As for the Buccaneers, a team that operates in the Big South Conference at the Football Championship Subdivision level, they lost their first two outings of 2007 against The Citadel and Wofford. Last Saturday, the team suited up against Johnson C. Smith University, a Division II foe, and dismissed the Golden Bulls in a 44-20 decision in South Carolina. The remaining CSU schedule for this season shows opponents like North Greenville, Savannah State and Presbyterian remaining.

Needless to say, this is the first-ever meeting between these two schools on the gridiron.

Although it may not fall under the umbrella of defense, the fact that the Warriors are ranked first in the country in net punting with an average of 44 yards per effort makes it that much easier on the defense to keep opponents out of scoring position.

NO. 19 HAWAII WARRIORS (3-0). The Warriors crushed MWC cellar-dwellers UNLV, 49-14, despite Colt Brennan being held to fewer than 300 yards passing and "only" two TD tosses. It was the first time in 14 games that Brennan had passed for under 300 yards. The win earned the only BCS buster left (except perhaps Tulsa if it can upset Oklahoma this week) a five-spot increase in the writers' poll. It should be very interesting to see how this week's patsy visiting team, D-IAA Charleston (1-2), will affect Hawaii in the polls. Everyone expects something like 77-0, so anything less will be a huge letdown.

Comment from: James [Visitor]
homey..

Laundry day is Friday for gigi.

SOrry, can't make the cattle call today. I am in bed ill with the flu.....ughhhh..

GO WARRIORS!!!
COLT FOR HEISMAN!!!
09/19/07 @ 10:00

Comment from: J-Dog [Visitor]
does anyone know how to get the colt brennan heineken parody heisman shirt?

Comment from: jojo [Visitor]
jeje asked CJ Allen-Jones when we saw him at the airport where he got the t-shirt, Colt gave it to him.

Comment from: gigi-hawaii ©
homey,

1 load = rags

Comment from: jojo [Visitor]
When the Korean women are angry at the K-bar, you buy them a drink. Then they love you...
09/19/07 @ 14:34

Comment from: homey ® [Visitor]

Kazz - It's vietnamese, not korean.


09/19/07 @ 14:44

Comment from: James [Visitor]
Kazz...

Yeah. We all look alike right?
09/19/07 @ 14:57

Comment from: Stephen [Member]
Homey:
We actually had more photos, but the Princess those were some of the best.
I'm sure we could have done without me and the commish.

09/19/07 @ 16:01

Only need to select 5. Obviously, pick people who are not likely candidates (after Colt).

http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/rank?versionId=3&listId=35

Comment from: J-Dog [Visitor]
Do any of the UH players comment about the blog?
09/19/07 @ 16:21

Comment from: Stephen [Member]
UH is announcing that it has issued more than 31,000 tickets for Saturday's game.
09/19/07 @ 16:54

Garret...

Do you think if Malcolm was on the first team and played with CB as his QB for a majority of the reps like JR does that his stats would be equivalent to JRs during JRs sophomore year.

I think that Malcolm has the speed, quickness, and agility of JR and considering that he never had real football experience until UH, it would seem that he is pretty darn good....IMHO.

The switch to football, or gridiron as it is called in Queensland, for this Aussie was the right choice according to Jessie Williams, and the payoff may come in the form of a UH scholarship and an opportunity to play on the Warrior D.

Jessie Williams stands 6 5″, weighs 302 lbs, benches 320 lbs, leg presses 980 lbs and is only sixteen years old. He played basketball as a youth and moved well under the hoop.

Comment from: d1shima [Visitor]
OK, the 6 o'clock news is jus pau.
Is anyone else kinda thinking CB is more hurt than we are being told?
I'm not an expert but watching body language and hearing what's being said makes me wonder.
One thing for sure, we won't get anything out of "No tells" Tsai
09/19/07 @ 18:29

In the season opener, Graunke suffered swelling in his left (non-throwing) hand after being tackled. He said he aggravated the condition during the UNLV game.

"My hand is a little sore, but it'll be better by the end of the week," Graunke said.

Comment from: pocho [Visitor]
That photo of "las vegas" should be a classic, great pic

And "Princess", is Well a Princess! That smile of hers just grows on ya.
Permalink 09/19/07 @ 20:44

Our pre-game party host las vegas, in Las Vegas

btw, parking lot is within the building enter from ena road. just look for the guy with the #15 warrior jersey. that would be jeje i am told.

anyone remember

dick 'night train' lane?

okay, i just heard about him.

