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>> BY THE WAY, ITS THE KAISER-LAHAINALUNA HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL GAME IN THE STATE PLAYOFFS.
IS THAT BEING TELEVISED? >> KANOA: NO.
OC 16S ALREADY SCHEDULED LONG BEFORE THE BRACKETS CAME OUT.
THEYRE SCHEDULED TO DO THE STATE CHEERLEADING CHAMPIONSHIP.
>>JIM: CHEERLEADING? I HATE CHEERLEADING.
>> KANOA: WHY? >>JIM: I TURNED OUT FOR THE
CHEERLEADING TEAM, AND I DIDNT MAKE THE LAST CUT.
AND ITS BOTHERED ME MY WHOLE LIFE.
>> KANOA: YOUR MISTAKE IS YOU TRIED OUT FOR THE TOP OF THE
PYRAMID.
>> YOU NEVER KNOW WHOS GOING TO BE SITTING AT THE KITCHEN TABLE
ON LEAHEY & LEAHEY. A GENERATIONALLY CHALLENGED
DISCUSSION ON SPORTS AND OTHER LIVING THINGS.
LEAHEY & LEAHEY. >> KANOA: WHATS UP.
WECOME TO ANOTHER EDITION OF LEAHEY & LEAHEY.
POPS JIM, SON KANOA SITTING AT THE KITCHEN TABLE.
YOURE GOING TO MEET A GUY, A GUY WHO WAS A PRODUCER ON OUR
RADIO. ONE OF THE GREAT YOUNG PLAYERS.
>> KANOA: HE DOES OC 16 STUFF. HES WITH SCORINGLIVE.COM.
HERES ON THE RADIO. YEAH, HES ACROSS ALL KINDS OF
PLATFORMS AND WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING WITH HIM.
IN REGARDS TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
WERE KICKING IT INTO SEMIFINAL OVERDRIVE.
GREAT MATCHUPS TO GET INTO. BUT WE START WITH THE HOT
TOPICS. WE START WITH THE SEASON OPENING
WEEKEND OF THE RAINBOW BASKETBALL.
THEY GOT OFF TO A 30-POINT VICTORY IN THE OPENING NIGHT OF
THE RAINBOW CLASSIC. THE FOLLOWING NIGHT, THEY END UP
BEATING WESTERN MICHIGAN. AND THEY GO INTO THE NATIONALLY
TELEVISED GAME AGAINST NEW MEXICO STATE AND THEY FALL TO
THE AGGIES. IT WAS A NIGHT THAT IS A HAWAII
STRUGGLE IN TERMS OF PERSONNEL. A GAME THAT HAD 70 COMBINED FREE
THROW ATTEMPTS. KEITH SHAMBURGER GETS EJECTED
FOR JAWING WITH ONE OF THE NEW MEXICO STATE PLAYERS.
WHAT WERE YOUR IMPRESSIONS FOR THIS OPENING WEEKEND FOR HAWAII?
POSITIVE? NEGATIVE?
>>JIM: OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE. I LOOK AT THE WAY THE TEAM
PLAYS, ESPECIALLY IN THE OPENING NIGHT.
THEY HAD PLAYS THAT WERE NBA QUALITY.
THEY SHOWED TEAMWORK THAT WAS FABULOUS.
FABULOUS. THEIR TIMING WAS IMPECCABLE.
I LIKE THE WAY THEY ATTACKED THE BALL.
I LIKED THEIR REBOUNDING. I LIKE THE WAY THE DEFENSE CAME
UP. AND THE PACE, THE PACING, RUN,
RUN, RUN WAS SOMETHING I HAVENT SEEN ON A UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII
TEAM. ON THE SECOND NIGHT, THE OTHER
TEAM WAS ABLE TO DICTATE THE PACE UNTIL THE END OF THE GAME.
AND THEN UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII WAS ABLE TO DICTATE THE PACE,
AND THAT LED THEM TO THE VICTORY.
NOW, ON -- AS FAR AS THE MIDNIGHT GAME, I FELL ASLEEP.
