Playground

Dave Reardon has an article about how the Warrior offense has become a beautiful machine of absolute destruction.

Quarterback Colt Brennan's mastery of Jones' four-receiver system has spread the wealth -- and increased it to the point of making 40-point leads seem mundane.

"I can remember at one point I looked up and we were blowing them out 50-something to whatever it was, and I was just 'whatever.' I wasn't excited because those are our expectations, to have that many points, to have another 60-point game," (Davone) Bess said. "Not to say it in a cocky way, but it's just the way the offense is clicking right now. It all starts with the coaches preparing us each week, giving us great looks from the scout team. Once we come into the game, it's almost like practice."

UH football (8-2, 6-1 WAC) is so much fun now, different players have compared the games to going to an amusement park or a day at the beach -- or another activity near and dear to many college students.

Great quote by Bess. I can't wait to see how the Warriors do on national TV against the Beavers. I just hope the defensive line will be healthy. Stephen Tsai has an injury update.

University of Hawai'i nose tackle Kahai LaCount is suffering from a partially torn medial collateral ligament in his right knee and is expected to miss the final three football games of the regular season.

LaCount was injured with 15 seconds remaining in Saturday's 61-17 UH victory over Louisiana Tech.

He is the sixth UH defensive lineman to suffer a significant knee or ankle injury in the past three games

This d-line is having the worst luck. I hope Kahai's able to come back for the Hawaii Bowl. But there is some good news in the article.

Reinebold said Rocky Savaiigaea, who did not play Saturday because of a sprained ankle, might be available this week. Savaiigaea can play all three line positions in the Warriors' 3-4 scheme.

Dave Reardon's Warrior Replay breakdown is as good as ever. Here's an excerpt:

3. Big hit

The Setup: Hawaii 9, Louisiana Tech 3; 1:20 remaining, first quarter, Louisiana Tech ball, first and 10 at Louisiana Tech 47.

The Play: Running back Daniel Porter cuts back through a nice hole and gets into the Hawaii secondary. Myron Newberry gets low and knocks him off balance, and then Leonard Peters finishes Porter with a flattening high-velocity body slam.

The Impact: Although Louisiana Tech scored two plays later on a 43-yard pass, Peters' hit set the tone for Hawaii's defense for the rest of the game and it did not allow another score until the final 17 seconds. Peters played despite missing practice with a wobbly knee during the week.

Peters: "We're having a lot of fun, smiling and yelling. It's not like we're even playing a real game, it's more like we're playing on the beach or something. That's the way the game should be, it should be fun."

Man, I wanna play for UH! Sounds like fun. Too bad I don't have any elibility, and more importantly, skills.

Ferd Lewis has a great column about June Jones' friendship with Dick Tomey, even if their coaching philosophies are miles apart.

Yet, for all their connections they are as disparate in personality and philosophy as their eras. While Tomey's win-with-defense-and-the-kicking-game mantra at UH was "we just want to have a chance in the fourth quarter," Jones' might as well be, "we want to get our backup quarterback some work in the fourth quarter."

While Tomey maintains his offense's only mandate is to allow the team to punt every series, Jones' pass-happy offense can go a whole game without employing the punter. And has.

Tomey plays for field position. Jones throws from anywhere. Sometimes on fourth down, too. Tomey utilized a tight end. Jones does not acknowledge the concept. Tomey learned at the elbow of Bo Schembechler. Jones at the side of "Mouse" Davis. One believes three things — two of them bad — can happen when you put the ball in the air. The other sees the ground game as a change of pace.

Definitely a good read.

And finally, the Advertiser finds that a lot of fans wants UH to play UCLA in the Hawaii Bowl.

With a 25-7 victory over Oregon State, the Bruins are 5-5 and one game away from bowl eligibility with two games remaining in the constantly-shifting bowl landscape.

UCLA can put itself in position to play its first football game in Hawai'i since 1938 if the Bruins beat either Arizona State this week or USC on Dec. 2.

Whichever team comes down to play, I pity the fools!

GO WARRIORS!!!!