Recovering

Stephen Tsai writes that Solomon Elimimian has a sprained right knee.

By definition, all sprains involve some degree of tearing or stretching of a ligament. Elimimian was checked by the team physician, who diagnosed the injury as "grade 1," the mildest in the three-grade scale.

"I have to take it easy," Elimimian said. "We have a bye this week. That'll be good. I'll be ready to go by the next game (against Nevada-Las Vegas)."

Thank goodness. Among the other injuries Stephen Tsai reports:

• Nate Ilaoa continues to recover from a concussion he suffered on a helmet to helmet hit.


• Leonard Peters has a rib injury, but won't miss any time.


• C.J. Allen-Jones is recovering from a hamstring injury.


• Michael Lafaele aggravated a sore left heel.

Glad we didn't have any major injuries. Hope everybody can recover in time for UNLV, who destroyed Division I-AA Idaho State 54-10 this weekend.

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Dave Reardon has an article about the Warriors' breakdowns in the first half, as well as his own breakdowns of five key plays from the game in a feature called "Warriors Replay". Come on, I deserve a little applause for that sentence.

I hope Dave continues this feature each week because it's a great idea. Each play is analyzed and then put into the context of the game to show how it was, or could've been, a turning point. And then there's a quote from a coach or player on their thoughts of the play. Really cool.

Not to be greedy, but it would be extra, extra cool if there was accompanying video of each play. I bet the Star-Bulletin has the technology to do that too. But there's probably rights issues, or bandwidth issues, or time issues, or a combination of all three along with others. Ooooh, but it's something to think about! One way to distinguish yourselves Star-Bulletin! You'd get major traffic! Or just put it on Youtube! It's all good!

Nonetheless, it's a great article, so go read it, and then fast forward your VCR to the play Dave is talking about.

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And finally, the Alabama players and coaches are complimentary of UH in this article.

"First of all, they're pretty good," Shula said after watching the Hawaii offense pass for 350 yards, the most ever by an opponent in the Shula era. "They understand 'man' concepts, they understand 'zone' concepts, they hit a couple of passes underneath. They do a great job of sending people deep and then throwing behind them. We just have to make sure we're in the right spot and tackle better."

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"Hawaii is a great team. You can't take anything away from Hawaii. They have a great offensive line and a great quarterback and good receivers, so we knew they were going to get some points.

So that should be the last word on the Bama game. Nice way to close that chapter as UH goes into the bye week recovery and then in preparation for UNLV of the dastardly Mountain West!