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2010 UH Warrior Football Schedule
(WAC schedule not in final order)
| Date | Team | Time/Result |
| 9/2 | USC (on ESPN) | 5:00pm HT |
| 9/11 | @ Army | TBA |
| 9/18 | @ Colorado | TBA |
| 9/25 | CHARLESTON SOUTHERN | TBA |
| TBA | @ Boise State | TBA |
| TBA | @ Fresno State | TBA |
| TBA | IDAHO | TBA |
| TBA | LOUISIANA TECH | TBA |
| TBA | NEVADA | TBA |
| TBA | @ New Mexico State | TBA |
| TBA | SAN JOSE STATE | TBA |
| TBA | @ Utah State | TBA |
| 12/4 | UNLV | TBA |
Mahalo, Tombo Ahi
153 comments:
LizK . . .
Thank you for your work today! The pictures are awesome!!!
Except for the humidity and heat I felt as if I were there.
No shame Warriors. FLorida surely deserves their high ranking -- as did Georgia.
THe big questions are did you give it your best shot? Did you learn something? And how will you respond?
I do love Chris Cooley, Colt's teammate.
I think his video comments on the last two Redskins games pretty much sum up today's Warriors game too.
Thanks Liz...great job representing Hawaii and the Tsai-kos near and far!
I am reposting this from the other post in case most people come to this one.
OK, Ronnie and I had a chance to console each other and look forward to a brighter future.
Wafan - LOL No, I did not turn in my daughter for adoption. I wasn't that distraught over the loss. She volunteers as a groomer there. You been talking to homey too much.
Bulla - Give the Beast all of our congratulations on a great game. Would have liked one of those special concoctions that you make...especially about 8 am HST.
I have faith in our team. Colt's first year and first game as a Warrior looked pretty much the same. I agree with Konagirl that I thought we didn't look as bad as in the Sugar Bowl.
Those young men went out there and put up a valiant fight. Yes, there were a lot of mistakes along the way, but this is where they need our uplifting and not negativity to inspire better play out of them. It is a learning process and that Florida team was full of veterans and a wealth of talent. Hawaii is building to get in the same position and with support and encouragement...we will get there.
I think that the rest of the season is going to be much better. Better to get smacked in the face and learn from that, then to ride to high on emotion and falter down the stretch. Like Ronnie and I say, it is first about winning the WAC and second about beating the rest of the country.
Bulla,
Congratulations to the great game that Ryan had today! Causing a fumble that resulted in a TD on his first play must have been an awesome feeling for him!
OK off to the Volleyball game. Hope there is much better news there.
Jason,
I agree about how that Salas quote is great...I made a whole post about how well he did in the game and included that quote in my 1:54 post.
That quote by Salas was actually picked up for the AP article that is being used all over the web.
Jason,
Thank you very much for the note about how the UH site has quotes from the game. Several of those were NOT in the other articles I read. Interestingly, several of the quotes on UH's site actually are abbreviated from the full quotes that were included in other transcripts. They even put the "..." to show where they cut out part of one quote.
Garret: Thanks for copying all of them. Wow, you found a lot of stuff!
To me, this was a real preseason game. All kinds of schemes and player combinations were tested.
I loved hearing a wide range of names in various positions.
I agree that this was a much better showing than in the Sugar Bowl where we seemed to be doing the same offense over and over again even when it was clearly not working.
Giving the players game experience here was of great value. I believe it will kick our future performances up a notch or two.
I still feel that that unity of spirit was not yet there.
ut it will come.
And I liked the gathering of all the players at th end of the game.
It would have been more fun for me if my iPhone had a better signal and was able to get recharged by the batter charger I bought... but- its performance pretty much mirrored how the day went.
Of course, the best parts for me were making new friends and enjoying the company of my former Hawaii and now Gainesville friends, Jeanne,Jose and their 3 sons.
thanks for your ha'a vid.
i was too far away and had a bad angle.
here's my photos from the game.
tailgate
http://forum.sportshawaii.com/sh/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=27201
game
http://picasaweb.google.com/chawancut/UHVsFlorida
LizK . . .
Cool how you are explaining things to the 'gator fan(s) during the ha'a.
Again, nice job!
Liz
where are you at right now?
wow, i guess everyone is napping or passed from this morning's activities.
i think i will join in too.
