Is everybody still sleeeping? Colt is playing in an hour.

2

wish i could watch the game...

second???

hey mack there is a huge home in my cul de sac!

only minutes from the office. good neighbors.

quiet area. hhahahahaha.

uhfan

weren't you posting like at 2 in the morning and you are up and running already???

repeat questions from yesterday....

did all 20 something recruits arrive yesterday?

how many are qb's?

al- I'm going to watch the Senior bowl at 11...Call Koakane for details...

ST:

Are you hinting that Coach Mack may become our neighbor?

That would truly be awsome!

nt

Bulla-
Congrats to your son! Can we still exchange S. Endzone Orange high fives when UH scores touchdowns against Weber St. next season?

I am not surprisee JJ left. I read in the newspapers in 2004 he was depressed. Only Mouse Davis coming to join him lifted his spirits. And Jerry Glanville arriving the following yr lifted his spirits too. So I believe he wanted to depart that long ago. I hope he is happy. Sungods departure puzzles me. He totally embraced the polynesian culture and loved Hawaii to death. I guess he feels he owes JJ his loyalty for hiring him as a GA.

al- Yep I'm up and about. Actually I'm having fresh potato pancakes. Yum!

Good morning! Shucks...I missed the top 10. Cheering for Colt today!

14th!

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Here's my cheer before the game:

Go Colt go! Thow Colt throw!

Whooohoooo!

I wrote to Bobby Curran and he never responded. I wrote to him again sev yrs later and no response. It was Kevin Hashiro who wrote to me. Such a kind and wonderful guy. Its not unusual on air personalities to be cold. But Kevin is the exception. Such a shame 1420 radio let him go. I hope some other station picks him up.

ST, I guess Colt is "Mr. Congeniality" among his teammates, eh?

I read that he is very well-liked by everyone -- coaches and players. Even reporters are impressed!

And before the game- he needs to go behind a bush and "throw"... remember what happened when he did not before a game.

GO COLT!!!
WE BELIEVE!!!
10:25 !!!

30 more minutes!

GO Captain Colt !!!

Go Jordon!!!!

Maybe we should follow the lead and vote for captains on this blog.

Pre-game show is on.
Picking the guys they liked in practice.

QB-wise they like Henne.

Oooo, Liz, I am so envious! Can't watch the SB because Oceanic doesn't carry it. Boo-hoo.

LizK,
I appreciate your commentary for those of us with no access to NFL Network.

Thanks much!

Stephen, there is just one captain and that's you! If the ship goes down, we go down with ya!

Highlights of the coaches coaching during practice...

Alabama band is playing on the field. Stands are pretty empty looking tho it says the game is sold out.

capt prideperiod.

I Vote for ST.

ST -
I'm not sure if you saw my message the other day requesting Leon Jackson as a quest on this blog some day?

Do you think this would be possible?
Would be facinating to ask him questions concerning his personal gains, training, and the coming '08 season.

congrats to colt for being voted captain. i know there's been a lot made by nfl scouts and media about his lack of size and arm strength, but no one can criticize his leadership and his ability to earn respect from his teammates. good luck #15!

Rainy and cold. Audio went out for a bit. Lots of people in bright costumes like southern belles while players are being introduced and commentators talking in the foreground.

Al,

I think coach Mack is looking for a home to raise horses. I don't think your neighb's would be too happy having horses next door.

LOL!

ST -- Could you ask new people to submit their Bios? That would be cool!

North team is in blue jerseys.
Commercial

Mack could stable horses in Waimanalo and live in Kailua.

quit kissing up girls...

tsai cannot be the captain, he is the owner of this team.

mega,

i guess coach needs to reside in waianae where the zoning would allow.

al- then we don't NEED a captain... hahahaha

showing tailgate fuuud.
South team is in white jerseys. There is rain on the camera lens. Phil Savage of the Browns is being interviewed. Too much noise in the room to hear what they are talking about,.

theblog server doesn't like the word amb ient

16 mins to kickoff

i'm talking to myself?

LizK . . .

Thank you for the running commentary!!!

Yahoo! Come on Colt!!! Show them how the system works!!!!!!!!!!!

National Anthem, Catherine Odom- Superstar winner.

Liz,
keep going, appreciate the updates.

No Liz,

I am watching too. I just made myself some pancakes and ate them. Now to watch the game.

The field looks like an easter egg hunt with all those pastel dresses out there.

Liz,
just curious, you have dish?

USMC color guard.
Stands are still sparse, esp in the endzones. But it is cold and raining lightly.
commercial

ok djmitcho!
Yes, we have DISH ;-)

Liz,
thanks, couple of my neighbors has the dishnet and was thinking about switching over.

Easter egg-colored hoop skirts with bonnets and parasols decorate the field like a Disney costume explosion.

Colt is talking to his team and they are talking about Colt.

Colt went with the Silver helmet. I was hoping for Green.

OK, I've made an executive decision.
Because of their work in helping BrianK and because one of them owns a dish and can watch the Senior Bowl, this weekend's blog captains are Barry Markowitz and Liz Kauai.
Liz, please call me at 479-3396.

Lizk:

Yes, mahalo for the commentary for those of us who can't watch the game! I'm sitting open house all day in Wailua Homesteads or would be at Robs for sure to see it. By the way, nice contributed photo of Jordan in this week's Kauai News Weekly!

djmitcho:
shhhh. i think they're going to discontinue the silver helmets. i think that means they can keep them.

congrats to Barry and Liz!

ST,
so they have to wear the armband with the "C"?

Dilfer, Mayock, and ?? in the booth

i kind of like the black helmets better.

Well, they have to teach us the haka.

Kymry- I am up on Kaapuni Road at a friend's house.

I saw pics of him wearing both this week. I just like the green better. Kickoff! Here we go!

kickoff. North starts

would be fun to see the tsaikos and tsaikettes doing the ha'a at the anniversary celebration.

I was surprised Colt is on the South team. UH players are usually on the North team.

3 and out for the North team on their first series

Here we go Colt!

1st play - hand off
2nd play - colt passes for 1st down.

Hi, I'm your captain today!

:( Colt throws int!

Thx Liz
Watching Tiger run away also. Big rain coming tonight in So Cal.

Notice that your captain has member status?

Go LIZ!!!!!
O Captain my Captain!

(I fainted... my friends revived me...)

Whoa... mahalo, Stephen!

TD North!

ok. Colt threw an int... argh.
Henne throws a TD
North- 6
South- 0

north... three and out Henne 1-3

south... CB nice outlett pas for 1st dow2nd pass picked off

Whoo Hoo! The captian has member status! So, Liz, who are you going to delete first?

HOpefully Colt will come back and lead the team on a good TD drive.

Come on Colt! You can do it!!!

Ronnie- it's a "ceremonial" title...I think... hmmm (evil grin)

Horses and stables are allowed in Maunawili as well as Waimanalo and Kahalu`u all the way up the Windward coastline - including kahukuland - and along the North Shore. There are even a few permitted use lots in Palolo and Kalihi Valleys still remaining but most likely they're not on the market and never will be.

Great volleyball game last night - keep your eyeballs on Joshua Walker, the freshman outside hitter throughout the season and in the years to come. I swear that there were times that he jumped so high that he could have cleared the net with ease.

How come this guy isn't playing varsity basketball somewhere?

As promised in yesterday's blog, here is the agenda for the Stadium Authority's meeting next Thursday. Note how many non-football & bib-swap meet events are being approved.

http://calendar.ehawaii.gov/calendar/html/event/2008/1/31/?
eventCollectionCode=dags_sa&viewtype= 2&currentViewtype=2&event=111101552&viewperiod=1

I hope that this doesn't break the blog. Remember to take out the spaces when you copy & paste it.

There are additional events scheduled at the facility listed elsewhere on the main website.

See above in the Site/Url line for Tuesday's joint committeee hearing notice regarding the transfer of the Stadium & its operation from the Department of Accounting & General Services to the University of Hawai`i.

Earlier today I spoke with Mark Takai and he urges that everyone SUPPORT this bill by sending in brief testimony by e-mail. Instructions are in the notice.

He requests that we be clear, on point, brief and not clog up our testimony with any other issue such as the departure of June Jones or the termination of Herman Frazier.

Perhaps Mark can take time out of his busy schedule to write something here on the blog which will provide additional advice.

who's the waterboy?

...

loa,
you color blind son. the helmets are a very dark green and not black. i thought the same as you at first.

better go buy one color tv.

ok, hilogreg!
Now you guys will get good game coverage.

eh no need google on the blog. pose one question and the living encyclopedia provides.

router out
no wifi in TV room Liz will be faster

Go CB

Kickoff- OSU kicker, bobbled return but kept.
Colt hands off. 1/10 35 yd line

Al:
14 recruits made it for this trip. There were some cancellations, like players who have decided to go elsewhere.
By the way, Craft took an unofficial visit to UH several weeks ago, so don't look for him to trip again.

Another run play Ellis to the 49. Big play

3 hand offs and 2 first downs so far on this drive

Forte runs 2nd and 2. Colt takes a TO

were the cancellations mostly mainland or local kids?

were any of the cancelled trips from kids who previously committed?

Just watching Cold run a ground game is so wierd...

COlt sacked

Colt under center- Sacked by Jackson

Liz/djmitcho,

When they were talking about Colt before the game, what did they say about him?

COlt throws behind the receiver, incomplete. 4th down

No blocker. the TE released.

Colt throws. behind, missed. 4th down
GA Tech player Punt

djmitcho and lizk, Appreciate the blow by blow! Thanks!

Ronnie,

Just the same old stuff...has a lot to prove in today's game.

Henne at the 20.
Runplay while the announcers talk about the Raider coaching situation.

I think this link might break the blog, so I'll post it in small letters. It is a link to the sportsline game track for the Senior Bowl.

http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/gamecenter/live/NCAAF_20080126_NORTHSR@SOUTHSR

I'll let Liz handle most of the play by play. I'll just do color...hahaha.

Fumble- center and QB. Recovered by the North.
Punt -N Dakota State Player.

Little on recept.Back to the 20.

djm- lucky we get commercials! Go, color-man!

Colt is up again.
Sacked again! Notre Dame playerLaws?

Play action, Colt sacked again.

2nd and 17- run play, short gain.

Is the South's O-line not doing well, or is Colt holding on to the ball too long?

great pass by colt for about 18 yards

LizK/djmitcho...Much mahalo for the playbyplay.
Does anyone know if the 800+ NFL staffs stay for the game too, or are they mostly interested in the prep week?

Offsides-defense 5 yds.

Colt has a nice pass for 1st. down.
Charles talking to Colt- his play calls are not coming in- helmet speaker probs???

Another nice run play. Hester.
2nd and 5 from 45
Forte carries. 3rd and short.

Ronnie,
first sack, no one blocked the DE. 2nd sack, play action and good rush by the DL

Another turn over by the south, fumble by the RB

Colt flips out to Forte, nice run, past 1st down and then a FUMBLE! North recovers.
Booty.
Throws-batted away.

JD Booty now QB for North squad

Booty, handoff,run, 3rd and 12.

Booty fakes, lots of time, then passes to the left to a player close to the 1st down marker.

Booty driving the North squad

Booty rolls back, then passes. Talk is about Booty's accuracy.
2nd and 2.

Handoff, Savage runs for the 1st down at 46 of North.
Long pass, inc.

Oh Mr Color Analyst!!!... What's happening with the North OLine and South Dline? Is North Oline providing better protection? Is South DLine not as big or quick?

I'm guessing Colt will not be the QB on the next south possesion.

The North play calling is helping Booty. A lot of play action and getting him outside of the pocket and on the move.

2nd and 10, Booty throws. open receiver,
(I got interrupted) end of 1Q

North goes for it on 4 and 1. South holds.

Andre Woodson now the South QB

Talking about the play-calling for the North. Counting on an offsides.

The South Dee held.Turnover on downs. Woodsen is QB

3rd and 7 after Woodsen throws inc.

They have Martz miked as he calls in the plays and they discuss.

Pocket collapses, turnover again. Ball is snatched out of the air when Jones forces the TO

Woodson over throws rec on 2nd down.

