Leonard to miss three games; Tuaniga leaves

Great Morning All!

Is it Tuesday?

GO WARRIORS!!!

Goooo Y-P-Oooooo! (from 96797)

LizK,

btw, no worry….

YPO…Y-pahu…Y-K-le…no matter…we all call each other (808)

😉

What did Alex Dunnachie’s sign say?

“Kick me, I’m Aussie!”

“Oy Oy Oy”

“Real Wahine Spike it Down Under”

…ok, I’ll stop now.

http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20100827/SPORTS/100829863/1062&ParentProfile=1049

Bryant Moniz, who threw for 2,396 yards and 14 touchdowns is also back. Moniz started eight of the Warriors’ last nine games.

“He’s gained 10-15 pounds and is throwing better than he’s ever thrown,” said McMackin, who is 13-14 in two seasons at Hawaii (6-7 last year). “He’s been first in everything we’ve done this off-season. He’s set a great example.”

Hmmm…

Good to know there’s a way of getting the Blog Host’s attention right away…

Good LLWS morning Tsaiko kids!

Don’t mess with Waipio.. Texas!

Top Twenty!

The Ump from Hawaii is on the field in the Int’l Championship Game. 😎

Oh and good morning Tsaikos

just kidding,

aloha calvin, how you hanging? you coming to the Undeniably Sanctioned Cheaters vs. Undying Hope game this week?

hope to see you there….GO WARRIORS

Brashton was credited for two tackles. Way to go Brashton!

Good Morning Gangeez! 🙂

I met Kanani while shopping at Long’s a couple of months back. She was very gracious and engaging. Not hard to see why she might have her own fan club.

Hey Bulla and d1!

Looks like our teams got schooled by yhe OIA last night, eh?

Kahuku looks like a juggernaut!

I hope aussiemum sees the picture of our “unoque” punter bein’ his unique self! 😆 Good for him.

The only difference is the quality and severity of our assihness, gigi.

Good morning everyone!

Congrats to dopaco24 for winning the scheduling puzzle game!

Did you have many alternate teams in case one or more of them said “no” to playing UH that year?

GO WAIPIO !!!

DPK,

No doubt the OIA road to the title will have to go via Kam Hwy. but I think a stop in Kalihi would definitely be in order as well.

Aloha Bulla, yep we will be there

Record-Courier article about the WAC–lots of info about Nevada, but they have some good information about each WAC team also. Here is some of their stuff about UH.

The Warriors fell one victory short of a bowl game a year ago.

“We learned a great lesson,” McMackin said. “It was very disappointing. We put ourselves in position that last game (a loss to Wisconsin) but you can’t put yourself in that position in your last game. We wasted some ballgames last year earlier in the year. Our big lesson is that we cannot waste any ballgames. We have to win the close ones.”

Good shot of the Hawaii and Texas kids watching the early game behind the scenes.

HI keeds look “Hang Loose” but *Sheesh* those Texas kids look tense!

Clutch!

GO WAHINE!!!

GO WARRIORS!!!

Tense!

Sque-e-e-e-ze the winnah in!

Clutch hitting Japan beats Taipei 3-1 in extra innings.

Correction 3-2.

You on it, RedZone.

“Never say die” for Japan produces the winning run…

…never say no mo’ time for a Poke Run! 🙂

is the Hawaii game on ESPN or ABC?

gigi

abc

🙂

they talk about cost for Hawaii Little League players and family,

How much are the international teams spending?

csb,

maybe not a single dollar? 😉

🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

Good morning Tsaikos…Hope all is well…

Go Waipio!!!!!!

d1…you are in fine form this morning.

Hope that Brett’s surgery goes well and he heals quickly….

Like I said before, “Don’t mess with Texas WAIPIO!”

Au-ryte!

Howzit (J)J!

….fine form? Maybe.

Outta shape? Definitely!

I’m glad not much happened in the 2nd & 3rd innings…I fell asleep…woke up in time to see the action.

GO WAIPIO!!!

Going to the top of the 3rd…Texas coming up.

texas 3rd…two down, no hits, no runners on base

strike out!! texas done in the 3rd. no runs, no hits, no runners left on base…

bottom 3rd, WAIPIO coming up…

Waipio:

two on two outs, man on 1st n 2nd

Texas kids really takin’ things hard. Hawaii kids are to be commeneded for net getting down on themselves no matter what.

