NEW ORLEANS » Maybe it’s laughable to compare the Louisiana Superdome with the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.
One is a 72,003-seat facility dripping with history, home to Super Bowls, national championship games and mega-concerts. The other is, well, the Kibbie Dome.
But when it comes to playing indoor football, the 23,000-seat home of the […]

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NEW ORLEANS » After five days of tough practices, Hawaii and Georgia will start to wind down as tomorrow’s Allstate Sugar Bowl finally approaches.
The No. 4-ranked Bulldogs were relaxed and confident in the chilly Superdome. The No. 10-rated Warriors were in top shape as well as their final practice at the New Orleans Saints’ facility […]

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NEW ORLEANS » If you wanted to talk to Colt Brennan at yesterday’s press conference, you needed a bodyguard to help you wade through all the reporters packed tight around him in search of a quote.
Even after the 45-minute session was done, a few local print media and broadcasters followed him out to the […]

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NEW ORLEANS » Colt Brennan can’t wait to get inside the Superdome on Monday and start throwing the football around to his teammates.
“I love it,” the University of Hawaii quarterback said before yesterday’s practice when asked if he’s looking forward to playing indoors. “I don’t know what it is. The ball has a way of […]

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NEW ORLEANS » On their first day in the Big Easy, the Warriors took it easy.
The University of Hawaii football team — following an all-night flight from the islands to New Orleans — rested yesterday, sleeping and getting acclimated to their surroundings.
Today they continue practicing for the biggest game of their lives: the Sugar […]

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For a first-time visitor to practice, it would be hard to tell yesterday that Hawaii was nine days away from the biggest football game in school history.
The Warriors finished their final home workout of the year with a relay race won by the defense. Cornerback Ryan Keomaka anchored; he sprinted to the finish and was […]

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After today’s final workout at its home field for the 2007 season, Hawaii’s next football practice is Thursday — at the same place where Drew Brees and Reggie Bush prepare for their games.
Warriors coach June Jones said he hasn’t seen the New Orleans Saints’ practice facility. But the former NFL coach had several reasons to […]

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The Hawaii offensive line reached its high and low points in the same game this season.
When UH played Fresno State on Nov. 10, the Warriors dominated scrimmage early, building a 24-7 first-quarter lead.
In the second half, though, quarterback and team MVP Colt Brennan was sacked and knocked unconscious by the Bulldogs’ Marcus Riley. The […]

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UH and Boise share the practice facility
For the Hawaii Warriors, some things are more fun with the Boise State Broncos working out a few feet away. UH broke practice a little louder than usual yesterday.
“It’s even better when we say our yell, ‘WAC champs.’ We do it every day,” senior cornerback Ryan Keomaka said. “For […]

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When Ryan Parker saw wildly enthusiastic Warrior fans on television during the Bowl Championship Series selection special, he had to write a song to capture those emotions.
Parker, who lives in Kentucky, is an old hand at this.
For years he has put his sports-related topical songs on his Web site, but he has since garnered […]

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