Warrior Bowl Tomorrow, Haʻa, Royce Pollard

The Warrior Bowl is tomorrow. Dave Reardon writes about one of the Black team's keys to the game.

That would be Inoke Funaki. He's the starting quarterback for the Black in tomorrow's Hawaii spring game at Aloha Stadium. But he's also the holder for both teams.

Black coach Ron Lee confirmed Funaki is under orders to botch a potentially decisive Green kick.

Call it Operation Tony Romo.

"My hands might get really slippery and the ball might slip out of my hands. Possibly," Funaki said.

Stephen Tsai writes about the haʻa, and how the band, cheerleaders and crowd might get involved in that, or something similar.

"We're working to get the band and cheerleaders involved," said McMackin, UH's first-year head coach. "We want to get a chant for the fans to do. We want to get as many people involved."

Could be awesome, could be cheesy. Also from that article, details about a QB competition involving trash cans.

Brian McInnis profiles receiver Royce Pollard.

"I think Royce is competing for a starting spot," Lee said. "Guys like Royce had a great spring. You tell him something once, he gets it done, makes the corrections. Expect him to come back (in the fall) and compete. Last year, he hardly got any reps. He's really stepped up."

Reardon and McInnis' Sports Notebook has news about the 2009 Navy game being moved to November 21st, Tyler Graunke's adjustment to the new offense, players available for autographs at tomorrow's Ohana fest, and Keala Watson teaching new players the haʻa.

Ferd Lewis has a column called Warriors must quell stage fright. Here's an excerpt:

The Warriors, with new or inexperienced players at several positions, want an indication of who can perform under the lights and in front of a crowd well before they step into The Swamp, 88,548-seat Ben Hill Griffith Stadium, in four months. And this is it.

Producing on the lower campus practice field in front of a couple dozen scattered onlookers in drills is one thing. Proving a worthiness for game-type conditions can be another. "Receivers, for example, can catch it when they know they're not going to get hit, but you want to see who can catch it in a game like this where they know they are gonna get blasted," McMackin said.

And tomorrow is the first day of the NFL draft. Best of luck to the Warriors!