I FEEL ASLEEP AT HALFTIME. BY THE TIME I WOKE UP AGAIN, IT
WAS GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
MY AGE, ITS TOUGH TO STAY UP. >> KANOA: NOT A LOT OF OPINIONS.
>>JIM: NOT A LOT OF OPINIONS. THE BROADCAST WAS GOOD.
THE FIRST HALF WAS GOOD. REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
BUT THEY WENT TO HALFTIME, AND THEY HAD SOME GUYS TALKING, AND
I WENT -- >> KANOA: I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
THIS WAS A STRANGE GAME, THAT MIDNIGHT GAME.
NEW MEXICO STATE IS NOT KNOWN FOR ITS OUTING SHOOTING.
THEY SHOT OVER 50% FOR THE GAME. WERE CLOSE TO 60% -- THE
MAJORITY OF THE GAME. THEY HAVE A 75 CENTER WHO WAS
ALL 75 EFFECTIVE. HE HAD SIX DUNKS.
HAWAII ZONE WAS PENETRATED. EASY DUNKS FOR HIM.
HAWAII WAS STILL IN THAT GAME TOWARDS THE END.
SOME OF THE WEAKNESSES WITH REGARD TO HAWAII IN THE WAY
THEYRE COMPRISED IS WHILE THEY HAVE SOME TALENTED GUARDS IN
SHAMBURGER AND SMITH, AGAINST LONGER, MORE ATHLETIC TEAMS LIKE
NEW MEXICO STATE, SOME OF THE SHOTS WERENT QUITE THERE.
THAT SAID, WHAT A DIFFERENCE BRANDON SPEARMAN WOULD HAVE MADE
IF HE WAS THERE. >>JIM: I AGREE.
>> KANOA: HE STANDS AT 64. PROBABLY THEIR BEST ALL-AROUND
GUARD. HE CAN GO A MULTITUDE OF THINGS.
I AGREE. FROM A FIRST WEEKEND STANDPOINT.
THEY PLAYED AGAINST NOVEMBER 12TH AGAINST A TEAM WHO
PLAYED AGAINST A NCAA TEAM. SO THREE NIGHTS IN, ESSENTIALLY
THREE GAMES IN, FOR HAWAII TO HAVE THAT SHOWING, THEY LOSE A
GAME WHERE CHRISTIAN STANHARDINGER DIDNT HAVE THAT
STRONG A GAME. ITS VERY ENCOURAGING.
ONCE THEY GET BRANDON SPEARMAN, I THINK THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO BE
GOOD. >>JIM: I DO TOO.
NEW MEXICO STATE IS FREAKISH. THEY HAD A 75 PLAYER WHO COULD
CLOG UP UNDERNEATH. IF HE GOT HURT OR TIRED, THERE
WAS A POSSIBILITY OF A 73 PLAYER.
>> KANOA: YOUNGER BROTHER. WHOS PROBABLY GOING TO
RED-SHIRT. >> ITS A GOOD PREPARATION FOR
HAWAII. WHEN THEY GET INTO THE BIG WEST
CONFERENCE, THEY GO UP AGAINST THE CONFERENCE PRESEASON
FAVORITE, UC IRVINE, WHO -- THEY HAVE THREE 7-FOOTERS, INCLUDING
FRESHMAN THE MAMADOU, WHO IS LISTED AT 76.
YEAH, THERES MORE OF THOSE FREAKISH GUYS.
>>JIM: GREAT BASKETBALL. WHATS HIS NAME?
>> KANOA: MAMADOU. POSITIVE START.
THEY GO ON THE ROAD TO PLAY A TOUGH MISSOURI TEAM NEXT.
WELL KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE. SPEARMAN NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY
THAT GAME EITHER. WE SWITCH OVER TO UNIVERSITY OF
HAWAII FOOTBALL. THEY HAVE FALLEN TO 0-9.
THEY SUNK THIS PAST WEEKEND AGAINST NAVY ON THE ROAD ON WHAT
WAS ONE OF THE TOUGHER BACK-TO-BACK ROAD TRIPS.
