Home of the Hawaii Warriors
GENERALLY THESE STORIES ARE RANDOM THOUGHTS AND REACTIONS TO THE EVENT AND OR GAME COVERED....SAME HERE. ! ! !
THEY BUILT THIS SUCKER IN 1975 AND OPENED IT WITH HAWAII AND TEXAS KINGMAN PLAYING FOOTBALL.....SINCE THEN EVERYBODY HAS BEEN HERE AND EVERYBODY HAS PLAYED HERE....SOME LIKE LAST NIGHT....NOT TOO WELL !
SINCE 1980 THE NFL PLAYED ITS PRO BOWL HERE....THE ALOHA AND HAWAII BOWLS ARE AND HAVE BEEN PLAYED HERE....ON FRIDAY NIGHT 20,000ISH CAME FOR
TWO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES WE CAME TOO.
HAWAII LIKE SOUTH AFRICA EXUDES ALOHA....AND CLASS....AND BEING NICE TO EVERYONE.....A THEME FOR THE WORLD.....ON OUR VISIT EVERYONE IN EACH CAPCITY WAS POLITE....PROFESSIONAL....AND MOST OF ALL SMILED...HERE IS SOMETHING TO PATENT....THANK YOU.
THEN..... THERE WAS THE BAND....130ISH PIECES....PERFECT FORMATIONS...MUCH BETTER COACHED AND PREPARED THAN EITHER FOOTBALL TEAM....PRE GAME EXCELLENT....HALFTIME EXCELLENT WITH HALL OF FAME BATON TWILLER EXCELLENT...AND DURING TIME OUTS EXCELLENT....WOW...... PRACTICE IS GOOD....BEEN A LONG LONG LONG TIME SINCE I HAD THIS LOVELY EXPERIECE AT A GAME.
PROFESSIONAL PRESS BOX....EVERYONE HELPFUL....SUPER PILE OF PRE GAME STATS EXCEEDED ONLY BY THE FIVE PAGES IN THE SUNDAY MORNING PAPER.
ACTUALLY.....25,604 LOOKED LIKE LESS...MAYBE THEY USE THE UNLV COUNTING SYSTEM !
JUST GENERALLY EXHILIRATING TO BE AT THIS VENUE....OLD JOURNALISTS TEND TO BE UNEXCITABLE....NOT ME.
IRONIC THAT MY VISIT HERE COMES ON THE CONCLUSION OF THE 40TH FOOTBALL SEASON HERE.....A HAWAII SEASON THAT CONCLUDES FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON THE ROAD...NOT AT ALOHA......THE 2015 HAWAII FOOTBALL SEASON CONCLUDES IN FRESNO...SATURDAY.
IRONIC THAT MY VISIT COMES A DAY PRIOR TO THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER TAKING A SERIOUS LOOK AT THE HISTORY.....PAST AND CURRENT AND FUTURE OF THE FACILITY....A FACILITY THAT HAS INCLUDED...SINATRA....PELE...BONEO...JACKSON...
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL....PRO FOOTBALL....PRO SOCCER...PRO BOXING AND DAMN NEAR EVERYTHING ELSE AVAILABLE IN 40 YEARS.
A NEW STADIUM IS IN THE $190 MILLION DOLLAR RANGE ON THESE EARLY REPORTS......DON'T SEEEM LIKE MUCH....COMPARED TO THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS SPENT ON LAS VEGAS CASINOS AND PROPOSED SPORTS VENUES !
HAWAII FOOTBALL SOLD OUT IN 2007...ITS UNDEFEATED SEASON THAT TOOK THEM TO THE SUGAR BOWL....22,000ISH ON SATURDAY
YAH THERE WAS FOOTBALL TOO ON SATURDAY.....UNLV FOOTBALL...THE TEAM THAT CAN'T TAKE THE KNEE....WON'T TAKE THE FAIR CATCH .....CELEBRATES TOUCHDOWNS WITH CELEBRATIONS ON FIELD WITH PLAYERS NOT WEARING HELMETS....THE EXAMPLES CONTINUE HERE OF....."WHO COACHES THIS BUNCH" ? ? ?
OF COURSE WE HAD JOHN ROBINSON AT UNLV WHERE THE REBELS WERE OFFSIDE ON THE OPENING KICKOFF THREE WEEKS IN A ROW...I KNOW ...I WAS THERE.
UGLY FOOTBALL ON THIS NIGHT ...AS A PROFESSIONAL OFFICIAL I KNOW SOME GAMES ARE EASIER TO OFFICIATE THAN OTHERS....THIS ONE CERTAINLY NO PICNIC AND LEAVES UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT DOUBLE FOULS ON CELEBRATIONS AFTER TOUCHDOWNS.....WHAT IS THE REPLAY SITUATION ON CLOCK TIME IN THE LAST 5 SECONDS....AND WHY ARE EXTRA POINTS TRIED BY THE WINNING TEAM AFTER THE CLOCK EXPIRED....AMAZINGLY ENOUGH ALL CAME UP IN THE UNLV-HAWAII GAME SATURDAY NIGHT....THE GAME ITSELF PROVED NEITHER SIDE HAD THE BEST TEAM.....THEY GOT AN A+ THO FOR KEEPING THE OUTCOME IN DOUBT.
GOT TO HAVE LOVED BEING HERE....I NOTICE THE PICTURES OF HAWAII CELEBRATING THEIR WINNING TOUCHDOWN WITH PLAYERS HAVING THEIR HELMETS OFF...DON'T KNOW OF REPRECUSSIONS HERE?
GLAD TO HAVE LIVED TO SEE THE STADIUM AND THE EVENT...THANK YOU
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