"Keomaka and I are trying to shut 'em down on scout team," Martinez said. "We're fighting to be scout-team all-stars. We're having fun, man. We're going to make our own stickers."

At 285 pounds, Jared Lorenzen, the former University of Kentucky star isn't called the "Hefty Lefty" and "Pillsbury Throwboy" for nothing. Of the 704 players who started Week 1 in the NFL, 465 of them were lighter than Lorenzen -- including 45 defensive linemen. The breakdown by position:

* Defensive backs…132

* Tight ends/wide receivers…108

* Linebackers…97

* Running backs…51

* Defensive linemen…45

* Quarterbacks…32

"This game really fits the new mission statement of our university," Mills said earlier this week as he prepared his club for the game against the Rainbow Warriors that kicks off at midnight EDT Saturday night. "Originally it was to be regionally recognized as a university that integrates faith with higher education. Now it's been altered to say nationally recognized, and this gives us a venue and an opportunity for some additional exposure."

Yes, this is another one of those small-college/big-college games that pad the win columns for the big schools and pay the bills at the small schools.

Charleston Southern's financial deal is not bad. Hawaii pays all the Bucs' expenses, including airfare, lodging and meals. CSU gets $150,000 on top of that.

"Like most FCS (formerly I-AA) programs, you aspire to have some FBS (formerly I-A) games on your schedule," Mills said. "The guarantee, the exposure and the opportunity for a major college experience for the young men within your program is tremendous."

It will also be an opportunity for the Buccaneers to see a part of the world they might not see otherwise.

"I actually hesitated about this game," said Mills, who knows just how good June Jones' Hawaii team can play. "But the thing that weighed things over in favor of this game was the fact that a couple of years ago we played a game at Howard University and after the game we stopped the team bus at the National Mall and let the young men get out and visit the Vietnam and World War II memorials.

"Later, a number of the players came to me and thanked me and I was shocked that although we are only eight hours away from our national capital, a good portion of our team had never been to Washington, D.C."

Most, no doubt, have not been to Hawaii either.

"We're going to take them to Pearl Harbor and we'll attend a luau on Friday night," Mills said.

That's the good news. The bad news is that Saturday night they'll also get a good look at Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan, a Heisman Trophy candidate.

"They're pretty good," Mills said in an understatement. "I kidded Herman Frazier, their athletic director, that the final thing I wanted in the contract was that Colt Brennan could only play two series in the game — one in the first half, one in the second half. If he played more than that he'd have to play for CSU."

He obviously didn't get that contractual nugget, so it's quite likely the Bucs could be in for a long evening in the islands. And yet, Mills sees it as a great challenge for Charleston Southern.

"Every man desires by innate nature a battle to fight and an adventure that involves risk taking," Mills said. "Through the game of sport, particularly football, those two opportunities are provided. This kind of game answers the question, on a play by play basis, do I have what it takes?"

McBriar, a former University of Hawaii punter, leads the NFC in gross punting average at 47.0. He's kicked a 64-yarder this season, and last year's 48.2-yard gross average tied for fifth best in NFL history.

Former University of Hawaii kicker Jason Elam of the Denver Broncos was named American Football Conference special teams player of the week, the NFL announced today.

Comment from: brew808 [Visitor]
Good Morning Tsaikos and Warrior Nation!

Re: photo #1. Most of you probably see las vegas. Me? I see Johnathan Winters!

The professors mounted an interesting case against the BCS for monopolizing bowl revenues. The five BCS bowls will pay $17 million to each team that participates in its games in January, though the payout drops for a second team from a conference. The other 27 bowls generate a fraction of that total for their teams, making it tougher for "non-BCS" schools to compete in a number of ways.

"The power resides with a few competitors," Farnsworth said.

"Those schools in these conferences have not been allowed access to the big money that comes from major media conglomerates," Moore said.

That financial injury could give them standing in a federal court. To prove their case, however, they would have to prove the alleged monopoly gave BCS schools an advantage in recruiting and licensing revenues.

Article trying to figure out what has gone wrong for SJSU.

Dick Tomey has coached 27 games at San Jose State and lost 15 of them, but he has never had a loss like he did Saturday.

San Jose State 0, Stanford 37: The worst defeat of Tomey's tenure, and nothing comes close.

Nothing comes close because SJSU was supposed to be pretty good this season, maybe not nine-win good but possibly bowl-bid good.

Nothing comes close because it was Stanford, which had lost 14 of its previous 15 games.

Nothing comes close because the Spartans gained just 163 yards on a defense that yielded 624 the opening week.

But mostly, nothing comes close because of SJSU's woeful effort.