AGAINST THE MIDSHIPMAN, HAWAIIS OFFENSE WAS ABOUT AS IMPRESSIVE
AS THEYVE BEEN. JOEY IOSEFA ON POINT.
MISTAKES, MISSED FIELD GOALS, ILL-TIMED FUMBLES, ILL-TIMED
PENALTIES DID HAWAII IN. 42-28.
WHAT DID YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THIS GAME, POPS?
>>JIM: I TOOK AWAY A GOOD FEELING.
ITS NOT EXISTED FOR THIS TEAM THE WHOLE SEASON, BUT WATCHING
IOSEFA, THE WAY HE LEAPED OVER WOULD-BE TACKLES, GOING TO THE
FIRST DOWN, THE WAY HE SCORED THE TOUCHDOWN, I LIKED THAT.
ITS BEEN SO LONG SINCE YOU SAW AN OFFENSE BY UNIVERSITY OF
HAWAII ON THE GROUND AND RUNNING REPEATEDLY AND CHALLENGING THE
OTHER TEAM. AND FOR A WHILE, STAYING IN THE
GAME. NOW, SPECIAL TEAMS, SLAP AND RUN
A LITTLE BIT. COME ON, GUYS, YOUVE GOT TO
BRING IT TOGETHER. TWO FIELD GOALS THAT WERE
SHANKED. THATS NOT GOOD.
BUT YOU PAT THEM ON THE HELMET AND SAY, THERES ALWAYS NEXT
WEEK. THEY LOST THAT GAME BECAUSE OF
MISTAKES. THEY LOST THAT GAME BECAUSE OF
ILL-TIMED FUMBLES AND PENALTIES. HOW MANY TIMES WERE THEY CALLED
FOR OFFSIDE, BUT IT WAS SO GOOD TO WATCH HAWAIIS OFFENSE LIGHT
IT UP. >> I THINK THATS WHERE WE COME.
THEYRE 0-9. WERE GETTING EXCITED WHEN THE
OFFENSE IS ABLE TO MOVE THE BALL.
IS ABLE TO GET INTO THE END ZONE, AT LEAST A COUPLE OF
TIMES. THEYRE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO
PLAY THAT WELL OFFENSIVELY EVERY WEEK.
AND THATS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN EVERY WEEK.
THIS WAS A GOOD -- THAT OFFENSE, AT LEAST UNDER THE CURRENT
CIRCUMSTANCES, THATS ABOUT AS GOOD AS THEYRE GOING TO PLAY.
YET THEY STILL LOST THE GAME AND THEY WERENT NECESSARILY IN THE
GAME. THEY HAD ANOTHER ATROCIOUS THIRD
QUARTER. THATS THE CONCERN.
YOURE GOING TO HAVE MISTAKES, THERE ARE GOING TO BE ILL-TIMED
PENALTIES. HOPEFULLY NOT AS EGREGIOUS AS
SOME OF THE MISTAKES WE SAW IN THIS GAME.
AS ENCOURAGING AS IT WAS TO SEE THE OFFENSE PLAY THAT WELL, IT
WAS DISCOURAGING FROM AN OVERALL STANDPOINT.
THEYRE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PLAY THAT WELL CONSISTENTLY.
YOU HOPE SO, BUT CHANCES ARE THAT WONT HAPPEN.
WHERE THEN WILL THEY BE ABLE TO PUT ENOUGH TOGETHER TO GET IT
DONE? >>JIM: YOU KNOW, FOR THE FIRST
TIME WATCHING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, FOR THE FIRST TIME, I
SAID TO MYSELF, COME ON, BOYS. COME ON, BOYS.
GET THE FIRST DOWN. COME ON, BOYS.
MOVE THAT BALL. AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN A
LONG TIME. MAYBE EVEN SEASONAL THAT I WOULD
SAY THAT. BUT AT THE END, IT WAS STILL
FRUSTRATING. IT WAS END IT WAS STILL THE SAME
OLD PLOT. SAME ENDING TO THE GAME.
AND NOW THEYRE 0-9, BUT THERES THIS.
