Numbers game
By Stephen Tsai
Head coach Norm Chow is using the next few days to craft the roster for training camp, which opens Aug. 1.
The NCAA caps training-camp rosters at 105 players. Chow said he would like to have 102 players in camp. He said he will add eight to 10 more players on Aug. 22, the first day of UH's fall semester, when rosters are permitted to expand.
The tentative roster includes wide receiver Pi‘i Minns, who also is a member of the UH basketball team.
The Warriors still have a couple of scholarships available.
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It's always a good thing for a player to have his picture in the bio section. There's a nice picture of former UH defensive tackle Vaughn Meatoga, although on the Bengals' roster his first name is misspelled "Vaughan."
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Former UH offensive lineman Austin Hansen should learn soon whether he will be invited to the Philadelphia Eagles' upcoming OTA. Hansen had a tryout at the Eagles' rookie mini-camp this past weekend.
The Warrior Beat
May 14th, 2012 at 6:29 am
Good Morning TSAIKOS!!!
May 14th, 2012 at 6:31 am
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May 14th, 2012 at 6:34 am
#3 or #4
I think? Good morning mates!
May 14th, 2012 at 6:36 am
Chop! Chop! Can't wait till all is revealed. Yezzer.....
May 14th, 2012 at 6:42 am
Is it September yet?
May 14th, 2012 at 6:47 am
@ Polywarrior4life, when will we see a tentative roster?
May 14th, 2012 at 6:49 am
Exciting time for warrior football.
May 14th, 2012 at 7:17 am
Spammin' goin' on!!
May 14th, 2012 at 7:19 am
Bystanders capture robbery suspect at Ward complex
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/151307635.html
Big mahalo to those who decided to help and not just watch!!
May 14th, 2012 at 7:20 am
The football pay-per-view package doesn't look like it will be worth the bucks.
May 14th, 2012 at 8:02 am
Good morning Tsaikos!
Is it September yet? I'm ready for some football (and Tsaiko-gates)!
GO WAHINE!
GO BOWS!
GO WARRIORS!
May 14th, 2012 at 8:19 am
Good Morning Gangeez!
Go Wahine!!!
No foget foa vote li' dat!
http://www.seniorclassaward.com/vote/softball_2012/
May 14th, 2012 at 8:21 am
Lots o' work to be done between now and the SC game. Hope errybody givin' erryting dey got!
May 14th, 2012 at 8:26 am
GOOD MORNING HAWAII!
Thanks for the reminder DPK to vote. Noticed that Ms Arioto (Cal) is getting some more votes and raising in the percentages.
So VOTE!
May 14th, 2012 at 8:33 am
Allegiant to begin Colorado-Las Vegas-Hawaii flights
What I would like
Oakland & Sac - To avoid SFO
Orange County,CA.To avoid LAX.This is where I miss Aloha Airlines.
May 14th, 2012 at 8:37 am
I checked out the Orlando Sentinel's College Football Countdown and they had Fresno State at 109 out of 120 teams. With first-year head coach Tim DeRuyter, who has proven to change the defense in one year with his base 3-4 defense, it would seem that they might be a surprise this season even tho they lost some keys players on that side of the ball. They return Derek Carr and Robbie Rouse on offense who are capable of putting up some sick numbers. The Warriors might be in for a fight considering they play them on the Bulldog's turf. Should be one of the more interesting games this season as two first-year head coaches faceoff.
So far, the teams the Warriors will face this season that are outside of the top 100 are:
New Mexico (120) Home
UNLV (118) Home
Fresno State (109) Away
Colorado State (105) Away
May 14th, 2012 at 8:40 am
Okay, I voted. Seems Stephanie Ricketts has a substantial lead.
May 14th, 2012 at 8:53 am
Today is the last day to vote for Steph. So, VOTE!
May 14th, 2012 at 9:44 am
Shoko:
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Chickens before hatchings . . .
