WitP: Keomaka, Kapanui, Hawthorne, Esera

Ryan Keomaka made his debut with the UIF's Billings Outlaws last night, and was second on the team with 8.5 tackles in a victory over the Omaha Beef.

Sioux City Bandits QB Chad Kapanui was 24 of 29 for 268 yards and six touchdowns, leading his team to a season high 73 points. Unfortunately, the other team scored 76 points.

Stephen Tsai writes that CJ Hawthorne was not retained by the Atlanta Falcons, but will have a private workout with the Buffalo Bills on Wednesday. Also from that post, UH football coaches are set to receive laptops, which will help on the road. And Happy Birthday to Tsaiko Jason.

Tala Esera attended Indianapolis Colts minicamp, but did not practice for undisclosed reasons.

Seven players were present at minicamp, and didn’t practice:

Cornerback T.J. Rushing, cornerback Michael Coe, safety Bob Sanders, linebacker Gary Brackett, wide receiver Marvin Harrison, offensive guard Ryan Lilja and offensive lineman Tala Esera.

“Just resting up injuries and guys not medically cleared, whether they weren’t able to condition enough, whether it was surgeries,” Dungy said Saturday. “We have a few different things.

And Dave Reardon writes about a possible home-and-home with Alabama sometime in the future, though it seems like a lot is going against it.

Donovan said he’s fine with the idea, as long as it includes at least one game here. McMackin said he’s cool with it, too, but points out that the price of oil will probably dictate how far UH will go in the future for road games.

As for the Alabama perspective, it would be difficult for it to play a game at Hawaii late in the season because of the SEC championship game (remember, last time they played here was because they were on probation and ineligible for postseason).