All-Time Hawaii: S

wayoutwest · Post by **wayoutwest** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:44 pm

It's that time again... going back to the defense. Choose your favorite all-time hawaii safety. Feedback and suggestions welcomed. Here's what we have so far:

QB- Garrett Gabriel
RB- Gary Allen
FB- David Toloumu
LT- Adrian Klemm
RT- Leo Goeas

DE- Travis LaBoy
DT- Al Noga
DT- Isaac Sopoaga
DE- Ma'a Tanuvasa
OLB- Pisa Tinoisamoa
MLB- Jeff Ulbrich
OLB- Mark Odom

MisterPurple · Post by **MisterPurple** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:02 am

Was Dana McLemore a safety or a corner?

MisterPurple · Post by **MisterPurple** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:29 am

Did some research, he was a corner.

But he played with a couple of pretty good safeties, both of whom also went pro:

Blaine Gaison
Mark Kafentzis

BigWave96744 · Post by **BigWave96744** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:43 am

Here are some alum who made the NFL as DB's, not sure if they were safety's (some we know were coners but heck I added them in):
Larry Dorsey '72 Free Agent Patriots
Harold Stringert '73 Free Agent Chargers
Blaine Gaison '80 Free Agent Falcons
Mark Kafensis '81 8th Round Browns
Verlon Redd '81 Free Agent 49er's
Dana McLemore 10th Round 49er's
Rich Miano '85 6th Round Jets
Raphael Cherry '85 5th Round Redskins (remember he was our QB)
Kurt Kafensis '85 Free Agent Oilers
Kent Kafensis '86 Free Agent Cardinals
Kyle Kafensis '87 Free Agent Bears
William Bell '88 Free Agent Bears
Walter Briggs '89 Free Agent Oilers
Bryan Addison '93 Free Agent Raiders
Robert Grant '02 Free Agent Bengals
Nate Jackson '02 Free Agent Titans
Kelvin Milhouse '04 Free Agent Dolphins

Other Notable DB's:
'84 Fred Hemphil
'87 Brian Norwood
'90 Mike Tresler
'91 Kim McCloud
'91 Tony "Hanky" Pangkee
'95 Zac Odom
'02 Jacob Espiau

This might help to modify your list...
NOTICE in the 80's... Darn those Kafensis boys wrecked havoc... Hope Landon has as great SR year next year

MisterPurple · Post by **MisterPurple** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 2:04 am

Ha! Thanks BigWave, I believe you just refreshed my memory for something else.

I believe Tony Pangkee (or was it Pang-Kee?) was the guy who made the hit in that Air Force game that I mentioned in the 10 best plays thread.

wayoutwest · Post by **wayoutwest** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 2:04 am

my all-time cornerbacks list will include:

blane gaison
dana mclemore
hal stringert
jeris white
and one of the kafentzis brothers (any suggestions?)

hope this clears up any confusion...

BigWave96744 · Post by **BigWave96744** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:53 am

MisterPurple,
I don't know who made the hit, but I think the last name of the guy who scooped the fumble for the touchdown was "Lam" or "Lamm"... I'm thinking like "Robert Lamm" but darn I could be wrong...

But that has to go down in history as one of the "Nuttiest" plays...

Tony Pangkee (a Castle HS grad) laid some pretty mean hits

Grinch · Post by **Grinch** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:48 pm

Nate Jackson of Waianae was the man. Big hits, big plays, in big games.

I noticed that the "all-time" list doesn't include Falaniko Noga. In my opinion, he'd not only be on the list, but to me he was better than his brother Al, and probably the best defensive player to play for UH ever. Again, just my opinion.

uhwarriors · Post by **uhwarriors** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 7:15 pm

Robert Lan was the DB who caught a fumble and ran it back 91 yards for the game winning TD against Air Force in 1988.

During those days there times when UH would gamble and call a suicide blitz bringing every LB and DB on a run blitz. This blitz was called only on the goal line plays in a do or die situation as receivers would be left wide open. Sometimes it was successful against a run but a TD was automatic if a pass was called and the QB could get the pass off.

Air Force was leading 14 to 12 with only a minute or two left to play. They had driven the ball the length of the field with their option attack and were around the UH 10 yard line. The suicide blitz was called and Joaquin Barnett, a 6-3, 245 middle linebacker destroyed the FB on the handoff. The ball popped up and Robert Lan who was blitzing in from the side caught it and ran 91 yards for a TD. UH won the game 19 to 12.

uhwarriors · Post by **uhwarriors** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 7:40 pm

Pat Schmidt is the first big-time hitting safety that I remember. He transferred in 1977 from UCLA with several others to be with Dick Tomey during his first year at UH. He was pretty big, probably about 6-2 and 210 lbs. Since Schmidt had played for Tomey at UCLA, he understood what Tomey wanted and was somewhat of a coach on the field. In Tomey's early years, the free safety played very deep to prevent big running or passing plays. Schmidt had pretty good closing speed and made a number of huge hits in the secondary. Once we saw how he played, we used to look for him on pass plays hoping for another crushing hit.

BigWave96744 · Post by **BigWave96744** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 1:48 pm

uhwarriors, much mahalo for the history of that play...

I remember is clearly but couldn't remember the names...
I'm the kind of guy who loses sleep when trying to remember names associated with certain events..

That play has to go down in UH history as one of the "Nuttiest"

All-Time Hawaii: S

All-Time Hawaii S

All-Time Hawaii: S

Others

The Hit

Robert Lan

Pat Schmidt

much mahalo