ZZZZzzzzzz
It is at times like these, that I miss
ST's insight and direction. He always has the inside scoop and let's us know what's happening. I read in the "odda pepa" about a partial settlement between the unions and HA. Hope they complete their business so that we can get back to business as well. Not that I don't like the lifeboat, it's comfy and all....Well you know what I mean.
Liz-great job. You are truly an ambassador of Aloha.
I took my nap already. I actually lasted until 1:30. I'm not much of a nap person, but I needed those 2.5 hours.
curveball, right now I am ready to sleep and make up for last night. Alnbama is coming to pick me up in the morning for the trek back to Pensacola. I'm at Jeanne's house.
LizKauai,
you are the best
take care of your health get some rest...
Some headway in negotiations,
Six labor unions and the Honolulu Advertiser have reached a tentative agreement on medical benefits and payroll.
If approved by union members, the agreement will become part of the contract extension under which members are currently working - but not necessarily part of the new contract now being negotiated, according to a union official.
The tentative agreement maintains the current level of medical coverage for employees, but drops Hawaii Medical Service Association in favor of Las Vegas-based Summerlin Life & Health Insurance Co.
Also, employees covered by Kaiser Permanente will be assessed higher premiums, but co-payments for office visits and prescriptions would stay at current levels.
Employee paydays also would change to every other week from every Thursday, said Wayne Cahill, chief negotiator for the Hawaii Newspaper Printing Trades Council.
Virginia-based Gannett Co. Inc., the Advertiser's parent company, is instituting a companywide biweekly pay schedule, he said.
To ease the transition for employees, the company has offered a no-interest bridge loan of up to a week's net pay, repayable over 26 weeks.
If ratified by members Sept. 14, the new payroll schedule may take effect in October, while medical benefits could change over in November, Cahill said.
The terms could be changed in ongoing talks toward a contract that would succeed the prior union contract that expired in June 2007.
Cahill termed the tentative agreement a positive development.
"We think this action shows good faith on both sides and willingness to move forward together," he said.
Bess and Samson could soon have Lelie as a teammate? Miami is looking to pick up vet WRs and Lelie is available.
The good news is that undrafted rookie WRs Davone Bess and Anthony Armstrong survived. Bess was a lock. Armstrong not as much but has done everything that's been asked of him and brings a ton of speed. However, he could end up on the practice squad, too, when the Fins bring in a veteran receiver like Ashley Lelie.
Rob25 said:
Those young men went out there and put up a valiant fight. Yes, there were a lot of mistakes along the way, but this is where they need our uplifting and not negativity to inspire better play out of them. It is a learning process and that Florida team was full of veterans and a wealth of talent. Hawaii is building to get in the same position and with support and encouragement...we will get there.
I think that the rest of the season is going to be much better. Better to get smacked in the face and learn from that, then to ride to high on emotion and falter down the stretch. Like Ronnie and I say, it is first about winning the WAC and second about beating the rest of the country.
Yes. I like the way Rob25 thinks. :D
Aloha, Tsaikos,
Mahalo 'oukou for the updates on the game, the pics & video. I didn't have much time to run into the house to watch the game online.
Did everyone jump off the boat or something? Am I all alone with the ladies?
Everyone please realize- If we win together, we must also lose together as well.
These are the very moments that test each and every one of our character, beliefs and commitment to Warrior Football and UH Sports.
Mahalo to all our fans who made the trip to Florida. Each and every one of you represented us well.
All too often Hawaii fans are labeled fair weather. We show up win the goings good. We're nowhere to be found when times are bad.
I'm not leaving. My faith. My commitment burns strong for Manoa. I can take the criticisms. The smirky negative remarks. The, "see, I told you so." Doesn't bother me one bit. Because I know all that comes with the territory with anyone that's a rabid fan.
7Down. 8Up! Get back up! Never never ever give up!
Whew! Thank God I'm a Tsai-ko!
Good evening!
Rob25-Esme-A-joe agree 100%...
The team will improve...the chemistry will improve...
Uhhhhh, the Wahine VB team won tonight...
Hi Homey..
Yeah..VB Wahine had a rough start yesterday but better today..What about tomorrow vs UCLA?
Hey Jaaa-MMMM!
Wahine will win in 4.
Nah I don't know but Penn St also swept UCLA.
A-Joe, your comments at 9:37 ... wow.
