Hawaii / Nevada 11/05 Info.

[808Warrior]

New to this site....Thought I might share some insight on my hometown Warriors.
Just announced locally that June Jones will split time with QB's Brennan and Graunke this weekend...Don't know why with Brennan as productive as he has been.
Bottom line...Nevada might be worth a look!!
Any thoughts??

 

[gman2]

thanks for the heads up. i agree, a bit of a puzzling move. gotta think brennan's red zone efficiency (or lack thereof) factored into the decision at least somewhat. he has the makings of a terrific quarterback, but he absolutely killed the warriors with that interception in the endzone against fresno in the 4th quarter where he was scrambling around and then threw off-balance. you cant make those throws at the D-1 level. then they get down to the 3 yard line and have it 1st/goal one drive later and get turned away on 4 straight incompletions. if nothing else, i think june might be simply keeping brennan motivated and not allowing him to get complacent.

 

[lendig]

From Honolulu Advertiser

From Honolulu Advertiser

WARRIORS HOPE TO RISE TO OCCASION AT NEVADA

They have tried running extra sprints, and spitting on their hands, and arriving at various times. But the Warriors still have not managed to conquer the invisible beast known as high altitude.

Saturday's road game against Nevada will be played at 4,700 feet above sea level. At that altitude, endurance is weakened and skin dries. Receivers have difficulty running for long periods, and quarterbacks lose their grip. Because of the diminished resistance of the thinner air, passes tend to sail longer.

"There's nothing you can do," said Jones, who avoids discussing the effects of high altitude with his team. "You just go out and play the game."

Jones also refuses to order oxygen tanks for the sidelines. Some coaches believe oxygen helps an exhausted receiver recover quicker after running long routes.

In the past 10 seasons, the Warriors are 1-14 in games played at high altitude. They are 1-8 in Jones' seven seasons as UH head coach.

Jones said he will maintain the Warriors' schedule of leaving two days early ? in this case, Thursday afternoon ? for a game played in the Pacific time zone. The Warriors will arrive Thursday night, then practice Friday morning at an area field.

 

[soljah67]

New to this site....Thought I might share some insight on my hometown Warriors.
Just announced locally that June Jones will split time with QB's Brennan and Graunke this weekend...Don't know why with Brennan as productive as he has been.
Bottom line...Nevada might be worth a look!!
Any thoughts??

FYI June Jones will not "split time" between the two QB's. He will simply give Graunke 1-2 drives to get his feet wet and gain some game experience. Spliting playing time means they will get the same amount of snaps. This will not happen as Brennan will get the majority of the snaps.

However, if I was to bet against Hawaii this will be one of the times to do it. Nevada is a legit team this year, Hawaii is on a must win situation as they will have to win the rest of their games to make it to their bowl game. However, with Wisconsin coming to town, I don't think even the ref's will be able to help Hawaii in that game. Granted there will be a lot of Hawaii fans at this game, but they still have not proven that they can win on the road against a decent team.