Court Sense

It’s more than just the number of butts in the seats, or lack thereof. Hawaii coach Nick Rolovich is thinking expansively on the topic of attendance these days. There were only 20,572 counted through the Aloha Stadium turnstiles for Saturday’s season-opening, nationally televised win over Arizona. Even considering the downward overall trend of attendance for UH football games for years now, the talk of turnout leading up to the game — a marquee matchup against a Pac-12 opponent — was mentioned […]

When Hawaii and Arizona meet to open the 2019 season today, they will honor the late Dick Tomey, a mutual former head coach of the programs. In this season-opening edition of Hawaii Football Throwbacks, we’re fittingly heading back to 1977, Tomey’s first season coaching the Rainbow Warriors. UH closed that Division I Independent season facing UA at the still-brand-new Aloha Stadium on Dec. 3. The Rainbows were surprisingly in contention for a winning season, having put together consecutive wins over […]

It’s Paul Scott’s time to shine. Scott, of Oakland, Calif., was UH’s Special Teams MVP last season. That was where the reserve linebacker saw most of his playing time while recording 17 total tackles and forcing two fumbles. But the redshirt sophomore’s role has been elevated considerably heading into the 2019 season opener Saturday against Arizona at Aloha Stadium. Scott (6 feet 1, 210 pounds) will be in the primary rotation of linebackers, along with Solomon Matautia, Jeremiah Pritchard, Penei […]

Wyatt Tucker occasionally misses playing in the trenches. Then he remembers what got him here. “All my best friends played O-line (at Chino Hills High). Everyone on there was my group of friends,” said Tucker, Hawaii’s successor to four-year veteran Noah Borden at long snapper. “But I was the smallest out of all of them by four inches. … I played center so I was right in the middle. We came in like a “V.” I knew I was going […]