UH vs Oregon State Wrap-Ups

UPDATE (by Chawan Cut): Here's last night's news.



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Note: Thanks to Chawan Cut for posting the news this weekend. Here are this morning's post-game wrap-ups...

Jason Kaneshiro has stats, scoring breakdowns and a short game summary.

"We didn't play well today and I take full responsibility for that and I promise (the Hawaii fans) that we will play well the next time we get on the football field," UH coach Greg McMackin said.

Some quotes from Kaneshiro's game wrap-up:

"It's just embarrassing, pretty much," said UH quarterback Tyler Graunke, whose first start of the season was cut short by wrist and thumb injuries.

"They outplayed us today, but we've still got a long season ahead of us, so we have to keep our heads up."

Oregon State's offense ran 86 plays to Hawaii's 55 and rolled up 257 yards after halftime.

"I felt we did wear down and it's really surprising," McMackin said. "I've conditioned this team more than any team I've ever coached, but we played tired. In the second half we were a tired football team. We have to look into the reason, most of it is Oregon State outplayed us."

Ferd Lewis has quotes from Greg McMackin about his Oregon homecoming.

"I feel like we not only let down the Hawai'i people, but I have a lot of friends in Oregon and I am sorry we didn't play better," McMackin said.

Earlier in the week he said this game had a "personal" tinge to it in being something of a homecoming.

"I think the world of those guys (here) and ever since I got this job a lot of Oregon people have been contacting me and I wish we would have played better for them," McMackin said.

Stephen Tsai's wrap-up has news about injuries to Tyler Graunke's right thumb and wrist.

The Warriors' third starting quarterback in as many games — right-handed Tyler Graunke, a fifth-year senior — suffered an injury to his right thumb and right wrist. He will undergo X-rays this afternoon, when the Warriors return from the Mainland. They stayed overnight in Oakland.

"I can't move my thumb, or put any pressure on it, like to shake a hand," said Graunke, who exited after the Warriors' second possession of the second half. "I can't grip a ball."

Tsai also details injuries to Keith AhSoon (left knee), Daniel Libre (right ankle) and Leon Wright-Jackson (arch).

With the injury to Graunke, Jason Kaneshiro writes how the QB situation is once again up in the air.

"We need to overcome this adversity," UH quarterbacks coach Nick Rolovich said. "Today we came out firing and it fizzled out on us. We have to look at ourselves and look at everything."

"Timing and rhythm, that's very important, especially in the run-and-shoot offense," said receiver Mike Washington, who caught a game-high seven passes for 71 yards.

"When you have different quarterbacks coming in it's very hard to get that rhythm back. It gets frustrating at times when plays break down, but you have to stay mentally focused and catch the ball."

Star-Bulletin's Sports Notebook has news about injuries to AhSoon, LWJ and Libre, kicking woes for both teams, mixed emotions for Mike Cavanaugh, and Ryan Mouton's thoughts for his family in Houston, who are safe in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike.

Ferd Lewis lists some of the problems the Warriors need to solve before the San Jose State game. An excerpt:

• Offensive disappearance. UH didn't score after the first quarter and managed a measly 211 total yards, the fewest in nearly 11 years.
• Kicking quandary. Placekicker Dan Kelly, nearly automatic last year, has missed his last three field-goal attempts, including a 44-yard try yesterday.
• Too many unhappy returns. Special teams yielded three returns of 33 yards or more as OSU enjoyed an average of 34 yards per kickoff return and 23.7 yards per punt return.

Cliff Kirkpatrick has two specials to the Advertiser, focusing on the Beavers' offense and defense.

In a special to the Star-Bulletin, Bob Clark writes how the Beavers wanted to win, and win big.

Ferd Lewis writes how Rockne Freitas is touting UH for PAC-10 membership.

Freitas said he brought up the idea of future Pac-10 membership for the Warriors this week in meetings with OSU athletic and administration officials.

"I told them I thought it would not only be good for Hawai'i but the schools here, too," Freitas said.

When Freitas was an associate athletic director at UH in the late 1980s, he said then-athletic director Stan Sheriff had asked him to put together a plan to help the school campaign for Pac-10 membership.

"I think it is something still worth working for," Freitas said.

Ferd's article includes other news and notes.

The Reser Stadium crowd was announced at 45,059, which OSU officials said was the largest for a non-conference game in the facility's history.

Overall, it was the second largest gathering, trailing only the 45,629 that was on hand for last November's game against Washington.