JJ on UNLV Game / Other Recent Articles

June Jones spoke to the media about the UNLV game today. The UH Athletic Department put out a (partial?) transcript. Here's an excerpt:

Jones on the improved defense
"I thought the overall scheme was settled and got going. I could see an attitude start to happen now. Hopefully we are going to start taking the ball away a little bit more. The only thing that we have fallen short, we have had a lot of chances and hands on the ball and we have not been coming down with them. The second we start coming down with then it will snowball. Greg has gotten to do what he wants them to do. We are playing hard, I thought Ryan Mouton did some good things, he will get on the field more, the linebackers were flying around too."

June also spoke to the WAC media in his weekly teleconference. You can listen to it, and peruse an archive of previous teleconferences, not just of June but all the coaches, at this here WAC Teleconferences page.

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Warriorshaka.com released their Hawaii All Legend Team for the defense and special teams.

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And here are a few pre-game and post-game articles from Las Vegas newspapers that I failed to link to earlier. Thanks to Garret from UH Warrior Quotes for finding these.

Before the game, Mark Anderson of the Las Vegas Review-Journal profiled Colt Brennan, recounting his history from Colorado to Saddleback to UH.

Ed Graney of the LVR-J had a really interesting article about UNLV defensive coordinator Vic Shealy breaking down the UH offense, marveling at Colt and the Warriors as he reviewed tape. Here's an excerpt:

Shealy pushes FORWARD on the tape. Then REVERSE. Then FORWARD. Then REVERSE. He's the movie theater employee with a hand-counter tallying patrons. He points a tiny red dot at the screen just as Brennan rolls toward the side where his running back lines up.

Shealy describes the play: FORWARD ... "They're not a true drop-back team." ... REVERSE ... "He throws behind the guard and tackle." ... FORWARD ... "His eyes initially go to the safety. See how fast he comes back to the other side?" ... REVERSE ... "That's what makes him so special." ... FORWARD ... "He looks at the No. 1 option. He's working No. 2 but doesn't have an advantage based on where the safety is." ... REVERSE ... "He scans back from the dig to the shallow to the delay." ... FORWARD ... "He finds the one-on-one matchup and exploits it." ... REVERSE ... "All of it took about two seconds."

After the game, Anderson had a wrap-up, while Graney wrote a column saying the UH win was pretty much pre-ordained.

This was men against boys before Hawaii won the opening coin toss and (gee, here's a fresh thought) proved head coach June Jones has more of a clue than a majority of his brethren by actually wanting the ball instead of deferring.

The Warriors were always going to win. The only uncertainties were the number of points they would score on the field and the number of arrests police would make among the Sam Boyd Stadium sellout.

And finally, here's a game wrap-up from The Rebel Yell.

UPDATE: Also had a couple videos. KGMB, with a redesigned site and all, had a first look at the Warriors' new haka (or ha'a). And KHON's John Veneri did a report with some highlights from the game.