UPDATE: Woops, accidentally linked to the same article twice. Second link is fixed. With the signing of Petras Balocka and Lasha Parghalava, two JUCO players from Europe (via Florida) on the first day of the late signing period, now’s a good time to look ahead and discuss the upcoming 2008-2009 Read more…
NelsonO reports on today’s spring practice: Former Coach June Jones preferred to go with four and only four receivers during a game. Under Coach Jones, there was virtually no substitutions at the receiver spots outside of injury or in mop-up situations. I think the new offense may go with substitutions Read more…
The big news out of today’s spring practice was that Rocky Savaiigaea will be out around six weeks with a fractured right tibia, an injury which was initially thought to be a sprain. In better news, center John Estes was back to full practice duty after being limited by a Read more…
Photos from today’s practice and scrimmage can be viewed in the Sportshawaii.com Photo Gallery, courtesy of Chawan Cut. NelsonO was there and provides this report: The Hawaii defense dominated during Saturday’s scrimmage. I’m not sure if the Warrior defense is really good or the Warrior offense is really…(well, I won’t Read more…
Chawan Cut posted a rant asking why some so-called “draft experts” are going out of their way to hate on Colt Brennan, when it appears some of them haven’t even seen him play, or seen him work out at the Combine, Pro Day, etc., pulling stuff out of… thin air Read more…
NelsonO has this excellent report from Day 6 of spring practice: Forget the shotgun. During today’s 11-on-11 drill, the QBs took snaps from under center exclusively. And for the curious, the offensive linemen are not in a three-point stance even with the QB under center. I’m happy to report that Read more…
Dave Reardon’s blog had a lot of info from the 5th day of spring practice, including injury news on Blaze Soares and Malcolm Lane, as well as a couple quotes from running back Jake Heun. On his blog, Stephen Tsai posted a two-deep depth chart of the defense. Tsai also Read more…
If you’re a football coach, whether in high school, Pop Warner, flag football, etc., then April 19th is your chance to learn from Greg McMackin and the UH football coaching staff. Here are some details from the UH Athletics department: University of Hawai`i head football coach Greg McMackin and his Read more…
The Star-Bulletin’s Dave Reardon had a lot of news and notes from today’s first spring practice in full pads. Here’s a small excerpt: The first group of offensive linemen is aligned this way today: LT Aaron Kia, LG Keith AhSoon, C John Estes, RG Lafu Tuioti-Mariner and RT Keoni Steinhoff. Read more…
On March 28th, BigWave96744 posted a player profile of freshman walkon defensive lineman Quentin Beaver in the SportsHawaii UH football forum, thus kicking off the first of many entries that will eventually make up the 2008 SportsHawaii Online Media Guide. Be sure to check that link or the UH football Read more…