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Traditional Hawaiian luau music was played over the loudspeakers as the Navy football players warmed up prior to practice last week.

VIDEO: UH football practice at San Jose The Hawai'i football team departed for San Jose, Calif., yesterday afternoon still unsure if it would have its quarterback and top receiver available for tomorrow's game against the Spartans.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - The past two weeks, the Hawai'i football team has been living on the edge.

During a preseason spent primarily on the periphery of the Hawaii offense, Shane Austin kept the story of another quarterback with island ties in mind.

Still, both teams have struggled. The Aggies and the Warriors are both 3-6 overall and each have just one conference win.

Some people will tell you Nick Rolovich's eight-touchdown performance against Brigham Young in 2001 was his finest moment with the University of Hawai'i football team.

The New Mexico State University football team left Las Cruces on Friday afternoon, going on a road trip to the University of Hawaii for a Saturday evening affair.

Last weekend, most of the Mainland rolled back the clock to standard time. This week, Hawai'i head football coach Greg McMackin moved his calendar ahead to playoff time.

All week Diondre Borel studied tape of the Hawai'i defense, particularly last week's loss at Nevada.

With a 2-6 record and a big goose-egg on the road-win column, Utah State is hungry.

Warriors coach Ivan Cleary insists Simon Mannering's selection as captain is "more about the future of the club" and not because of outgoing skipper Steve Price's representative commitments.

Steve Price has been dropped as Warriors captain, replaced by second rower Simon Mannering.

It was a tale of two Bryants. Hawai'i quarterback Bryant Moniz yesterday resumed practicing after receiving clearance that he has fully recovered from a concussion.

Boise State football coach Chris Petersen took his usual stance on all things BCS on Monday -- and that stance would be general ambivalence -- with one slight alteration.

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Quarterback Bryant Moniz said he is hopeful of playing in Hawai 'i's road game against Nevada on Saturday.

Times are hard for the Hawaii football team, and don't appear to be getting any easier.

Boise State has emerged as one of the winningest programs in college football and has been near-perfect in the Western Athletic Conference.

How relevant it is this week is a matter of debate, but Boise State has lost two straight games at Aloha Stadium, and each carried its own little parcel of pain.

With a relatively weak schedule, Boise State might be a long shot to play for a national championship.