’t that a Three Stooges routine as well?

Having a loved one deal with liver cancer is not easy. My dad called me on Valentine’s Day 1980 to tell me what was happening. However, we can only hope & pray that as much progress has been made in treating liver cancer as there has been om treating heart disease.

Had a very realistic dream early this morning about Saturday’s game which UH won barely by the skin of their collective teeth. We were yelling our heads off and the team, coaches, and sideline spectators were dancing on the field when the cannon went off. I could clearly see everything. HPD was struggling to keep fans off the field and fights were breaking out all over.

Am I normally prescient? Nope – however, this is a HUGE game for Cincinnati as they do not want to head off to a BCS bowl game having lost to a mid-major team. But I normally don’t dream sports so why I did so this time around is really weird.

Before I forget – if additional tents, tables & chairs are needed for Saturday, we have enough to seat more than 100 under cover, but we would need help even to seat 25 – 30 folks because I can’t drive the (borrowed) truck we normally use and DrDoc’s not driving yet. Let me know if someone can help out with a truck and loading/unload and we’ll bring them.

Back to work – have four appointments this afternoon.

Kristin & Curveball:

Our prayers for a full and speedy recovery for Kristin and your continued good health to help her in whatever way possible.

afternoon gang!

my thoughts and prayers for Kristin and the Curveball ohana

Wasn’t Jared Flint’s jersey number 20-something?

Does anyone know the status of Kealoha Pilares? Sorry if i missed it.
Thanks

A-House, I agree. We need to soon lose that rep as the “shame” mainland mentality. I think this program is on good footing now, not like when we had roller coaster years where the program was either really bad or fairly decent. We should get some respect as a program.

To me it would be a quality win or not a bad loss for team to come from the mainland and play in Hawaii. Everyone now knows that Hawaii is a tough place to place and were are a quality team now. So to get a win or to loose in Hawaii shouldn’t carry with it shame.

I guess losing to Appalachian State isn’t embarrassing. 🙂

Tsai-Meister,

That’s a nice Aloha idea, but don’t the Cinci players have to catch a plain to make it to their BCS party? That’s a big deal for them, just like Hawaii, it’s their first one and they’re planning a big hoopla with the fans, kind of like we did.

MissingUHFootball:

Your last statement may take some offense by Michigan players, but it should not as, on that day/night, the better team won.

There are times when I reflect on the 2008 Sugar Bowl loss and say Georgia would have beaten any team they faced that night as they were, IMHO, the #1 college team in the country and should have played Ohio State for the National Championship. It just happened to be Hawaii. Thus, it makes me feel better, tho’ I would have preferred a closer final score or even a win, that Hawaii played the #1 team in the country. It makes me proud to be from Hawaii.

Wonder what the “pundits” would have written in that scenario?

Unfortunately for us, we were given a very small window, time wise, to return to the buses and was not there to sing Hawaii Pono’i. Friends say that many, if not all, of the Hawaii fans shed tears and I probably would have too! So proud to be from Hawaii.

UH needs to recruit this kid.

Cody Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqSV1wnN5oQ

Aww A-House you missed “Hawaii Ponoi!”

MissingUHFootball is right…that has to be my most favorite moment ever for UH football. It was surreal the feeling in the SuperDome having all those Hawaii fans do that…I love watching it on YouTube.

I also feel that Georgia was a great team last year. My one question is how much better would we have done if some of those non-calls by the refs had been called. They were sanctioned for it, so it’s not like it didn’t happen. Just makes you wonder if Hawaii would have gotten some momentum going…hard to fight the battle when you’re going uphill the whole time.

Just dropping in with an update on Kristin. Still in ICU as the staff at Pali Momi work to keep her stable. No improvement since yesterday. BP still too low to allow dialysis treatment.

Curveball is very happy to report that he has received many email wishes with prayers for her recovery. He was able to read them to her this morning. It made a difference. He wants to thank all who took the time to write. I told him that there are many more on the blog awaiting his return home from the hospital today. He is truly grateful.