I'm prouder than ever to be a Tsaiko right now.
Haha ... I'm so proud, I had to say it twice.
(OK, weird, dunno why it's there two times. I swear I hit the "post" button only once.) :D
Esme, huh?
A-Joe - I'm back up.
One game isn't a good barometer for opinions but from just the one game I see that special teams and tackling could improve. But maybe it was just a bad day for them.
I'll be there on Saturday! T-GATE babeeee!
Esme & A-joe - We die hard fans never say die, fight 'til the end and we definitely don't leave the game early to beat traffic!
Hey homey circle 5! I agree with you, UH beats UCLA in four. I doubt that Ohio can even give Penn a run for their money. They just don't look very good at all.
Rob25 - Did you have your kalua piglet? Warrior game is on now...K5
I'm going to the tailgate homey! You still gonna come?
Hey did you go surfing today?
Eh, you changed your mind? Typical. LOL
I will probably go on Monday. Holiday!!!
No, I went to the Okinawan festival and had Andadog and Soba MMMMMMM
Anyways, my son put the pork in the freezer so I didn't have time to thaw before I left this morning.
Myki and sjmacro are good fans. They were at the SSC for both matches. They have good seats!
I don't thaw out the pork. 9 hours in a crock pot will cook practically anything.
If I was retired and in my 90's like sj and myki I would be a good fan too!
OOOOO, there's a new hottie weatherwoman on KITV news!
I didn't have time for the first match. Left Genji's, picked up daughter at Humane Society, went to Okinawan Festival, ate, back to Humane Society to adopt my daughter (j/k), home, talked to Ronnie for 45 mins, watched my mom holding my sign, showered and back to SSC for game. No wonder I am tired! Time for bed for me...got another game tomorrow.
Less people at the VB match tonight. Either not much respect for Ohio or people tired from getting up too early.
Well, see ya next weekend homey and post with you sooner. Take care and hope you catch some nice waves on Monday! Nice to meet your boy today. Glad you brought Hawaiianbod with you, nice to see him get out.
Goodnite Rob25.
Hey homey, retired but not quite 90 yet,but definitely good fans. After all what else do retired folks have to do.
I'm not a cook but sj loves the pressure cooker.
Talk to you all later. Good night.
After Sunday's post-mortem in the media, the Warriorboat sails again ASAP for the last segment of this voyage. When we finally disembark on Tuesday, we will be only 4 days away from the next game! Lookin' forward to it!
GO WARRIORS!
hahaha myki! I have never used a pressure cooker. What is his pressure cooker specialty?
Looks like it's almost time for the lifeboat to go to the dry dock.
hey homey......she's been on for awhile now.
haahahaa..
rob25....too funny.
Andadog...is that a new filipino dish?
i think you mean "andagi"
Looks like it was a long day for many...waking up at 4:00 in the morning, dragging your butt out of bed, waking the dogs to go on a morning walk and they are looking at you like WTF, packing all the passengers in the car and making the dark drive to Genji's, seeing the familiar and new faces, cheering the Warriors, EATING and DRINKING, enjoying the game no matter the outcome...Let's do it again!
al - thats a hotdog deep fried in andagi batter.
Congratulations to the beast. Uncle Pride is very proud.
Congratulations to the Warriors for making a fine showing their football game against Georgia. As some Tsai-kos have said, I agree that we made a better showing today then we did in the Sugar Bowl. We went head to head with Florida for a full fifteen miniutes before the dam broke open. We can look at what we did for the first fifteen minutes of the game and build on that. We can look at the other forty-five minutes and see that we need to eliminate the big plays, and tighten up the special teams.
The effort was good which is always important. A lot of what we saw today was simply great speed and athleticism on the part of the opponent. There were some things that happened in today's game that we will not see for the rest of the year. The interception that Inoke threw would be a completion in the WAC. That was a great play on the part of the Florida's DB, that we will not see later in the season. The punt returner will be doing that to NFL teams on Sundays in a few years.
I'm not trying to make excuses. I'm just trying to point out that we will have a very good football team. The last two games that Hawaii played were against fast athletic football teams, the type that we will not see in awhile. The Hawaii players can now face any other team that they play knowing that they played against great teams with great players in Gergia and Florida. They can be confident that Boise, Fresno, Nevada, LaTech, Cincy, and Wazoo, will not intimidate them.
