Madden lived in Pleasanton and had numerous real estate interests in the downtowns there and in Livermore. A number of friends here had stories of seeing him in local restaurants and always taking time to talk to fans about the good old days. Seemed like a genuine good guy

The problem with Hawaii is it would take about $1M to buyout Graham and they are exactly flush with cash. On a related note, ASU paid Graham roughly $12M (!!) when they fired him!

To follow up on that article, 8 of the Navada portal players signed with Colorado State - the school their coach bailed to! I’m addition, 5 recruits recommitted and ended up at ( wait for it, wait for it…..) Colorado State!

Here’s a story about a large number of players, including 2 captains, leaving Hawaii. Sounds like playing for Todd Graham isn’t that much fun. Also mentions 12 players from Nevada have entered the portal! I think I’d be asking the coaching staff lots of questions if they were recruiting my son (or trying to get someone else out of the portal)

https://sports.yahoo.com/hawaii-coach-todd-graham-transfer-portal-program-amid-mistreatment-allegations-043237463.html

it’s a link to story about Craig Bohl detailing Wyoming’s plans to add from the portal.

article I read yesterday said there were additions to COVID list Friday; that, plus the 4 you mention caused the cancellation

https://news.yahoo.com/hawaii-basketball-team-pulls-christmas-050100498.html

I like Burgers and Brew for a pre Basketball meal. Have to hit it at the senior time (4:30-5:00) else it can get crowded.

Hawaii cancelled their game for today.

I’d be concerned about the men making the trip next week. Hawaii has been strict about quarantines throughout the pandemic.

Anigwe hasn’t been involved in the offense much as of late. Yesterday we ran a few set plays with Fuller on the block, but none that I recall with Anigwe.

pepper had a number of open shots early that didn’t go down; seemed to press after that. We didn’t get anything off the bench

After the 11-0 spurt to start the second half, the offense was very stagnant. There were only a handful of open looks, and those didn’t go down. Pepper was off all night. Portland had some weapons, snd they hit shots down the stretch. Disappointing

They have alot of size and seem hell bent on pounding it inside. Need some scoring besides Manjon; Pepper is an 0ffer in the first half

if their RB is back, I think MSU would be a good bet to at least cover.

Paper shows us as a 9 1/2 favorite. I guess Vegas is putting importance into my plan to attend today with my 4-0 viewing record!

I wonder if we’re the only UC starting in remote. Else I’d guess our UC brethren would play fan-less that week.

I wonder if any other schools in the Big West are making these kind of changes

I can’t imagine it being more restrictive than currently. Vaccine or test, masks inside.

he's a big kid, but does seem to take hits straight on. he's not the most elusive runner out there.

on the subject of 'post-season', anyone notice Tulsa is in a bowl? not sure how many FCS teams can lay claim to beating a bowl-bound FBS team (albeit with some key players missing).

I was surprised at the TO number. I think 5-6 were offensive fouls, 3-4 on illegal picks. We got sloppy on that. Probably 3 or so in final couple minutes.

I really liked how we turned it on when it got to 13 on the 5 free throws (weak foul on 3 pointer, very weak T on bench coach). Small crowd hit some energy, their bench got excited…..and we ran it back out to 23 point lead.

Sitting low you with a small crowd
, you get appreciation for our communication on defense (compared to them). Fuller is a real leader on that end and plays with a bit of an edge.