Odds and Ends

Some articles from the past week that didn't get posted for one reason or another...

Brian Murphy of the Idaho Statesman writes an article about Greg McMackin's positive effect on the UH program.

"This is going to be my last job," McMackin said at the WAC football media preview this week. "I want to do the best job I possibly can."

That's the kind of honest, humble, down-to-earth approach McMackin brought to a reeling Hawaii program.

"He definitely calmed the storm. And we know what kind of guy he is," Hawaii linebacker Solomon Elimimian said. "We know how good of a coach and how good of a guy he is."

Chris Fetters of Superprep.com (Scout) writes an article about Hawaii Speed and Quickness football camps.

"We're trying to make things affordable for everyone in Hawai'i and we're trying to be as inclusive as we can," Miano said.

Camps like Just Win! on Maui and Education First paved the way for a UH camp like the HSQ one to be successful. "We encourage kids to go to all of them," Miano said. "But at the same time, the University of Hawai'i needed to have a camp."

Just based on the turnout, it appears these camps were a bombshell waiting to go off.

The Hawaii Herald reprinted an award winning article by Joe Udell about his time spent watching UH beat Nevada in Reno last year.

Ferd Lewis wrote about the Central Arkansas game being an adequate fit for the 2009 opener.

Lewis also wrote how June Jones' comments regarding Tim Tebow last year may be used as Gator bulletin board material for the August 30th UH-Florida game.

And Felix Chavez of the Las Cruces Sun-News lists some of the WAC games he's looking forward to this year.