Liveblogs - Day 6 Practice / Garret / Juggernaut

A few excerpts from today's practice liveblogs...

From UH Sports Extra:

10:55: Freshman DT Vaughn Meatoga beats his man, drawing praise from Reinebold.

11:03: Brennan to Bess across the middle. DB goes lateral 15 yards, cuts up untouched. Greg McMackin is not amused. “No one touched him,” he yells. “That’s a touchdown.”

And from The Warrior Beat:

11:03 a.m. — Largon Pau, a running back, actually seems like a pretty tough player.
Dylan Linkner has moved from right wideout to the left side.
Michael Washington just sped past the secondary, then dropped a 40-yard pass from Colt Brennan.

11:08 a.m. — So much for Davone Bess' commitment to north-and-south running. He caught a pass in the left flat, looped behind the line of scrimmage ands sprinted to his right. He looked like a hockey player circling behind the net.

Tsai's entry also has a profile of Garret, who writes the UH Warrior Quotes blog, a compendium of quotes related to UH football. He finds many many articles of UH and ex-UH players from around the nation, several of which he has e-mailed to me or I've nabbed. Oh, and he's literally a rocket scientist. For real. Perhaps he can contribute some mathematical and scientific firepower to The Juggernaut Quantum Duality Theory?

Speaking of The Juggernaut, he's been making an impression as a tailback on the Miami practice field.

From The Palm Beach Post blog:

TB/FB Reagan Mauia just bounces on outside before S Renaldo Hill rides him out of bounds. It will interesting to see how the team uses Mauia. He potentially seems to be more of a factor in the running game than Lorenzo Booker.

Mauia around end again, bouncing off everything in site. He may have gotten more carries than anyone in the drill.

From The Miami Herald:

They look serious about having Reagan Mauia carry the ball more than usual for a modern NFL fullback. Cam Cameron said they would give Mauia, projected as a Pete Johnson-like wide-load fullback, a shot at tailback this Saturday. Thursday morning, Mauia carried the ball often in team drills.

From The Sun-Sentinel:

The majority of double-tight-end sets were used in 9-on-7 short yardage simulations, where rookie Reagan Mauia was a plow. Mauia is a squat 270 pounds but moved his feet very well during the practice.

The Dolphins spent 20 minutes working 11-on-11, and Mauia popped up again, this time as a pass protector. Former Bear Cameron Worrell rushed on a safety blitz into a big hole, but Mauia appeared out of nowhere to stand Worrell up.

Right on. Oh the theory shall become law soon. Soon!