Viliami / Scheduling / MSU / Budget

Dave Reardon profiles safety Viliami Nauahi, who is joining the Warriors after a slight detour.

Safety Viliami Nauahi, the Star-Bulletin's No. 3 Hawaii high school prospect in the class of 2003, said he expects to be on the roster for UH's fall camp in August. The former Kahuku star participated in an informal offseason workout at Manoa yesterday.

"I've just been trying to go to school and get my AA and get back into the action. Coach Rich (Miano) and the counselors here have been helping a lot," Nauahi said. "I'm at KCC right now. I'll have my AA at the end of this summer session."

The Warriors won an intense recruiting battle with BYU to get a commitment from Nauahi in 2003. But he never enrolled at UH.

"It was eligibility," Nauahi said.

But Nauahi never gave up on his dream of playing college football. He worked and went to community college and enrolled at Fresno City College in the spring of 2006.

Congratulations to Viliami and welcome back!

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And depending on what you read, the 2008 football schedule is done or close to being done, and the final team is I-AA or BCS. Well, here's what Cindy Luis writes:

The biggest headache was finalizing the 2007 football schedule. It appears to be less of a problem for next season, where Frazier said there is just one opening to be filled in the 13-game schedule.

"I can't tell you who it is, but it is from a BCS conference," Frazier said.

While here's what Stephen Tsai and Ferd Lewis write:

A week after the 2007 football schedule was announced as final at 12 games, Frazier said the 2008 slate also has been concluded.

The Warriors have one opening, and Frazier said, "I'm waiting for the contract before I announce it."

It is expected to be a Division I-AA opponent and could be placed between the Aug. 30, 2008, opener at Florida and the Sept. 13 game at Oregon State.

"I'm going to play a I-AA every year," Frazier said. "Take that for granted."

Maybe they're all right, since I still see two openings on the 2008 slate. Also, from the Advertiser article, looks like UH will be playing at Washington in 2011.

The contract for UH's regular-season finale against Washington Dec. 1, 2007, at Aloha Stadium has been concluded. It calls for UH to play a Sept. 10, 2011, return game at Seattle, UH said.

Well golly, with Washington, Washington State, UNLV, Colorado and Charleston Southern that means our 2011 schedule is complete! Yee ha!

Well, Cindy Luis' article has UH not playing Colorado in 2011, so hopefully that's clarified.

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And Ferd Lewis reminds us how whiny and childish former Michigan State employee John L Smith acted in this whole fiasco.

It will be remembered that it was ex-MSU coach John L. Smith who all but had to be dragged, kicking and screaming, here for a 2004 game UH rallied to win, 41-38. Or, that after maintaining it would fulfill the contract through the 2007 game, MSU wanted out soon after beating UH, 42-14, in the 2005 East Lansing rematch.

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What bothered UH as much as the cancellation were some of Smith's comments about the officiating of the 2004 game and the repercussions in the Big Ten. "I would say the comments made by the previous coach at Michigan State also created issues with Purdue, the issues with some other schools even to the point of the officiating and some other things," Frazier said yesterday. "So, the fact is, we decided to hold their feet to the fire on the cancellation of (the) game ... that's just the way it is."

What a mess.

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And finally, Tsai and Lewis talk to Frazier about the budget. The article also has video of Frazier speaking of various things, including future schedules, Bob Nash's contract, etc.