HOrrible TO by the south.

Woodson almost sacked, gets ball knocked out and North recovers.

Booty, 1st and 10 on 21, Booty escapes and runs forward and divesfor yards.

RIght now, the D-line of the NOrth is just out playing the south o-line.

Booty 3rd and 6 after an inc. pass

Handoff to Savage who runs for 1st and goal now.

Booty rolls, throws, INT by UTEP player in the endzone and runs!!!

Booty throws INT in the end zone. Bad throw by Booty.

Penalty.
After change of possession.

Illegal block below the waist North.
commercial

Booty underthrew that ball.

CHOICE- gets the handoff, stiffarms Jordon Dizon and blew threw for a huge run.

Woodsen hands off again- Hills, gets yards. 2nd and 3

Hills gets the call again. Jordon gets the tackle and keeps him short.
Choice gets the 1st down.
Flag
Facemask on the defense.

Dizon with a tackle.

Posted on the Sports Hawaii forums, radio link to the Senior Bowl.

I had to install Winamp to hear the game.

==============================Why Can't I Stream WNSP?

HELP I CAN'T STREAM WNSP !!!

WNSP is streaming on the internet using a Shoutcast mp3 encoder.

This means your media player must be able to play mp3 files.

Note earlier versions of Windows media player will not play mp3 files.

If you are using a windows system, file type mp3 must be associated with your mp3 capable player.

Listeners can listen to SHOUTcast on a variety of platforms.

Recommended players are as follows:

* Windows users should use Winamp.

* Mac users should use Audion.

* Linux/X Windows users should use XMMS.

Woodsen throws to Hester, got some yards.

JD with another tackle

Run for short- Jordon makes the stop.
WOOHOO!

TD! Woodsen throws to Cottam

TD south! Play action Woodson to the TE.

PAT is good.

THE SOUTH IS RISING!

Kickoff. Nice runback.
commercial

Gonna take a blog break. Be back in a few.

Talk in the booth about how these tv timeouts suck as a player but are cool for the booth guys;-)

WHY NOT START HERE, MAC?
Growing up near the Mormon-dominated town of Laie, Hawaii, on the north shore of Oahu, Anthony "Ants" Siilata figured he would eventually play college football at the University of Utah, following a pipeline of Kahuku High players to attend either Utah or Brigham Young.
Teammate Benji Kemoeatu is "sailing on the same ship," Siilata said, after both visited Utah's campus last weekend. Kemoeatu's older brothers, Chris and Ma'ake, starred before moving on to the NFL.
But other schools - most notably Oregon State of the Pac-10 - are heavily recruiting the powerful linemen, and have made strong pitches for their services, despite reports (that Siilata refutes) that the duo orally committed to the Utes last Sunday.
Siilata said Thursday that he and Kemoeatu will visit OSU this coming week, while Tachibana will check out Hawaii's campus.
The players' stories illustrate how coveted Polynesian football players - formally referred to as Pacific Islanders - have become, not just to Utah and BYU, but to schools in the major conferences.
"Polynesian players are very important to our success," said Paul Tidwell, recruiting coordinator at BYU, which, is believed to be in the running along with USC for linebacker Uona Kavienga, one of the top Polynesian players in the country. "They are good athletes as well as good people. It is a great connection to have. There has
always been a rich tradition at BYU with the Polynesian athlete, and we love them in our program."
Utah coach Kyle Whittingham echoed those sentiments a few weeks ago, saying that the Utes will continue to focus their recruiting efforts on Hawaii, Utah and California, states with a high percentage of Polynesians. And Weber State coach Ron McBride, who is largely credited with opening the pipeline of Polynesians when he was at Utah, said they are critical to a program's success.
"They are just tough, hard-nosed, hard-working kids," McBride said. "Awesome kids."
Utah's own Lynn Katoa of Cottonwood High recently chose Colorado, eschewing big dogs Texas, Oklahoma and LSU. Neither BYU nor Utah had much of a shot at Katoa, referred to in recruiting lingo as a five-star recruit, the best of the best.
Siilata said just a few days after he returned from Salt Lake City he received an in-home visit from Utah assistant Kalani Sitake, and he expects a visit from Whittingham this week. Tidwell said BYU defensive coordinator Jaime Hill was in Hawaii last week, and head coach Bronco Mendenhall will make the trip this week to meet with a defensive back (presumably Shiloah Te'o) who already has committed.
In other words, the local schools spare no expense in keeping the pipeline going.
"There is such a high percentage of Polynesian members of the [LDS] church, that it is a natural thing for us to recruit some of them," said BYU offensive coordinator Robert Anae, who grew up in Hawaii. "And a lot of them love to play this game, so we get a pretty good pick of pretty good athletes that can keep in line with the Honor Code as well."
However, Anae, when asked specifically about the difficulties of recruiting Polynesian athletes, broached a subject that is not often discussed publicly by college coaches, but is apparently substantial enough to at least generate a name.


Oral commitment
It is called the Poly Commit - the notion that a so-called oral commitment from a Polynesian player at times cannot be taken literally.
Anae and Kahuku's Siilata acknowledged that it exists to a degree, while McBride and others called it utter hogwash. BYU's Tidwell politely declined to discuss it.
The topic has surfaced locally because of what has happened with the reported commitments of the Kahuku players to Utah and with Kavienga, who was quoted by the Web site totalbluesports.com as saying he had committed to BYU, only to visit USC a few days later.
"It is veryScout.com to single out a particular group such as Polynesians for making soft commitments or de-committing when white kids and black kids often do the same thing," said Chris Fetters, a Scout.com recruiting analyst who has covered Hawaii, Utah and the Pacific Northwest for more than a decade.
Certainly, players of all races and ethnicities have been known to de-commit or visit another school after giving their word. Bingham's four-star tight end Austin Holt went on trips to Stanford and Florida, for instance, after committing to BYU nearly a year ago.
Hamani Stevens, a four-star Polynesian recruit from Hemet, Calif., who has narrowed his choices to BYU and Oregon, was puzzled by the mere suggestion of a difference, as was Bingham's Iona Pritchard, who has committed to BYU.
Siilata's take?
"That's exactly what it is. Exactly," he said. "It is kind of hard to explain it to other people. You have so much respect for the coaches, and then they ask [for a commitment], and it is such a hard answer. They've done so much for me as it is, bringing me on this trip and all. I don't want to say, 'not yet.' It is not just me, it is every Polynesian kid, you know? That's it. That's what it is."
BYU's Anae explained that Polynesian youngsters are taught from birth to respect authority figures, so it can be difficult for them to say no. They end up committing to every coach they visit, then sort it all out on signing day.
"They don't go around shooting that authority figure the straight shot," he said. "It is actually offensive in the culture to tell someone in authority something they don't want to hear."

Soft commitments
Anae puts some of the blame on the coaches - as does Scout.com's Fetters - for "hearing what they want to hear" and putting too much stock into a Polynesian player's favorable response.
"An over-eager coach claims the kid has committed, when in fact the kid was probably indecisive, and the coach tilted it one way or the other," Anae said.
McBride said soft commitments and de-commiting are not unique to any one culture.
"I have had some of those [Polynesian] kids tell me something, and they stay right with it. And I have had other kids tell me what they are going to do, and then they go home and take a trip and you don't know they are taking the trip.
"Usually, when a kid commits, if you get the family, the coach at the school and the kid all in one room, and everyone is one the same page, usually it sticks, whether it is a Polynesian kid or whomever."

PACIFIC ISLANDERS' COMMITMENTS

Player High School/Juco College
Derek Tuimauga Bingham Utah
Sealver Siliga Copper Hills Utah
Kendrick Moeai Copper Hills Utah
Siaki Cravens Temecula, Calif. Utah
Aiona Key Mt. San Antonio CC Utah
Michael Alisa Timpview BYU
Shiloah Te'o Kahuku, Haw. BYU
Seta Pohahua Aragon, Calif. BYU
Iona Pritchard Bingham BYU
Jessie Taufi Long Beach CC BYU
Tolu Moala El Camino CC BYU
Solomone Kafu Rio Linda, Calif. BYU
Masi Tuitama Pacifica, Calif. BYU
Tevita Hola Granger/Snow BYU

Note: At least four other Pacific Islanders have committed to BYU or Utah, but are not listed above because they have visited other programs or will visit other programs after making the pledge.

I HAVE NO IDEA why JJ wanted to recruit in Texas, the Poly kids are more disciplined, family oriented respecting their elders, and just darn good players. UH is not even in the running and NEVER WAS for each one of the above kids. I mentioned that Norm Chow owned Kuhuku High School until he had a disagreement with the then head coach at KHS and stopped recruiting there for 6 years, not one player signed with BYU, while utah made up for Norm's thinskinned lack of KHS attention.
The Warriors have to get the best of the Hawaii and west coast Poly kids, and doing so will turn this team into a very deep and very talented team able to compete with anyone. It does bother me that Mac and staff have not been trying to visit these kids hoping to change minds. Someone mentioned a group effort in giving UH the money from a private fund to help recriuiting. WE can do so, the incorperation process was laid out by a poster. I will add in $5,000 to go directly into the recruiting budget. The upper campus can't touch the money or add it into the overall budget if its given from a private, non-profit with strings on how the money is to be used. The 5 bills isn't going to put us into the $800,000 Phil Knight, Oregon class but we can quadruple the $50,000 quick.

ok- lemme know when you come back... too much coffee... ahem

Flacco is the QB for the North now.

6'6" and under center. Handoff to an OSU player.

Another run play. 3rd and 4

Passplay, inc

Flag- roughing the passer.yup. Now it is 1st and 10 from the South 47.silly move.

Bernard runs for a first down.

2nd and 8 Bernard runs again.
3rd and short on the 40 yard line.

3rd and 3. Bernard runs for the 1st down.

People are waiting to see Flacco let one loose.

Another Bernard run. 1st and 10 on the 31.

Thanks Kailuaboy ...

http://70.85.72.122:8002/listen.pls is the direct link to the radio stream.

Mine popped up in my old MusicMatch Jukebox player.

Flacco hands to Forset?Short yards. Flag
Chop block- offense

2nd and 20 - inc pass.

3rd and 20 now. Dee is sharp on this one.

BOMB- PICK! Cromartie gets it for the South!

Kailuaboy, livestream! Thx!

What is the South QB rotation? Did they say if or when Colt will come back in again?

:)

Woodsen is back.

overthrows.

3rd and 10

FYI, my stream came through itunes.

Woodsen is down Safety.

The oline is not a line

The O-line sounds more like a "Whole"-Line...

I like the kind of chit chat as the commentators talk about what the kids need for the next level.

9 to 7 North.

Kickoff - nice return.

Oops, I meant "Hole"-Line.

Yep, that looks better.

I'm back. I'm guessing Colt plays again in the second half of the game, probably the end of the 3rd, beginning of the 4th quarter.

I was hoping Colt would have the opportunity to shine with a great o-line.

Flacco throws as he runs backwards. Long bomb- complete to Smith.
2nd and 1. Throw to the endzone. Inc.

Runplay- 1st down.
2 minute warning..

If you don't have WinAmp or MusicMatch, you can set up Windows Media Player to play the Senior Bowl audio stream by installing this app: http://wiki.cdyne.com/wiki/index.php?title=Playing_PLS_Winamp_files_in_Windows_Media

Showing the stands... still sparse. Plenty of seats open. Cheerleaders are waterlogged.

Colt's last time in the game, they had a nice drive going until the fumble by the RB.

Waterlogged? Is it raining?

Flacco, bad throw.
2nd and 10 on the South 23.

Bomb to Hawkins. 1st and 10. Coach is yelling TEMPO, JOE, TEMPO!

!st and goal.
Forset (sp) run and gain.
Timeout

No commercial

2nd and goal. South dee holds and pushes back.

Flacco throws for a TD- Bowman.
Zebras are arguing no TD sign.

RULED INC! Receiver lost the ball when he went down.

Field Goal attempt is NO GOOD!!!

End of first half.

