Nate Ilaoa, Etc.

June Jones says Nate Ilaoa might not play this season because he reported to camp totally out of shape and then pulled his hammy in practice. Everybody was counting on Nate to be awesome this season, but I guess he just wanted to eat. Argh. First Jason Rivers falls off his moped, then Nate eats too many loco mocos. Watch, I bet you Samson Satele's gonna get struck by lightning. Things like this always happens in threes.

Dave Reardon has more details about injuries and other things happening in camp.

But let's end on a happy note with a story about graduate assistant Jeff Reinebold, who sounds like one of the most over-qualified grad assistants ever, having recently been a head coach in the CFL and (I think) NFL Europe. He's here for low pay because he wants to coach in Hawaii. In fact, many of the UH coaches, from Mouse Davis to Jerry Glanville, are completely over-qualified, but are here for the love of Hawaii, the UH players and June Jones. That's something really cool and positive about UH football right now, so there's that. And I hope everybody appreciates that. That is until it's time for the Monday morning quarterbacking!