Last Practice, Believe, Merry Christmas

Gotta jet, forgot about a family function I need to be at. Here are today's articles!

Practice reports, news and notes, etc from Dave Reardon:

The Warriors finished their final home workout of the year with a relay race won by the defense. Cornerback Ryan Keomaka anchored; he sprinted to the finish and was lifted by the rest of the green shirts as if he'd just picked off a pass to win the Sugar Bowl.

It didn't meet with coach June Jones' complete approval, as the last thing he wants is more pulled muscles before the team leaves tomorrow evening for New Orleans and its Jan. 1 date with Georgia at the Louisiana Superdome.

"No racing!" Jones yelled from the other side of the practice field.

And from Stephen Tsai:

For quarterback Colt Brennan, the circle was complete. Twenty-nine months earlier, as a recent transfer from Saddleback Community College, Brennan met his new UH teammates on the grass practice field.

"It's amazing," Brennan said. "It's crazy how fast time flies. You don't think about it, and now it's my last day. It's crazy walking off the field like this. That's the best part of living life — growing up and moving on."

Michael Tsai writes about the faith and beliefs held by Warriors like Solomon Elimimian, Jacob Patek, Desmond Thomas, and others.

Dave Reardon has a column about yesterday's Boise State loss to ECU in the Hawaii Bowl.

Ferd Lewis writes about a couple bad losses by WAC teams.

To have the Broncos dominated for much of yesterday's game and, eventually, lose to an East Carolina team that did not make Conference USA's title game didn't do much to polish the WAC's image. Nor did having Nevada, a team UH needed a field goal to beat, so thoroughly worked over by a middle-of-the-pack Mountain West Conference team. Still to play is Fresno State, which meets Georgia Tech Dec. 31, the day before UH's Sugar Bowl appearance against Georgia.

And finally, an awesome, heartwarming Christmas story from Scott at Sportshawaii.com.