1st and goal for the North on the 10.
6 yd run.
2nd and goal. short gain on a the run play
3rd down...TD pass...nope, bobbled the catch.

4th down...FG no good...penalty on the Off.

SOuth takes over on downs

Warrior,
Give yourself a break, use iTunes for Windows. Simple supported by everyone and free. The lists of radio broadcasts, podcasts and video can't be touched.

Ainge in game for south. Hands off 2x. End of half.

AINGE is South QB. Sorry- there were a few seconds left in the 1st half.
Snap and handoff.
NOW end of 1st half.

9 -7 North at the half.

3rd Q started. Ainge at QB for the south.

Mike Nolan is miked up and is talking to the commentators as the game progresses- talking about each playnas it happens.

2nd and 5 from the 45
Ainge is getting a little rhythm. Choice makes a big running gain.

QB's for the south are going 15 plays per rotation.
Ainge is moving the south. Big pass for the south

3rd and short. Pass by Ainge almost intercepted.

FG by south missed. Kicker for south is the kicker from georgia

Ainge- inc pass
2nd and 10. Choice runs.
3rd and short on the 15.

Throw- almost an INT. by Tribble.

33 FG attempt by the UGA kicker Coutu- NO GOOD

(we met his folks in NOLA)

Henne is in. 2nd and 9
Cromartie makes another tackle.

Cromartie is really playing a great game for the South. Definitely one of the reasons the south is still in the game.

Oooh. Pass almost got another int. 3 and out North.

Punt to the 4 yd line, Mike Dragosavich N. Dak State punter.

Ainge under center for the South. Hester runs for 4

Choice runs. 1st and 10 on the 15

Forte takes a pass and runs for a 1st down.
I can see Jordon in just about every shot around the ball.

Throw and catch. Talk and out Dorsey and Ellis on the North.

Caldwell gets to the 50 - nice series.

Ainge throws to Hall. Good yards.

Forte gets the handoff but is 3rd and short.

Shows Martz radioing in the plays.

3rd and 2 on the 40 run is short.

Going for it.Ainge keeps and does not get it.

Turnover on downs.

commercial

anyone home?

Liz, thanks for the play-by-play! We don't have a way to see the game. :(

I dismissed all the baloney, downrating Colt. Every year some kid coming in from a school no one follows becomes the media darling. This year Delaware's Joe Flacco, is that guy. At the same time, the previous stud QB gets knocked down with all sorts of subjective garbage. With that in mind, Colt is going to do fine, being drafted in the second round and having a good chance to play for an Atlanta, Jacksonville, Carolina, etc.
With every kid getting 15 plays, Colt will be back. Booty has been a bust, Ainge has had such an awful 5 years at Tenn, he got 4 OC's fired, the offense hadn't a spark, his stats will made you cry in disgust. The rules on receiver coverage give the QB's a good chance to look good, but Ainge will not be drafted above Colt regardless of what happens today. The running game is helping Ainge right now. I think Colt will be back on the next series maybe finishing the game.
I have a chance to work in Indy at the combine doing physicals and strength tests. This spring, I've been assigned the wide-outs. Colt has a big upside If he gets into the weight room. What he can't do in the evaluations, all-star games, and at the combine; is to have the deer in the headlights look and more importantly get tossed like a ragdoll.
If you're interested I can file daily reports on what I see in Indy.

Henne throws to Castile. Long but inc.

Forsett runs
3rd and 5

Henne to Rucker
1st and 10 on the 41

Washington runs for 2nd and short.

End of 3rdQ.

Talk is about how people are playing like they practice.

Flags.. DEE jumped.

SJ,

That would be great. I would love to get updates from Indy during the combine. You'll get to see at least 3 warriors up close. Anyone know if CJ Hawthorne has been invited yet?

Washington bursts for a big gain. Oh... NOW the 3Q runs out.

(listening as I type, not looking)

Chauncy Washington is having a nice series running the ball.

SJ- AWESOME! That will keep the blog interesting during to off season- HAHA... WHAT off-season ? Just the pre-pre season ;-)

Washingtonruns again..
2nd and 1.
Henne throws for a TD to Rucker.

Henne to Rucker TD!

PAT good

16-7 North.

commercial

Hi Esme!

YEah, Colt back into the game!

Serna is kicking off to Jackson. Gets to the 32.
COLT, COLT, COLT is up next!!!

Cheetos in the laundromat commercial is a hoot...

I would love to see Colt drive the south into the end zone.

Liz,

I agree.

Colt pass really short

Here we go.

Colt throws a bomb short and the guys have their day.

Colt calls TO. Looks like the TE was not in the right spot.

Colt almost throws another INT.

He is seen as being weak and Colt calls a TO and goes to talk to Coach Martz.

Colt rolls, throws behind receiver and almost picked off. Tribble should have made the catch.

Now Colt runs away from pressure and dives.

Colt sacked. Not a good series.

THe "analyst" guy says Colt won't be drafted until the late rounds. He hasn't been that impressed with Colt at all.

Punt to Porter who falls forward away from tacklers.

They talk about Colt and whether or not he will be drafted at all. Mountains of criticism.

There is some kind of flag-7 men on line of scrimmage, TO.

I echo Esme--Mahalo Liz for those of us who can't view the game!
Hey!! I hope San Francisco
wises up & realizes Colt is the "real deal" & takes him in the 2nd round; he's so much better than Alex Smith, it isn't funny...that is, IF team are stupid enough not to draft Colt in the 1st round. Matt Ryan is fine, I'd still take Colt & I'm not saying that just because I'm a UH fan. I would have followed Colt if HE was the one from Delaware. If Martz doesn't realize how good Colt can be, he deserves getting fired from his last job--Colt could mae hiom look like the Offensive genius he's purported to be.

Booty is back.

Booty to Bowman. The anouncers gush over Booty.
\Hahah Booty fumbles the snap and turns it over!!!!
The announcers deserved that.
Bwahahahaha!

Woodson back in for the south.
My guess is Colt is done for the game.

Woodsen tosses to the sideline. Complete.

Forte runs to the 10 while the announcers talk about each other.

First and Goal,
Handoff to Choice.

Talk about "burp the baby"- QB who holds on to the football too long and pats it.

Woodson underthrows to the endzone.
Credit Ellis for the crush.

Woodsen has to run and gets to the 2.

They are booing because the FG unit is going onto the field.

MAHALO LIZ for the updates!

or shall I call you LK for the time being as ST is taking off?

But COLT is a Warrior and we know what he can do.

Just suck it up and move on to the next one!

WE BELIEVE IN YOU COLT!!!

FG South!

Coutu nails it.

16-10 North

I'm tired of Rich Eisen talking about himself.

The routes that they're asking Colt to throw are all downfield 20-30 yard routes. When Angie was in (Tenessee QB) they called plays that were much shorter/quicker routes. Why can't they call some of these just to get Colt some completions? Honestly, if i had to rate his performance between 1 and 5...5 being the best i'd HAVE to say 2. He's only made 2 nice throws unfortunatly.

Mahalo to J for the posters for my kids. An animated Chinese kids show really sounds like something they might like to watch.

It was cool to talk with J until she was called away for her work.

This game really really sucks. Only a few (2-4) players are really making good impressions. You guys on the islands really aren't missing much.

I'll stay with the second round. Colt has to get to the combine, while many guys who think they are already first round picks won't be going and risking having a bad combine. Colt can show the nay sayers who he really is by going to all the in house evaluations at the various teams. He stated the year being rated below Booty and the kid from Louisville, he will be drafted higher than either of those kids and Ainge. This negativity all comes from the Sugar Bowl and every analyst or wannabe parrots what the others are saying as if they scouted Colt extensively. The arm strength issue is crap, we all know that yet Colt is being ripped for having a weak arm, since when? The almost INT was a mistake by the wideout who was trying to be cute and make a circus catch, the pass was good.
John Beck who on YouTube tossed a 75 yard frozen rope, ON HIS KNEES, was also accused of having a weak arm last year. It's easier for the know-it-alls to be negative, and draw unfounded conclusions on two games without seeing any other Hawaii games on tape or live.

Kazz- LK is da MAN with the badges and the CCD cleaner ;-)

Jordon's teammate Wheatly has the return from near the endzone tothe 20 something. Booty throws comp to their 40,

Forsett runs. 2nd and 4

Comment from: klc2292 [Visitor]
The routes that they're asking Colt to throw are all downfield 20-30 yard routes. When Angie was in (Tenessee QB) they called plays that were much shorter/quicker routes. Why can't they call some of these just to get Colt some completions? Honestly, if i had to rate his performance between 1 and 5...5 being the best i'd HAVE to say 2. He's only made 2 nice throws unfortunatly.
01/26/08 @ 13:37

HA! I had a sinking feeling something was PILAU!

Washington carries. 3rd and short.

Washington gets the 1st down while they talk to Coach Nolan again on the sidelines.

Comment from: klc2292 [Visitor]
This game really really sucks. Only a few (2-4) players are really making good impressions. You guys on the islands really aren't missing much.
01/26/08 @ 13:39

Hmmm... same thing I say about the Pro Bowl.

Sounds like Colt didn't do too well, but he might have led a TD drive if the RB hadn't fumbled. The practices are far more important than the game...so I really liked the report yesterday about how Martz thought so highly of Colt.

Colt also got sacked 2x. The DL just outworked the OL on those plays

Bernard runs, Cromartie tackles. These guys say 1st down but NOT. I don't like them talking to coach when they are playing. HOW CAN HE COACH???

Shuttup already!

I think it was cavewarrior who asked if the scouts care more about the game or the practices. This is an article I posted a few days ago.

The Dolphins have officially left Mobile. Jeff Ireland and crew have seen enough from the practice, and interviewed enough players (over 100). They believe they have a good feel for the talent and makeup of the players who are here, so home they went.

Most teams don't stick around for the game, considering they get every second of film from the practices and the game on their video systems from the NFL.

They should talk to the NORTH coach while the game is going on too. SHEESH!!!

Flags.

1st and 15.
short carry.

Now they are talking about the game MVP.

2nd and 13

Booty goes back and flies it- for a first down.

One week is also not enough time to get great timing with new receivers. Colt basically worked with the same receiving corp for 3 years. Once he is with a NFL team and has a chance to work with the same people day in and day out, I think he'll do fine.

Booty Inc to the endzone while these guys talk about non-Heisman love for Booty.

Off topic, but looking around for articles about Warrior players I found a note about a former UH basketball player.

Most everyone who follows girls basketball in California has heard of Steve Smith, the girls coach and athletic director at Windward in Los Angeles, who got his team to the Division IV state championship in 2006, losing 66-56 in overtime to Sacred Heart Cathedral of San Francisco.

What most people don't know unless they cover girls basketball closely and follow the club circuit, is that Steve's dad, Mike, the patriarch of the Smith family, has been around the girls and women's basketball scene for over 30 years.

Currently, this Marin resident who has lived in the small town of Fairfax since 1976, is the head coach at Marin Academy in San Rafael and loving every minute of it.

The elder Smith was a basketball prodigy in his youth at Northwestern High in Detroit, and after serving time in the military, he wound up at the University of Hawaii where he once again lit up the scoreboard.

A third round draft pick of the Milwaukee Bucks in 1968, Smith never saw the NBA after twice tearing up a knee that even the famous Dr. Robert Kerlan couldn't put back together enough for him to play.

Mike instead took a job with the federal government and after retirement found his way into coaching. He started as an assistant in the women's program at Santa Rosa Junior College, and then moved to San Domenico School in San Anselmo where he was the head coach at the all girls' school.

When son Steve got the men's head coaching job at Dominican College (now Dominican University) in San Rafael, Mike became an assistant. Then, when Steve moved on to the WNBA in Phoenix as an assistant, Mike took a job as a consultant to the women's pro league.

The South dee pushes the runner backwards.

More debate on Booty.. and compare with Ryan. Mayock gives his choices for QBs

2:55 left in the game North is going for the 4th down. WHY???
They turn over on downs instead of making the FG!!!

DUH!!!

Well it's been fun today. I gotta get ready to go make some money. See everybody later.

South has a chance to rise again.
commercials, of course.

comon south score!!!