>> KANOA: IT DOES MAKE YOU THINK IF THEY HAD JOEY IOSEFA HEALTHY
FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON, WAS THIS RECORD THAT
THEY HAVE NOW, WOULD IT BE DIFFERENT?
WOULD SOME OF THE GAMES HAVE PLAYED OUT DIFFERENTLY?
I THINK HES SO BIG FROM WHAT HE BRINGS IN TERMS OF THE RUNNING
CAPACITY, THAT CAPABILITY. BUT ALSO THE ABILITY TO BLOCK
AND PROTECT THE QUARTERBACK. AND THATS A HUGE REASON SEAN
SCHROEDER HAD THAT GAME. >>JIM: THE OFFENSIVE LINE HAS
IMPROVED. WHEN YOU SAY, WOULD IT BE REALLY
GOOD ALL YEAR LONG? NO.
I DONT THINK THE OFFENSIVE LINE WAS THAT GOOD.
>> KANOA: THE BLOCK HELPS THEIR JOB.
>>JIM: THATS RIGHT. >> KANOA: ENGAGING,
DISCOURAGING. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEYRE
0-9. BUT THEY HAVE A RETRONIGHT
COMING UP. THE RETURN OF THE RAINBOWS IN
THE UNIFORM, AS THEY DO A THROWBACK UNFORM.
THE 1959 UNIFORM. THEYVE GOING TO TAKE IT ALL THE
WAY BACK THERE. YOU HAVE SOME RAINBOW ELEMENTS.
GREEN JERSEY. >>JIM: WHAT JERSEY?
A GREEN JERSEY? >> KANOA: POTENTIALLY READABLE
NUMBERS. AND YOURE GOING TO HAVE THE
WHITE HELMET AND GREEN STRIPE. YOU WONT HAVE THE CLASSIC.
THE RAINBOW LOGO. THEY TAKE IT ALL THE WAY BACK.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? >>JIM: THE PADS, WITH THE
RAINBOW PIPING DOWN THE SIDE. WOW, THATS THE WAY IT WAS.
THATS THE WAY HAWAII HAD ITS BIGGEST VICTORY, IN THAT
PARTICULAR UNIFORM, ESPECIALLY AGAINST BYU.
IN 1989, THEY DID. ID LIKE TO SEE THEM DO IT
AGAIN. IF THEY BEAT SAN DIEGO STATE,
THEYRE GOING TO HAVE TO WEAR THE UNIFORMS THE REST OF THE
YEAR. >> KANOA: I THINK THEYRE
PLAYING A SAN DIEGO STATE TEAM WHICH WAS VERY HIGHLY REGARDED
GOING INTO THE SEASON. HASNT MEASURED UP TO THE
EXPECTATIONS. THEYRE NOT HEAVILY FAVORED.
SO HAWAII, A 0-9 TEAM, I THINK ITS POSITION TO MAKE THIS A BALL
GAME. YOU THROW IN THE INTANGIBLE OF
THE RETROUNIFORM, THE MAGIC THAT IS GOING TO COME OUT OF THAT
HERE AT ALOHA STADIUM. WEVE SEEN A MULTITUDE AND
RAINBOWS IN THE RAINY LAST WEEK, WEEK AND A HALF.
ITS TIME. THE PLANETS ARE ALIGNED.
>>JIM: YOU THINK SO? >> KANOA: YEAH.
THE THROWBACK UNIFORM IDEA, LOVE IT.
LOVE IT ABSOLUTELY. 1959, I KIND OF FEEL LIKE
THEYRE GOING A LITTLE TOO RETROS.
LETS GO BACK TO THE 90s OR 80s.
I WOULD PREFER THAT. THIS IS A PRETTY COOL, SYMBOLIC
THING. AND I THINK ITS GOING TO WORK.
>>JIM: YOU REALLY DO? >> KANOA: I DO.
>>JIM: I HOPE SO. >> KANOA: YOUVE GOT TO BELIEVE
IN SOMETHING. >>JIM: I HOPE THAT THEY GO OUT
AND I HOPE THEY GIVE THE BALL TO JOEY EVERY SINGLE PLAY.