Kristing=Kristin

So glad to hear about Wie Sung Mi’s comeback at Q-school. She is clearly the most gifted and talented player in the field especially if you look at potential. Finally, someone has given her the right advice about qualifying for the LPGA. So if she makes it, and it looks that way, Michelle can pick and choose which tournament to play and not be labeled a sponsor’s choice. You go girl!

I love it how the Tsaiko Ohana responds to internal crisis.
From fearless leader, to last soul on the blog “We Are Tsai-ko!”

I’m so proud of all of you. Give yourselves the rest of the day off!

Kekoa…you couldn’t tell me that at 7:45 am 🙄

On a serious note, you are so right about the regulars on this blog. I’m proud to call you my friends!

(J)J – I love listening to Willie K sing! That was great too! How about Amy this past game…she is awsome! Sista can blow!

Rob25:
December 4th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Kekoa…you couldn’t tell me that at 7:45 am

oohh, have you been “busy” at work today??!!?? hahahaha

Rob…I won’t touch that last statement you made…I know homey might have something to say about that….LMAO

Stretch – I’m doing “Marketing.” I can do that legitimately because I work in market news for our department.

Woebot: the coaches already know about Cody Paul, they’ve already seen that video…as have most other college programs nation-wide. Not to rain on your parade, but that’s kinda old news. I’m sure many of the Tsai-ko’s haven’t seen it so mahalo for the mention.

Cincy is a bunch of girl scouts with an urban thug mentality. They started the fight and got the snot beaten out of them by Chris Brown, Vince Manuwai and the boys. Bad move to call out the local broddahs! The difference between Cincy and our Rainbow Dancers is our RD got skills. And the RD are better looking too. Okay, if you wanna get specific, the RD don’t smell either. And I’m sure the RD look better in swimsuits. They will fly in, take their lumps and go home.

Hey Ronnie – IS IT SATURDAY YET?

OK, time to shut down the computer and go home. See ya in a couple of hours. 🙂

Hold Stephen back…….he is going Tsaiko!!!!!!!!

Kekoa

You got mail.

BG

Grutza was out after the Oklahoma loss to a broken leg. Pike came in for Miami and Akron but injured his non throwing arm. Anderson, the freshman, was in for Marshall, Rutgers and part of UConn. It’s been Tony Pike ever since.

Pitt and WV were good wins and Oklahoma was a good loss, but the rest were marginal wins. The freshman QB played against a 4-8 Marshall and Rutgers that was 1-4 before that loss. In the UConn game Pike played half the game.

It is one position and I don’t know how many other significant injuries they may have had on the team. Is this a mostly veteran team?

Sorry Kekoa for double posting.

My bad.

Stephen Tsai:

December 4th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Mack again confirmed that the players will meet in the middle of the field Saturday night.
It would be classy if UH also recognized the Cincinnati seniors, too.

That should depend on how they enter OUR field amongst other things.

FACT: That F’N program, fans, and players as a whole does NOT respect our program, people, and culture.

Kazz,
We can always invite the ‘cats to join in our senior celebration. If they stay on the field, fine. I will applaud the senior cats. If not, they can go to the locker room while I applaud our senior Warriors.

cmon kazz. be nice.

they did that at the volleyball finale last week and i do believe that is done annually also with the basketball team.

no forget….inspite of the fact they are the opponents for the evening, they are somebody’s son.

I have always thought that honoring the opposing team’s seniors is one of the classiest things that we do here. Especially if some of the players were local kids.

I don’t mind recognizing the other team’s seniors…as long as it doesn’t take away from our guys and the recognition is kept as brief as possible….then, yeah, I too think it’s pretty cool.

I wonder if Cinci will be bringing over a lot of fans. That’d be two big trips for their fans in this game and their BCS game. There sure were a lot of Wazoo folks last week.

Flori-dated (that’s the way I always read your name): Our rep within the CFB world has taken a pretty good beating over the course of the past year. A win against a BCS bowl-bound team would really help to show that we shouldn’t be considered a punchline to any mid-major BCS jokes. I was getting pretty tired of those. There’s been some recent recognition that we’re decent and going to a bowl game, but I don’t know about everyone else…I think we’re more than just “decent”. If we play the way we’re capable of playing in all three phases of the game, then we should be leaving the stadium tomorrow night with a win. I’d really like to see it all come together….tomorrow night would be the perfect time.

