Hawaii at Boise Newspaper Wrap-Ups

Stephen Tsai has a wrap-up appropriately titled "The Boise Blues", which goes over the many, many mistakes UH made last night.

"We just have a real bad tendency to do that to ourselves, especially in games on the road," said UH quarterback Colt Brennan, who completed 25 of 36 passes for 388 yards and five touchdowns.

"We put ourselves in such a hole. It kills us. The weird thing is, Boise State doesn't do that. They're so sound in what they do. They don't make mistakes, and we do, and that's why we were playing catch-up the entire game."

Dave Reardon's wrap-up also discusses the mistakes, turnovers and what could've been.

"It's too bad," Jones said. "That's life. If you don't win the turnover battle on the road, you give it away on the road, you don't give yourself a chance."

For the third time in three games this season, Hawaii turned it over more than its opponent. UH lost two fumbles and an interception, while the Warriors got just the one pick by Patton.

"I thought they threw up three interceptions in the first half and we didn't get any. Both games (Boise State and Alabama) we should be making interceptions on bad balls, ducks," defensive coordinator Jerry Glanville said.

Ferd Lewis writes a column about all the errors. Here's a sad excerpt:

Just how tough of a night it became was underlined by UH players high-fivin' themselves after the first successful PAT kick. And, it didn't come until 5 minutes, 6 seconds were gone in the third quarter. Unfortunately, the celebration was short-lived because on the next opportunity things broke down again.

Ferd writes about the injuries UH suffered before and during the game. Ryan Grice-Mullins might be out a couple of weeks.

Grice-Mullins, who was helped from the field and finished the night on crutches, said he suffered a "high ankle sprain."

Under UH policy, medical personnel are prohibited from disclosing or commenting on an athlete's injury or prognosis.

Linebacker Tyson Kafentzis and defensive end Fale Laeli were also hobbled and their status is unknown.

Dave Reardon also writes about the injuries, including the one suffered by Kafentzis.

UH lost another starter to a sprained ankle last night, before the game even started. Outside linebacker Tyson Kafentzis was the victim.

"I never lost a guy in pregame warm-ups before," defensive coordinator Jerry Glanville said. "He twisted his ankle on a real spongy spot warming up."

No mention of Mel Purcell, which probably means he's okay. Hopefully none of the other injuries are too serious.

Nick Jezierny writes for the Star-Bulletin about the great performance by the UH offense, which was all for naught. The article has these two somewhat condescending, back-handed, yet truthful quotes from BSU players.

"It was a little different from the past Hawaii teams," Boise State linebacker Colt Brooks said. "Usually you get 21 points up and they're done and want to go back to the island or whatever. They stuck through it, they kept fighting with us."

BSU quarterback Jared Zabransky agreed.

"This team didn't give up," he said. "They played hard until that last first down. We put it on them here two years ago and they just folded. That's a big compliment to their coaching staff."

Here's a reason why this loss hurts that much more. BSU is treating UH like their younger brother who just isn't as good as them, no matter how hard we try. "Good effort, Cody! You didn't suck as bad as last time!" Oh well, it's true though. Great game by BSU. I'm just looking forward to next year in No Aloha Stadium. It'll be a much different story. Mark my words, brother Brannigan!

To end on a happier note, Kalani Simpson interviews former UH baseball coach and living legend Les Murakami, who is set to be honored once more. Les talks about the start of his coaching career.

"When I couldn't play in the (AJA) leagues because I had played in a higher classification," Murakami says. "I had no choice but to coach."

And did he have a hard time?

"Well, not really a hard time," he says, "it's just that I didn't know what I was doing."

That changed, of course. Murakami calls himself a "history buff." He studied everything. Asked everyone. When he got to UH, when they played all the greats, he did the same. He asked the masters.

Coach Les, what a cool dude.