From the Blogs: June Jones, JC Signees, Hawaii Bowl Press Conference

Stephen Tsai got all kinds of news today. He writes that UH and June Jones have reached a settlement:

According to a news release, UH and a Hawai‘i-based representative for June Jones jointly announced the “resolution of all issues involving the contract between UH and the former head coach.”
According to the release, “the resolution was accompanied by the receipt by the University of Hawai‘i Foundation of two donations to the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa totaling $200,010.”

Tsai has more details including statements from UH president David McClain and June. Pretty cool comments from JJ:

"Hawai‘i is my home; therefore as I look beyond our past achievements in fooball, maintaining a healthy relationship with UH and sustaining productive contributions to our island communities will always be important to me. On Christmas Eve, beat Notre Dame.”

Here's a link to the press release.

In the same post Tsai writes that next year's UH-Washington State game will be played in Seattle, and he confirms that David Hafoka, Rodney Bradley, Melvin Hopkins, Brett Leonard and Lametrius Davis have signed agreements to play for UH and will enroll in school in January. Chizimuzo Dimude is still waiting for approval on a class.

Over on the UH Sports Extra, Dave Reardon has some news and notes from today's Hawaii Bowl press conference. Here are a couple excerpts:

(Solomon Elimimian): Said the team learned a lesson from the Sugar Bowl. Kind of a young team. A lot of guys went out and partied. Now a lot more mature. A lot of guys not going out even though no curfew.

(Greg McMackin): Last game for a lot of seniors. 8-6 sounds a lot better than 7-7. He said it would be good to send the seniors out with a bowl win. It would be good as a set-up for next year and recruiting, but more as a completion of this season.