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. DONT MAKE MISTAKES.
>> KANOA: TALL ORDER. ONE THING THEYVE THROWN INTO
THIS GAME AND THE FINAL HOME GAME IS THEYRE DECREASING
TICKET PRICES. CHOPPING THEM IN HALF, 50% OFF
FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO GO THROUGH THE LAST TWO GAMES.
DOING THAT OUT OF DESPERATION. TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO THE
STADIUM. THEYRE LIKELY ANTICIPATING
SMALLER CROWDS WITH THE RECORD THE TEAM IS SPORTING.
MY CONCERN IS THATS VERY COOL AND YOURE TRYING TO INVITE
THEIR WAY TO ALOHA STADIUM. WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR THE SEASON
TICKET HOLDERS WHOVE PAID THEIR MONEY FOR FULL-PRICE TICKETS.
THERE ARE CERTAIN CORNERS THAT ARE CUT FINANCIALLY FOR THAT,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THEY PLAYED WHAT WAS TOP DOLLAR.
NOW THEYRE DECREASING THE PRICE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
FAIR? >>JIM: I CAN SEE THE SCENARIO
THAT YOU HAVE PEOPLE ON THE 50-YARD LINE ORANGE SECTION WHO
HAVE PAID FULL PRICE, WHO HAVE PAID FOR THE SEATS.
WHO HAVE PAID TO GET THE SEATS. AND THE GUYS SIT DOWN.
HOW MUCH DID YOU PAY BECAUSE WE GOT IN TONIGHT FOR ONLY 20
BUCKS. >> KANOA: YEAH.
>>JIM: AND YOU LISTEN -- THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
>> KANOA: YOU GO TO THE GAME, YOUVE GOT A 50% TICKET, DO YOUR
NEIGHBOR WHOS GOT THE SEASON TICKET SEATS, DO THEM A FAVOR.
GET THEM THEIR POPCORN. GET THEM THE BEER.
THEY SPENT THE MONEY UPFRONT. YOUVE GOT THE 50% TICKETS.
THE LEAST YOU CAN DO IS BUY THEM A COLD BEER.
>>JIM: WHAT IF THEYRE LYING? >> KANOA: GOOD POINT.
[DOG BARKING] >>JIM: HOW ARE YOU?
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> ITS FELIPE OJASTRO.
>>JIM: SIT DOWN. >> KANOA: A LOT OF PEOPLE LISTEN
TO YOU ON RADIO MAY NOT RECOGNIZE YOU.
YOU HAVE BECOME PART OF THE ANNOUNCER ROTATION THERE.
YOURE INVOLVED WITH SCORING LIVE.COM.
VERY EXTENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL AND HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
COVERAGE ON THAT WEBSITE. SO WHEN DO YOU SLEEP?
>> IVE NEVER BEEN ONE TO -- I GET BORED EASILY.
EVEN IN HIGH SCHOOL. I TRY AND KEEP ACTIVE.
YOU DONT HAVE MY RESUM..., DO YOU?
I HAVE A LOT OF TITLES. >>JIM: YOURE NOT BOARD NOW?
>> NO, IM NOT BORED NOW. >>JIM: LET ME START WITH ONE
LEADOFF QUESTION. HOW MANY WATCHES DO YOU OWN?
>> KANOA: YOURE LIKE A WATCHAHOLIC.
>> SORT OF INTO SHOES NOW. AT ONE POINT I HAD 50.
I THINK IM DOWN TO 30. >> KANOA: YOU WERE WATCHING.
>> I GAVE THEM AWAY. SOME BROKE.
WE GO WAY BACK BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOURE STILL AN UP AND
COMING YOUNGER GUY. WHEN YOU WERE REALLY YOUNG, YOU
WERE OUR PRODUCER WHEN WE HAD OUR RADIO SHOW.
AND SO I GUESS THE INITIAL QUESTION BEFORE WE START TALKING
ABOUT THIS WEEKEND IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, WHAT DREW YOU
INTO THIS BUSINESS? HOW DID YOU DESIRE TO GET INTO
IT? >> HONESTLY, JUST WATCHING BOTH
OF YOU ON TELEVISION. >> KANOA: GOOD ANSWER.
