Sold Out

The Oregon State game is a sell out!

"I'd anticipated that everyone who was at last week's game (against Purdue) would be back, and that was a loud crowd," UH coach June Jones said.


It is the first sellout since UH’s season opener against USC last season.


“We are thrilled that the seniors and the other members of our talented football team will play in front of a capacity crowd this Saturday,” UH athletic director Herman Frazier said. “It will be an incredible night for the student-athletes, the fans, and the entire state of Hawaii. The atmosphere will be electric and a national television audience will get to see what a special situation we have here in Hawai‘i.”

It's also a GREEN OUT.

The UH football team's "Senior Night" game against Oregon State on Saturday at 7:05 p.m. has been designated a "Green Out" and all fans are encouraged to wear green shirts in support of the Warriors and their talented senior class.

Don't forget!

Mark Niesse of the AP previews the game.

Brennan said he's more interested in defeating Oregon State than getting his name in the record books because he wants to show that the Warriors aren't just another flashy pass-happy team.

"Critics are just waiting for us to do something so they can take us off our pedestal," Brennan said. "It's a big statement game for us."

The Beavers, who beat in-state rival Oregon 30-28 last week, will be familiar with the Warriors' style with the help of offensive line coach Mike Cavanaugh, who defected from Hawai'i after the 2004 season.

"He knows what we do better than anybody else out there," said center Samson Satele, who played under Cavanaugh's leadership. "He can bring whatever. We just gotta bring our game."

Coach June Jones rejected the idea that Cavanaugh's experience in Hawai'i will give him an advantage.

"It's not an issue. He never knew one pass route, he never knew one thing we were doing," Jones said.

Coach Jones with the dismissal!

Ka Leo O Hawaii's Keane Santos profiles Colt Brennan, and recounts a great moment in the Purdue game.

And then it happened; the moment Brennan showed something he hasn’t ever shown before. What Brennan did at that moment was small, yet incredible.

If you were watching the K5 telecast at home, you missed it. However, fans at the stadium who saw it won’t forget.

Whoever was controlling the Jumbotron camera decided to focus on Brennan, not uncommon after a Warrior touchdown. Brennan gazed up and saw himself on the 19-by-26-foot screen.

In that moment, his competitive side took over and he went wild.

He started yelling, pounding his chest, pumping his helmet, jumping up and down and lifting his arms toward the crowd, doing anything he could to keep the fans fired up.

He was making a statement: the Warriors did not come this far to earn national acclaim and lose it in one night.

After that, I knew, the fans knew, Hawai‘i knew: Purdue didn’t stand a chance.

Man, what a game that was, and what a game this one's gonna be.

And finally, Ka Leo's Rebecca Gallegos has a game preview, and also has some great quotes from a couple of outgoing seniors, Leonard Peters and Reagan Mauia.

“It feels like just yesterday I was a freshman listening to all the [older] guys saying, ‘Take it for what it’s worth, because it’s going to come around fast,’” Peters recalled. “The days are counting down. I’m not going to remember a lot of games, but I’ll definitely remember all the friendships I made here.”

The Warriors had four goals in mind when they started the 2006 season. Their only barrier en route to reaching all four is a win over OSU. UH unites as a team week in and week out, and nothing will change their philosophy this weekend. Hawai‘i is looking for success and recognition, knowing that they have a duty to each other as teammates.

“It’s going to be really emotional for a lot of us,” Mauia said of the seniors. “We’ve been playing this game for a really long time, and some of us will go on and some of us won’t. We’re all going to take different walks in life, and just finishing up here together is really special. We’ve fought through hardships and injuries, and we’re more of a family now than ever before.”

I'm really gonna miss watching them play. Time flies so fast! But the season ain't over yet. And I feel this game will be a big one for Leonard and Reagan.

GO WARRIORS!!!!