Hawaii vs UNLV Newspaper Wrap-Ups

Dave Reardon writes about the Warriors' defensive "D-omination."

Stephen Tsai's article has this bit of information.

The Rebels' first touchdown came when the Warriors had only nine defenders on the field.

What?!?! I gotta go back and see that again.

And from the same article, there's this:

Inside linebacker Adam Leonard, who made UH's defensive calls, said: "Leonard Peters and the other seniors inspired us. We know the pain he's going through, and all of the things he's going through to be out there. For him to play through that, to play for us, he's a real hero. We fed off that."

Adam Leonard and Leonard Peters, the best Wheel of Fortune Before & After puzzle ever.

Speaking of which, Stacy Kaneshiro highlights Adam Leonard's performance. Sounds like Adam did a great job calling the defensive plays in place of Solomon Elimimian. The article also has this painful quote from Leonard Peters, who talks about jumping to deflect a pass:

"I think the angels were helping me on that," he said. "Every time I jumped up today, my rib was popping out. But I had two angels lifting me up on that play."

Man, I hope those angels can fix that rib problem too.

And Ferd Lewis has a great column on just how amazing LP is.

"If the whistle blows, I'm playing 'til they carry me out," became the Peters mantra.

When he picked off Rocky Hinds' pass in the third quarter, Peters said, "I thought about pitching it off (to a teammate). I mean, man, I was having trouble breathing and my ribs were aching. But the rest of the boys on the defense were throwing blocks for me and I just had to take it back then."

What a fighter! Get better Leonard!

Jason Kaneshiro writes about the great job the slotbacks did.

Nick Abramo writes about UNLV's overall performance.

Defensively, as is the case when most visitors come to Honolulu to play the Warriors, UNLV didn't have an answer for all of Hawaii's zigging and zagging receivers.

"Actually, we were prepared for that," linebacker Beau Bell said. "But our scout team couldn't simulate Hawaii's quickness. Hawaii looked quick on film and they really are that quick. We had to adjust to that speed and quickness and it took a while to do. And we just didn't rally to the ball."

Dayton Morinaga writes about Nate Ilaoa's great 104-yard rushing performance last night, with a quote from Reagan Mauia.

"The running game was awesome," Mauia said. "The o-line was blocking their butts off and Nate was awesome. That's the only word to describe Nate."

And what two words best describe Reagan Mauia?

The Juggernaut!

Jim Leahey actually called him "the bull" last night, while referring to the entire offense as "a juggernaut". That was close, but noooo!!! Reagan is "The Juggernaut!" Not the bull! And the offense can only be referred to as "The Awesome". Jim Leahey, you can do it!

The Star-Bulletin staff also writes about Nate Ilaoa's and Reagan Mauia's excellent performance. The article also highlights an incident where Jerry Glanville made Keala Watson apologize to the official after a personal foul penalty.

"I said, 'He's (Keala Watson) not that type of guy,' " Glanville recalled. "He's the nicest guy in the world. If he pushed a guy, I'll make him apologize."

Watson, who said he hit a man too hard and too high accidentally, and Glanville walked over to referee Al Novak.

"It was something that Glanville made me do," Watson said.

"The ref really seemed to appreciate it," Glanville said.

How did he react?

"He was like shocked that someone would actually do that," Watson said with a sheepish smile. "I learned from that mistake."

That's hilarious! But it's a pretty cool thing for Glanville and Watson to do.

Kalani Simpson analyzes the game in the way only Kalani Simpson can. He says bring on the Broncos!

Ferd Lewis and Leila Wai write that a lot of reserves played last night. Did Jazen Anderson play? Didn't see him.

And FINALLY, here's a quick wrap-up from the Las Vegas Review Journal.

Hinds was constantly on the run even though Hawaii (1-1) mostly used a three-man rush while flooding the defensive backfield. So when Hinds dropped back to pass, he often had no open receivers, and the Warriors were able to beat UNLV's offensive line without need of a blitz.

The Warriors flustered Hinds to the point where he even missed open receivers, and finished 13 of 37 for 166 yards with no touchdowns and an interception.

Let's bring this D to Boise! GO WARRIORS!!!!