Hi Garret!

False Start.

1st and 15 drom the 9
Ainge throws to Tamme, driven out by JORDON.:_)

Run doesn't go either.

They need Tyler ...

Short pass, Jordon was on the intended receiver.

Jordon would have got the interference call but the ball was uncatchable. YEAHHH JORDON!!!

no interference, the PASS was impossible to catch. Stupid REFS,
OK they did get it right.........ah.............
Ainge looks like a little kid, right now. Recall the South was mixing up running and passing very well with when Ainge was in before, Colt didn't get ANY running help when he was in.

2 minutes.

Ainge throws HUGE.
Next pass, complete but Jordon bounces the guy into tomorrow!

Long pass to Avery. 1st and 10 on the 43. No TOs left, no stopping the clock for the chains. Ainge spikes.

comon south put it in the endzone & score!!!

43 secs.
Ainge throws. Wheatley gets called on interf.

Fumble, South recovers.

there's your rag doll look, thank heavens it wasn't Colt, but Erik Ainge

Ellis is defending and unstoppable.

GREAT Pass to Douglas, runs to the sideline. EXCITING!!!!

25 secs and 15 yards to go.
North calls TO to break the rhythm.

FORTE RUNS TO THE 2 YARD LINE!!!

15 sec left.
TO

Pass to caldwell- inc

Ainge cannot hear the play. Another incomplete.

7 secs.
INC
4sec to go

lets go south punch it in for the score!!!

They call a reverse
IT WORKS!!@!@

16-16

man! cmon south!

Coutu- it is you.

GOOD!!!

THE SOUTH RISES!!!!

YES!

Ainge to Caldwell... great razzle dazzle way to end the game!

Great job LizK!

WHEW.

That was fun.

They give Forte the MVP.

Jordon got some good face time on the camera at the end.

PROUD OF YOU GUYS!!!!

WAY TO GO!!

So the final score was a tie?

16-16?

Sorry. Coutu nailed the PAT. South Wins, 17 to 16 !

Garret,
thanks for repost of this: Most teams don't stick around for the game, considering they get every second of film from the practices and the game on their video systems from the NFL.

Hopefully Colt scored points with the scouts this past week.

Big mahalo to LizK and all the color analystssss :)

wow! I read that the North was predicted to win, so this was sweet!

Sounds like Colt didn't have the greatest day out there. But he knows how to persevere, and I'm sure he will. He still has the Combine. You can DO it!

gigi- the North dominated the whole game. The South rose the last two minutes. It was Tyler bringing back the Warriors from behind to win all over again.

Not a good game for Colt...at all. I think it's official: CB has had the worst month EVER. It was downhill from that Senior Bowl. Mike Mayock, one of the top NFL draft guys, thinks Colt will go undrafted now. It's just so sad because I think this kid is someone that everyone roots for. Then again, you never know and things happen for a reason. It ain't over till it's over.

Terrific, Liz.
Thanks for the play-by-play. The Roomba 550 is vacuuming my bedroom right now. It finished the family room and kitchen already.

What a nice way to spend Saturday. So happy and lazy!

So far, 12 people have RSVPd that they are attending the July 12 blog party!

Come one, come all!

Email me at:
glendahinchey at yahoo.com

Mahalo!

gigi- I emailed SteveM. Am I on your list?

ok. Gotta go home now. Laterz!

Colt will be drafted.
He's got a lot of upside.
He just needs to put on more weight.

yes, Liz, you are on the list.

A dozen people RSVP'd for a party that's six months away?
Shucks, I don't even know if I'll be alive in six months. How do people know they'll be free?

Colt was "hard luck" today in the Senior Bowl. He looked good under center and threw some nice short/medium passes. His pick was unfortunate and a well spotted pass was stripped from the receiver. I saw three bad thows. Colt was also sacked due to poor OL blocking.

Unfortunately for Colt, the other QBs looked pretty good including Ainge (lower ranked) and Booty (also lower ranked). The advantage that these guys have is that they look tough and Colt looks frail.

However, Colt looked very poised and if it is true that his practices will count heavily, he might go in the first day of the draft. I doubt he is a 1st round pick.

haha yep there's lots of interest in the party.

ST,

I agree with you. Each pound Colt gains will be worth spots in the draft and big money. I think that his weight loss and corresonding strength loss due to the flu hurt his medium to long passes this week.

Sporting News rates the non-BCS teams.

1. BYU. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the new non-BCS monster. The Cougars haven't lost a Mountain West game the last two years. And it's only gonna get better under Bronco Mendenhall.
2. Hawaii. Time will look back fondly on what June Jones did in 2007. Still, it's difficult to get images of that Sugar Bowl thumping out of my head.
3. Boise State. Sure, the Broncos lost to East Carolina in the Hawaii Bowl, but Boise State remains the hippest non-BCS school in the nation.

6. Fresno State. Pat Hill is a man's-man coach. And he has a man's-man program. I only wish more programs had Hill's cojones.

21. Nevada. Chris Ault is to non-BCS coaches what JoePa is to BCS coaches.

24. San Jose State. Funny how winning seems to follow Dick Tomey wherever he goes.

List of the 20 worst college football programs.

1. Florida International 1-11, 1-6 Sun Belt. Here's all you need to know: FIU scored 14 TDs all season. Hawaii scored that many burping after pregame meals.

2. Idaho 1-11, 0-8 WAC. The one win -- against Cal Poly. Thank goodness for Cal Poly. Here's a tip, Vandals: Keep those guys on the schedule.

7. SMU 1-11, 0-8 C-USA. The Mustangs sport a 10-game losing streak, tied with Minnesota and Idaho for longest in the nation. So SMU has that going for it ... which is nice.

11. Utah State 2-10, 2-6 WAC. The Aggies closed the season with two wins! But here's a dirty little secret: They opened the year with 10 consecutive losses. Shhhhh.

17. New Mexico State 4-9, 1-7 WAC. Don't be fooled by those four wins -- two came vs. Southeastern Louisiana and Arkansas Pine-Bluff. Bet you didn't know they had teams -- or even were schools.

colts brennan, andre ware, david klingler, timmy chang...............what do they all have in common? products of the system of the run and shoot, they are all busts. I'll be shocked if Colt gets drafted, the kids has no muscle, too scrawny, boney legs, too slow, very robotic in the pocket, he is a system-QB, he is garbage, you islanders are overhyping his worth, he will never be a 1st round pick, never be a first day pick, ill be shocked if he is even drafted at all. He better save that money from his hawaii autograph shows, cuz his pro career wont last long unless he wants to hold a clipboard in canada. Even Mike Mayock tore colt up on the senior bowl broadcast, colt embarrassed himself.

Great job, LizK! You should be sitting next to Leahey!

Mahalos to everyone else for sharing their insights of the Senior Bowl, too. Wish I could've watched him play.
No worries, he'll get 'um next time.

Colt will be drafted.
And all of those who say no, will disappear or change their online names. But we're keeping the naysayers' computer codes for the future.

ST's got our back!

No need to say too much after that one!

By the way, Jim Kelly and Warren Moon played in the same system. They're in the Hall of Fame right now.

My god, it's just one game! Colt will be employed by either the NFL or by ESPN.

The main thing is he will be employed!

Fresno State could be losing its offensive coordinator...this would be a big loss in my opinion, especially right before NLI day.

University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban is reportedly going to fly to Tucson, Ariz., today and meet with Fresno State offensive coordinator Jim McElwain about the opening on his staff.

Brian Curtis of CSTV.com reported Saturday that both sides believe a deal could be reached. If that name looks familiar, it’s because Curtis co-wrote Saban’s book, “How Good Do You Want To Be?”

Gigi, if the Roomba bangs into something, will it turn or keep trying to go? Will it roll over any cords or stuff like that?

The Eastern Washington guy got UH's recruiting budget wrong.

More telling, however, was the quote from Eastern Washington associate athletic director Don Ross:

“We’re not high-paying, and our budgets aren’t high,” Ross said. “Did you watch the Sugar Bowl? You know when they were talking about Hawaii having a $100,000 recruiting budget and Georgia having a $500,000 budget. Well we have a tenth of that.

Wow, "that" was exciting!

By "that", I mean Liz was exciting---way to go girl.

Thank you very very very much!

Maybe you can do the Florida game for us, too?

gigi,

I'm glad that your Roomba is doing its job for you!

RE Roomba 550 -- I've got the latest model so can't vouch for earlier models. My Roomba will turn when it hits obstacles. It will NOT eat cords or rug fringes. It goes right over them.

The battery runs for 2 hours straight and then needs to be recharged at the Home Base.

Yes, Colt will be drafted. I don't think any logical person is still thinking he will be a 1st round pick but he will be drafted. He does too much well to not get picked and there's still a chance he could go 1st day, maybe 3rd round. If the Broncos were willing to use a 3rd round pick on a RB who hadn't played for a whole year and had real character issues (Clarret from a few years ago), I don't see one of the 32 teams not investing at least a 3rd-5th round pick on a QB that can what Colt can. He can put on the weight and work more from under center to get comfortable with his throws. Plus, he won't be asked to be a starter from day 1.

Are you satified with the cleaning power? Have you ever tried to re-vacuum after to see if anything else got picked up?

gigi,

Our Roomba works the same way--I think we have the 530. The 530 was cheaper, but the 550 is the only one sold at Costco so no shipping charges to Hawaii.

Whoever said Colt is even in the same vicinity as Timmie Chang needs a reality check. Overall in general, Colt is just a better person all around and even on the field. Yeah...it is one game...and Mayock is one scout. No excuses for Colt though, it wasn't a good game.

But again, it's not over until it's over. Ask Kurt Warner...I mean....from nobody in Arena Football...to sitting on the bench...to leading his team.

And I agree with Gigi...I think Colt has HUGE potential as a broadcaster/commentator for football. All the things those guys need, including charisma, Colt has in spades.

Laieikawai,

We have wood floors and *everything* is picked up by the Roomba. gigi can tell you about carpet.

I wonder if QB recruits watched Colt in the Senior Bowl and have second thoughts about the JJ type of offense, i.e. being in the shotgun for three to four years. JJ really hyped Colt(I also think Colt is great) but he has really struggled this past month against top end competition. The same thing pretty much happened to Timmy. Maybe our pitch to QB recruits should be that if they play in our offense they won't be in the shotgun 99.9% of the time like they would at SMU. I'd use it as a recruiting tool ASAP while the kettle is still hot on the stove. Don't get me wrong, I really would love to see Colt succeed. C'mon brada we got your back.

DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'!!!

HOLD ONTO THAT FEELIN'!!!

THE COMBINE, HIS RECORDS OH OH OOOOOOHHHHHH!!!

Hi Liz!

I'm sorry I didn't respond when you said Hi earlier in the blog, but my kids had gotten up from their naps and it was family time.

Re Roomba cleaning power: Yep, it does a great job on carpets and tile. You should see the dust and debris it grabs!

I like it when it vacuums under my king size bed.

It's so easy for me.

Ho Kazz,
gotta love Journey

haha, I didn't realize Kazz's ditty was actually a song!

Good parody.

Garret,

RE:Error in UH recruiting budget reported.

Maybe Don Ross of Eastern Washington saying we had a 100K recruiting budget wasn't so wrong.

He was quoted in saying that's what he heard during the Sugar Bowl broadcast and I can't remember exactly what was said about our recruiting budget, BUT the Maloofs did double what he previously had right?

So 100K would sound about right wouldn't it?

Of course I don't know if that money to double the budget kicked in this recruiting year or what...

Loa,

Journey is timeless!

I'm a sportswriter, so I know how it is be caught up on one element. For instance, it's not a big deal to play under center. He did that at every stop before UH. I mean, his biggest adjustment is, what, learning to hand off to a running back? It's much harder to learn how to read coverages.
As for this "systems" nonsense, everybody acts like UH was cheating, like they ran something that gave them an unfair advantage in building statistics. But think of how difficult it is to complete a pass when everybody knows you're going to pass. Colt completed better than 70 percent of his passes — for a career.

