As I look at today’s Hawaii-Oregon State football matchup 6 1/2 hours before kickoff, one key to the outcome stands out above all others: The Beavers offensive front against Hawaii’s defense. OSU’s O-line, coached by Mike Cavanaugh the former UH assistant, is young. And in OSU’s 29-14 season-opening victory over Portland State last week, it was fairly porous, allowing three sacks. The group’s leader, center Isaac Seumalo, is out with an injury and the Beavers five starting interior linemen are […]

The “We Get ‘Em” grassroots fundraising effort for University of Hawaii athletics is off to a fine start, with contributions coming in at wegetemhawaii.com to the tune of 46 donations for a total of $2,406 after less than one day. It is a noble effort, spearheaded by honest, ardent UH supporters like Chris Hart, Don Murphy, Raymond Noh, Kurt Osaki, and “Mike from Waimanalo.” But to keep the momentum going, the organizers of the “UH People’s Athletic Fund” and athletic […]

Trudy Gage was born in Hawaii, but she’s all purple and gold today at Aloha Stadium. “My middle name is Kai. Dad was military and I lived in the islands my first four years” said Gage, who ended up in Seattle and is now a UW alum and die-hard Washington Huskies fan. “My brother, Guy Kittrell, he never left and he lives on Maui.” Gage is one of the thousands of UW fans helping to fill the parking lot for […]

Taz Stevenson has been tabbed to start at safety for Hawaii. He will go up against the school he transferred from, Washington, in the Rainbow Warriors season-opener Saturday. After Tuesday’s practice, we got five questions in with the former Mililani Trojan who has earned a bachelor’s in sociology from Washington and is working on a master’s in Pacific Island Studies at UH. Q. How close did you come to committing to Hawaii out of high school at Mililani A. It […]