Quick Reads

Some like to call football the ultimate team game. And the team effort in Hawaii’s 45-38 victory over Arizona on Saturday was evident in many forms. The Warriors made plenty of mistakes, but they bounced back from them enough to beat a team that was favored by 11 points. Teammates picked up each other. Units picked up each other. Guys picked themselves up, like Pumba Williams, the defensive lineman who on the final play kept hustling to make a game-saving […]

It is said people best remember the first and the last things they see. That makes Cedric Byrd’s sublime performance in Hawaii’s 45-38 victory over Arizona all the better for him and the Rainbow Warriors. This was one of just two FBS Division I games played a week before the 150th season of college football really gets into gear. That means Byrd’s 14 catches for 224 yards and four TDs stands out all the more. The 4:30 p.m. Hawaii kickoff […]

Arizona’s Khalil Tate ran free on the last play for 30 yards, but was stopped at the Hawaii 1-yard line by Kalen Hicks and Manly Williams as time ran out and the Warriors won one of the most exciting games in UH football history 45-38. Hawaii got more late-game magic from backup quarterback Chevan Cordeiro, and the Warriors held off a late Arizona rally to win their season-opener as 11-point underdogs. >> HAWAII VS. ARIZONA PHOTO GALLERY Enjoy.#HawaiiFB stops Khalil […]

The memories are foggy 31 years later. Was it one or two seconds left in the game when that freshman from Georgia kicked the 70-yard field goal to give 56-point underdog Hawaii the win over No. 1-ranked Iowa, driving 50,000 fans at Aloha Stadium to delirium? Yes, really foggy. And there are some of you out there who don’t have to look it up to remember that Iowa was not No. 1 in the 1988 preseason: it was 9th in […]

Sometimes, when a football coach says his players are “not thinking,” it’s a good thing. It doesn’t necessarily mean they’re making bad decisions. Actually, it’s often a reference to excellent preparation. Because they’ve learned in practices, they don’t have to think during games; things come naturally, instinctively. Conscious thinking during a play can slow you down. Last year, when first-year University of Hawaii defensive coordinator Corey Batoon brought in some new position coaches and a new system, the players had […]