Are the Bearcats staying at Turtle Bay or somewhere in Waikiki?

TO ALL THE LURKERS:

GREEN AND WHITE RULE THE NIGHT!!!!!

Curveball – My best wishes and prayers to you and your ‘ohana. ((((((Kristin))))))!!!

I agree with everyone that it’s total BS if the Big East officials are flying with the Bearcats. It’s already bad that it’s a Big East crew working the game. If anything, they should have a non-partisan crew like Pac-10 or Big 12 do the game. Most of them aren’t working since there aren’t that many games happening this Saturday.

You know for sure that the Big East officials have been “highly encouraged” to ensure Cincinnati goes into their BCS bowl game with as high a ranking as possible to avoid further negative commentary on how weak their conference is for a so-called BCS conference.

ST – Let me add my kudos to you for your excellent story of “da LB bruddahs!”

PS. And finish school! 😯

I surely hope that these Big East Refs are the last and final parting gift from our dearly beloved Herman Frazier, grrrrrr…..

Yes, brewman…I will be in there from Dec 29th until Jan 2nd. The kids and I are scheduled to see Mystere on the 30th. Not sure what I’ll be doing the rest of the time. I am looking to maybe hook up with the A House family who will be there also.

Wait…is there a bowl game that UH is in during that time. Only kidding…just funny that so many Tsaikos are going to be there at the same time.

F-Ted . . .

” . . . dearly beloved . . .”???

I wonder if there is even one person in Hawai’i who supports UH sports that is able to honestly say they miss the buffoon.

After all, when all is said and done, the fact is he remains the worst AD in UH history.

Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Shucks. I will not be in Las Vegas during that time — in Aneheim instead. But, I will be in Las Vegas next Friday through Saturday night. Anyone else there?

Las Vegas (the person) will you be available?

wafan – THIS weekend, or NEXT weekend? I think I saw that whitey and mctruck are will be there THIS weekend – altho, the East Texas guy is being bashful. 🙄 😯 😆

wafan…. always gotta be… different…. 🙄 😯 😆

What happened to my comment?

Yep. That was the word.

Okay – I know you guys already discussed the U-Sin-n-See “bearcats” and that a bearcat (civit-cat) is some sort of sloth-like, tree-dwelling mammal. But if you change just one letter, you could readily convince Koakane into becoming a huge, beer-cat fan! 😀 😯 😆

No problemo Mr. (soon-to-be) numb-butt! 😆

Brew . . .

Better a numb-butt than a butt-head.

Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

‘course, I have been accused of being both.

Are we sure that koakane isn’t the zookeeper (who) is very fond of rum? 😀

Speaking of which, zebras (that is, referees) are reactionary … 😛

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081204/BREAKING01/81204066

Looks like Lingle will have to replace 6 BOR members. I hope they will be replaced by people who are a little more knowledgeable about the conference that UH plays in.

Hot Dog contest – Round Two! 😆

Wafan vs Shadow?

wafan (179),

Not only was he the worst ever in UH history, I think he was the worst in the entire NCAA history.

F Ted
HF’s badness transcends the all incompetents since the beginning of written history

so here I am and everyone leaves?
Shades of my entire childhood…..sniff

Hi Brew,
Nah, all clean now
Thax for asking

Hi jm2375, I saw your pic the other day

… spooky… 😯 😯 😯

man it loads slow!

lv – and …..? 🙄

You ARE special! 😆

uhh,umm absolutely Beautiful!! yeah that’s the ticket cute as can be woo hooo!
slowly backs away

… spooky… 😯 😯 😯

Wooohooo…. the SJ Sharks win… again! They’re now 22-3-1! That’s an awesome record in any sport! 😀 😯 😆

lv – where’s da slippah? hehehe 😀

FT – Jim Bolla is still around!!!