May 14th, 2012 at 9:53 am
ST:
Saw your son practicing twirling in your driveway on Friday. Is he entered in the contest this coming weekend at the PCC?
May 14th, 2012 at 9:56 am
A-House:
He was in the championships this past weekend.
May 14th, 2012 at 10:14 am
ST:
Sorry, I thought the TV guy said this coming weekend when they were showing some of the performers practicing their routines.
May 14th, 2012 at 10:23 am
ahouse...twirling???
it is a more manly sport that young tsai is proficient at, the samoan fire knife dance using the nifo'oti is definitely not twirling as using a baton.
May 14th, 2012 at 10:26 am
❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ Good..Morning..Tsaikos..and..Warrior..Nation!!! ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀
I think it's still AM....
May 14th, 2012 at 10:27 am
❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ★ W A H I N E ★ S O F T B A L L!!! ★ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀
★★Go•Wahine!!!★★Go•Wahine!!!★★Go•Wahine!!!★★Go•Wahine!!!★★
May 14th, 2012 at 10:31 am
Eh - I see the HSA headline, "New Brew". What?!?
I dash over to the mirror. Okay, it immediately cracks, shatters. Seen/done that before!
But everyone I ask says it's the same ol' brew..... 
May 14th, 2012 at 10:35 am
Brew...
Maybe you woke up Chinese? I saw the ad. It said.. New Brew!... then it went on to say.. "Looks same, smells same, tastes same, but now even cheaper!"
May 14th, 2012 at 11:04 am
In other news... the Big West board of directors is meeting in LA today. It should interesting to see whether Boise State gets an invitation to join the conference. Last week the Idaho Statesman reported that the directors were planning to have a general discussion about Big West expansion but no specific proposals were on the table. That could have changed in the past few days.
May 14th, 2012 at 11:22 am
Hmm, isn't that always the case tho? Whenever they have a board meeting, expansion is always a topic thats on the list.
Board president: Okay, next on the list is expansion. What say you?
Board of Directors: Nay...nay...nay...nay....nay etc..
Board President: Okay, it's unanimous. Next on the list is where to have lunch.
Board of Directors: Hooters! Hooters! Hooters!!
Why are Mondays so long? They are worst than Fridays!
May 14th, 2012 at 11:32 am
Went to vote for Stephan but the voting page is blank.
May 14th, 2012 at 12:00 pm
redzone, the voting booth is open and we need all the help we can get. Steph lost a little, but every vote counts.
May 14th, 2012 at 12:03 pm
Pu'u-Robinson texted this morning. He said he isn't on the team yet, but he hopes to meet with the UH coaches today and tomorrow.
If all goes well, he should be a Warrior.
May 14th, 2012 at 12:05 pm
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May 14th, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Okay cast my vote for Steph via computer. I tried earlier with my Ipad and all it showed was a blank page.
May 14th, 2012 at 12:58 pm
I voted on da way to work this am on da bus even.
Go Steph!
May 14th, 2012 at 12:58 pm
Muchas Gracias' Oregon Burrito!
http://muchasgraciasmexicanrestaurant.com/reviews
May 14th, 2012 at 1:26 pm
ST:
Do you see any more "return to home" football players in the next 2 or 3 months?
Last one is from Maui.
May 14th, 2012 at 1:29 pm
al:
you read right - "twirling" cause that's excactly what the knife dancers do - twirl the whatever (nifo'oti) or swing it.
May 14th, 2012 at 1:53 pm
A-House
Not-return-to-home players.
But I know UH has been contacted by two players who are transferring from BCS schools.
May 14th, 2012 at 2:18 pm
mannnnn #40 is a teasah.
May 14th, 2012 at 2:18 pm
@40,
what positions? Any chance of them playing this year?
May 14th, 2012 at 2:22 pm
I think one can play this year. Not sure about the other.
UH is checking both out this week.
May 14th, 2012 at 2:23 pm
UH is holding two scholarships for them.
May 14th, 2012 at 2:39 pm
is one of the two kapua sai? he'd be eligible for this year...
