Hawaii football coach Nick Rolovich is an open book of observations and witticisms except for redacted comments on the Rainbow Warriors’ postseason chances.

The Warriors (3-6 overall, 1-5 Mountain West) need to win their three remaining regular-season games, beginning with this evening’s 50th meeting against Fresno State, to reach the 6-6 record that guarantees a berth in the Hawaii Bowl. It would take unique circumstances for the Warriors to qualify at 5-7.

“I don’t talk about it … ever,” Rolovich said of discussions with the players. “They know. It was three out of five, then three out of four and … you keep doing that, you know, you just need to attack each week the same.”

The Warriors have lost six of their last seven and, along the way, the services of injured tight end Metuisela ’Unga and slotback John Ursua for the rest of the season. In last week’s loss to UNLV, the Warriors were without starting offensive linemen Asotui Eli and J.R. Hensley, flex tight end Kade Greeley, speedy wideout Isaiah Bernard and defensive tackle Viane Moala.

Eli, Hensley and Chris Posa, who exited the UNLV game with an ailment, resumed practicing this week. Eli, Hensley, Posa, Dejon Allen, John Wa‘a, Matt Norman and Taaga Tuulima, who made his first UH start at center last week, will mix and match to create an offensive line today. But the Warriors will be without Fred Ulu-Perry, who can play all the line positions. Ulu-Perry was scheduled to undergo patella surgery on Friday.

“We’re healthier,” Rolovich said.

For the third time this season, Rolovich will call the Warriors’ offensive plays. It is a familiar role for Rolovich, who was the offensive coordinator for UH for three years and Nevada for four seasons. Rolovich stepped into the role because the Warriors are down a full-time staff member after Chris Naeole resigned as offensive line coach five weeks ago. Offensive coordinator Brian Smith has expanded his role coaching the offensive line. During today’s game, Smith will be in the coaches’ booth relaying information to Rolovich on the sideline.

On the field, Rolovich said, he receives quick feedback from the players and wide-view observations from his coaches in the booth.

“That’s why there are guys in the box,” Rolovich said. “And that’s why these conversations need to be clean and crisp and effective.”

The Warriors also have made changes on defense, with the three-man front adding more pressure from the linebackers.

The Bulldogs are experiencing a resurgence under Jeff Tedford, who was named as successor to fired head coach Tim DeRuyter with two games remaining in the 2016 season. Tedford, a former Fresno State quarterback and assistant coach, helped turn around California’s program. He exited after 11 seasons as the Bears’ winningest head coach. In 2016, he was an offensive consultant at Washington.

Tedford spent the remaining weeks of the 2016 season evaluating, but not coaching, the Bulldogs. He then hired Kalen DeBoer as offensive coordinator and Ryan Grubb as run-game coordinator after they rebuilt the Eastern Michigan program.

“When Coach Tedford came in, he pumped us up with a lot of confidence,” linebacker George Helmuth said. “He told us, ‘Hey, guys, we’ve got the players and the personnel to turn this thing around.’ He kept telling us that and telling us that. Once we started playing games, we took that to the field. You can see the product of what’s happened.”

The Bulldogs’ jump from 1-11 last year to 6-3 is the nation’s biggest improvement this season.