Does anybody else suspect that the Hawaii coach might have been hiding his lefty pitcher from the opposition’s scouts. This Hawaii pitcher is doing a great job!

single through 3rd and SS. run scores

WAIPIO 6-0

Pour it on! YPO!!!

🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

akau double

Keep it going, Waipio! It’s only the 3rd inning.

the texas pitcher is really down. personally, i think the coach should take him out

fly out…

3 runs scored. two left on

end of 3rd

texas coming up to bat…

🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

Ipu Man,

How many of these keeds would Victorino name as his favorite? 🙂

WOW!! What a wide strike zone!!

one out, one on, full count…

d1

#106

about 5 to 6 kids said that shane victorino was their favorite player

texas 4th

two strikes on current batter

STRIKE OUT!!

Texas:

two runners left on base

WAIPIO coming up to bat, bottom 4th inning

s4f,

Got it.

Was just commenting on if Victorino would reciprocate.

since they play only 6 innings, is this the 4th inning stretch?

winner of WAIPIO/texas team plays Japan for overall championship

loser plays taiwan in consolation game…

consolation game will be on ESPN,

championship game on ABC

Hey Tom!

WAIPIO 4th done:

no runs, no hits, no runners left on base…

texas coming up to bat…

5th inning

texas:

two outs no runs or hits

WAIPIO lefty holding the texas bats silent

this lefty has been very crafty…

texas changing pitchers…

texas coach comes out, tells pitcher we’re gonna save you for tomorrow. asks pitcher if he knows who he’s gonna pitch against tomorrow…

pitcher says taipei,

coach tells him wrong answer, it’s japan…we’re gonna score 8 runs in the 6th…

taipei is in the consolation game tomorrow…

WAIPIO

loooooooong towering triple to right

run scores

8-0!!

pass ball, runner moves up to 2nd…

HAWAII WINS!!!

🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

Y-P-O!!!

i bet the announcers were shocked that that little lefty blanked the texas bats…i know i am!! GO WAIPIO!!

It’s intoxicating….

CONGRATS WAIPIO|

Good game Waipio!!!!

Good job sports for fun!!! Need your

play by play tomorrow!!!!

Isn’t Billy Hull in Boston for BJ Penn?

Perhaps SA should send him down 300 miles…..

Wonder if Colt will get a chance to play today?? Chad Owens?

Hope Waipio’s character rubs off on the Warriors!!!

Is it nice that Hawaii has beaten Georgia and Texas! To bad it’s not in football….yet! Great job by the players and coaches and the suppport group up there. All Hawaii is very proud of them. I had a good feeling that lefty Heleski would do a good job. The big question now is who is Bryan Yoshii going to throw tomorrow. He doesn’t have much options and has only Ramos, Kushima, and Yoshii left unless he has something else up his sleeve. Maybe DeSa can pitch, he’s a lefty! The key against Japan will be patience and play good defense and not make a lot of errors. A couple of home runs by Hawaii would help. Prediction: Hawaii – 6, Japan – 3. World Champs!

Wahine volleyball was nerve wrecking last night. Maybe it’s because of the opener and the fact that UC San Diego is a good team that is ranked. Too many service errors and the Shoji should get them to practice their serves more. 19 service errors is not acceptable. If half of them were good serves they probably would win at least half of of them, which is about 4 to 5 points. That’s huge. They should play better tonight against K-State after the jitters go away. I was impressed with Hewitt, Satele, and of course Danielson. Hartong hit ok but her lserves were terrible. I think Shoji should play Forsythe more. Waber will be good, but she’s a freshman.

Anybody heard the rumor about BYU and ESPN announcing a conference realignment on Wednesday, Sept. 1?

what time is colts game? can it be seen online?

sports for fun ~

Re: 49ers – Traiders

Don’t know about *on-line* but KITV is showing it ‘live’ on HDTV @ 7 PM Hawaii time.

#164

Thanks Kekoa!!

Steve

Sept 1st is the drop dead date for BYU to make a decision so yes there is a possibility that we will hear from them between Mon and Wed.

found it online: raiders/49ers

http://www.firstrow.net/watch/25218/1/watch-san-francisco-49ers-vs-oakland-raiders.html

thanks for posting. Great article.

USC TAILGATE INFO!!!

tsaikotailgate (at) gmail (dot) com.

