Corbin, Tape, Solomon, Etc

Stephen Tsai writes about Corbin Brown's commitment to the Warriors.

Brown said the Warriors have shown interest the longest. He also was recruited by Oregon State, Colorado State, Nevada and Princeton.

"I've become close to the (UH) coaches," Brown said. "I feel comfortable with Hawai'i's program. My playing style would fit in a lot better."

But Dave Reardon writes that it's not a completely done deal just yet.

— two sources close to the situation say there is no actual scholarship offer yet. Before there is one, a key person in this process needs to at least see tape of Brown, and he hasn’t yet.

Hopefully it's just formalities. The coaches may be trying to focus on another tape issue, as Tsai's article continues:

CSU sent three DVDs of its season-opening loss to The Citadel. None, according to UH sources, was useable.

The video of the special teams was shot from an angle making it difficult to identify the CSU players. The defensive video was not synchronized. And the video of the CSU offense was "not readable," according to people familiar with the situation.

Uh oh, shades of Michigan State. Also from the article:

• Colt Brennan practiced the new haka on crutches.


• Despite having 14 tackles and being named WAC POTW, Solomon Elimimian was disappointed in his performance.


• Blaze Soares, recovering from injury, participated in conditioning drills.

Jason Kaneshiro writes that if Colt can practice, Colt can play this weekend. Kaneshiro also writes about Solomon Elimimian's defensive performance against UNLV. Hey, at least Coach Jones liked it.

"He was everywhere," UH head coach June Jones said. "He made a lot of plays just flying around to the ball. We had three or four guys play well. I thought the overall scheme really settled and got going and I see an attitude starting to happen now."

Solomon also talks about playing in the 4-3:

Elimimian is thriving in the middle of UH's 4-3 alignment, which often funnels running backs to him. Adam Leonard has also adjusted to playing on the outside. He had 11 stops last week.

"You have to be a more sideline-to-sideline player, it's a lot more blitzing," Elimimian said of his role in the scheme compared to last year's 3-4 base defense. "You have to be in charge of the defense and make sure everybody is in the right place.

"I can make more plays and it just fits our personnel on defense."

Kalani Simpson writes about the Warriors' coming off the road trip as a stronger team.

The trip to Louisiana Tech was every bit as dangerous as anyone could have imagined (and most of us didn't). But Hawaii survived it. Despite being roughed up and taken to the brink by a vastly inferior opponent, it turned into a hugely positive thing.

Those are games you point to later down the line, and say everything started right there.

And finally, Rivals.com has their new power rankings out, with Colt Brennan as the #1 QB, and three Warrior receivers, Davone Bess, Jason Rivers and Ryan Grice-Mull(en)ins listed in the Top 25.