Parking, Melila Purcell, CO on ESPN2, Etc

Dave Reardon writes about UH's plans to sell parking passes at Aloha Stadium.

Season-ticket holders with prime seats will have more access to prime parking spots at Aloha Stadium this fall, as the University of Hawaii athletic department hopes to raise $100,000 through a new parking deal with the stadium.

The Stadium Authority and management have agreed to make more than 1,000 parking spaces at the stadium available to UH to sell for Warrior home games.

The money the school makes will go toward athletic scholarships.

More details can be found in this UHAD press release.

From the Cleveland Browns website, here's an article from earlier this month profiling 2nd year defensive ends Chase Pittman and Melila Purcell. In this excerpt, Mel talks about playing on the practice squad last year.

"I learned a whole bunch," Purcell said. "It's been fun, but kind of hard at the same time. But it's been exciting just getting all the information from the coaches and some of vets as well.

"I wasn't playing, but I was taking mental reps. Just trying to get better."

Purcell was listed at 6-foot-5, 285 last season, and he's noticeably bigger in the upper body after a full year in an NFL weight program.

Thanks to 4uhfan on WSN for finding this article.

Monday night (10:30pm EDT, 4:30pm HST) is your chance to watch Chad Owens play for the AFL's Colorado Crush on ESPN2 HD or ESPN360.com. Here's an excerpt from the press release:

WR CHAD OWENS ranks third among rookies in all-purpose yards (1,097). Ranks fifth among rookies in yards from scrimmage (507), receiving yards (494), receptions (51), and first downs (30)

Be there! Thanks to "anonymous" in the comments.

Stephen Tsai writes about QB Steele Jantz impressing with his arm strength in yesterday's workouts. UH got lots of QBs!

And from yesterday, Tsai has a list of some great players currently not on scholarship, which includes the likes of Daniel Libre, Victor Clore, Aaron Bain, etc. Tsai writes that Tim Grasso and John Fonoti will be placed on scholarship in the fall.