>> I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE DOING THE MOANALUA.
YOU CALLED THE GAME ON OC 16. MOANALUA LOST, BY THE WAY.
>>JIM: THATS HIS SCHOOL. >> KANOA: YEAH.
>> BUT I SORT OF GOT INTO THAT. EVER SINCE I SAW YOU COVER
SPORTS, IT WAS SOMETHING I ALWAYS ENVISIONED I COULD DO AS
WELL. RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL OUT OF
MOANALUA, I DECIDED TO INTERN AT A RADIO STATION.
AND THEN WHEN I GOT CALLED UP ABOUT TWO MONTHS LATER, THEY PUT
ME ON THE PAYROLL, THANK GOD. THANK GOD EVEN MORE, THEY SAID
WEVE GOT A NEW SHOW, AN A.M. STATION.
WHATS THE SHOW CALLED? YOU KNOW JIM AND KANOA LEAHEY?
YEAH. AND I GOT TO BE YOUR BOARD OP.
>> KANOA: ROB DeMELLO INVOLVED.
>> YOU GOT MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE. >> KANOA: MOVING ON TO HIGH
SCHOOL FOOTBALL. BECAUSE THIS IS, AT THIS TIME OF
YEAR, CERTAINLY THIS IS THE CRUX OF WHAT YOURE INVOLVED WITH.
AND WE HAVE SOME MEGA MATCHUPS. WE START IN DIVISION ONE.
PUNAHOU VERSUS FARRINGTON. LOSING THEIR TEAMMATE DEAN
ORTIZ. YOU HAVE MILILANI AND CAMPBELL.
PUNAHOU WINNING 24-14. >> IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, THOSE ARE
THE MATCHUPS I HAVE PENCILED IN. THE GAME THAT WE SAW A COUPLE
WEEKS AGO, IT WAS THE SECOND TIME MEETING THIS SEASON.
THATS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAMPBELL IS GOING TO HAVE TO
OVERCOME. PARTICULARLY WITH ISAAC AND THE
RUNNING GAME. THERES NO OTHER SOLID RUNNING
GAME OTHER ISAAC. THEY HAVE AUSTIN MAY IN THE BACK
FIELD AS WELL, BUT HASNT PLAYED TO HIS FULL POTENTIAL THE LAST
FEW GAMES. FOR MILILANI, SORT OF CUT THE
HEAD OFF THE SNAKE. IF YOU CAN CONTAIN ISAAC IN
BETWEEN THE TACKLES THAT SHOULD BE KEY.
>> KANOA: FARRINGTON WAS ABLE TO DO IT.
>> WITH PUNAHOU, THATS THE BIG QUESTION, HOW MUCH OF THAT RUST
IS GOING TO PLAY INTO EFFECT HERE?
AND AGAIN, THEYVE BEEN PROBABLY THE MOST BALANCED TEAM WITH
THEIR QUARTERBACK. AND CANTON, WHOS SORT OF BEEN
AN X FACTOR. ASSUMING THAT HE DOES PLAY, HES
ONLY GOING TO BE PLAYING HIS FOURTH GAME.
HES BEEN BANGED UP WITH INJURIES.
>> PUNAHOU HAS ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED RUNNING BACK.
WAYNE IS A STUD. >> EVERYBODYS TALKING ABOUT THE
SOPHOMORE. AND LAVATAI FOR FARRINGTON.
THE REAL DEAL. >>JIM: I PICK CAMPBELL, ALTHOUGH
I THINK THE OTHER TEAM WILL WIN. >> OKAY.
>>JIM: THATS THE WAY I LOOK AT IT.
>> KANOA: THAT IS THE WEIRDEST THING I EVER HEARD YOU SAY.
>>JIM: IT DOES MAKE SENSE. >> KANOA: YOURE PICKING THEM.
YOURE ROOTING FOR THEM? >>JIM: IM PICKING CAMPBELL.
AND I LOOK AT THE OTHER TEAM. CANT DO IT AGAIN.