Gigi:

What's the rush on the RSVPs -the date is 5-1/2 months from now.

Heck, I don't even know if I'll still be amongst the living that far in advance. At this stage in my life, I don't even feel comfortable about buying calendars and date books for an entire year.

OFF-SPORTS TOPIC/CHANGE OF SUBJECT: My first cousin and his wife who are really Big Muckamuckas in Seattle will be in town next week and wants to take DrDoc and me out for dinner.

Since I know that expensive doesn't always equate with best, what are your recommendations? The only qualifications are that it must be a real restaurant, not take-out, and that the atmosphere be at a minimum casual but not tees and slippas, and preferably with a tropical/Hawaiian/ocean theme. The emphasis must be on food & service.

They're heading on over to Hawai`i the next morning so we can take some time to dine so anyplace where the tables are expected to turn over every hour won't be a good place.

OK my bad. Just trying to think of ways to give our recruiters an advantage to bring in the goods. As I said before, I think Colt is great. And not only as a player but also as a person. I really want him to succeed.

I hope Colt will make it to the next level. Guava mentioned he thought Colt lost $5 million because he "choked" at the Sugar Bowl. Too bad, if true.

Hey, ST, you are a good writer. Your style reminds me of Mitch Albom's "Tuesdays with Morrie." It was a bestseller and was made into a TV movie, starring Jack Lemmon.

You should write a book, too.

ST's on a roll...

Thanks for input Gigi and Garret!

Ooooh, we're gonna talk about food now...

Colt will go to the pros. He'll do well.

Every single QB got their share of criticisms when they started. It's what they do when given the opportunity that counts.

Colt will be fine.

Comment from: Stephen [Member]
I'm a sportswriter, so I know how it is be caught up on one element. For instance, it's not a big deal to play under center. He did that at every stop before UH. I mean, his biggest adjustment is, what, learning to hand off to a running back? It's much harder to learn how to read coverages.

BOOYAH!

As for this "systems" nonsense, everybody acts like UH was cheating, like they ran something that gave them an unfair advantage in building statistics....

I don't know if it's the cynical nature in me when it comes to the all the negative press towards the program's work on the field coming from "experts".

But I think logically wouldn't anyone with an ounce of logical thinking ability be able to understand that the object of football is to gain yardage in a pursuit of reaching the endzone.

IN keeping with what ST is saying, is there like some un-written rule saying that one must gain yardage but must RUN a certain amount of yards to be credible.

It's a joke indeed!

The running game has been like the foundation of American Football and it just seems like the "lodge/member's only/country club" mentality of those that refuse to think outside the box that scoff at a passing offensive system that gains yards and puts points on the scoreboard.

Oh yeah they want to say that a team that passes 90% of the time is "one-dimensional" ok I can see that, BUT when teams RUN the ball 90% of the time why are they considered "power offenses"? If anything LOGICALLY that ALSO looks like a one-dimensional team as well.

Biases, biases, and biases.

The glass ceiling of acceptance and acknowledgement, if you will.

ST,
i'm with you on colt, can't wait to hear the backpedalling from the so called experts in a few years.

Bali By the Sea at Hawn Village is nice for dinner. Not as expensive as La Mer but just as good. Beautiful view.

I loved their Surf and Turf dinner.

Kazz,

Good point about the Maloof's doubling the budget. But I don't think that happened yet and doubt that the Eastern Washington guy knew that.

With the 2x recruiting budget plus free trips to the mainland (and Samoa!) via Hawaiian Airlines, UH really can visit more recruits on the mainland now.

Kazz,
did you ever journey live?

Whoops! Bad grammar

My first cousin and his wife.....will be in town next week and wants to take DrDoc...=
My first cousin and his wife.....will be in town next week and want to take DrDoc....

Hmm...

Not my best grammatical performance on here in the above post, but I was going off on something that just gets me all bothered.

Looks like a bunch of run-on sentences.

Good thing I was speaking to someone in person otherwise I would have gone cross-eyed and been frothing at the mouth.

Shucks, bad game for Colt. That one pass he made from the shot gun came out of a cannon. Then there was that one deep pass that was way under thrown.

It's funny that my last image of Colt in a college football game was of him congratulating the Georgia kicker after the winning kick. How ironic.

I can't wait till next season to see where he ends up.

The past year was such a great ride.

Time for Tyler to dig in. Let it fly, Tyler!

This may be a list of guys here on their visit right now from what was posted somewhere else. First guy is a QB, not sure if all of these guys are here though:

Andrew Trudnowski QB
Dustin Blount
Deryn Bowser
Jeremy Bryant
Steven Donahue
Cody Kamakana
Kainoa Lacount
Art Laurel
Chris McClover
Michael Tinoco
Kahai Choy

ST,

Remember, it is the scout's jobs to tear down every recruit before the draft. They look for all of the negatives and knock down the recruits. Then in the week or two before the draft they start focusing on the positives and seeing things differently.

ST---thank you for your intsightful thoughts and keeping us up on football.

I'm hoping you can keep doing this everyday all the way to September. That is why I love this blog. Football, football and nothing but football.

Mahalo.

P.S. Maybe Bulla can paint his face half purple and half green with a white strip down his nose for the Weber State game---and sew two jerseys together, so when he looks left, he is for Weber State and when he looks right, he looks like a UH fan.

Silly Wrabbit idea

Even if he did lose $5 million from the Sugar and loses more because of the Senior bowl...as a benchwarmer in the NFL...money isn't even an issue. Seriously. He'll still make more money than me..you...everyone with higher degrees of education. There is more to life anyway than money.

But seriously, SOMETHING needs to go right for him. I do agree that his body of work will count, and I think there are people out there with a HUGE soft spot for him and I think in general, that counts for something.

Loa,

They came down here but it was without Steve Perry. I refused to go.

Garret,

That's true about the budget thing and I also doubt that they heard about the Maloof donation. Unless someone leaked it to make things sound not so bad for us.

Just seemed like the 100K guess was a coincidence.

WassupDoc,

I don't really go to expensive restaurants in Hawaii. I do like Ruth Chris, but they are a chain and not really Hawaii. There was a nice restaurant in Haiku Gardens that had a beautiful view, good service, and a nice selection of food, but I don't know if it is still there.

Kazz,

Eastern Washington's recruiting budget is $50k and they wanted to point out that Georgia's is 10x their recruiting budget. So, I don't think they were too worried about getting UH's recruiting budget correct.

That brings up another point--UH's recruiting budget was the same as Eastern Washington's? Especially considering the higher cost of flying recruits to Hawaii, that is really sad.

Nyla,

Good things will happen to good people.

Colt has survived WORSE things than this.

Just like a former UH coach once said: "Guys if this game was the worst thing that ever happens to you, then you will live a great life" -McKnight after the Sugar Bowl.

Sure easy for us to say as fans, but COLT WILL PREVAIL!

He has such great character and has abilites yet to even reach maximum potential that it will not go unnoticed.

It CANNOT go unnoticed!

PAU HANA!!!

Colt is intelligent, charming, affable, sincere, modest and genuine. Traits that will enable him to succeed in the most important game of all: life. NFL or no, he is already a winner. Of course, it doesn't hurt that he is so cute...HOT! to be more exact.

Wassup Doc,

The more I think of it, the more I believe that Bali By The Sea in Hawaiian Village is your best bet.

White tablecloths and napkins, view of the ocean, excellent food and service.

And you can linger over dinner.

Thanks very much for the play by play of the game! We were out doing family things since we couldn't see or hear the game.

I have confidence that Colt will do well, despite how it sounds the game sounds like it went.

Laieikawai, our old 300 (?) series Roomba and our current 550 both will tap into obstacles and navigate around them. It's fun to put something in the middle of the floor, set Roomba to run at bedtime and then be the first one in the morning to see its little pathways on the carpet.

Two things I'm liking since we switched are:

New Roomba slows down on its second approach to something (keep in mind they go over the same areas several times).

New Roomba doesn't have the transmitter thing sticking up in the front so it can go under more low-lying stuff than (some of) the earlier versions.

WassupDoc,
Were you looking for something ethnic? Either way, Oceanarium (is that how you spell it?) has good food and nice decor with the huge salt water fish tank.

Kazz,
back in the eighties they played five nights in a row at blaisdell arena.

The storm hitting San Diego right now is going to affect the golf tournament tomorrow. Looks like the winner of the tournament has basically already been decided.

Break out the umbrellas for rain, and the white flags for Tiger Woods.

Winning the Buick Invitational became a matter of when - not who - after Woods put on a clinic Saturday by hitting 17 greens in regulation, building an eight-shot lead and hoping he doesn't have to wait until Monday to collect a fourth straight title at Torrey Pines.

"I'm in second place. I'm not really in contention," Stewart Cink conceded. "He's just hard to beat right now."

Mercy might come from Mother Nature. Sunshine gave way to clouds late in the day, and the forecast Sunday was for heavy rain that could wash out the final round. Players would have to return on Monday if the course conditions and forecast allow.

PGA Tour tournament director Mark Russell said Woods with an eight-shot lead would have no bearing on the decision.

"There's no mercy rule," he said. "We're not playing Little League baseball. We'll see what happens. We might get lucky."

Garret,
you hit it right on the head with your 15:50 comment.
one thing they cannot measure is heart.

Actually, the guys in radiology can measure the size of a heart. But I get what you're saying.

Gigi said it best - that Colt will have a job no matter what. He's talented enough to play pro AND has the personality to commentate, which is more than I can say about some of those clowns on ESPN. Plus he can pronounce the Samoan names correctly.

Loa,

I've seen this happen year after year when the scouts tear apart tons of recruits at the Senior Bowl. Vince Young got far more criticism than Colt and ended up being drafted #3 overall! But Vince had size, a problem for Colt right now.

Too bad they cannot measure heart and charisma...Colt cannot be beat in those areas.

help??

Anyone successfully listening to the men's BB game on 1420? I'm getting progress showing, but no sound.

Anybody here ever play paint war?
My son is into that. We should have a paint war. Us against the athletic department staff.

ST,

Someone had to get literal on us...

ST's in a weird mood...

I can't believe that my kids are hungry right now after all the food they put away at Todai. Lori and I postponed our lau lau until tomorrow's dinner...but the kids are hungry already!

paintball huh, might not be fair cause we have bigger targets but then again we have homey and jojo.

Not to worry about Colt just yet. There is not much weight put on the actual game by the NFL people, they know all star games suck. Case in point, most of them left before the game. What he does from here on in, combine, Pro-day, personal work outs and his weight and strength issues, will dicide were he goes. He might surprise us all, but then again, that wouldn't be a surprise.

Well, I sure wouldn't want paint in my eyes!

lol

Tsigh...just when I thought TS was a football nut...now he's into paint war. Well, maybe he want to shoot a rainbow...

Garret, I want to eat steak and lobster.

Hubby and I are going to have lunch at Romano's Macaroni Grill tomorrow. We've eaten there twice before.

Liz,

Mahalo for the great play by play. Just came home and wondered how the game went. Knew if I checked the blog I'd get an idea of how Colt faired.

Wow! Better than a commentary. Got your play by play. I ate some peanuts, settled back and read. Felt like I was there! Awesome job! Bummer that Colt didn't play better, but he'll bounce back.

Grinding 6,000 cals/day ought to put on a pound/day. He can blow them away during the combine. Plus, he has what a lot of players wish they had...the IT factor. Charisma and heart. You either have it or you don't, and he has it. The team that drafts him will have people flocking to the stands to see him.

I BELIEVE!

If I were a sportswriter do-
ing an interview on Colt Bre-
nnan,I would want to know how
his ankle(injured in the Nev-
ada-Las Vegas game)is holding
up.And has it hindered him?
Reoccuring?Lingering?And if
anything is wrong with his right knee?
During the Georgia game his right knee,on at least one
return to the huddle,I saw
it looked liked it buckled.

Looking at things objectively,
I can understand how his plant
foot and knee are (both right
side) making his passes
appear with lesser torque.

