UH-Fresno Previews, Daily-Lyles, Moniz, Shigematsu

Ari Cutler of Boxscorenews.com has a UH-Fresno game preview.

Luke Shaffer of The Collegian has breakdowns, matchups and keys to the game.

Stephen Tsai profiles George Daily-Lyles, who may see more playing time against Fresno.

For tomorrow's road game against Fresno State, the Warriors are paging No. 55.

The Bulldogs rely on a run-oriented offense that believes in the ground-pound-astound philosophy. For the Warriors, that means recalling the 4-3 scheme that was supposed to be their base defense, and summoning Daily-Lyles, who was supposed to be their middle manager.

Tsai notes that Rodney Bradley is healthy and will start against Fresno.

For the first time since suffering a strained left hamstring two weeks ago, left wideout Rodney Bradley participated in a full practice yesterday.

"He looks better than he did before he went down," receivers coach Mouse Davis said.

Head coach Greg McMackin said Bradley will start against Fresno State.

Bryant-Jon Anteola of The Fresno Bee profiles Bryant Moniz, who talks about how he felt in his first collegiate start last year against Fresno State.

This time, Moniz won't be overly excited or nervous or put his teammates on edge. And he probably won't feel the urge to vomit when he calls a play in the huddle.
"I didn't think I ever threw up -- I might have gagged a little bit, but I held most of it in," said Moniz as he recalled his first college start when Hawaii lost to Fresno State 42-17 at Aloha Stadium last year.
Now, Moniz knows what to expect. No longer a fourth-string walk-on or viewed as a short-term replacement, Moniz has developed into Hawaii's most important player as the catalyst in the Warriors' passing-intense offense.

David Simon of The Garden Island profiles offensive lineman Sean Shigematsu, who is redshirting this year.

Though he is inactive on game days, Shigematsu is going through the rest of the same process as everyone else on the team and said the coaching staff has been helpful and positive about his technique and improvement.
“I really get compliments on my pass blocking,” he said. “The upperclassmen are really helpful. The coaches have all been great. Coach Mac (Greg McMackin) is great. Coach (Gordon) Shaw is one of the best offensive line coaches I’ve ever known.”

And Ferd Lewis hopes that UH and Fresno extend their series even though the bastards are leaving for the MWC.

But if there is a cessation of competition between UH and the Fresno State, which follows Boise State and Nevada out the WAC door, that would, indeed, be a loss. For this is a series with a knock-down, drag-out history and an attitude -- and UH has precious few of those left.

The Bulldogs have been UH's most frequent football opponent, and tomorrow's meeting will be the 43rd in a series that stands at 21-20-1 for Hawaii. This is a series that goes back to 1938 and had some frequency even before they joined the WAC.