>> KANOA: SO YOURE NOT PICKING CAMPBELL?
YOURE ROOTING FOR CAMPBELL BUT YOURE NOT PICKING CAMPBELL.
>>JIM: IF CAMPBELL WINS, THAT WAS A GOOD PICK.
>> KANOA: EVEN LEE WOULD GO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>>JIM: I LIKE CAMPBELL. I REALLY LIKE CAMPBELL.
I KNOW THOSE KIDS. THEY GREW UP.
>> THEYRE MUCH YOUNGER. >>JIM: YEAH, BUT THEY ARE THE
GRANDKIDS OF PEOPLE I TAUGHT. >> KANOA: EXPECTATION IS THERE.
WE MOVE TO DIVISION II. AND I THINK ASIDE FROM THE
POTENTIAL MILILANI-PUNAHOU NUMBER TWO ROUND TWO OF THE
HEAVYWEIGHT SHOWDOWN MATCHUP ON THE HORIZON, KAISER-LAHAINALUNA
IS ONE EVERYBODY IS LOOKING FORWARD TO.
THEYRE EXPECTING UPWARDS OF 10,000 PEOPLE TO SHOW UP.
BEST ON MAUI, EVEN THOUGH THEYRE DIVISION II,
LAHAINALUNA. >> THIS ONE, I THINK I GIVE
KAISER THE EDGE. THEY PLAY OVER IN LAHAINALUNA.
THEYRE NUMBER FOUR. ITS THE COMMITTEES DECISION TO
DETERMINE THE SEEDING. OIA VOTED IOLANI TO BE NUMBER
ONE. BUT WHEN LAHAINALUNA GOT IT,
THEY WANTED TO PLAY KAISER. WHEN YOU PUT INTO THE STRATEGIC
PERSPECTIVE HERE, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE MAY BE
UPSET WITH THE FOURTH SEED. >> KANOA: MAYBE THAT WAS THE
STRATEGY. ONE SEED, YOURE ON THE OPPOSITE
END. IT ENDED UP BACKFIRING.
>>JIM: OFFENSIVE GAME OF THE YEAR?
>> MAYBE NOT SO MUCH. ONLY LAHAINALUNA RUNS MORE
OFTEN. KAISER HAVE THE OUTSTANDING
QUARTERBACK FROM LAST SEASON. A LITTLE MORE RUNOFF.
ITS BEEN A BIG TEST FOR THIS FRONT SEVEN FOR KAISER.
VINO CHOY, TOMMY AND VITO, WHO PLAYS BOTH WAYS.
>> KANOA: AND THE OTHER WAY KAISERS OFFENSE LAHAINALUNA,
YOU HAVE MATAATA. I DONT THINK IVE BEEN EXCITED
LIKE THIS FOR A SEMIFINAL STATE MATCHUP IN A LONG TIME.
EVERYONES KIND OF FORGETTING ABOUT IOLANI AND KAUAI.
KAUAI IS WORKING OFF AN UNBLEMISHED SEASON.
AND IOLANI IS A SIX-TIME CHAMP. >> THE FIRST GAME FOR KAUAI --
IOLANI HAS BEEN ON A UP AND DOWN YEAR.
HOWEVER, WITH THE RUNNING GAME STILL IN QUESTION, JORDAN IS
BANGED UP WITH A LEG INJURY. THEY PUT IN ANOTHER PLAYER.
THE GOING TO PUT -- ITS GOING TO PUT LOT PRESSURE.
AUSTIN WILL THROW A LITTLE BIT MORE TO HIS RECEIVERS TO TRY AND
GET THE BALL DOWNFIELD. KAUAIS GOT A PRETTY SOLID
DEFENSE. I DONT THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
KNOW FOLLOWING THE KIF. >> KANOA: LETS ASK HIM THE BIG
QUESTION. >>JIM: THE CHEERLEADING.
RADFORD HAS A VERY POWERFUL CHEERLEADING TEAM.
