Greg Alexander News

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.

No marriage in history has ever made it to 100 years, but one Web site has a suggestion for a gift should one ever get there: a 10-carat diamond.

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.

De'Maundray Woolridge rushed for four touchdowns and finished with 81 yards to lead Idaho past visiting Hawaii 35-23. The Vandals are undefeated in Western Athletic Conference games and are bowl-eligible for the first time in a decade.

MOSCOW, Idaho>> Greg McMackin took a moment to compose himself before beginning his remarks to the media.

Fresno State greeted the Leilehua alum in his first D-I start with a proverbial welcome mat, then picked up the mat and proceeded to smack Moniz and his fellow Warriors around with it last night during a 42-17 win for the visitors at Aloha Stadium.

The University of Idaho is one win away from becoming bowl eligible for the first time since 1998.

Incompletions are not supposed to be a good thing for a football receiver. But Hawai'i slotback Dustin Blount benefitted from an 'incomplete' he received in an online class.

Following Saturday's 42-17 football loss to Fresno State, Hawai'i head coach Greg McMackin declared that his team is in a state of 'adversity.' 'We're not the same team we were when we went to training camp,' McMackin said.