The defense looked real good today. The offense did real well too. I like the way Ron Lee will keep defenses honest and keep them off-balance. Once the passing game comes around, we will be a force to reckon with offensively. The special teams will need lots of work, but I'm sure Ikaika Malloe is doing that right at this moment.
The most important thing for the football program right now is to be a consistent winner in the WAC. We need to put together a string of WAC championships and make sure that we can beat the Boise States, Fresno States, Nevadas, and LaTechs on a consistent basis. That is where our focus should be.
We shouldn't worry about BCS bowl games and top twenty rankings. Those things will come as a result of you succeeding at what you are supposed to be doing. If we can win the WAC on a consistent basis, we will be a top twenty or twenty-five team on a yearly basis.
well put brother pride.
i was telling the boys that today we faced a team that is one of the top 15 programs in the nation. we had nothing to be ashamed of we were overmatched. every sport has the elite levels be it football, basketball, football.
florida is in that level one. we have come far in being in between the second and third levels.
we didn't play perfect ball and each turnover for example we paid for. we showed glimpses of good stuff. but, athletically we have just now gotten a few guys who can run 4.5/40's but we were chasing a bevy of 4.2 and 4.3 guys. our tackles are 6'3"/290 lbs, heck their center was 6'5"/310 lbs and the rest averaged 6'6"/320 lbs. go figure.
we kept getting up after being knocked down, we kept chasing the speedsters in futility, but we kept on playing that is the beiggest credit to this team.
i know i'll be there at every game.
football, basketball, baseball....oops.
hahaha.....biggest that is.
btw, those were some impressive facilities that they showed.
how about that donation of 28 million dollars?! that rivals our entire athletic budget.
tebow impresses with his character. he walked about the entire stadium slapping hands with everyone, ala "senior walk".
while we were bashing the qb's.....
this was the first d1 game for two of them and its not like funaki has had a lot of experience over the years.
florida's team speed and athleticism is probably in the top five of programs. i am sure everything was in warp speed for the qb's. it seemed that the biggest difficulty they had was in reading the coverages and to witness the makeup speed in real time must have been quite an eyeopener for them.
like pride. said it will get better in the coming weeks.
not trying to stir a controversy, but, i am sure that graunke will press for playing time.
it seems that as the game moved on the qb's played with too much of a sense of urgency. yah, this was a rough start for a team in transition. well, it would have been for any team actually to travel some 5k miles and all of the time zones its why no one wants to come here anymore.
salas is tough.
mouton and taylor will return some this year.
mouton has that it factor.
oline did fairly well.
sad to see letuli banged up. enter kia.
and tonight leilehua played real well over mililani.
Tebow is also a darn good football player. The fact that he ran the so much last year, took away the focus on his arm. He has a cannon for an arm and throws with great accuaracy. He should be the #1 pick in next years draft but could drop due to the fact that he plays in a system and will be labeled a system quarterback. How ironic is that? He will have to prove this season that he is a passer and not just a great athlete.
fonoti's facemask tackle was a statement to florida...no get cocky and we still going play this game.
my older boy and i had that debate today. i told him he should come out earlier this year and he'll be the first qb taken. he felt he wasn't a great passer. however, he proved that he is more than adequate in that respect.
plus, tebow possesses that ability to take a team upon his shoulders and carry them through the fire.
Florida is the fastest team in the country. I give all of the quarterback lots of credit for hanging in there and trying to do their best today. I wish that we could all stand right behinf the quarterback to see what hee sees during a game. Playing quarterback is really not as easy as it may look. Having guys who run 4.3 forties covering your receivers like a blanket, and having defensive lineman who run 4.7 forties bearing down about six feet away from you is not real easy. I give our guys an A+ for their effort.
Things will get a lot better. I beleive in coach Mack and in his coaching staff.
Tebow is a great passer, but plays in a system that doesn't feature his arm. Tebow will suffer during the draft because of the ineffectiveness of Alex Smith with the 49ers. But in my opinion, Tebow will be a star in the NFL.
Hawaii faced Stafford and Tebow in the last two games. Both of them will be starters on Sunday.
our running backs did better than average.
the dline was decent. fonoti will have a great year he doesn't stop playing.
athletic justice...
why you shouldn't "jaw" an opponent.
second quarter; e-rob brings tebow down on a qb draw and stands up "jawing" tebow. very next play the speedback burns him, he went by sooooo fast that e-rob couldn't even wrap him up.