OK guys, no one’s entered the contest yet. WTH? Go give blood!

tonight’s news
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY9_iDVSFkI

jm2375, the slippah? thats not too bad, the working girls use stilettos, poke uku holes in your head

frozen… water-polo…. 😀

Geeez, wish we could get some news on giant, agile OL guys joining the Warrior ‘ohana! 😯

brew – you betta watch it. lv gonna slap you around like he used to do in da sumo ring. 😀

lv – it’s a lead slippah! 🙄

I neva gon wear black shorts to the pool again, the kids kept throwing “Free Willy” raw sardines

jm2375,
how could a dainty little flower like you wield a lead slipper.
you would look much better with a whip

man, I’ve gotten so fat my belly button makes an echo

I’m probably the only guy so fat, I was baptized in Sea World

once I was swimming off of Molokai beach when a State Survey vessel tried to make me the ninth island

lv – *rim shot* 😀

I went to the supermarket by myself today and got
myself cereal and lo-fat milk, forgot that I’m lactose intolerant.
on the plus side my innards should be pretty clean by now.
Everything has come out in the past hour.

lv – How can the Mrs. not adore you? 😀 Oh yeah, lactose intolerance…. 😀 😯 😆

even the dogs seemed offended
Mrs LV locked herself in the bedroom, hyperventilating

Hmmmm, I hope jm2375 can meet las vegas when he’s here in February. I can picture them sitting at Genji’s, both so quiet and shy… 😆

The 49ers tried to sneak a WR that Miami liked through waivers, and Miami claimed them. Now they have to face Miami in a little more than a week. If they had waited a few more days, Miami wouldn’t have been able to claim him!

Hannon is one of the few receivers – behind Brandon London of course – the Dolphins decision makers have had their eyes on since the exhibition season. I’m told he’s got what they like: size and speed.

View his signing as an early tryout for 2009.

There’s an NFL rule that prevents teams from claiming a practice squad player a week or so before you face the team he was previously on.

With that in mind, it sure seems like a good thing the 49ers promoted Hannon last week to initially avoid a poaching, then waived him in an attempt to sneak him back on the practice squad, leaving the 24-year-old speedster exposed.

Now I’m concluding San Francisco will have to change ALL their offensive audibles before coming to town on Dec. 14th.

…and brew808 — I had to call in a lot of favors and hire two psychics, but I found out when you will be here for the holidays. I’ve got a karaoke call lined up for you too… 🙂

SteveM,
I wasn’t shy, I was in awe!

By the way, there is an article published that states that Sarkisian is USC’s lead recruiter for Manti Teo.

Garret,
I kept expecting to hear Norm Chow’s name in the running at UDub, but nothing

This car completed the first solar-powered trip around the world. Its trip went to 38 countries, took 17 months, and covered 38,000 miles.

IBM and Canonical announced a virtualized software bundle that runs on Ubuntu Linux that is MUCH cheaper than running Microsoft’s Office suite on Window PCs. Large companies will pay just $49 for the software and $10 for Ubuntu support…$59 per worker would really undercut Microsoft’s prices!

Free play links pau.

UCLA was smart to back-load Norm’s contract. So, he earns little now, but once his Tennessee contract ends, he gets paid extra for the following years.

las vegas — did you notice brew808’s post #174 and Rob25’s post #177? Coincidence? I wonder who else might be in town at that time…

no, but I’ll check them out later

OldDiver,

Pretty funny! Norm Chow was much more effective (in my opinion) as USC’s offensive coordinator than Steve Sarkisian. But I guess U-Dub wanted someone younger…or someone not Norm Chow, as they talked to a lot of other candidates.

Go Bearcats dot com site thanks UC fans for setting a new average attendance record this year of 31,964 🙄

Interesting…

MICKENS OUT FOR LAST TWO GAMES …
– Mike Mickens, UC’s career leader in interceptions (14)
and interception return yards (296), did not play against
Pittsburgh, ending his streak of 46 consecutive starts.
– He injured his left knee on Nov. 20, had arthroscopic
surgery on Nov. 25 and will be four weeks of action.
– He is expected to play in UC’s bowl game.

QB Tony Pike seems to be doing fine with a fractured left (non-throwing) arm.

