Happy New Year. I hope 2015 is treating you all well so far and will continue to as the year advances. I just returned from the Rose Bowl, and Marcuspalooza continues on in full swing! On to the national championship game for Hawaii’s Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota and the Oregon Ducks. And, yes, Mariota is as nice a guy and as genuinely caring about other people as all the stories you’ve read or heard indicate. He treats strangers with […]

One of the things I’ve found annoying for a while now is the Hawaii Tourism Authority’s lack of responsiveness, specifically to questions about what it will do with the $4 million that normally goes to the NFL during years when it stages the Pro Bowl here in Hawaii. I’ve written previously that since there is no Pro Bowl in 2015 it would make sense for that money — or at least some of it — to go to the state’s […]

… And who will decide if a change is to be made? Athletic director Ben Jay will meet with football coach Norm Chow this week to discuss the season just completed and the future. No major decisions at UH are made by one person these days, and it’s no secret that Jay is on the hot seat himself as well. Many fans want a change after three years of Chow. UH has gone 8-29. There has been improvement, but it […]

Yes, if the University of Hawaii were like other Division I football programs, Norm Chow would be fired and his $750,000 buyout would be absorbed — and it would’ve been done already. But UH isn’t like other schools, and we can continue that discussion forever and ever (or you can). Meanwhile, one of the more silly lines of thought (or, actually, lack of thought) is this idea of Chow resigning for the sake of his “honor.” People who believe that […]