Gotta learn to be ha'aha'a.
The opposite of pride.
Humility, humble.
Keep your mouth shut and play.
Veikune seems to play like that. Quiet, but carry a big stick.
"Speak softly and carry a big stick."
mouton does that.
fonoti does that.
estes does that.
yup heard that before.
i thought that the oline did a pretty good job. i think they may dominate in wac play.
Esme does that, except she carry a dull bolo knife...
did you know tebow runs a 4.6?
is ryan henry being redshirted? I'd like to see Henry and Taylor at slots....
ralph good thing she doesn't brandish a nifo oti.
that was the word on friday that that ryan henry was redshirting.
i thought medeiros played well. washington and bain needed to get the first game jitters out of their system.
dustin blount is redshirting too. i was hoping he wouldn't but oh well.
next week we'll ask myki and sjmarco if any of our receivers are spending extra time with the jugs, bain needs more reps to develop softer hands..
Morning, Gang,
We are a lot closer to the Floridas and Georgias than the score indicates.
I've watched the game again, closely and in the first quarter we were the better team, we had them on the ropes. In the fourth quarter we played better than their back-ups. Two good things right there. With last years offense we would have been in the game all the way.
Just two items cost us the game, QB's and dropped balls on top of that. Fixable problems for sure. If Alex throws a touchdown for us, instead of an interception for TD for them, it's a very different game.
Don't give up on Rausch yet, he showed flashes. I think it was a mistake not to give him the reps after his arm was good again. Given GA's reps, he would have played much better, I believe.
Our coaches need to stick with Rausch in my opinion and give him a chance to develop. The Weber State game is perfect for us right now, a good, but managable, opponent.
The receivers must hit the jugs machine like crazy and nail down their route running.
We saw a lot of talent on our team, some more players deserve looks.
Overall I'm very optimistic. Had we won, we now would have a giant bullseye on our backs again, but for now we can still operate under the radar for awhile longer and can get our act together.
I'm not worried at this time, I saw too many positives for that.
Pride, Al, Garret
Mahalo for the kind words for the beast, i will relay them to him this morning when we have bfast. travel day, time to come home, and ryan and team needs to prepare for the Warriors.
long day for the Warriors, but I believe that they have a lot more postitives to work with than the negatives. superior athleticism will win over superior enthusiasm every time, proven fact.
sept 6th will be here soon enough.
GO WARRIORS
GO WILDCATS
on the road back to Pensacola with Alnbama. Now I can see the view I missed on the midnight ride to Gainesville!
One of the team goals that we talk about is eliminating big plays on defense.
Florida ran 55 plays for a total of 406 yards. Fourteen of those plays went for a total 284 yards. The other 41 plays yielded just 122 yards. That's a great job by the defense for forty-one plays.
Hawaii ran 63 plays and gained a total of 241 yards. 147 of those yards came on only eleven plays. The other 52 plays gave us only 94 yards.
I'm depressed. The 10 hour ride home is going to feel like 20. But we represented. We wore our Hawaii shirts. Thinking-it looks like Inoke Funake
He brought some energy. I think Tyler would have brought some energy too. But not giving up on the Twin Towers. They will learn.
morning warrior fans and tsaiko country
everyone recover yet? heh not to worry this Saturday is another game. surly dem coaches will be correcting the errors. season is young yet and only way to go is up.
safe journey to da returning locals. see everyone when you'll get home.
LizK no give up ok da iphone. talked with SteveM during da game and will share what we talked about with you lattas. showed your snap shots to everyone at gengi's as you send dem ova. Very nice and clear
Koakane, Aloha Kakahiaka!
Blogging from da road with alnbama. We're on I-10 passing Tallahassee. Just looked at the pix of Genji game call. Pride. looking even more distinguished than ever!
Good morning LizK!
Safe journey!
Good morning to alnbama too!
Just past Tallahassee the weather has changed radically to foggy, driving rain.
I added in the quotes from the two local papers, plus the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and Daytona Beach News-Journal. I guess I'm done now for the game quotes.
http://warriorquotes.wordpress.com/
Hi JaM! Al says hi too. I put my iPod on Al so he can listen to Kealii Reichel for the first time. Hoo... Even my friends Jeanne and Jose are so starved for good Hawaiian music!
the driving rain is throwing debris at us. I'm going to check the weather site now.
out of the rain now and ready for a gas stop
koakane-
please check email
Great Morning All!