– He had surgery on Sept. 29, started a throwing program
several days later, and wears a protective sleeve and
playing cast over his left arm.
– Pike played only the first half of the UConn game due to
numbness in his non-throwing hand.
– On the season, Pike has completed 63 percent of his
passes for 1,788 yards and 15 touchdowns.
– He leads the BIG EAST and ranks 19th nationally in passing
efficiency with a 147.65 rating.

If teams get early down to Cincy, they pay:

UC is 21-0 when leading after three quarters under head
coach Brian Kelly

ff UC has an interception in five straight games after Corey
Smith picked off his first interception of the season in the
30-10 win over Syracuse.

Despite Mickens being out, they have someone else to be wary of in the DB’s

Deangelo Smith (#6/DB)
– Needs two interceptions to take UC’s career lead (13/Mike
Mickens).
– Needs 117 interception return yards to become UC’s career
leader (296/Mike Mickens).

las vegas,

Norm’s wife and kids never moved to Tennessee when he coached there. His wife stayed at their home (I think in Orange County) and his kids were students at USC>

Feature story on Long Beach Poly’s DEs, which of course means a lot of the story is about UH recruit Iuta Tepa.

Tepa and Edwards have looked real good. Tepa, a 6-foot-2, 215-pound senior, has 83 tackles and 11 sacks. Edwards, a 6-2, 196-pound senior, has 46 tackles, five sacks and two fumble recoveries. Lara said Tepa’s tackles are much higher because he usually plays on the strong side, where most teams run the ball.

For Tepa, he is in a sense trying to live up to Kenny Rowe, who played defensive end at Poly and is now a sophomore linebacker at Oregon. Tepa thought so much of Rowe that he took his No. 99 after Rowe left for college.

“Being able to wear his number, I have to fit in his shoes, do what he did,” Tepa said. “Hopefully I lived up to that and hopefully I did my best to carry on the number. And after this I might just pass it down to whoever else is going to carry on the number so he can live up to it.”

…and you thought we had it rough…

A NOTE ON QUARTERBACKS …
– The Bearcats have played five signal callers during the 2008
season, one of three teams in the NCAA FBS to do so.
– UC sits with Eastern Michigan and Washington State with
five QBs played this season.
– If you count the pass attempts of Marcus Barnett and
Kevin Huber, the Bearcats have had seven players take an
offensive snap in the QB position.

OK, so lay off the guy. He not making tun-ta-lan, eh.

FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT…HE’S GOT TO WEAR SHADES …
– Junior wide receiver Mardy Gilyard is sporting a new look on
the field this year – sunglasses.
– Gilyard had LASIK surgery in the off season and wears the
shades to deal with light sensitivity.

Eh, Cincy lurkers, no worry about, “What is ‘tun-ta-lan’?”

😀 good evening all

wow d1 bucking to replace Garret or what happened to the real d1 ❓

brew808 I was always a beer cat 😆 and to answer Jason I think in my past life I could have been a pirate who drank rum

d1: What is ‘tun-ta-lan’? I know what is ‘tantaran’ … 😛

koakane: I can so see you as the Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance!

Pour, oh, pour the pirate sherry;
Fill, O fill the pirate glass;
And, to make us more than merry,
Let the pirate bumper pass!

I think I tried singing this song at karaoke one time, and that didn’t turn out too good. But you gotta love the math references! 😀

I am the very model of a modern Major-General,
I’ve information vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical;
I’m very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical,
I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical,
About binomial theorem I’m teeming with a lot o’ news –
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.

I’m very good at integral and differential calculus;
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous:
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.

Okay, that’s enough Gilbert and Sullivan … 😀

Sorry koakane, you too slow with the two finger typing. 😀

yep throwing the bottle from one hand to the other and not spilling while typing is cramping my style 😮

btw why you not coming earlier to tgate? I heard the moanalua craft fair is this sat so the school is closed.

koakane…..didn’t you know you just interrupted the garret and d1 chat show?

I’m not going to be there for the pre-game tailgate at all. By the time I get to Aloha Stadium, everyone will be cleaning up — I no like walk down just to walk back up again after. 😛

But yeah, I’m taking a mathematics exam called the Putnam Exam. It’s offered on the first Saturday of December nationally, and it’s really, really, really hard. Twelve problems split over two three-hour sessions, from 8-11 AM and 1-4 PM. Each problem is worth 10 points, but the median is usually single-digits (sometimes zero). Getting 30+ usually means you are one of the top 100 undergraduate mathematicians in the country.

