John Estes Profile, More SJSU Previews

UH center John Estes is profiled in The Stockton Record by Lori Gilbert.

"The first couple games I was so worried about the calls, worried about the snap that I wasn't thinking about the guy I had to block. Now it all comes natural," Estes said.

"I wouldn't say (the transition) was really difficult," Estes said. "At St . Mary's we were in the (shot)gun a lot. And, I learned from the best center in the nation last year."

That was Samson Satele, who spent three years playing guard for Hawaii, moved to center last season and now is snapping the ball for the Miami Dolphins.

Delivering a crisp shotgun pass was no problem for Estes. It was everything else that came with the job.

"I have to make all the (assignment) calls," Estes said. "When you're watching game tape of the other team, you look at tendencies and remember them during the game and make the best call you can."

Josh Dubow of the AP has a preview of tomorrow's game.

With the initial Bowl Championship Series standings set to be released Sunday, the 16th-ranked Warriors are looking to make a good impression Friday night at San Jose State.

"We're definitely excited to get out there and showcase what we really are," quarterback Colt Brennan said. "We get a chance for everyone to watch us more and make a statement. It's obviously a great opportunity for us and it's a team we can get excited about playing. It can get tough preparing for opponents that everyone says you're supposed to beat by a large margin."

"We know because of who we are, one slip-up at any moment ends it," Jones said. "We're not like one of those teams like Florida who can lose a game and go from first to fourth or fifth. If we have one slip-up, we go to 50th."

And Laurence Miedema, who's written a bunch of articles this week previewing tomorrow's game, has another one.

SJSU got a taste of how explosive the Warriors (6-0, 3-0) can be last season in Honolulu. The Spartans trailed 27-17 late in the third quarter, but the Warriors needed barely 10 minutes to score 27 unanswered points to put the game away.

"You will not see the same team that we were last year in Hawaii," SJSU cornerback Christopher Owens said.

Hawaii, even with Brennan hobbled the past month by a sprained ankle (he missed one game and came out early in two others), continues to be a defensive coordinator's worst nightmare. The Warriors are averaging more than 50 points and 500 yards per game and haven't scored fewer than 45 points.

The Spartans counter with a defense that hasn't allowed 300 yards in three games and has intercepted eight passes during that stretch.

Can't wait for the game. Just hope I can escape from work to watch it!