Travis LaBoy two sacks just knocked Campbell on his arse Campbell still on the ground.

Campbell leaving the game on a cart.

Gradkowski takes Campbells place.

BYU. It is my hunch that BYU will go independent. I believe the biggest reason besides money at this time is the essence of the MWC and their commissioner on how they handle business. It does things in a very watch your back kind of way and a school like BYU and their religious background will not want to continue that type of relationship. In addition since the MWC was born, BYU has not elevated their stature and growth like other big schools over the years. BYU knows that their destiny lies with what they have created and what support they have due to their religion here in the US and around the world. People don’t realize that the Church of LDS has a great presence around the world and with that, new avenues can be opened with BYU athletics being part of it.

I’ll say it again if BYU follows through with their plans and if Fresno and Nevada wants back in the WAC, the president of Fresno will be ask to resign, it could be the same for Nevada. Then again if BYU goes ahead with their plans other schools may join, Fresno and Nevada won’t be asked back. If I were those schools and the tide is going against the MWC ask for forgiveness and get back to the WAC before it is too late.

More and more, it looks like Hawaii’s success this year hinges on the offensive line. If we can’t protect our QB it will be a long season. Scoring points depends on being efficient and making plays, especially in the red zone. The other thing is, turnover ratio. This is coaching.

I hope our coaches do a good job in these areas in teaching and emphasizing its importance.

Hi there can I reference some of the information found in this blog if I link back to you?

Dang it!!! W-A-I-P-I-O, I’m almost as bad as the announcers. almost

Wafan: Monarchs??

2 minute warning for Raiders game.. doesn’t look like Colt will get his chance…

Congrats to the Waipio team, coaches and their families! Good luck tomorrow against Japan!

re: the O-Line

I’m sure Tiwanak and the rest of our guys are going to do the job on Thursday. It’s going to be all the more impressive doing it in the face of adversity. Go Warriors!

Steve on # 189,

Although Texas may have been their sentimental favorite, I think they did acknowledge the Waipio’s team resiliency and ability. They also had to admit that the Hawaii boys “came to play”

and how confident the team & their families were. I think those announcers were a lot more palatable than Michelle Smith was, in any case.

If not mistake, Orel Hershiser and Brent Musburger were the announcers. In my opinion, I think they did a great job with no intentional bias when giving props to each team. They both gave fair shakes to every team that had played in the series. Or maybe I concentrated too much on the game rather than the announcers. 🙂

What the heck is up with the Wahine and the 2nd set?

Wafan,

The Wahine lost some key players this season.

I have always been an advocate of good leadership.

Aneli Cubi-Otineru was fabulous at being that leader vocally and on the court and Amber Kaufman too brought that intensity factor.

The new gals and returners have the skills many other ranked teams would kill for.

If we see a leader emerge soon, the rest will follow.

Kazz . . .

Understood. But, it just seemed like they had a similar problem last year, too.

Looks like Jason Campbell got injured. He was hit hard by Travis Laboy. Don’t know how serious. That also could affect Colt’s playing status.

Apparently, Gradkowski filled in and played really well. I didn’t see any passing stats for Boller or Colt. If Campbell gets back soon, you would think Colt would get put on the practice squad if he plays well next week. Otherwise, it’s adios amigo.

Hiya!

Today I pursued F6 with little result but lots of enthusiasm.

Checked the LLWS stats in my phone and let out a whoop.

I think the unfortunate remarks about wanting to see “Americans” and not Pacific Islanders win today by a reader on ESPN online pretty much laid the big bachi on Texas.

Secretly smiling to myself about LaBoy. Ok you know how we feel about Colt and people seeing him as less than Campbell…. So maybe not so secretly…

😈

Love this tweet from Coach Mack:

GregMcMackin Congratulations to United States World Series Champs Waipio Little League All Stars! Outstanding job by coaches & players!! Believe!

about 3 hours ago

AJoe….Myron Enos probably still paying off that trip to the first LL WS we won years back. His son Mryon Jr….or Kini boy just about to start his freshman year in college!

BIK

My fave tweet so are:

Magniator After watching the 49ers vs Raiders game I felt like I waisted a lot of time…. Where the hell is Colt Brennan?

about 1 hour ago

Steve: August 28th, 2010 at 8:37 pm Kazz, the one person I foresee stepping forward as a leader and a vocal on at that is, Majam.