So yeah, I’m taking this exam because I’m crazy. It’s probably going to be a big waste of my time, but I like a good challenge. 😀

Anyways, I’ll be there after the game. Please save me triple chocolate cake. 😛

jason you got to lighten up and weigh the situation

two three hour exam vs four hours of fuud your tummy can take

twelve problems vs triple mind you triple chocolate yummy cake.

each problem worth ten points vs each dish worth thousand memories.

no comparison bwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

jason could use a brew or two to lighten up.

two brews? al we just like him lighten up not run thru salt lake naked howling at the moon bwhaaaaaaaaaaaaa

ST and everyone else interested in UH’s recruiting:

My Co-worker just told me (about 10 min. ago) that he’s gonna be sending over highlight tapes of his son(s) to UH. They’re known as the Carr brothers, out of Oak Grove High School (11-1) in San Jose, Ca. Oak Grove’s season ended last week in the CCS Semifinals, losing to Valley Christian (10-2) 23-20. Omari is a RB and his twin brother Jabari is a DB. From what he was telling me, Jabari has been getting letters from PAC-10 schools, not too sure about Omari. Google them or look them up on scouting websites… Either one of them, of not both of them, would be a good catch for Hawaii…

Omar Carr 5’9 170 averaged 176.8 yards per game, 11.31 yards per carry, scored 29 TDs. What division is Oak Grove in?

Good morning Tsaikos…

What a blowout last night in that Rutgers – Louisville game. Funny how that game and our upcoming game can affect the BcS computer rankings in Florida’s favor. It’s already known that a Hawaii win over Cincy will flip the standings of OU and FL in one computer poll since FL beat Hawaii and OK beat Cincy. Now the computer has to factor in that Hawaii beat Fresno which beat Rutgers. Easy, yeah? What a system.

Jubliant Aloha Friday all!

Are you folks kidding? No one wants or needs a ticket to tomorrow’s game between our Warriors and the ‘cats?

10 minutes to do the paperwork. 30-40 minutes to lie down and relax. 15 minutes to sit around to realize there was no logical reason for you to have worried.

Good Morning Tsaikos!!

A quick post before heading out to the airport.

Happy Birthday to G-Nalo!!

No ask me how old he is cause I no more enough fingers to count that high.

…and continued prayers for Curveball & Kristen…. ☼

~~•~~~~•~ 😆 😀 😆 Happy..Birthday..Ukuleleboi!!! 😆 😀 😆 ~•~~~~•~~

Happy Birthday to G-Nalo!

Aloha Kakahiaka!

Hauoli Lahanau birthday peeps!

“Anyways, I’ll be there after the game. Please save me triple chocolate cake. 😛 ”

Janon- I did a double take. Thought you said TRIPE chocolate cake… bwahahahah!

Janon=Jason

not enuf sleep…

Garret,

Thanks, but really it wasn’t a lot of research. All that stuff came from Cincy’s 40+ page Game Notes.

d1shima,

That is why I’m thankful that both Heeia Elementary and King Intermediate tried out speed reading programs with their students for one year each and I was lucky enough to be picked for both of them. If I couldn’t speed read, I couldn’t read all the stuff that I do for both work and fun.

Google reader+Google search+speed reading work really well together!

20% chance of rain tomorrow night, I hope not!!

Ball State turns down Humanitarian Bowl. Wow. WAC gets some love, but no mention of UH.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=jn-ballst120408&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

good morning tsai-ko’s

sun is out and looking good so far. one more day till senior night. reminder to bring it no matter what

hippo birdie two ewe gnalo aka mr. village have one supa day

ST was on L&L this morning early (6:30ish). Pops asked him about bb recruiting being on “life support”. He dodged that bullet well and deferred to the beat writer.

(Jesse) James:
December 5th, 2008 at 8:11 am
Happy B day to gnalo…wow, turning 30 today huh???

you have 30 fingers and toes??