Injuries

Dave Reardon has an injury update. Good news for Hercules Satele and John Estes.

Until yesterday, it was feared one or both might not be able to play Saturday because of knee injuries incurred during Saturday's 41-34 victory over Nevada. But MRI tests on both players came back showing no ligament damage.

"I could feel it wasn't that bad," Satele said. "And I'm not going to miss this week. I'm going back to California."

Thank goodness. But there are still a lot of injuries all around. Stephen Tsai has a whole list, as well as a coach's assessment:

(Tyson) Kafentzis said he is optimistic he will be able to play this week. If he is healthy, he probably would start at left outside linebacker.

Asked to rate Kafentzis' chance of playing, defensive coordinator Jerry Glanville said: "I don't know. I'm not a doctor. But I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express."

Hee hee!

Ferd Lewis has an article about Pat Hill exhorting his fans to please support the team!

"If you saw someone struggling in a pool, you'd jump in to save them," Hill said. "Right now we are struggling a little bit and we need our fans there to help us out."

Come on Bulldog fans, it won't be the same without you!

Speaking of which, Ferd also has a column on the recent history of the raucous fans in Fresno.

This is, after all, where UH claimed a screwdriver was tossed at head coach June Jones. Where sportscaster Scott Robbs was once involved in a fight in the stands and a team doctor once responded to the taunts of Fresno fans by saying, in effect, we lost, but we get to go back to Hawai'i, you have to stay here.

So inhospitable have the surroundings been that Jones has not had the Warriors practice nearby since 2000, when members of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity took to their roof to heckle a UH practice adjacent to Bulldog Stadium. For this week, UH will stay overnight in Ontario, Calif. before coming in Friday evening.

"Oh, yeah, I've heard the stories," said UH quarterback Colt Brennan. "Everybody has."

Ferd goes on to write about the changes that have been made which will tone down the abuse. Either way, it'll still be a great homefield advantage for the Bulldogs. Be that as it may, I predict Hawaii by 21. GO WARRIORS!!!!!