Liz,
Mahalo for the Ha'a video.
So representative of Hawai'i Nei; all us in our little corner of the world (Swamp) coming together around our Warriors.
Better explain "chicken skin" to your new friends!
Good morning everyone from FLorida to Hawai'i!!!
I hope you are all well and doing fine. Safe travels to those returning from the Swamp and 'gatorland!
here's the news from friday and saturday
08-29 Alexander to start
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08-30 Postgame news
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2RkgOwahoA[/youtube]
oops. here it is without the tags
08-29 Alexander to start
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve_SK-O3FG4
& 08-30 Postgame news
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXDTMlX6g-Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2RkgOwahoA
C_C . . .
Thanks for putting sports reports up!
AL/PRIDE:
Liked your comments and analysis of the game.
hi there tom.
you coming to the tailgate?
bring your lovely wife, too.
Who's going to Na Koa Luncheon tomorrow?
yah, take away those the two pick sixes, the punt return, and those long runs/passes....we competed otherwise.
the only phase of the game that we did well was the iceman's unreturnable kickoffs and we faired decently on kickoff returns. i think we will return a few again this year.
al,
not sure if anyone read my other review of the game on sportshawaii, but my friend and i sat in a sea of florida people.
when dan finally got to kick, they were all "Whoa!" and i asked why. they all said they couldn't remember a florida kicker ever kicking it into and out of the endzone. they wanted to trade their kicker for dan. they kept making fun of their kickoffs as they barely got to the 15.
i really thought they should've let dan kick that 57 yard fg. look what happened. we threw an int.
chawancut,
Kicking through that dense air must be really hard.
Looks like Kelly added about 5 yards to his kick-offs. I wonder what kind of range he has for FG's now?
I saw him kick a 57 in practice
thanks chawan.
kelly will get a long look in the nfl along with mouton.
adam leonard and eliminian will get looks to. i think the latter could become a nice cfl linebacker.
d1shima said...
chawancut,
Kicking through that dense air must be really hard.
Looks like Kelly added about 5 yards to his kick-offs. I wonder what kind of range he has for FG's now?
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D1, it's from Hilo to Hanalei.
Ralph said: Esme does that, except she carry a dull bolo knife...
Esme said: Hmmm, funny how bravely Ralph talks even while he's standing at the pointy end of said knife.
:D
Pride, as always, thanks for providing your well-informed analysis.
P.S. The rumor is that you had some kinda nifty haircut.
Pride is the "conscience" of the blog.
When things go bad, it's best to take a knee and listen to "uncle".
Good Morning Tsaikos and Tsaikettes!
What a beautiful day it is!
Esme-
Check out SteveM's site. He has some pics posted under tsaiko photos sub. cattle calls. Shows Pride's cool haircut.
Rob25, yes, gorgeous today … and every day, no matter what the weather, really.
Shohts, tanks, eh, A-Sports!
*scampering off to SteveM's *
Aloha Tsaiko Ohana!
Looking to the future. After yesterday, I actually feel pretty good about our WAC season.
Welcome home Warriors! Welcome home Tsai-ko's!
Hey gang,
Can I ask all of you to say a prayer and keep in your hearts the many hanai ohana we have in New Orleans that are facing Hurricane Gustav. Many of our Tsai-kos were privileged to have met some wonderful people there during the SB run.
As our extended 'Nawlins ohana prepare for the worst, let us all hope and pray for the best.
The Hawaii-Florida game was a dream come true for this Kalihi boy. The boy’s childhood college team was playing his college alma matter. The boy’s childhood island culture had come to his mainland home.
The Aloha spirit that had left the boy had now resurfaced. For a day, this Kalihi boy was back home. The sweet smell of bbq, the sound of Hawaiian music, and the voices of pigeon English dominated the air.
In the end, a football game was lost, but more was gained. The places, the people, and the experiences were priceless. Thank you Hawaii fans for bringing Aloha to Gainesville.
Go Gators! Go Warriors!
Aloha gangeez!
BHF2: Saw your niece Kapua today at the Hawaiian club picnic, but Malie was not with her.
