The video of today's practice is posted
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070811/VIDEO02/70811007
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8:33 a.m. — Today's practice opened with an animated haka.
Timo Paepule has really esatablished himself as the leader.
8:35 a.m. — Samson Satele's mom is wearing a Miami Dolphins' jersey with "Satele" on the back.
Keahi Watson, the brother of defensive lineman, Keala Watson, is set to join the Warriors on Aug. 20. He's a dead ringer for Keala.
9:15 a.m. — Calvin Roberts is here, but is not practicing. He needs to complete more paper work before being allowed to work out. He said he expects to practice Monday.
The referees are out here. Although the team is not in pads, there will be some form of a modified scrimmage.
9:20 a.m. — The Sateles said they will gather at East-Side Grill to watch the Dolphins' game today.
9:30 a.m. — Alvis Satele, the legend as well as Brashton's dad, said his wife and Chad Mock's mom are cousins. Alvis said Chad and his mom used to walk home from Aloha Stadium after games. They turned down rides, because Chad felt it was a good way to spend time talking with his mom.
Around 9:45 a.m. — Davone Bess has recovered from his fumble, making three great plays. On one, he sprinted past the secondary to catch Colt Brennan's long pass. On another, he made a leaping grab. He also raced past Erik Pedersen to make a catch.
The defense also has played well. Gerard Lewis soared for an interception, and JoPierre David jumped to break up a pass. Later, a referee warned Davis about using his hands to shield a receiver's view. The referees, in a sense, are serving as guest coaches.
Around 10 a.m. — Brad Kalilimoku made a diving pass breakup.
The defense is in the Okie alignment, allowing safeties Jacob Patek, Keao Monteilh and Desmond Thomas to all play at the same time.
Whoops. Ryan Grice-Mullins just ripped thorugh the secondary to make a leaping catch. The refs declared it a touchdown.
10:06 a.m. — The refs are getting winded.
Ref A: "Are we in high altitude?"
Ref B: "Yeah, 50 feet above sea level."
10:10 a.m. — Some defensive players are scolded for sitting near the sideline. "Sideline warning," Desmond Thomas says.
Davone Bess just made his fourth nice catch of this 7-on-7 drill.
10:13 a.m. — Cameron Allen-Jones is working out as a tight end. He's actually pretty quick on his cuts.
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I guess GA stands for graduating again.
Graduate assistant Brian Kajiyama completes the second leg of his Tour de Genius when he receives his master's degree in tomorrow's ceremony.
"One to go," said Kajiyama, who aspires to earn a PhD, thus making him the team's unpaid doctor.
Kajiyama finished his assignments in mid-May, too late to participate in the spring-semester ceremony. Yes, he's another smart guy who can't meet a deadline.
Check out Brian's blog:
http://bkajiyama.blogspot.com/
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UH has split the kick-return team into two units: front line, coached by Rich Miano, and back side, coached by Dennis McKnight.
Guyton Galdeira, C.J. Allen-Jones, Rustin Saole, Timo Paepule, Micah Lau and Kealoha Porlas are on the front line, serving as top-end blockers and on-side-kick receivers.
Jason Laumoli, Brashton Satele and Siave Seti form the wedge.
The kick returners are Malcolm Lane and Kealoha Pilares.
Yes, it's going to be heck for the announcers with Kealoha Porlas and Kealoha Pilares on the same unit.
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Florida Ted has traveled the world, encountering several cultures.
Perhaps that's why he was an easy fit in Warrior Nation.
Florida Ted, who was our first No. 200 poster, brings us intelligent and multi-cultured perspectives each day.
Here's Ted, in his own words:
"On February, 25th, 1947, I was ejected onto this Planet. Growing up in post-war Germany was a somewhat mixed blessing. As a child, the ruins all around me seemed more like playgrounds, rather than something evil or sinister. But once I'd reached my pre-teens, they'd all disappeared as if by strange magic.This semi innocent period was soon followed by the brutal awareness of what my country had wrought upon the world. To this day I still shudder sometimes when my thoughts return to that period.
"My desire to leave was overwhelming and right after high school I signed on to the four mast School Ship "Deutschland ," moored in Bremen, Germany. The happiest 10 years of my live followed. I signed up on all kinds of specialty ships, with better pay and longer shore leaves. For the next 10 years at sea I've experienced every human condition and every natural phenomenon known to man. St. Elmo's fire, northern lights, hurricanes, tornados,earth quakes, locust swarms, sandstorms and tidal waves. I've met every human race and culture in their natural environment. I've been in a Freighter Collision in the cold Northern Atlantic, Russia during the Cold War, lived with Bhuddist Monks in a remote Malaysian Monastery. I went up the Niger River on a genuine safari with the natives and saw a village, barely touched by "civilization." We almost expected Dr. Livingston to walk out of the jungle. 1969 was spent in Tobruk, Lybia, where we witnessed Qaddafi's revolution. Many of the troubles we're facing today I saw brewing that long ago, when he took the country away from then ruler King Idris. On the outskirts of Capetown I sat in shanty shacks, discussing the beginnings of the apartheid revolution and their plight with the natives.
"My last Ship was the Research Vessel "Valdivia", which brought me to the beautiful shores of Hawai‘i in 1971. I had found my home, it felt right from the moment I stepped on shore. Over the years I operated various small businesses with the last being 'Grace House Association', a non-profit, long term Alcohol and Drug Rehab facility. Before I crashed and burned, we had 118 beds available. I didn't know then, that the big boys in the do-good business do not take too kindly to the small guys that grow too fast. Well, now I live in Clearwater, Florida for about 14 month, trying to rebuild my life and be closer to my grand children, while they're still small. By the time my wife and I are 65, we hope to be back in our beloved Islands.
"A large Hawai‘i resident named George Kiesel (lol), whom I had become friends with, taught me all the American sports during the Termite Palace days. Needless to say, always UH games. That's how I became a rabid UH fan to this day and no other team will ever occupy the same place in my heart, including the German National Soccer Team. This blog has helped me many times when I get those sudden attacks of home sickness. I've checked out many blogs in Hawai‘i and around the country, there is no other that comes close to a tight-knit Hawai‘i community like this one.. It will become a growing fixture in cyber space. Aloha! Go, Warriors."
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Tomorrow we meet "Al."
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