Friday News - Washington

Hawaii News:

Ka Leo's Rebecca Gallegos has a preview of the game.

Dave Reardon talks to the players and coaches about playing a team with "Pac-10 talent."

"We showed that at the beginning of the summer when they couldn't get enough top BCS schools to play us in the first place. That should tell you something there, you know? We're not worried about that," said Grice-Mullins, one of three UH players on pace to go over 1,000 yards in receiving this year. "Football is football. A game is a game. All you have to do is go out there and win, no matter who we play. Boise made the BCS last year and people thought we'd struggle against them. That just tells you it's the players and who wants it most."

Billy Hull talks to two Huskies from Hawaii, Wilson Afoa and Daniel Te'o-Nesheim, about coming back home to play against UH.

"This isn't go home and play your friends," Te'o-Nesheim said. "The whole nation is going to be watching. This is a huge deal."

Afoa and Te'o-Nesheim passed up opportunities to play for Hawaii to travel to the Pacific Northwest.

Both cited wanting to experience playing in a major conference against the nation's best teams as reasons for leaving the islands.

Little did they know Hawaii was on the verge of establishing itself as a top-15 ranked team.

"I couldn't even imagine UH playing a game as big as this when I was in high school," Te'o-Nesheim said. "I can't imagine what it's like for them over there. It's going to be really exciting."

Ferd Lewis has a column about Washington coach Tyrone Willingham.

Stephen Tsai writes about Colt Brennan, his life in Hawaii, the fan frenzy surrounding him, and his thoughts about leaving. Tsai also has quotes from many of the seniors on their best UH memories.

Susan Essoyan profiles Colt Brennan and his family.

Paul Arnett discusses the facilities and some of the bureaucratic difficulties involved in upkeeping and upgrading them.

Another story about those lovable scalpers.

UPDATE: Saw this on Garret's site -- Lanaly Cabalo of The Garden Island profiled DB Kenny Estes.


Washington News:

Christian Caple of The Daily has a preview of the game.

Don Ruiz of The News Tribune interviews Huskies from Hawaii, Wilson Afoa and Daniel Te’o-Nesheim. Here are a few quotes:

“I watched UH football when I was there, but I wasn’t a super hard-core UH football fan,” Te’o-Nesheim said. “They never did this good when I was there.”

“I’m happy for the state of Hawaii, where the program has gone,” Afoa said. “I respect coach (June) Jones and where he has taken the program to. But I have no regrets picking Washington over Hawaii.”

The Seattle Times' Bob Condotta details two previous matchups between UW and UH.

Condotta also has a profile of the Warriors' linebacker Adam Leonard. He also talks to Tyson Kafentzis, also from the Washington area.

Molly Yanity of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer has an article about Colt and his Heisman chances.