Gainesville, Here We Come!

It's announced- the Captains of the Warriors are linebackers Solomon Elimimian and Adam Leonard, defensive tackle Keala Watson, and center John Estes.


Mahalo, chawan_cut

Auntie MariaLani says:

Hoo wee! Da Gators fans gonna wear white... dey must be da good guys. Of course- we kona be decked out in Warrior Green so you can see us mo bettah! Jes look for da ti leaves in one corner of da stadium near da endzone.

So- Who kona play?

DA GREEN TEAM 

OFFENSE

LWO—1 Greg Salas

LSB—5 Michael Washington

LT—50 Laupepa Letuli

LG—61 Keith AhSoon

C—55 John Estes

RG—51 Clarence Tuioti-Mariner

RT—78 Keoni Steinhoff

RSB—85 Aaron Bain

RWO—89 Malcolm Lane

QB—12 Greg Alexander

RB—4 Leon Wright-Jackson

You notice one position missing, eh?

QB??? whatchu theenk??? GA? BR? IF? JS?

GOING BE Greg Alexander- the Grrrreeeeat! 

DEFENSE

LE—94 David Veikune

LT—93 Keala Watson

RT—99 Josh Leonard

RE—58 John Fonoti

LLB—44 Adam Leonard

MLB—13 Brashton Satele

OLB—17 Solomon Elimimian

LCB/NB—2 Ryan Mouton

SS—7 Erik Robinson

FS—Keao Monteilh

RCB—3 Jameel Dowling

CB—23 Calvin Roberts

SPECIAL TEAMS

PK—86 Dan Kelly

P—49 Tim Grasso

LS—Jake Ingram

KR—89 Malcolm Lane

KR—2 Ryan Mouton

KR—7 Jovonte Taylor

PR—5 Michael Washington

Fo da White Hat Team:

OFFENSE:
WR—9 Louis Murphy
WR—6 Deonte Thompson
LT—75 Phil Trautwein
LG—63 Jim Tartt
C—56 Maurkice Pouncey
RG—55 Mike Pouncey
RT—77 Jason Watkins
TE—81 Aaron Hernandez
QB—15 Tim Tebow
RB—25 Brandon James
RB—33 Kestahn Moore

DEFENSE:
DE—8 Carlos Dunlap
NT—90 Lawrence Marsh
DT—92 Terron Sanders
DE—49 Jermaine Cunningham
SLB—16 A.J. Jones
MLB—41 Ryan Stamper
WLB—32 Dustin Doe
CB—4 Wondy Pierre-Louis
SS—35 Ahmad Black
FS—21 Major Wright
CB—5 Joe Haden

SPECIAL TEAMS
PK—38 Jonathan Phillips
P—17 Casey Henry
LS—43 James Smith
KR/PR—25 Brandon James
KR—33 Kestahn Moore

So, Warriors, two outa tree, eh? Tree outa tree mo bettah!

GO WARRIORS!!!

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Warriors are a Mystery

Hiding in plain sight???
Alexander getting a lot of snaps during practice at Georgia Tech's facility.
Brent Rausch is feeling 100% but getting about half the snaps that Alexander did.

After morning practice Thursday, they travel to Florida and will have a walk-through practice in The Swamp Friday afternoon.

 Chawan_cut's video. (amazing, eh? da buggah no stay home and still can make video!)

Auntie MariaLani says:
Hey, Tsai-kos! No take nuttin away from Tebow and da Gators. Dat boy is one good boy. He get spirit. He get talent. He work hard- jes like our Warriors.
Da ones who going show up on da Swamp field with da most MANA and PREPARATION, going prevail.
One Team in Absolute Unity= Stronger than da sum of any Individual Talents.
PROFOUND, eh? Hoo, da beeg words and kaona!

Remember: Not too sweet, not too rancid, juuuust right!

POSITIVE ENERGY!
WE BELIEVE!
GO WARRIORS!!!

On the Road

Garret has maintained his UH Warrior Quotes blog site since April 2007 and notes that it is current with all the daily UH football statements.  As an alternative to reading and giving hits to a web site location where a blog strike is in progress, get the direct quotes of the people who make the news at:

  http://warriorquotes.wordpress.com

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From the Redskins Blog yesterday:

All the Colt Brennan fans who were worried after yesterday’s critical report can exhale and stop worrying. Brennan looked much better today, with a couple of terrific passes to Fred Davis (one off his hands, the other a touchdown in the back of the endzone). I’ll be honest: I hope to see Brennan play well tomorrow and then not take another snap until next August, but that shouldn’t be taken as a referendum on him as a player. Nice to see him back in form.

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From the Warriors news:

Coach Mack says  da QB  situation is still open-  no decision at this time.

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Another BEAUTIFUL DAY on the WarriorBoat!

one O-line and 66-roosters

Da WarriorBoat (Auntie MariaLani)

I'm in Vegas with guess who!


Midori7 with Florida Ted's prize (thank you Mei Ling)


WarriorBoat adumdum (Da Menehune)
One mynah birf wen tell me da kine Rausch still get owie and da odda bradda Alexander Da Great was chroween mo wif da primo no ka oi boyz. Who goin' staht? No bodda me.

E-Rob stey #1, but no worries BHF2, Mana goin' see akshun too!

What is Tsai-ko Culture? For those of you who missed it or want to see and hear Bulla again, here you go!



