With the extra week of practice because of yesterday’s bye, the Rainbow Warriors already have implemented the game-plan basics for this Saturday’s game against Colorado State. The Warriors will make adjustments through the week. For the first time in a month, all four quarterbacks — Taylor Graham, Sean Schroeder, Ikaika Woolsey and Jeremy Higgins — are healthy. Tight end Jordan Pu‘u-Robinson, who had an MCL injury, also appears to be healthy. The extra week of practice probably helped earn more […]

It would be mature to not beat the proverbial dead horse. But, heck, since we’ve never been accused of being mature:  Don’t you wish UH decided to accept an offer to play Colorado today? Yep. As my former moneyman Donn Natori once said: “You’re redundant and repetitive.” (He also called me “un-literate,” but that’s an English discussion for another day.) * * * * * The coaches were on recruiting missions yesterday, with one in the East, another in California, […]

The Rainbow Warriors will close bye week with an extended scrimmage today. * * * * * There have been two interesting changes this week: • Sean Shigematsu has been playing left guard on the No. 1 offensive line. • Daniel Masifilo has moved to cornerback. He had an interception during yesterday’s team drills. “When the ball’s in the air, I’m a receiver again,” Masifilo said of playing corner. * * * * * * Interesting report that there is […]

Receivers coach Luke Matthews and recently converted receiver Kwamane Bowens were the reasons the defense ran three laps after yesterday’s practice. In what was simply called, “The Competition,” there were three sprints matching representatives from the offense and defense. In the 40-yard dash, Bowens cruised to victory after safety Trayvon Henderson slipped. There was no protest on whether Bowens, who moved from cornerback 10 days earlier, had logged enough time at receiver to qualify as an offensive player. Matthews easily […]

If it’s hump day of bye week, it’s time to ask again: Why isn’t UH playing Colorado in Boulder this Saturday? * * * * * The Rainbow Warriors resume practice today. While the framework of the game plan for Colorado State is in place, the more specific details and adjustments will be implemented during next week’s practices. UH won’t decide on a starting quarterback until next week. But expect the Warriors to go back to the more aggressive, blitzing […]

Taylor Graham, Ikaika Woolsey and Jeremy Higgins will split the reps at quarterbacks in Friday’s extended situational scrimmage. The rotation does not mean UH has selected a starting quarterback for its next game, against Colorado State on Oct. 26. Sean Schroeder will be withheld from the scrimmage because he already has played a significant number of reps in the past three games. The coaches want to give more work to Graham, who has missed the past three games, Woolsey and […]

It appeared that coaches, players and nearly everyone else (except a columnist whose initials are “F”L and is currently out of the country) wanted the Rainbow Warriors to accept the $600,000 offer to play Colorado this weekend in Boulder. Alas, since the Rainbow Warriors are home — alone — here’s what to expect this bye week: • The coaches did some recruiting in Las Vegas this past weekend, and will be doing more of the same on the mainland this […]

Well, at least it was exciting. The Rainbow still are oh-for-2013 and, except for safety Marrell Jackson’s mysteriously wrapped left arm, they came away relatively healthy from this Vegas trip. Tight end Jordan Pu‘u-Robinson, who is nearly healed from an MCL injury, even made the trip and should be ready for this Saturday’s game against … oh, wait, UH turned down the Colorado offer. Never mind. That means another bye, and another week to dissect last night’s game.