Safe journeys to all the Tsaikos heading home from the Swamp. Hope all in Florida & Nawlins get to safety soon. I was in Nawlins the end of April/May 2005 before Katrina at the Jazz Festival & really loved the vibe of the city. Hope Gustav doesn't make landfall there.
Joel,
One Kalihi Boy to another...
Shaka, brah!
:-)
Boy just got up from a nap that was induced by trying to watch UK-Lousiville game.
I guess we're not the only fans who are going to miss our departed QB!
Cantwell is an unfortunate name for a struggling QB....
Geez!
UK's Hartline just gets called for int grounding in the EZ and UL avoids a SHUTOUT!
(yawn) no offensive TD's in the game
... for either team!
Good afternoon Tsai-kos!
I hope all of you are recovered from yesterday's activities. Da Warriors will improve from yesterday's game and will put da beat down on Weber St (sorry Bulla) and OSU.
Wahine had a great game once they got going. I'll be going to this afternoon's session. Hope to see some of you there.
Have a great Sunday!
AL: I think I can but it depends on tickets and that sort of thing.
As an aside, the appraisal came in on that trust for a present value of 2.2M. Finishing up the paperwork.
A-joe - You are so right on! My prayers go out to the wonderful people that I met in New Orleans. They reminded me so much of local folks...same friendliness and laid back spirit. With all that they have already faced in recent years, they are a strong bunch of people and I admire them.
Howzit Tsai-kos!
Just a quick Esme-like in and out -- haven't had time to do anything but scan the posts. Excellent analysis by all, especially Pride!
One player whose name has been absent in the comments I've seen: Brashton Satele. He made a number of fine plays, and I especially liked the hit he made on the UF player at the 1 yard line preventing a TD, if only temporarily. A great, punishing hit, as if to say, "A'ole, brah, not if I can help it!" Never give up, that's the Warrior spirit! I saw plenty of that yesterday, and it gives me confidence in them for a successful season to come.
IMUA E NA KOA!!
310-pound DT for UK goes 72 yards with a scoop and score for a TD. The 309 pound UL center gave chase but no can. (yawn)
Pride. said...
Do it right.
Do it 100%.
Do it right.
Do it 100%.
Do it right.
Do it 100%.
August 27, 2008 4:00 AM
We're halfway there gang. Our guys gave 100% All we gotta do is get the other half, "do it right", then we are in business.
All eleven men on the field doing it right.
Pride -
Spoken like a true champion! It's nice looking at things from the glass half full view. Hope springs eternal!
Keys To Victory:
1. We've got to win the turnover battle.
2. We've got to win 2 out of the 3 phases of the game.
3, We've got to play great sudden change football.
4. We've got to score everytime you get in the red zone.
August 26, 2008 10:57 PM
1. We lost the turnover battle. Six to none.
2. We probably lost at least two out of three phases of the game, offense and kicking game.
Offensively we committed six turnovers.
Special teams had the punt return for a touchdown, I'll give those two phases to Florida.
Defensively we probably lost that phase also with the fourteen big plays that we gave up. Take away those fourteen plays and we had a very solid day defensively.
3. Great sudden change means to come in on defense and stop the opponent when you commit a turnover. We probably didn't do this as well as we could have. Advantage to Florida again.
4. We got into the red zone only twice, and scored twice. A touchdown and a field goal was okay, two touchdowns would have been better. Once we got to the six yard line and had a delay of game penalty that put us back on the eleven yard line. We got a field goal out of that one. On our last drive we got to the thirteen yard line, and made a touchdown.
Frustrating thing about this game is that, I hate the attitude of these BCS fans and teams. they just think that they are so good. And when they win, they have that "see i told you so" smug look on their face.
These BCS teams are not as good as they think they are. Yes they're big, yes they're fast, but the game is about excecution. We didn't excecute and we gave them the ballgame.
Six turnovers, translate into six touchdowns. Missed assignment on a punt return equals one more touchdown.
No turnovers, no botched assignments on the punt return?
Hawaii 10 Florida 7.
I realize that it's simplistic, but not far from the truth.
Boys just gotta "do it right".
Darn.
I hate that smug look and cocky attitude.
Really i hate it.
What we need to remember is that this week, we are the ones who have that cocky, smug look on our faces. The Beast, and Cameron Higgins and the gang will try to knock that smug look off of our faces. They will attempt to excecute and knock us off.