Another question:(And prob-
ably the most important)-Are
you burned out from the emot-
ional roller coaster of the
year long Heisman hype,the
trip to New York,four come
from behind victories,the trip
to the Sugar Bowl,the changing
of the football coach,the tur-
moil surrounding it,including
the fallout of the AD and the
national condemnation of the
weak schedule and the WAC???
And to be judged and scrutin-
ized ever step of the way,no
less.And to perservere with
such class,dignity and hum-
ility,Colt will remain highly
esteemed,especially for carry-
ing such a big weight on his
shoulders...And he never com-
plained and I think he really is playing hurt(in more ways
than one).

Gigi, they have a ONO rib-eye there. MMMMM!

Laiekawai, hubby loves their rib-eye, too.

I think if I was on the AD staff, I'd be pretty scared of ST right now...is the full moon still out?

lol I was wondering who was howling to the moon. DPK or ST?

Ok folks, so colt had an off day, well maybe not. From what I saw none of the QB's where all that great. They all seem to be having a not so good day. Also anyone basing his draft status on this game doesn't know to much about how the NFL works.

Colt will get drafted, in what round I don't know and it really doesn't make any difference, because the team that drafts him will be doing so for their future. Colt needs to go to a team that has a established QB, then spend a season or two as the number two QB or even number three, during which time he will be getting better at the NFL level of play.

Colts time will come within the next two to three years. During which time he can bulk up to 215 which I think is his right weight to be.

WassupDoc,

Hanohano Room at the Sheraton Waikiki. Haven't been there for awhile so can't vouch for the menu but I'm sure the setting is still astounding at night.

We're going to the Hau Tree Lanai tonight. I'll give you a report tomorrow.

Yes, I know, I know. We did go to Sam Choy's BLC this morning but today is a real anomaly as we hardly dine in town.
btw, WD, BLC was awesome and someplace you actually might consider for dinner with your cousin.

Wasn't Tom Brady picked in the 6th round of the draft? Now look at him! MVP honors and Super Bowl rings!

I didn't mean paint war as in let's hurt somebody. I thought it might be a fun activity. It would be like bowling, if the bowling balls were gumball-sized and aimed at you.

What was Lawrence Wilson's major?

help, please?

Oops, I should have been clearer with my request for help if anyone is listening to the men's basketball game. I'm trying to get the 1420 steam to work on the computer since the radio signal is really bad. No luck online so far, either.

Thanks!

Maybe, Jacob Patek can join the same team as Lawrence Wilson.

Patek is majoring in history and will graduate in May.

His mother told me she really wants him to graduate. His sister left college before graduating.

Paint ball is pretty physically demanding. Played it years ago on the Windward side. Once the adrenelin gets going you start doing stuff that 40-something couch potatoes (blog commenters) really regret the next morning.
Maybe best to stick w/ Wii-stuff!

I meant his sister left college without graduating.

Hi Green-M,

The webcast doesn't start until 4:45 pm HST - according to the HA "On the Air" schedule.

brew,
maybe green_machine hoping for one REALLY FAST internet connection.


heheheh

Thanks, brew808!! Can you tell I'm eager to catch the game?

Maybe I should have been the one wanting to hire Jason since I couldn't even convert the time zones right.... ;-)

Used to get the 1420 stream just fine like 5+ years ago for away bb games, but ever since their (?) upgrades it is really hit and miss. It misses, and I hit my head on the wall. I even keep installing the new flip4mac and everything.

Brady went in the 6th. I don't think Romo was even drafted.

1. Florida International 1-11, 1-6 Sun Belt. Here's all you need to know: FIU scored 14 TDs all season. Hawaii scored that many burping after pregame meals.

I almost spit up my coffee reading that!

But then I thought ... you know, not that funny. Because we know what it's like to be 0-12 and on the butt end of jokes. So I pledged never to even chuckle again at Florida Intl or any other struggling team.

There but by the grace of God go we.

gigi,

I think that Patek has a real shot at sticking in the NFL...I do NOT think he's thinking about the AAFL.

Gigi,

Tom Brady was drafted # 199, yup that's not a typo... (he was a STEAL!)..and my favorite QB Joe Montana was drafted in the 3rd round..the 82nd overall pick ... I'm still confident that Colt will be drafted...

Comment from: Stephen [Member]
Colt will be drafted.
And all of those who say no, will disappear or change their online names. But we're keeping the naysayers' computer codes for the future.
Permalink 01/26/08 @ 15:14

And this is why ST is my hero.

Tommie, the ONLY garbage is yourself. Such a NARROW mind that does not have a clue on being an athlete and competing against competition regardless of level play. Colt Brennan will be SUCCESSFUL in ANY thing that he does. The young man has more then football carrying him to be GREATER for life. Sport is just an avenue and Mr. Brennan represents it well both athletically and academically. It is HATERS like you who know NOTHING of the game or played on a high level that can make erroneous statements that you do and then justify it by your support to some idiot broadcaster who is bitter and jealous just like you BECAUSE both of you are NON ATHLETIC ! The only embarrasment is yourself as Colt Brennan does not need his "autograph money" to survive he has GREATER qualities that goes way beyond your narrow thinking and will be HIGHLY sucessful in life then you will ever be. It's sad people like your self that's always trying to bring good people down. Get a life, stop living in your mama's house and learn some manners when you come on this blog you whimp and little mamas boy who don't have NOTHING going for him in life. Now who's embarrass now !

I was doing some research for another blog member and came across this article...I guess Google didn't catch it for me yesterday.

A state lawmaker wants to transfer management of Aloha Stadium to the University of Hawaii as a way to generate additional money for its athletic programs.

The chairman of the Aloha Stadium Authority board, who questions the idea, says the move wouldn't help the university that much since the stadium's current operating costs almost match its revenue stream.

House Bill 2429, introduced by Rep. Jerry Chang, D-S. Hilo-Keaukaha, chairman of the House Committee on Higher Education, wants to create a corporation under UH to "operate, maintain, manage and improve Aloha Stadium with the University of Hawaii as the major tenant."

The bill's language notes that the "secondary duty is to generate net income from Aloha Stadium that may be transferred to the intercollegiate athletics program of UH."

LizK & commentators,
Mahalo nui loa for the play-by-play. I had to leave the restaurant after Colt was taken out in the 3rd quarter.

Good luck, Colt! You have more opportunities to show your skills. Live the dream.

Wow, Cliff sure got riled up! We should also mention that Colt doesn't need the autograph money...his family is comfortably well off and he could join that business. However, I believe that Colt has a career in broadcasting once his NFL career is done in 10 years or so.

Ok, so here's competition a bit different than North-South, or East-West.

If you click on the link above in red, you will see who's who in the Miss America Contest. (You have to click on the state to see each girl).

Hawaii looks good to go.
But Michigan is pretty.
Washington is Japanese!

Anyhow, have fun ST, Jason and all those who like to lurk...

Kazz,

Ho, dig the Journey shout out!

*Reaching for my Ben-Gay now.*

Silly Rabbit,
Everyone must be checking out the link 'cause no mo new posts here!


heheheh

On Colt's struggle today ... sometimes I think that guy is just born under an unlucky star. From Colorado to the Sugar Bowl, maybe he's just destined to always have to fight his way to the top, while other people get stuff just handed to them. Notice I said "to the top," because that's clearly where he's headed ultimately. The patience and determination through adversity is what marks a true champion, a true man of character. This is what will bear out over time.

ST- actually, I think you're onto something there. Why not have a paint war to raise money for Athletics? It could be an auction to shoot HF or his successor with paintball guns. Imagine the lines of people who would line up and bid for that right if HF, Clapp, McNamara and compliance guy were lined up as targets? USC did a swimming race between Pete Carroll and Will Ferrell to raise buku money for USC. If paintball can't be done, even a dunking booth would be awesome. $5 a turn to have 3 chances at throwing and hitting the target to dunk any of the UHAD staff. I'd go in line at least a couple times. I don't know if McNamara's hair creates an oil slick when he gets dunked, so the Outdoor Circle may have something to say about that.

ST, lobs the softball.

Is HF gonna be there?

Sounds like a fund-raiser.

Comment from: Stephen [Member]
Anybody here ever play paint war?
My son is into that. We should have a paint war. Us against the athletic department staff.
Permalink 01/26/08 @ 16:11

Oxymoron, I guess when more than 2 people get the same thought.. thats how revolutions start.

Go, Cliff! Go, Cliff! Go, Cliff! :)

Cliff is my hero, too.

VegasDrew- great minds think alike!

or rolls the kickball...baby bounce

Garret, I dont take kindly to people like Tommie. They piss me off by writing there hate and disrespecting Mr. Colt Brennan character and athletic accomplishments period. Calling him garbage and an embarrasment are pretty hard words from an individual who is nothing but a HATER. I have seen these type of people and they have ONE thing in common they NEVER succeeded in sports. They vent there frustrations and jealous behavior only because of there own insufficient dissapointment athletic career or non. Colt Brennan is GREAT a fine young man who emphasizes the epitomy of a FINE athlete and WONDERFUL person. Put Hawaii on the map and embrace the ALOHA spirit that gave Hawaii die hard fans the feeling of PROUDNESS representing Hawaii. A saviour to the football program and I am PROUD that he is an athletic brother like myself that represents the Aloha State with dignity and class. I take GREAT pride for him and will protect his character ANYTIME when losers like Tommie come on this blog airing out his dirty laundry on a FINE young man that Colt Brennan is. It's call WARRIOR PRIDE !

Treo reading the blog while stuck in traffic for the last half hour.

One of the measures of character is how one deals with adversity. Any negative attention is still attention and an opportunity to demonstrate one's character.

I am concerned about stress and time to rest. The passing of Heath Ledger is a wake-up call. Actually a sleep call. We need to know when we need to rest and DO IT.

I have to sleep more and am trying to go to bed before midnight now. Just have to stop waking up too early now!

Treo reading the blog while stuck in traffic for the last half hour.

One of the measures of character is how one deals with adversity. Any negative attention is still attention and an opportunity to demonstrate one's character.

I am concerned about stress and time to rest. The passing of Heath Ledger is a wake-up call. Actually a sleep call. We need to know when we need to rest and DO IT.

I have to sleep more and am trying to go to bed before midnight now. Just have to stop waking up too early now!

Esme, thank you for your kind words. Just coming to my athletic brother Colt's aid and ALWAYS protecting his intelligence and character. Haters has no business venting there frustrations and dissapointments to anyone. I have been taught if you don't have nothing nice to say you don't say anything at all. Tommie has not learn that and it's time he gets a clear lesson on it.

Stuck in traffic almost an hour and treo- reading.

if that guys' list is correct...then several are comng from los angeles harbor cc. including a four star wr.

other wr's are on that list too.

looks like we lost wolfgramm to wsu.

oops. sorry for the multiple posts. Kept getting error msgs.

Must be a nasty accident somewhere. This is taking ages to move a mile.

Gigi- so happy you like your Roomba!

Steve Perry... awesome. Touches everything with his voice.

Colt choked in the Sugar Bowl? That is news to me. If anything it was a coaching staff that failed to make the proper offensive adjustments.

Agree with Pomai:

Colt needs to go to a team that has a established QB, then spend a season or two as the number two QB or even number three, during which time he will be getting better at the NFL level of play.

brennan is a by-product of the run & shoo,t 100% no potential as a pro prospect, he waisted the senior bowl's money by flying him over there, his spot should have gone to a legit senior QB from the d-1AA level that doesnt get enough hype.

Tommie-
It seems like his credibility is better than yours. At least he was invited, unlike yourself here.

Stephen Tsai and Hawaii Roller, your aloha wear has been mailed off and you should have it 3 to five days. Styles of Hawaii are the creators of your apparel wear with Linda Uyeda being the wahine of dressing and impressing. Enjoy and MAHALO for your GREATNESS !

One of the captain's jobs is to monitor the haters.

It sounds like somebody lost a lot of money on the Sugar Bowl.

#2 son works for Kauai Paintball. That's what happens when a mom doesn't allow kids to play with guns.
So what you do is hop the cruise ship to Kauai and req. the paintball shore adventure.
He got to play with James Bond the other day.

There's traffic in Kaua`i?

