By George F. Lee, Star-Bulletin
UH quarterback Tim Carey is sacked by Wyoming
defensive end Stuart Hanson Saturday night. It was
one of eight sacks by the Cowboys' defense.
Cowboys pounded out
By Dave Reardon
full measure of respect
Special to the Star-BulletinNo disrespect. Well, maybe a little . . . But Wyoming's 35-6 victory over Hawaii was nothing fancy. Strong line play, stifling man-to-man pass defense and a brilliant runner on offense -- solid staples of winning football -- were the biggest factors at Aloha Stadium on Saturday.
New locker room wallpaper courtesy of comments by revenge-minded Rainbows last week merely made preparation less of a chore and more of a mission for the Cowboys.
(Wyoming had beaten Hawaii four consecutive times, including routs of 66-0 and 52-6 the previous two seasons.)
"They just fed the fire and gave us more motivation," said Wyoming tailback Mike Jenkins, who had four touchdowns and plenty of yards by land, air and see ya.
While Jenkins stats were a fantasy football player's delight, a reality check came early for the Rainbows. And reality and linebacker Kamuela Cobb-Adams bit; on the third play from scrimmage Jenkins turned a short pass into a 70-yard gain setting up Wyoming's first score.
"We saw that they liked to blitz a lot. We caught them in one and it looked like there was some confusion in their coverage," Cowboy coach Dana Dimel said. "We run a lot of routes to a back in the flat. It's amazing how many times they'll be open."
It was also eye-opening how Wyoming dominated the trenches. On offense, they blew open holes for 214 yards of rushing and protected for 225 passing -- and no sacks. On defense, they limited the Rainbows to 4 yards rushing and 215 overall -- and got eight sacks.
"You could call this game the battle of the sackmasters. Both teams had a lot of them coming in," Dimel said. "It was nice to get eight. And we met our goal of eliminating negative yardage plays on offense."
Hawaii defensive coordinator Don Lindsey said the Cowboys' dominant O-line was disappointingly thorough. But he knew it would present a literally huge challenge.
"People may fail to remember that they've got four seniors and a junior out there who produced a lot of offense last season," he said. "They know how to open holes and pick up blitzes."
Those were skills their Rainbow counterparts didn't display Saturday. But their position coach, Greg Olejack, said the sins that contributed to six sacks (quarterback Tim Carey also fell down twice retreating from center) are correctable.
"They got into our gaps and had good leverage," Olejack said. "Once they do that, the blocker has to overreact and he's off balance. It's a technique thing we'll be able to work on."
It also helped Wyoming that it was able to blitz with little fear of getting burned.
"We play lots of man-to-man. That's our base coverage," Dimel said. "Our coverage lets us bring one more guy. When you can play man-to-man, that means you should always have a guy putting pressure on the quarterback who won't have a blocker assigned to him.
"Tonight, we almost always had that, or we had our center fielder helping out (in coverage)."
That was safety Brian Lee, who returned his 11th career interception 56 yards for the Cowboys' second score, early in the second quarter.
And after Jenkins got his second TD right before the half, it looked like the Rainbows could be headed for another Rout 66. But Dimel gave Hawaii credit for making it a game for awhile in the third quarter.
"We've got one of the best if not the best team in the conference, and they gave us all we could handle," he said. "They certainly play very hard."
But as the Rainbows have repeatedly said, they're not into moral victories -- especially when they promise more.
"We won pretty big last year, and the lack of at least a little respect for that made us kind of mad," said Cowboy tackle Jeff Leonard, who had two sacks among his six tackles.
