Five big plays from Hawaii’s 41-10 loss to Georgia in the Sugar Bowl
Chosen and described by the Star-Bulletin sportswriter Dave Reardon1. Bad Start
The Setup: Hawaii 0, Georgia 0, around 14:40 remaining, first quarter, Hawaii ball, first and 10 at own 45.
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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 […]

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NEW ORLEANS » Jason Rivers may have helped his draft stock, but he’d rather have a Sugar Bowl victory.
“Any day,” Rivers said, after leading Hawaii with 105 receiving yards on 10 catches, both game highs at the Superdome last night. “This hurts bad. We know we could’ve played better.”
It’s doubtful Rivers could have […]

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NEW ORLEANS » Those who thought Hawaii belonged on the same field with Georgia quickly discovered otherwise in last night’s 41-10 Allstate Sugar Bowl shellacking before 74,383 boisterous fans packed into the Superdome.
The Bulldogs made a statement for not being invited to the national championship game and took it out on the Warriors in one […]

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The Big Easy says, “Aloha, y’all,” as Warrior backers party before the big game
NEW ORLEANS » The Warrior nation has arrived for the Battle of New Orleans.
The Big Easy is finally abuzz with football fans arriving in droves.
The school colors of both the University of Hawaii and the University of Georgia were mixing everywhere throughout […]

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NEW ORLEANS » It is a room full of second-chance guys and players nobody wanted.
It is also a room full of articulate and talented young men who will represent their school on one of football’s biggest stages Tuesday.
Colt Brennan and Davone Bess had brushes with the law. Ryan Grice- Mullins won just one […]

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NEW ORLEANS » Whether it is back home in Hawaii or 4,000-plus miles east in Louisiana, the combination of good food and good people always makes things right.
After a morning of sightseeing in the Riverwalk Marketplace along the Mississippi River, Larry and Lila Barbish were ready to take some special visitors here for the […]

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NEW ORLEANS » No curfew.
They’re the two sweetest words an athlete on the road can hear.
But with such freedom comes responsibility, and the undefeated Hawaii Warriors’ self-discipline will be tested since there will be no bed checks until later in the week.
Of course, staying out all night might not be a wise choice, since […]

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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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The Hawaii football team was scheduled to land in New Orleans this morning for the program’s first BCS bowl game and first away-from-the-islands postseason encounter since 1992.
A whole new world, this Sugar Bowl stuff.
Still, when the wheels hit the ground, the Warriors could say that in some ways, they’d been here before.
A week on […]

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