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Injuries all over the field hurt Hawaii, with the team missing the postseason for the first time in four seasons By Jason Kaneshiro POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 13, 2009 Growing pains tend to be aggravating to endure.

Over the past month, they called it the playoffs and a single-elimination tournament.

RENO, Nev. - Ten minutes after the Hawai'i football team concluded its 2-hour practice, defensive back Kenny Estes raced from one of the two team buses back to the Bishop Monogue High field.

In a surprise move, the Hawai'i football team is going with a sleeper pick. Jake Heun is expected to start at middle linebacker when the Warriors host fourth-ranked Boise State Saturday at Aloha Stadium.

When Greg McMackin's cell phone rings, the words of Bob Marley come chirping out.

Yesterday was moving day for the Hawai'i football team. Richard Torres moved from nickelback to free safety, Mana Lolotai from reserve to No.

Hawaii's pass rush could get a needed boost for the start of the Western Athletic Conference season with the expected return of two defensive ends.

On its way out of Las Vegas in the wee hours of Sunday morning, the University of Hawai'i football team passed by the signs in the McCarran International Airport that proclaim, 'What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.' If only it was that simple in football.

LAS VEGAS - In the desert heat, the Hawai'i football team froze. During a position drill, defensive end Jake Heun swore, then hobbled to the makeshift training area.

A one-point loss naturally leads to thoughts of what might have been. Another play here, perhaps a break there, and the outcome could have swung the other way.

Hawaii defensive backs Mana Silva, right, and Tank Hopkins show their displeasure after allowing UNLV to score and pull ahead late in the fourth quarter Saturday.

LAS VEGAS>> Wish we could say the Hawaii defense has lessons learned the hard way at The Swamp last year to draw upon as it tries to stop an attack similar to Florida's -- in scheme, anyway -- tomorrow night at Sam Boyd Stadium.

The high temperature in Las Vegas this weekend will be 100 degrees. The UH football team is working in the heat preparing for their third game of the season.

SEATTLE>> Football never really changes. It just keeps going around and around in a circle.

SEATTLE>> Standing in the shadow of the Space Needle, Chris Tormey felt quite at home.

It was moving day for a few members of the Hawaii defense. R.J. Kiesel-Kauhane shifted over to middle linebacker yesterday for the Warriors' first full practice of the week.

For once, Blaze Soares felt what it was like on the other end of a big hit. During 7-on-7 drills yesterday, Soares and fellow Hawaii linebacker Jake Heun reacted to a pass over the middle.

Brashton Satele won't be on the field this fall. But the Hawaii linebacker doesn't consider his season to be completely over.

The University of Hawai'i football team might be without its defensive leader for an extended period.

University of Hawai'i linebacker Jake Heun wears a mohawk, sports a tattoo that says 'animal' over the right side of his chest and sneers at quarterbacks who 'wear special little jerseys that say: 'Don't hit me.' ' So, when Heun talked up incoming quarterback Greg Alexander's toughness this time last year, people immediately took note.