UH Statistics
Individual statistics
Rushing
Car Yards Avg TD Long Charles Tharp 20 157 7.9 0 31 Quincy Jacobs 40 98 2.5 2 15 Calvin Mims 9 79 8.8 0 21 Anthony Diieso 2 7 3.5 0 5 Morrie Roe 3 2 0.7 0 2 Avion Weaver 5 2 0.4 0 2 Lonn Kalama 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 Robert Kemfort 2 -3 -1.5 0 4 Josh Skinner 1 -5 -5.0 0 0 Eleu Kane 2 -10 5.0 0 5 Tim Carey 34 -108 --3.2 1 7
Att Comp Yards Int TD Tim Carey 83 51 604 4 1 Dan Robinson 4 2 30 0 0 Josh Skinner 6 2 7 1 0 Charles Tharp 1 0 0 0 0
Rec Yards Avg TD Long Lonn Kalama 11 102 9.3 0 23 Charles Tharp 8 98 12.3 1 26 Eleu Kane 7 77 11.0 0 17 Calvin Mims 6 103 17.2 0 58 Wesley Morris 4 66 16.5 0 30 Johnny Macon 4 63 15.8 0 24 Gary Ellison 4 62 15.5 0 22 John Kirby 3 24 8.0 0 10 Robert Kemfort 2 23 11.5 0 18 Morrie Roe 2 8 4.0 0 12 Quincy Jacobs 2 8 4.0 0 4 Ryan Battin 2 7 3.5 0 8
TD 1xp 2xp FG Pts Eric Hannum 0 6 0 5 21 Quincy Jacobs 2 0 0 0 12 Sam Collins 1 0 0 0 6 Charles Tharp 1 0 0 0 6 Chris Shinnick 1 0 0 0 6 Tim Carey 1 0 0 0 6
No. Yards Avg Blk Long Chad Shrout 20 963 48.2 0 62 Tim Carey 3 90 30.0 0 37
No. Yards Avg TD Long Eddie Klaneski 11 85 7.7 0 32
No. Yards Avg TD Long Charles Tharp 5 133 26.6 0 35 Quincy Jacobs 1 19 19.0 0 19 Robert Kemfort 3 52 17.3 0 23 Team 1 5 5.0 0 5
No. Yards Avg TD Long Joaquin Avila 1 8 8.0 0 8 Eddie Klaneski 1 0 0.0 0 0 Chris Shinnick 1 0 0.0 0 0
No. Yards Avg TD Eddie Klaneski 1 78 78.0 0 Sam Collins 1 32 32.0 1 Chris Shinnick 1 2 2.0 1
Una Ast Total Loss Sack Chris Shinnick 19 9 28 0 0 Doug Rosevold 16 10 26 3 1 Eddie Klaneski 11 4 15 0 0 Kekoa Kilcoyne 10 3 13 0 0 Brian Chapman 9 3 12 2 1 K. Cobb-Adams 10 2 12 1 4 Ben Bright 7 4 11 1 2 Alfred Hunter 11 0 11 0 0 Matt Paul 7 2 9 0 1 Sam Collins 6 2 8 0 1 Ellie Kapihe 5 3 8 2 0 Bob Pigott 5 2 7 0 2 Tony Tuioti 1 5 6 0 0 Matt Elam 6 0 6 1 1 Rinda Brooks 4 2 6 1 0 Joaquin Avila 4 1 5 0 0 Celnell Bobbitt 4 1 5 0 0 D. Williams 4 1 5 0 0 S. Gonzales 3 1 4 1 0 Punahou Aina 1 3 4 0 0 Mark Jenkins 1 3 4 0 0 Robbie Robinson 4 0 4 0 0 Blase Austin 4 0 4 0 0 B. Santamaria 3 0 3 0 0 Miles Garner 0 2 2 0 0 Olen Rosehill 0 1 1 0 0 Kaulana Noa 1 0 1 0 0 Larry Slade 1 0 1 0 0
Team statistics
UH OPP First downs 49 50 Rush 15 19 Pass 30 23 Penalty 4 8RushingAttempts 119 107 Net yards 217 325 Yards per game 72.3 108.3Passing
Comp-att-inter 55-94-5 49-96-3 Net yards 641 657 Yards per game 213.7 219.0Total offense
Plays-yards 213-858 203-982 Yards per game 286.0 327.3 Points scored-avg. 57-19.0 59-19.7Punts
Number 23 23 Yards 1,053 981 Average 45.8 42.7Fumbles
Number-lost 4-1 13-6Penalties
Number-yards 25-222 19-168Sacks made
Number-yards lost 13-76 16-124Conversions
Third down 12-51 10-43 Conversion percentage .235 .233 Fourth down 0-2 1-3 Conversion percentage .000 .333Time of possession
Average per game 31:56 28:04
Notebook
UH Rainbow Warrior
Football Schedulehttp://uhathletics.hawaii.edu