May 14th, 2012 at 2:47 pm
Football recruiting is in good hands . . . Anyone know how the women's basketball recruiting is going? Haven't seen or heard too much since the new coach was announced.
May 14th, 2012 at 3:02 pm
#45 If the older Sai does his class work he can play this year.
May 14th, 2012 at 3:06 pm
St stop being a tease!!
May 14th, 2012 at 3:19 pm
I think ST is referring to 2 non-homegrown players (I.e., not Kiha Sai) from BCS schools. If that's the case, the more the merrier . . .
May 14th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
Correction - I meant the older.
May 14th, 2012 at 3:25 pm
The older Sai, Kapua.
May 14th, 2012 at 3:42 pm
Speaking of numbers!?......weya everybody today?? good night folks.
May 14th, 2012 at 4:18 pm
Good evening!
May 14th, 2012 at 4:19 pm
Two more transfers.
Interesting. Must be good ones if scholarships are being held for them.
May 14th, 2012 at 4:30 pm
Curiouser, and curiouser... Who might be those potential transfers...
May 14th, 2012 at 4:34 pm
thanks shadow. overlooked that.
even more interesting... to see non-hawaii boys looking to transfer here.
May 14th, 2012 at 4:44 pm
It truly is a numbers game.....where "holding" a football scholarship probably more accurately translates to "freeing up" a football scholarship from a now former player.
It's just the reality of roster changes under a new coaching staff. Happened with JJ then Mack, and now happening with Chow too.
Some players have left and will leave the team......while new players have and will join the team.
May 14th, 2012 at 5:02 pm
The two guys are not Sai or Robinson. It's two from BCS schools who contacted several schools, including UH. The coaches are following up. UH always had a few scholarships. Either they go to transfers or walkons.
May 14th, 2012 at 5:07 pm
Thanks for the clarification Mr. Tsai.
May 14th, 2012 at 5:07 pm
kinda took a refresher on who will be joining da warriors for the fall and you don't need to say "where's the beef" cause "da warriors' get beef". most noticeable is that the o line is going to get a huge boost.
May 14th, 2012 at 5:24 pm
Steph is down to 29.7 %.
Miss California is at 20.5 %.
Please tell your friends / family to vote.
May 14th, 2012 at 5:52 pm
ahouse...i am sure that any samoan fire knife dancer would be pretty upset with you if you described their masculine art form as twirling as one does a baton or their hair.
May 14th, 2012 at 6:10 pm
VOTE! We are losing ground
http://www.seniorclassaward.com/vote/softball_2012/
May 14th, 2012 at 6:29 pm
voted. Thanks tommui
May 14th, 2012 at 6:33 pm
Voted, Tom!
May 14th, 2012 at 6:35 pm
voted...again.
Last time?
May 14th, 2012 at 6:46 pm
Was Abe Markowitz a senior or does he fall into the instant transfer category?
May 14th, 2012 at 6:47 pm
Fifteen USC players (not just Matt Barkley) will be building at least four houses in an area 20 miles from the capital of Haiti. Wonder if they majored in carpentry...
May 14th, 2012 at 6:53 pm
Nice article about USC's trip...
http://usc.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1364710
Most of them hafta get yellow fever shots...
but not Matt Barkley, as he got one last year on a trip to Nigeria
along with Kyle Negrete.
May 14th, 2012 at 6:55 pm
So I guess the kids or their parents pay for them as football
players cannot accept free plane rides, etc, right?
May 14th, 2012 at 7:00 pm
looks like the voting stops at 12 midnight, but not sure although the deadline is today. We need help to keep Steph at the top. Thanks.
May 14th, 2012 at 7:06 pm
Maybe this has been reported before, but
St. Louis OG Reeve Koehler, 6'3"/280 lbs,
will play in the 2013 Army All American High School Bowl
http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1349827
May 14th, 2012 at 7:07 pm
#7 idk? Soon I hope....
May 14th, 2012 at 7:31 pm
Hopfeully at least one of the two players who are contacting UH is a QB.
