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UH leaves light at QB

POSTED: Thursday, October 16, 2008

The Hawaii football team departed for Idaho yesterday a little lighter at the quarterback spot.

Hawaii (3-3, 2-1 Western Athletic Conference) at No. 15 Boise State (5-0, 1-0)

When: 2 p.m., tomorrow

TV: ESPN

Radio: KKEA, 1420-AM

After taking four quarterbacks on their earlier trips this season, the Warriors are carrying three for tomorrow's game against No. 15 Boise State and shuffled the assignments when sophomore Brent Rausch was declared ineligible for the Western Athletic Conference contest.

“;I just learned (yesterday) morning, due to a clerical error, at no fault of the coaches, Brent Rausch will not be eligible for this week's game,”; Hawaii coach Greg McMackin said in a release. “;The UH faculty athletic representative informed me of the error last Friday and apologized. This error should have been caught earlier in the season. The NCAA will reinstate Brent after this week's game.”;

Tyler Graunke also wasn't included on the travel roster, with McMackin saying the senior was “;physically unable to play in our opinion.”;

Graunke injured his hand and wrist last month and hasn't played the last two games.

Starting quarterback Inoke Funaki took every snap in the Warriors' wins over Fresno State and Louisiana Tech and is backed up by junior Greg Alexander.

Senior Jake Santos was added to the travel party and will be the third-string quarterback tomorrow.

Funaki will face one of the nation's stingiest defenses when the Warriors (3-3, 2-1 Western Athletic Conference) face the Broncos (5-0, 1-0) tomorrow at Bronco Stadium. The game will be shown on ESPN. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. Hawaii time.

Warriors | Game Day

Hawaii

3-3 (2-1 WAC)

Probable Starters
Offense
Z	89	Malcolm Lane	6-1	180	Jr.
H	5	Mike Washington	5-9	170	Sr.
LT	77	Aaron Kia	6-5	290	Jr.
LG	50	Laupepa Letuli	6-4	320	Jr.
C	55	John Estes	6-2	295	Jr.
RG	51	Lafu Tuioti-Mariner	6-0	300	Sr.
RT	78	Keoni Steinhoff	6-3	295	Sr.
Y	85	Aaron Bain	5-8	190	Sr.
X	1	Greg Salas	6-2	200	So.
QB	11	Inoke Funaki	5-11	190	Jr.
RB	21	Kealoha Pilares	5-11	190	So.
Defense
DE	94	David Veikune	6-3	265	Sr.
DT	93	Keala Watson	6-3	320	Sr.
DT	99	Josh Leonard	6-3	305	Sr.
DE	58	John Fonoti	6-2	255	Jr.
STUB	44	Adam Leonard	6-0	235	Sr.
MLB	17	Solomon Elimimian	6-0	225	Sr.
BUCK	59	R.J. Kiesel-Kauhane	5-11	225	Jr.
CB	2	Ryan Mouton	5-10	175	Sr.
FS	35	Keao Monteilh	5-11	200	Sr.
SS	7	Erik Robinson	5-10	200	Sr.
CB	23	Calvin Roberts	5-11	175	Sr.
Specialists
K	86	Dan Kelly	6-3	225	Sr.
P	49	Tim Grasso	5-11	210	Sr.
KR	2	Ryan Mouton	5-10	175	Sr.
PR	5	Mike Washington	5-9	170	Sr.
LS	57	Jake Ingram	6-4	235	Sr.
H	49	Tim Grasso	5-11	210	Sr.

Schedule

Date	OPP.	Result
Aug. 30	at Florida	L, 56-10
Sept. 6	Weber State	W, 36-17
Sept. 13	at Oregon State	L, 45-7
Sept. 27	San Jose State	L, 20-17
Oct. 4	at Fresno State	W, 32-29 OT
Oct. 11	Louisiana Tech	W, 24-14
Tomorrow	at Boise State
Oct. 25	Nevada
Nov. 1	at Utah State
Nov. 8	at New Mexico State
Nov. 22	Idaho
Nov. 29	Washington State
Dec. 6	Cincinnati

Boise State

5-0 (1-0 WAC)

