Graunke and Kelly WAC Players of the Week

Congratulations to Tyler Graunke and Dan Kelly.

University of Hawai'i quarterback Tyler Graunke and placekicker Dan Kelly today were named the Western Athletic Conference offensive and special teams players of the week, respectively.

Here's a USA Today article about the WAC's standing in the polls and rankings.

"Terribly disappointed," Western Athletic Conference commissioner Karl Benson said of the fall of his two teams in the coaches' poll. "As for Hawai'i, people don't realize how good a win that was at Nevada with a short week, Nevada had a bye, the altitude, the travel, and the Heisman Trophy candidate on the bench. I don't see how anyone could not recognize that as not just as a quality win, but a tremendous win."

Benson was equally puzzled with Boise's slip. "The polls are so fickle, and I understand their volatility and that the quality of the opponent (Idaho) was not there, but for a team that doesn't play to jump a team that blows out a team it's hard to predict," the commissioner said. (Virginia, which had been idle, was one of the teams that moved ahead of Boise; Boston College, which won at Clemson, was the other.)

And Ferd Lewis writes about Boise State's winning streak against UH.

So long and so maddening had Brigham Young University's streak of football victories over the University of Hawai'i become by the late 1980s that an elderly fan stopped then-head coach Bob Wagner in his tracks with an urgent appeal.

"Please, beat BYU before I die," the fan implored.

It isn't known how long the fan lived, but Wagner's team shortly complied, ending BYU's streak at 10 games over 11 years in 1989.

If June Jones doesn't want to soon begin fielding the same requests, Friday night would be a good time to end Boise State's string of victories over UH as it nears BYU-like proportions.

And I'm gonna be crazy busy today, so I probably can't post anything else until tonight. Check out the noa7588's Youtube page for a new C&K Show, OBhawaii's Youtube page for a new June Jones Show. Irse has it as well.

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