Without naming names, there are more indeed in addition to the two seniors in Melissa Gonzalez and Jenna Rodriguez.

Steve,

After a historic run last season, I feel pretty good about the returners really taking ownership of the team.

Campbell had a stinger. I think they will be very careful with him. He was doing a pretty good job until he got LaBoyed.

Happy Birthday RainbowCliff!

…..ejnoy our birthday/house warming celebration.

Peter King tweeted “Seahawkisms: Whitehurst looks lost…”

Meanwhile I’m hoping that Seattle picks up Colt this year…

King also thinks Arizona has QB trouble…

Good Morning Tsaikos!!

Happy 50th Birthday to Pride!!

Great Morning All!

GO WAIPIO!

Lost in the shuffle is the 2002 Waipio LL team that also went to Williamsport. This started the string of current Waipio success.

In a different format that team just missed advancing out of Pool Play but still ended up with a 2-1 showing by gutting out a 2-1 win over Webb City, MO (Midwest) on a walk-off HR by Travis Jones. Waipio ace Kurt Tanabe overshadowed a great effort by the Midwest pitcher with a complete game performance that saw him strikeout 10 while only walking one and only yielded an unearned run on a passed ball by Jones in the top of the 6th.

The team started the game knowing that they were a huge long-shot for advancing even with the win but represented Hawaii well nonetheless.

Maybe it wasn’t UNLV or SDSU that tipped off the MWC about the WAC’s plans. It seems that the WAC feels that someone in C-USA’s office tipped off the MWC’s commissioner. When the MWC met with the C-USA last week, numerous articles discussed how the commissioners of the MWC and C-USA were close friends and longtime colleagues. So, with the MWC and C-USA discussing multiple partnership/teaming opportunities, isn’t it feasible that the C-USA’s commissioner let his good friend Craig Thompson know about what Karl Benson told him?

Karl Benson told UTEP that the WAC wanted to trade UTEP with La Tech after BYU joined the WAC, and Benson hinted to UTEP that other teams would be joining the WAC also. Wasn’t that enough information to get the MWC to prepare to defend itself, especially since the other teams weren’t coming from C-USA so they could only have been coming from the MWC? The WAC says that “protocol” made Benson tell C-USA about the WAC’s plans (did the MWC follow that protocol? did the WAC follow protocol and tell the MWC anything?)…so, it appears that the WAC itself thinks that *Karl Benson* was the source that let C-USA know, and the WAC feels that C-USA told the MWC.

Protocol dictated that Benson notify C-USA, which Benson did, calling commissioner Britton Banowsky and informing him of the conversation and possible changes. It was someone at C-USA, people involved surmise, who might have tipped Thompson about the rapidly accelerating moves afoot.

Looking at the Athletic Budget numbers, it is understandable why the bottom of the WAC has such a hard time improving itself. There is also a BIG problem at NMSU since they are #3 in spending in the WAC and they couldn’t afford a training table during their training camp last year and had to ask for fans to bring snacks and juice boxes for their players to have after practice.

UH spends by far the most of any WAC school, probably due to travel (that is a huge line item in UH’s audited budgets). However, UH would only be #8 in spending in the MWC, with only Wyoming and Colorado State spending less. The lowest budget in the MWC would be #4 in spending in the WAC.

BSU spending less than UH, Fresno State, Nevada, and NMSU surprises me.

MWC athletic budgets (2008-09 fiscal year)

» TCU, $46.5

» BYU, $35.6

» San Diego State, $34.5

» Air Force, $33.0

» New Mexico, $32.0

» UNLV, $31.9

» Utah, $31.0

» Wyoming, $24.7

» Colorado State, $21.7

WAC athletic budgets (2008-09 fiscal year)

» Hawaii, $30.6

» Fresno State, $26.7

» New Mexico State, $25.6

» Nevada, $21.4

» Boise State, $20.5

» San Jose State, $17.0

» Utah State, $16.5

» Idaho, $15.1

» Louisiana Tech, $13.9

Interesting feature article about whether or not Montana and Montana State can afford to move up to D-IA. Montana sure doesn’t have much of a TV market right now:

O’Day said the Grizzlies brought in around $72,000 in television revenue last season, while WAC schools grossed close to $500,000.

So which way is O’Day leaning?

“Today, I wouldn’t make the move,” he said. “When I look at the WAC and what is there? It would take a lot of work.”

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