Probable Starters
Offense
Z	19	Vinny Perretta	5-10	195	Sr.
X	9	Jeremy Childs	6-0	196	Jr.
H	82	Julian Hawkins	6-3	223	Sr.
LT	60	Andrew Woodruff	6-2	320	Sr.
LG	71	Cory Yriarte	6-1	285	Fr.
C	66	Thomas Byrd	5-11	275	Fr.
RG	76	Jon Gott	6-3	286	Sr.
RT	62	Kevin Sapien	6-4	274	So.
TE	85	Tommy Gallarda	6-5	249	So.
QB	11	Kellen Moore	6-0	187	Fr.
RB	41	Ian Johnson	6-0	196	Sr.
FB	40	Richie Brockel	6-2	248	Jr.
Defense
RE	98	Ryan Winterswyk	6-4	258	So.
DT	90	Billy Winn	6-4	282	Fr.
DT	99	Steven Reveles	6-0	280	Sr.
LE	93	Mike T. Williams	6-3	248	Sr.
SAM	24	Tim Brady	6-1	204	Sr.
MIKE	52	Derrell Acrey	6-1	233	So.
or	51	Dallas Dobbs	6-1	215	Sr.
WILL	44	Kyle Gingg	5-11	203	Sr.
S	23	Jeron Johnson	5-11	191	So.
S	18	Ellis Powers	5-10	200	Sr.
CB	13	Brandyn Thompson	5-10	180	So.
CB	1	Kyle Wilson	5-10	185	Jr.
Specialists
K	35	Kyle Brotzman	5-10	179	So.
P	35	Kyle Brotzman	5-10	179	So.
KR	27	Jeremy Avery	5-9	168	So.
	22	Doug Martin	5-10	200	Fr.
PR	19	Vinny Perretta	5-10	195	Sr.
H	2	Tanyon Bissell	5-10	194	Sr.
LS	51	Dallas Dobbs	6-1	215	Sr.

Schedule

Date	OPP.	Result
Aug. 30	Idaho State	W, 49-7
Sept. 13	Bowling Green	W, 20-7
Sept. 20	at Oregon	W, 37-32
Oct. 1	Louisiana Tech	W, 38-3
Oct. 11	at Southern Mississippi	W, 24-7
Tomorrow	Hawaii
Oct. 24	at San Jose State
Nov. 1	at New Mexico State
Nov. 8	Utah State
Nov. 15	at Idaho
Nov. 22	at Nevada
Nov. 28	Fresno State

How They Compare

Other Key Statistics

Hawaii	Category	Boise State
6.3	Rushing first downs/game	8.4
9.0	Passing first downs/game	10.8
2.0	First downs by penalty/game	1.0
7-61	Interceptions-return yards	6-24
38.5	Punting avg.	42.6
58-535	Penalties-yards	34-320
12-7	Fumbles-lost	11-5
23%	Third-down conversion rate	44%
50%	Fourth-down conversion rate	67%

Individual Leaders

Rushing
	A	Yds	Avg	TD
Ian Johnson, BSU	66	337	4.9	4
Jeremy Avery, BSU	40	184	4.3	0
Kealoha Pilares, UH	38	221	5.8	4
Inoke Funaki, UH	50	200	4.0	1

Passing
	A	C	I	Yds	TD
Kellen Moore, BSU	137	98	3	1,335	10
Bush Hamdan, BSU	11	5	0	72	1
Inoke Funaki, UH	111	66	6	800	5
Tyler Graunke, UH	56	30	3	388	3

Receiving
	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD
Jeremy Childs, BSU	24	309	12.9	1
Vinny Perretta, BSU	11	148	13.5	1
Mike Washington, UH	29	248	8.6	1
Greg Salas, UH	20	305	15.2	2

Tackles
	S	A	Tot	FL/S
Jeron Johnson, BSU	32	13	45	3.5/0
Ellis Powers, BSU	30	8	38	5/2
Derrell Acrey, BSU	10	16	26	0/0
Kyle Gingg, BSU	18	7	25	1/1
Solomon Elimimian, UH	22	21	43	3.5/1
David Veikune, UH	25	12	37	5/0
Brashton Satele, UH	19	15	34	5/1
Erik Robinson, UH	17	13	30	3.5/1