BOTH JV AND VARSITY. AND YOU LOOK AT ANY KIND OF
BREAKTHROUGH? >> PAC 5, THEYRE COMING OFF
THEIR SECOND ILH CHAMPIONSHIP WIN.
THIS IS A LEAGUE THATS BEEN DOMINATED BY KAMEHAMEHA.
THEY WON NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, THEY WON STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
PAC 5, THEYRE TURNING SOME HEADS.
AND ITS SO DIFFICULT FOR THEM CONSIDERING ALL THESE
CHEERLEADERS COME FROM DIFFERENT PARTS FROM THE ISLAND.
FOR THEM TO PULL OFF THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE.
YES, IN THE OIA, YOUVE GOT TO GO WITH RADFORD.
AND KAMEHAMEHA, THEYRE GOING TO GIVE THEM A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY.
THATS ON OC 16. >> KANOA: THANKFULLY NONE OF
THEM HAVE THE FOOTBALL PLAYING IN THE SEMIFINAL.
THEY NEED THEIR CHEERLEADERS THERE.
>>JIM: WHAT DO YOU ALWAYS SAY ABOUT CHEERLEADERS?
>> IF YOU HAVE A COMPETITION FOR CHEERLEADERS, WHOS CHEERING FOR
THEM AND IT COULD GO ON FOREVER AND FOREVER.
>> I LIKE THAT. I THINK WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION
BEFORE. >>JIM: WE HAVENT SOLVED IT.
>> KANOA: I THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION.
THIS IS A BROADER THING. WE DIDNT GET TO THIS IN THE HOT
TOPICS. WE SAW THAT BIG WIN, STANFORD
OVER OREGON. THE EXPECTATION WAS OREGON WON
THAT, THEY WOULD POSITION THEMSELVES FOR A BCS APPEARANCE.
MAYBE MARCUS -- HOW MUCH DID THAT LOSS HURT MARIOTA.
>> I THINK THAT MAY BE THE LOST DOMINANT LOSS FOR MARCUS MARIOTA
AND THE OREGON DUCKS. IT WAS SO TOUGH FOR THEM TO GET
INTO THE RHYTHM. OREGON IS VERY HUSH-HUSH ABOUT
THEIR INJURIES. MARCUS WAS NOT AS DOMINANT.
IT DID NOT LOOK GOOD. OREGON MADE A LATE PUSH.
>>JIM: HES CERTAINLY FALLEN FROM WHERE HE WAS.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK IN THE OTHER QUARTERBACKS AROUND THE COUNTRY
WHO ARE PERFORMING VERY, VERY WELL.
AND THE TWO TEAMS THAT PROBABLY WILL BE IN THE NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. THEIR QUARTERBACKS HAVE TO BE
CONSIDERED. AND YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO
JOHNNY FOOTBALL AGAIN. >> FOR REAL?
>> KANOA: THE THING ABOUT THE HEISMAN, YOURE AT -- ONCE
YOURE CONSIDERED, WHICH USUALLY HAPPENS BEFORE THE SEASON
STARTS, YOU TAKE ONE STEP, WHETHER YOU HAVE ONE GREAT WEEK
AGAINST AN INCREDIBLE OPPONENT, OR YOU HAVE THAT BAD WEEK LIKE
MARCUS MARIOTA HAD, YOU TAKE ONE STEP IN ONE DIRECTION, AND THAT
PRETTY MUCH TILTS THE WHOLE VIEW.
AND I DO THINK UNFORTUNATELY FOR MARCUS MARIOTA, THAT TOOK HIM
OUT OF HIM. YOURE GOING TO START HERE MORE
ABOUT A.J. >> THAT GAME AGAINST STANFORD,
THAT WAS SET UP FOR A HEISMAN MOMENT.
YOU KNOW, BEING DOWN BY THREE TOUCHDOWNS, HAD MARCUS AND THE
DUCKS PULLED IT OFF, YOU COULD ALMOST ETCH THEIR NAMES ON THE
TROPHY. >> KEEP AN EYE ON PHILLIP.
RADIO AND ON TELEVISION. >> THANKS.
>> KANOA: SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON LEAHEY & LEAHEY.