Every opponent is dangerous. Give every opponent respect. Just ask Michigan, Texas A&M, and Pitt about respecting their opponents. I bet they're not very cocky today.
Pride and Al: I agree with you guys, I like Tebow as a NFL prospect. He has some mechanical issues in his throwing motion that he needs to refine, but he made a tremendous improvement from his freshman to sophomore year, and I heard he worked on some things this off-season too. But in 2010, Matt Stafford will probably be the top QB taken. 2009 has a weak QB crop, Tebow should probably exit early and go now. The system could drop him to the 2nd round, but I think he's worth a 1st round pick, as long as he goes to a team that's willing to work with him to further develop his skills.
Hiya!
Just finished watching the game on my sis'dvr.
Saw some good stuff in spite of the loss.
About alnbama. He almost got da slippah though. He drove me home even though his friends were not in Pensacola this weekend! He's been lurking on the blog for 2 years... da buggah is one real Tsai-ko. MAHALO, alnbama- God bless you and see you again!!!
Sipili, Damien, starting on D for Colorado...on the tube as I write.
Pride,
Totally agree with your assessment. I truly believe that we have most pieces in place. On this team the O-Line was very good, defense was great, except totally overworked, all that was missing was 4 players, Colt, Bess, Grice Mullen and Rivers, Sallas would have fit right in and we could have taken them. In time the newbies( I saw some great new talent there) at those positions will get it together and this will be a very dangerous team. Im not discouraged in the least.
Hiya, LizK,
Thanks for all your great work for the life boat.
I've met Alnbama at the Orlando CC. Great guy. Gave him the Posters from the Wahine VB team. He was happy. Jamie Houston is from Huntsville and a big star there.
afternoon me mate's safely back on da dingy. yep dingy our boat got banged up on saturday now we have to repair and recoop. so take da time to do what eva you gotta do den show up on sat to represent, to support, to celebrate da 08 fball team and the season we talked about this past few months. so get your backside into it and haul buns.
pride, kazz and da oddah eloquent speakas has seys it allready the rest of us needs to keeping the home fires burning brightly so our boys know we still behind dem. students, alumni, 808 transplants, uh lovers come out dis saturday and raise some hell. no excuses
esme..................whoooooshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Thanks to Pride, al, Garret, Florida Ted, and all the others for the insightful analysis and comments. Just lurking and taking it all in.
Hope the Warriors all able focus and not look pass Weber State.
Looking forward to the home opener.
I am glad that Inoke is getting a chance to start! I'm sure that he will do well against Weber State and look forward to see what he can do with the first team.
Congratulations to Inoke! He's worked hard and in my opinion deserves this shot!
coach's show on KGMB tonight at 10:30
Andre Woodson, QB, cut by the Gaints yesterday..wasn't he drafted ahead of Colt?
Garret,
After charting hundreds and hundreds of passes thrown in practice, I guess it still comes down to who can get it done in a live game.
Like I said yesterday, Funaki came in late in the game against FL reserves but still those were talented players on a team that was clearly at a different level than UH played at that day. I'll trust Mack and his staff in their evaluation from that and see what happens on Saturday.
Ralph,
Will watch that tonight.
Also going to be at the Willows tom'w.
D1 should be a pack house tomorrow being labor day...what do they charge non Na Koa members?
did the wahines beat UCLA?
ucla wins 23-25, 25-23, 26-24, 30-28
hi oldie...
oldie styling with his iphone. wow, you go man.
just an oldie but a goodie.
i always felt that funaki should have gotten the start. the team will definitely embrace this decision by coach mack.
look out weber st. i think the warriors will come a bit perturbed over yesterday's performance and will definitely play with purpose this saturday.
go warriors!
...and yet at the same while personally knowing ryan "da beast" eastman, cameron and zac higgins it will be a fun game to watch. yet with hope and anticipation for both teams.
"...come out a bit perturbed..."
i wanna thank lizk, homey, stevem, and others who made this tsaiko blogspot possible during the hiatus. on tuesday the warrior beat is up and running again.
i'll dare say that we may go over the 1087 milestone on the last day of the pre-strike days.
anyone want to encourage the tsaiko's by wagering their current hair style to an bulla and pride-esque "do"?
how about you keahi? you could finally put your money where your mouth is?
or you football fan? then we would call off last year's lost wager of lunch money.
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