Georgia ‘D’ paints Hawaii black and blue

Date January 2, 2008

NEW ORLEANS » Georgia linebacker Dannell Ellerbe took his helmet off and knelt on the field as if in prayer.
His concern?
The Hawaii receiver he had just drilled appeared to be out cold.
Warriors wideout Jason Rivers eventually sat up. He even got back into the Sugar Bowl. But there wasn’t much Rivers or the […]

UH failed to stop Moreno and Brown

Date January 2, 2008

NEW ORLEANS » Hawaii defensive coordinator Greg McMackin still had his halftime speech, written on the back of a folder, clutched in his hand as he ticked off what went wrong after last night’s 41-10 loss to Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.
The two key things he saw go awry early on were not being […]

Georgia offensive coodinator is wary of the Warriors’ defense

Date December 29, 2007

NEW ORLEANS» Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo had heard so much about the high-powered Hawaii attack, he wasn’t sure what he would see when he put the game film in to watch the Warriors defense.
He expected to watch a group of guys giving up points like most of the teams in the WAC do, […]

Mack won’t leave DBs in a corner

Date December 29, 2007

NEW ORLEANS » When defensive coordinator Jerry Glanville brought transfers Gerard Lewis and Myron Newberry to the islands he never said anything about leaving them on one.
But that’s what happened a lot in 2006. Most times the diminutive but tenacious Hawaii cornerbacks won their battles with taller receivers. Sometimes they didn’t.
Often, they fended for […]