May 14th, 2012 at 7:34 pm
Remember this: UH 34, Colorado 17 as
Chinese/Hawaiian QB Bryant Moniz scores 4 TDs ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQlzu8Zz7zQ&feature=related
Any news on this amazing qb ???
May 14th, 2012 at 7:39 pm
good move by usc to publicize the haiti trip for Barkley. this should help him get into the senior class award for football this season.
May 14th, 2012 at 7:54 pm
The more awards and publicity for Barkley, the better.
Like Heisman winner Ty Detmer, they may think they are better than lowly UH...
And then---Bam! Oh how pride can fall.
May 14th, 2012 at 8:18 pm
#73 Whitey:
Yep, voting ends today and the ballot box is no longer available.
May 14th, 2012 at 8:22 pm
9 computers at my workplace voted for Steph.
May 14th, 2012 at 8:28 pm
counselor, did you see the final figure??
May 14th, 2012 at 8:30 pm
way to go a-joe.
May 14th, 2012 at 8:35 pm
FSU to the Big 12, not so fast!
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/brett-mcmurphy/19044164
May 14th, 2012 at 8:48 pm
When I voted around 1730, I think Stephanie had a little under 30% and the next closest was around 21.5%... as far as I can recall. She came out of nowhere...wasn't Ariotta (sp.?) or the Alabama gal.
May 14th, 2012 at 8:59 pm
ralph, i hope the fsu president get back up cause he going need um. fsu needs money to keep up with uf.
May 14th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
was the girl from cal
May 14th, 2012 at 9:01 pm
progress is slow, but should make 100 tonight.
May 14th, 2012 at 9:13 pm
Got home today from a long trip. Just in time to cast a vote for Stephanie. I hope you guys and gals were voting in my place while I was gone.
May 14th, 2012 at 9:21 pm
Voting closed?
May 14th, 2012 at 9:24 pm
counselor was the first to post about voting was closed.
May 14th, 2012 at 9:33 pm
a huge round of applause to all who helped and voted for Stephanie Ricketts.
May 14th, 2012 at 9:47 pm
For all the talk about UH controlling Aloha Stadium...
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/ncf/story/_/id/7930847/los-angeles-memorial-commission-hands-control-coliseum-usc-trojans
May 14th, 2012 at 10:09 pm
On Puu-Robinson
http://www.mauinews.com/page/blogs.detail/display/3749/Puu-Robinson-transferring-to-Hawaii.html
May 14th, 2012 at 10:18 pm
CFN 2012 First Look Rankings Mountain West
http://cfn.scout.com/2/1149407.html
Hawai'i predicted to finish 7th in MWC.
May 14th, 2012 at 10:30 pm
Thanks for voting for Stephanie!
May 14th, 2012 at 10:32 pm
Is AL or WHITEY waiting for 100?
May 14th, 2012 at 10:33 pm
For AL
May 14th, 2012 at 10:34 pm
Rams quotes on Aaron Brown
http://www.stlouisrams.com/news-and-events/article-1/Rookie-Profile-LB-Aaron-Brown/015cd0f8-db62-40a2-b609-8f44e4f4cfa4
“He’s an explosive player, two year starter there at Hawaii. He was a J.C. guy, Saddleback Junior College, very explosive. He’s a little over six feet, 235 pounds. He runs well, tackles well, tough guy. I mean, real tough guy. That’s the kind of guy that you think has a chance to fill in at a linebacker spot. Worst case scenario where we’re picking, he sounds like a premier special teams fit.” – Coach Jeff Fisher on Brown.
“He’s a tough guy, very urgent, very good as a special teamer, looks like a core special teamer. Our numbers at linebacker were down so he’s going to add depth and we’ll go from there.” – GM Les Snead
May 14th, 2012 at 11:30 pm
I can just hear the Bama fans whining that the Hawaii fans cheated...
waa waa waa,.,.,
May 18th, 2012 at 5:43 am
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