What are you people trying to do - unseat Kailua-Kona as the traffic jam center of the universe!

No wonda u neva wen like dasupraferry wit all da estra cas!

To all the Colt Brennan haters out there, everyone seems to forget if he didn't come back for his senior year he would be already in the NFL. He took a huge gamble in coming back to school and if you ask him about it he will never, ever say he regrets that decision. Yes, he had 2 bad games back to back but I do think he is worn down, who wouldn't be with the type of schedule he has had to endure the past few months. He is human.

I agree with RainbowCliff, a person of his character and success will succeed in whatever he does pursue, he is and always will represent the Warrior Pride he does have.

Way back in Sept. before the start of the season, my crew and I were eating lunch down at Hale Aloha Cafeteria. In walk Colt and his guys, like little girls we were in kind of both awe and giddy at the same time. He turns around and asks us "how's it going guys", like he's known us all that time. On more than one occasion while walking past him on campus he will stop to say "hi, how you doing?". So I too hate when people say things about Colt Brennan's character. He's always the first to give praise to other's, never one to take all the credit when they win, does take the losses hard, but always bounces back big time. He is and always be a winner. Like with Brady and Montana, the team that takes a change on him will find a diamond.

Hi Tommie.
It takes a lot of energy to harbor strong negative feelings for someone. Would you care to help us understand why you don't seem to lke Colt?
Did he do something to you personally in the past?

wassup. i'm now on a cane road detour I have never seen before.

Liz, a belated mahalo for keeping us SB-deprived folks updated, play by play. Greatly appreciated!

I think we will come out in Hanamaulu tonight.

Gigi...you are right, I want Jacob to graduate, preferably this May. It is in his, ours and the university's best interest to do so. He's taking a lot of hours, but I know he can do it if he stays on top of everything. To those praying Tsaiko's, your prayer support is needed and appreciated.

Jake's future is in God's hands. He is working out and preparing for pro-day.

Jake's older sister did graduate from college with a psychology degree, but has not gone on to pursue a masters as of yet. Jacob's "little" sister is still in college. She's a sophomore.

Liz K (member) I am so impressed with your willingness to give a play by play of the senior bowl. You go girl.

We usually check the blog several times a day, but it's hard to read every comment.

I know congrats goes to Bulla and the beast. I know it feels good to have that decided on. I don't know if it was yesterday's blog or today's, but there was a lot of party planning going on.

We already miss football. We went to a local sports bar to watch the senior bowl today. It was good to see Colt. I beleive......he will make the best out of wherever he ends up next. Ralvic....I also liked your post earlier about all the emotional ups and downs there were this season. I can relate.

I've read all of the blog today and gotten a few much needed laughs today.

Miss you guys...If you see my son, give him a hug from me.

The Mrs.

I'm sorry for being this way.

I guess Tommie missed the memo...there is more to life than football and certainly more to life than spending time kicking people when they are down.

Regardless of whether or not Colt plays in the NFL, I think the journey is has taken is nothing short of extraordinary. It goes so far beyond the Senior or the Sugar Bowl or even football in general. This was a guy that at one point made such a big mistake that it looked like he'd never get a chance to play football again. But it happened. And he led a team that seriously brought a state together. Nobody outside of Hawaii could ever possibly understand. Not many people in life will get to touch others like Colt got to during this past year. Regardless of the draft, nobody ever can take that from him.

Tommie . .

Are you Herbie or Hermie in a cowardly disguise?

One thing I noticed while watching Colt today...he was on the sidelines, one of the other players was coming back to the sideline...Colt WENT UP to give him an "Atta Boy!" Only one other player walked up to the guy coming back. That's the kind of man he is. It's a team, and he shows a leader's approach to the players. Another QB was in the game making the plays, but Colt's right there, walking up to the receiver to congratulate him, not waiting behind the line.

Whoops! Must have said or alluded to something naughty in a previous post.

Sorry Mr. Tsai and LizK!

Wafan:
You responded to a deleted comment.
Not your fault.

It's Tommie again. I changed my name.

Mr. Tsai and LizK . . .

Well then, I guess I should refresh more often.

Thanks much!

Joe Theisman had some interesting comments here.

Experienced quarterbacks are a commodity, and the Dolphins can’t afford to be without one. The Dolphins have John Beck and could draft another quarterback in April. They need a veteran.

“Eli Manning is a perfect example of what I’ve said for years,” Theismann said. “It takes four years to learn how to play the quarterback position as a general rule. Sure, there are exceptions to the rule. But it takes that amount of time for the process, for a team to be built around you.”

Tom Brady is the best of all-time: “The reason I think Tom Brady is the greatest that ever played was the same reason I thought Joe Montana was. I think Tom throws the ball better than anybody in football, but he won last year with no receivers. He set an NFL record with the receivers. So if he got them close with nobody and took it to new heights with somebody, then there’s your common denominator.”

Too many teams are doomed to be also-rans because there simply aren’t enough good quarterbacks to go around: “We have 94, 96 positions to fill on rosters. You’d be hard pressed out of 96 quarterbacks to sit down and say, ‘Forget about the Super Bowl. This guy gives me a chance to get into the playoffs.’ “

Despite the accepted maximum QB age going up seemingly each year, there’s a reason 40-year-old Jeff George couldn’t find any takers when he advertised a comeback a couple months ago: “Jeff George can’t even get a sniff because he was such a jerk. They’d take a 44-year-old Vinny Testaverde over a Jeff George. I think he could if he decided he wanted to listen to someone, but nobody’s taking a chance on him.”

It's still me, Tommie.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/recruiting/stories/012708dnsporecruiting.268fedf.html

Kevin Craft news!

Junior college quarterback Kevin Craft said this week that it's hard to beat new SMU coach June Jones' Run and Shoot offense.

It's a message SMU coaches hope recruits in Dallas, in the state and across the nation are paying attention to. Finding players that fit Jones' system is essential to SMU's recruiting efforts, along with establishing the Dallas area as a home base.

Craft, the ex-San Diego State quarterback who threw 44 touchdown passes last season for Mount San Antonio College in California, is SMU's top recruiting priority.

And the 6-5, 205-pound Craft seems to be favoring the Mustangs. He has eliminated Hawaii, the school he was probably headed to because of Jones. Craft's visit last weekend to SMU made a good impression.

"I really felt strong about them," said Craft, No. 61 on Rivals.com's Junior College Top 100. "I felt real comfortable with the staff. The school is unbelievable, and the facilities are top of the line. But most important is the coaching staff."

Craft, who has two years of eligibility remaining, said he probably would make his decision Monday or Tuesday. He visited UCLA this weekend, feeling an obligation after getting a scholarship offer from new coach Rick Neuheisel.

Craft is a main target for SMU, but with only four commitments and the Feb. 6 signing day less than two weeks away, the Mustangs' new staff is focused on ending with a good recruiting year. An emphasis is filling the rest of a class of what should be 18 to 21 recruits with players from the Dallas area.

"He's combing this area hard," Randy Ross, SMU's director of football operations, said of Jones. "He wants to recruit this area. He wants to recruit it so hard he's going to give every coach on the staff an area in Dallas."

SMU has 15 players visiting this weekend. They appear to have an Arkansas pipeline, with a couple of commits in the past day reported. I'll be happy if they go East for recruits...UH isn't recruiting in Arkansas anyway!

bball up by one with one minute!

is anybody paying attention to the basketball team?

So, where were all of Colt's negative prognosticators and dooms-sayers the past several years?

Seems most of you are the proto-typical UH bandwagon jumper/supporter. Out and about displaying like a peacock when they are winning; and whining, pointing fingers and blaming when they are struggling.

Come on people! Either you support them or you do not. You cannot have it both ways. I applaud those season ticket holders who faithfully supported the Warriors though the hellacious years. Those are the true fans.

Found info on only 3 listed players on ryan's list of players visiting if his list is correct per 01/26/08 @ 15:49

Kainoa Lacount- big OL
Chris McCloverf -Check his Ht and 40 time......

Kainoa Lacount
Offensive tackle
Santa Clarita (CA) College of the Canyons
Ht: 6-foot-7
Wt: 285 lbs
Forty: 5.2 secs
Class: 2008 (Junior College - Dec Grad)

Chris McClover
Wide Receiver
Santa Clarita (CA)
Ht: 6-foot-5
Wt: 185 lbs
Forty: 4.4 secs
Class: 2008 (Junior College)

Michael Tinoco
Wide Receiver
Mission Viejo (CA) Saddleback C.C.
Ht: 6-foot-2
Wt: 195 lbs
Class: 2008 (Junior College)

you betcha,Scott.

As much as I hate the haters,
I hate oppression,too,espec-
ially how it relates to how
people's opinons are subject-
ive and if they're not agree-
able to the status quo then
they are often looked down
upon and suppressed.

Opinions,homegrown or foreign,
popular or unpopular,I have no
problem with.

Opinions,with malice and ven-
om,like describing Colt as
garbage,as Tommie did, should
be grounds for instant ban-
ishment.

Got to watch the Senior Bowl with Stretch and UHfan808 today at Giovanni Pastrami in Waikīkī. Sorry if you weren't invited — it was really last minute.

My take on the game was that it was sloppy throughout, and that I didn't see anything that would lead me to change my scouting reports. Most of the QBs showed shoddy mechanics with their footwork — not just Colt.

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Hurray for our captains! Now I'm off to dinner.

Ralvic:
Excellent point.
It's OK to be critical, but let's do it in a constructive way.
When somebody spews that much hatred, then steps need to be taken.

Good win for the basketball team. Didn't get to listen to the game except for the last few seconds. But wins on the road are always good. :-)

Okay, dinner time.

Woohoo, congratulations to the men's basketball team for coming from behind and taking one from the Vandals.

:-)

I understand, Rainbow Cliff, but no point in arguing with someone who is not coming from a place of logic. What can all that hateful ranting be but displaced rage, jealousy, disappointment? You're probably right: a failed athlete who can't stand to see someone else succeed and who is loved, not just for athletic achievement, but because he is a fine person who gives love back. Rather pity Tommie; it must be miserable to be so angry and spiteful.

Garret,

The Theisman thoughts in your 16:39 are worth reading a couple times.

OK, let's not waste our time on the haters, since I actually had to go to the techs on this one.

ST - Save that garbage post when Colt sues that nimrod for slander.

BTW, I noticed during the game that the only badmouthing was directed at Colt from the announcers. Whenever another QB threw short, long, one-hoppers, they simply said "incomplete". But with Colt they ragged on his arm strength. Doesn't matter. He obviously had the respect of the entire South Team as they voted him the Captain.

Hi Beowulf! Sorry about the mistake! I must have heard wrong when hubby asked your daughter about college. So she did graduate! Way to go!

I enjoyed minoring in psychology at UH. Helped me to figure hubby out. haha

My prayers to your son and warm aloha to you!

Rich I noticed the same thing, but just like all the nay sayers during the perfect season, he will show these experts the same thing - a "W".

702WarriorNation wow that guy Kainoa Lacount at 6-7, 285lbs, if he could add another 30lbs of muscle that would be one awesome linemen.

My rule of thumb has always been this: A quarterback transitioning from college to the NFL needs at least one full year to sit behind a veteran and learn the offense. That's one FULL year. I love that the Bengals did that with Carson Palmer. Not every QB is Peyton Manning, who can just step in and throw for 26 TDs, and even then, he threw 28 INTs. Sadly, these guys get paid so much, you can't afford to sit them for a whole year.

702,

I posted a pretty detailed interview of LaCount recently--I think it was in yesterday's blog. He is waiting for a Syracuse scholarship, but they have one person in front of him that will be deciding soon. He would be a good pickup for UH...I hope this weekend goes well!

Mike Nolan, who coached Colt at the Senior Bowl, is rumored to want to draft Colt in the 3rd round...possibly 2nd round. It is interesting to hear his opinion of the importance of the Senior Bowl game vs. practices.

Perhaps the biggest oddity of Senior Bowl week is that the game itself is rather anti-climactic.

Nearly all the NFL coaches and scouts who crowded this town at the start of the week returned home Wednesday night after the two teams completed their final workout in pads.

