CFN's WAC Preview / June / Herman / LP Vid

CFN's ever-prolific Pete Fiutak has a gigantic WAC preview. Here's an excerpt:

5 Bold Predictions
1. Hawaii and New Mexico State will wage a war for the ages. October 27th. Make sure you’re schedule is clear to watch two of the nation’s best offenses (if not the top two) put on a show. The Warriors won 49-30 last year with the two combining for 956 yards of total offense. Expect 100 points and well over 1,000 yards.
2. Boise State will slip a bit before roaring back in 2008. Fine, so a slip for Boise State still might mean a double-digit win season, but the team will play more like 2005 (when it went 9-4) than 2006. Next year, the program will be back to BCS challenging form.
3. No one will keep Hawaii to under forty points. Sound crazy? Only Alabama, Boise State and Oregon State were able to do it last year, and even those games were tight until the end. The offense rolled for over sixty in four games and should do that in at least six.

Read the article for the last two predictions. And there's a lot more. Fiutak also has an all-WAC team with the top 30 players, a list of WAC Unit Rankings (UH offense ranked #1, defense #5), and WAC schedules and predictions. I'm sure there's stuff there I missed. It's a lot to read, and it's good. He just doesn't realize the UH defense gonna be a monster this year.

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Stephen Tsai and Ferd Lewis write that June Jones should be receiving a pay raise in his next contract. As Herman Frazier says:

"What was the value of this program in 1998 versus now?" Frazier said. "The evolution of this program has continued since '99. When you really think about it, since I've been here (2002), we've only had one year (2005) when we didn't go to a bowl game. I think that's when people were skeptical. You can't get that way. You've got to stick with your guy and make sure everything is heading in the right direction. In that regard, that's what he's done."

Wait, is he talking about June or himself? Gong!

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Dave Reardon has a wrap-up of Herman speaking at the Honolulu QB Club. An excerpt:

Frazier's projections from the plan approved by the Board of Regents three years ago called for UH to have a $2,880,008 net surplus at the end of the fiscal year completed June 30.

After three consecutive years of losses, UH was in the black by $7,483 for the 2005-2006 year, and revenues might exceed expenses by a few dollars again this year, Frazier said.

"It will be very, very close for 2006-2007," Frazier said yesterday, speaking at the Honolulu Quarterback Club.

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» In football scheduling, Frazier said he is having discussions with three teams for two spots to complete the 2008 schedule. He expects to complete that task by the end of next month.

Why is he setting deadlines again?

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KHNL's Reid Shimizu has a profile of Leonard Peters, in town as a guest instructor for the Hawaii Speed and Quickness Camp. The article also has link to a video of the news report. LP talks about coaching the kids. There's also video of LP working out with the Jets.

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And this article about the Kahanmoku Foundation has a picture of Colt. And his dreads!