 

Da OMG-line: Laupepa Letuli LT,  "Lafu" Tuioti-Mariner RG, Keith AhSoon, LG. John Estes, C. Keoni Steinhoff, RT.

Coach Mack's travel team get 4 QB, 5 RB, 9 WO, 12 OL, 11 DL, 8 LB, 14 DB and 3 ST. 66 braddahs all together.

So now, wid all dose guys travelling- whatchu teenk. Going be same kine team like last year??? Nah, we goin' keep da Gators guessin' until Saturday!

Coach Mack and da odda Coaches wen check out all da guys real good. Some stay sick, ladat, some get owie, mo bettah stay home an res'.
When dey come good, dey going come back in to give planny dirty likkins on da field again.

Oh yeah, #1 QB Brent Rausch stay all good now (he is one tall buggah!)
And oh yeah, yeah, yeah, no forget Tyler Graunke. He stay all smaht now and wen pass his test so he can come practice.
But no can go Disneyworld dis time. Gotta stay back.
Rausch, Alexander, Funaki and Santos - nuff QB's dis trip.

Solomon Elimimian- oh yeah, he stay bettah now and wen practice again.
And Bryce Kalau'oka'a'ea, (say dat fast 10 times...) going be one running back now. I think he going do good, but da coaches like make sure.


Not too sweet, not too rancid, jesss right!

k-den!

Try wait, try wait!
Uncle Dref (you know da one,eh? Always lookin' and thinkin' and typin') been tell-

WTH! (oops, sorry, family blog) Howcome we gotta go EST timezone for da first game???
What kine travel agent wen fix up dat one 3 years ago???

Whatchu thinkin???
How expensive!
An when dey gonna come ovah hea and get da Aloha Stadium treatment?? Nevah.

We might as well play one Japan team! More closer dan da Swamp!

But Coach Mack - he not going grumble, la dat. Shoots- Heisman trophy winnah, hot like hell stadium, one small handfull green shirts sitting in da one corner all surrounded.
Da boys going show off their new Ha'a to us with our ti leaves...
Den we going see who going get da last laugh... Ha'a  ha'a ...

GO WARRIORS!

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NEWS FLASH!

From bighilofan2:
TO ALL THE HAWAII FAN PEEPS LIVING IN EAST COAST, like Alnbama la dat, if you want to take your family but no can because of costs, i get 5 tickets for give you. My treat. First come is da winnah! If a bunch of Hawaii buddies (5) stationed Navy Jax or Pensacola like go, Hawaii section 49, row 74, seats 14-17.

MariaLani note: Just leave your message for bhf2 on the blog if you can attend the game and need tickets. Yes, they are in the Hawaii section.

Tyler among rooster additions

EDITED POST
Monday, August 25, 2008

From the Warrior Boat
 
Warriors roosters might expand by 20.

Coach Mack's Warriors are going all out in practice to grind da Gators on Sunday.
Dey going to Atlanta Tuesday fo two days before heading to Florida.

Tyler Graunke, stay on da team now but not going to go on da trip. He can practice, tho.

RB Mario Cox stay invited to join the team today even tho his name no stay on da list
More additions include OL Levi Legay and Daniel Johnson and 2007 SL grad  Marc Moody.

QB Kiran Kepo'o no stay onda list..

Da 66-player travel roosters list going come out today.

Warriors like take 4 QBs
— Brent Rausch, Greg Alexander, Inoke Funaki and  service QB Jake Santos (whose mom called today to hook up with us in Florida!)


All in all, it's looking good for da Warriors going to da Swamp.  They are not going just to play, they are going for the WIN!
GO WARRIORS!

Welcome to the Lifeboat!

For the next week, we have abandoned The Warrior Beat in support of Stephen Tsai and his colleagues at The Honolulu Advertiser who have declared a hiatus from blogging until after Labor Day.

Stephen will continue to write articles for the paper which will appear in the Breaking News and will be following the UH Warriors to the mainland as they prepare for their first game in Gainesville on August 30.

LizKauai (me) will also be traveling to Florida and will try to keep up with the goings on before, during and after the game. SteveM will support the Lifeboat in Hawaii.

While Stephen cannot participate directly in any other blog, we will find a way to share information about the team.

Chawan_cut will also be traveling to Florida and will be updating his usual videos and other goodies on Tombo Ahi's site, University of Hawaii Football Fan Blog.

So be of good cheer, Tsai-kos and Warrior fans, and make yourselves at home for the next few days!

Sunday, From The Warrior Boat

EDITED POST 

Paying my onion dues; prize giveaways

August 24th, 2008 by Tephen Sai
I will be taking a break from blogging.
Several non-bloggers — — called for a temporary blog shutdown.
blah blah blah- I have agreed to take a temporary break from blogging.
Break begins tomorrow.
Teven to have daily reports on the Warriors in the (cough.paper.cough.and.cough.online). Following the team to Atlanta and then Florida. Dates,  will be posted on the break dancing news section.
In accordance with cough.newspaper.cough policy, not gonna hang with any other boats during the break.

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Some winners somewhere are:
• Stretch's football media guide— Hawaiianbod.
• JJ's F C Golf C program autographed by Jones, Jesse Sapolu and Reagan Mauia — by Pride to Kekoa.
• SB Whiteout poster — Jack Flash.
• Stretch's Two field passes  — Liz da slippah.
• Autographed AZ Redbird cap (donated by MeiLing) — Florida Ted for his haiku:

Warriors marching
with one mind, one heart, one soul.
Victory is near