So how much does the game really matter in determining these players' draft fortunes?

San Francisco 49ers coach Mike Nolan, who is coaching the South team this week, admits that teams get a better sense of a player's potential from the practices than the actual game.

"The game has been less helpful to me in the past than the practices by a long shot, to be honest with you," said Nolan, who is coaching in this game for the third consecutive year. "There's constant interaction in practice. You're constantly talking with them, watching them compete, watching how they get in a competitive engagement.

"In the game it's a little bit more difficult. If the play's away, you don't really see it. In practice, you can really isolate. It's one-on-one, it's you and that man. In a game, if they drop back to pass and the quarterback's not going that way, it's really not as critical."

Even the players figure the hard part of their week already has ended. They've already participated in the interviews with various teams. They've noticed how the crowds of scouts in the bleachers grew smaller and smaller at the end of the week.

A look at last year's Senior Bowl supports Castille's assertion.

Penn State running back Tony Hunt was named the game's most valuable player after running for 39 yards and a touchdown in the North team's 27-0 victory, but he didn't generate the most buzz that week.

The players who earned the most attention instead were Nebraska defensive end Adam Carriker and Louisville defensive tackle Amobi Okoye, who delivered dominant performances in practices and went on to get drafted in the first round.

Garret, That's great news regarding Colt and the 49ers! Hope it's true. Being elcted team captain says a lot.

Two-year starter. Very tall with a thin build. Needs to upgrade his overall strength. Pocket passer with average quickness. Can slide from pressure, but is not very elusive. Doesn't look to run. Holds the ball a bit low, but has a fairly quick release. Lacks a strong arm. Doesn't rifle the long outs, but he's an accurate passer with a good feel for touch. Sails some throws and hangs some deep balls. Leader. Eyeballs his primary target at times, but shows the ability to come off and find alternates. Generally makes good decisions. Had a good Orange Bowl.

Kinda sounds like Colt doesn't it.

Colt is just a young man trying to make his way in a tough business, in a very mean world

Success always breeds contempt.

Colt is a good quarterback. Colt will also be a good NFL quarterback. He may not get drafted in the first round, and yes may or may not get drafted on the first day. However, judging talent in the NFL is an inexact science. You never quite know in the business what it is that you are going to get until you get to camp and the players put the pads on.

Like the saying goes some guys "look like Tarzan but play like Jane".

By the way' that blockquote above describes the sixth quarterback taken in the 2000 NFL draft, Tom Brady.

Like I said, an inexact science. I'd say Colt is in pretty good company.

Warrior98,

It looks like I mixed up 2 articles in my mind. In one, it predicted Colt would go in the 2nd or 3rd rounds. In the other, it predicted that the 49ers would take Colt in the 3rd or 4th rounds. So, it looks like I was 1 round off in my above post. Here is a repost of the article about the 49ers.

The past few years, we have seen Mike Nolan target players who played for him in the Senior Bowl. Which players, if any, on the North and South rosters will Mike Nolan and/or Lane Kiffin target in the first three rounds of the draft?

Shane P. (JBond93) from Pittsburgh

The Niners have definitely targeted Senior Bowl guys in recent years, selecting Patrick Willis and even trading up for both Manny Lawson and Joe Staley. It's a pretty safe bet that both San Francisco and Oakland will target and draft a number of the players they coached at this game and the one that really stands out for me is Colt Brennan to the 49'ers. In fact, I am officially going on the record and saying that the Niners will draft Brennan in the 3rd or 4th round. He is a good fit for their offense due to his quick release and you know Mike Martz will relish the opportunity to mold Brennan into a top NFL quarterback and show everyone what a genius he is. I also think Mike Nolan really likes Jacob Hester and Early Doucet. There isn't such an obvious pick for the Raiders but I would probably have to say Shawn Crable.

- Scott Wright, NFL Draft Countdown

Which QB had the most to prove this week, Joe Flacco or Colt Brennan???

Adam from Green Bay, WI

Both had a lot to prove but I'd probably say it was Brennan. System, arm strength, throwing motion, size, character... I could go on and on. With that said I think both Brennan and Flacco did a nice job this week and for the most part answered many of the questions people had.

- Scott Wright, NFL Draft Countdown

Who is the most charismatic player at the Senior Bowl? Which guy do you see as leaders among the players?

Matt from Chicago

Without question it's Colt Brennan. He is not only one of the most charismatic football players I have ever been around but maybe one of the most charismatic people period. He is extremely outgoing and people just seem to gravitate towards him.

Are there any players that had really great character and were very personable and easy to talk to?

Jake from Utah

Again it was definitely Colt Brennan. If I had to single out someone else it would probably be either Virginia Tech wideout Eddie Royal or Kentucky tight end Jacob Tamme.

prideperiod,

Once again, an excellent post...kudos for the research and the point you just made.

Movie night now for Lori and me...I'll be back late tonight or tomorrow morning.

Someone posted earlier about OL prospect LaCount making a visit. Who did he sign with out of high school? I don't think it was UH was it? It seemed in the past UH didn't really go after JC O-lineman, even ones that had signed with them but had to go the JC route to qualify. LaCount's size alone is impressive & I believe his brother played here too.

Is Guava going to share some aloha with Tommie? Was working on generators all day for my buddy, so I missed the blow by blow action live. ST let me know I am a co-captain this week w/Liz and that I am not Al. Al is cool, that kind of broke my heart ST. Do you think since Liz has members privileges we could get her one of those, classic disco era, Member's Only jackets?

Warriors autograph signings in Hilo today was a big hit w/fans. Good turnout.

Hope coach gives Sione Polota a invite. Outstanding LB.

Interesting bios on some of the names listed at 15:49 but couldn't find info on Bryant and Donahue. Good luck and welcome to them all.

LaCount signed with Oregon State out of Kailua High School. He may be related to John Estes.

Any relation to former UH defensive tackle Kahai LaCount? Or Barry — cause I know Barry is related to everyone somehow.

Phew- finally made it home.

Very, very sad. No details yet, but someone passed away in that accident. (And I would have been near there at 3:30pm if I hadn't taken a nap at my friends' house before starting out.)

Ke Akua is in charge. No worries for Colt. I believe he made his true impressions where and when he needed to. Playing hurt/sick is something the coaches understand. Being a born leader and one that is willing and able to be trained - well, that is something special.

The good coaches will consider him seriously. I, for one, continue to pray for him. All of us can benefit from the great vibes that surround that state of prayer.

Colt had to play as an individual today. We all know that Colt's true worth is being part of a team that BELIEVES. Not in a denominational way - in a universal, inclusive way. His gifts include the ability to inspire belief. The Patriots (not coincidentally) have that belief.

Colt has the rare gift of massive charisma and personal humility. It was born of adversity. That adversity prepared him to endure greater adversity. In the end, I pray that it will make him stronger and not overwhelm him.

GO COLT!!!
Make Memories!!!

Man, we had a nice pipeline of Olinemen coming out of Kailua. Of course, they really wanted to play for Coach Cav. Hope they continue to see the value in playing for the home team and in an offense that will showcase their abilities to get them to the next level.

Yeah, probably related to Barry too. haha I thought he might be Kahai's brother but not sure. I believe Kahai started out on the OL but moved to DL when he wasn't getting PT. The guy was strong as a bull. This LaCount is huge, 6'7" 290+. I don't think we've gotten really "long" OT's since Noa and Klemm. Uperesa and Esera were pretty close as book-ends. I forgot the name of the guy who left early and was drafted by the Seahawks. He was a physical specimen too. I guess those are what you call prototypical tackles - long reach, agile and strong.

Wayne Hunter.

Shout out to Kainoa LaCount. Pretty please. My wish is 1 tall hapa, named math mayja, giving cracks to guys on the udda teams for da good & glory of da Warrior Nation! GO WARRIORS.

prideperiod,

Thanks for the 20:21 post. Excellent point.

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ralvic,

Ditto for 18:55. Mahalo!

From what I could see, Jordon Dizon was 'in there' for much of the game. He had to overcome the 'too short' perception and prove his toughness.

I hope my dvr was working. He was credited with one 'tackle' where he hit a guy just right so that the guy literally bounced off Jordon and flew backwards!

Kainoa is Kahai's younger brother. Both are products of Kailua High School!!!! CHEEHOO

I saw on tv today that Tom Brady was actually one of the Brady Bunch kids of TV fame. He got kicked off the show. The same NE Pats Tom Brady.

Our COLT is going places too. Just watch. The guy has class, is a leader and is a winner. I'd take him anytime, no doubt.

Why was Tom Brady kicked off Brady Bunch?

I didn't know he was an actor!

hubby and I have been playing the Wii. First, the Olympics but I didn't enjoy it very much because I didn't understand the instructions on how to use the controls! Especially for fencing! Which buttons are you supposed to press?

So then we played 2 games of bowling. I won once, he won once.

What a workout!

UkuleleBoi is bowling. He's trying to get a perfect 300. His high is 215 and he wants to know what gigi's high score is so far. ???


Mrs Beowulf- did you see the pix of Jake from the Hula Bowl? He was AWESOME, BTW, and I got a chance to talk to him a little after the game ;-)

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2000367&id=1405680069

Hunter. Yeah, that's him. So much talent. Wonder if he is still in the league.

Tom Brady wasn't even born when the Brady Bunch was on TV. That was one of those ESPN spoofs that they do for fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2rcLzLpRgs

I think the Jets are giving him a look.

Jason - now you making auntie feel like tutu. ;-)

Esme,

Regarding the mahalo at 21:14.

You're welcome.

prideperiod, thanks for the comp of Colt to Brady. Puts things in perspective, eh?

Looking forward to seeing how Colt makes his mark on the NFL.

How so, Member Liz?

jackflash,

mahalo for the kind words....UH will be scoring a lot of points, hopefully not too many against Weber State, but we'll see.

South End Zone rocks....the best of the best fans are in the orange section. haha

Congrats from me too Bulla. More in a sec

pride,

inciteful as ever,good job with the earlier post.

you find what you look for, look for the good and you'll find the good, look for the bad...and the rest is history.

heard from a Kamehameha student athlete that he is headed to Navy on a FULL scholarship...... awright!!!!

I watched the video of Ryan and I was pretty impressed. Yes he starts with his rear in the air, but so what -- he's like a sprinter, and the tapes show a lot of great results.

I know Geordan was his linemate, so I kept looking for him too, and I'm sure he has a lot of good highlights, but I didn't think based solely on Ryan's tapes that GH distanced himself from Ryan in anyway. Some of those plays were actually humorous -- it looked like no one on the o-line wanted to block either one of them. One play, I think it was against St. Louis, no one blocked anyone and the entire defense nearly overran the play, even though the ball never left the qb. I was laughing at that one.

It will be really interesting to see how Ryan does. If he starts as a frosh that would be major. My guess is it would be a little overwhelming, but will pay off big time down the road.

I keep on forgetting to pass on my congrats to Da Beast and Da Family as well.

MAHALO Beowolf 18:23 post

thank you for your kind words, it's been a good day in the Eastman ohana. da beast is relieved, refocused, and ready to roll.

whenever you can get a college education 'for free', you are ahead of the pack. the degree is everything....

thanks to all the Tsaikos for the prayers and support. it takes a village to raise a child and this is one heck of a village.......

mahalo :):):)

I didn't hear anything more yet about the UH trips this weekend, although I think the guys who backed out did so because they didn't have offers on the table -- it's a numbers thing. All I read into that story was that the guys who are tripping feel more likely to be offered.

Liz, my highest score was 156 and hubby's was 196. Of course, that's because he practices on the Wii more. Plus he used to bowl in "real life" when in his 20s.

Hey, the next time you're in Honolulu, I'll throw another Wii party for you and mutual friends. That's if I am feeling better, tho.

Bulla. Hopefully it's an O-Lineman? The nephew of a mutual friend of ours?

lava,

ryan was blessed to have great team members, and one of his BIG accomplishments was recieving the St. Louis Defensive Lineman of the Year Award. interesting that last year Smith and Aigamua, the two DE's, were unanimous All State. this year it was Hanohano and East