Ferd Lewis: Challenges, opportunties await University of Hawaii football team

• By Ferd Lewis
• Nov. 9, 2020

Catch your breath yet from the University of Hawaii’s frenetic, 39-33, second-half comeback victory over New Mexico on Saturday night? Read more

Ferd Lewis: Chevan Cordeiro’s turnaround game ignites Warriors’ comeback

• By Ferd Lewis
• Nov. 8, 2020

Last week University of Hawaii quarterback Chevan Cordeiro had a game to forget. Read more

Ferd Lewis: Hawaii, New Mexico players should consider themselves lucky to be playing at all

• By Ferd Lewis
• Nov. 7, 2020

The University of Hawaii and New Mexico football teams will play this evening in cavernous 50,000-seat Aloha Stadium, a facility so empty and sterile that you might hear the girders rusting between plays. Read more

Legendary Noga brothers Alapati “Al” and Falaniko “Niko” lead finalists for Polynesian Hall of Fame

• By Ferd Lewis
• Nov. 6, 2020

Legendary Noga brothers Alapati “Al” and Falaniko “Niko,” both former University of Hawaii defensive stars, are among 10 finalists for the Polynesian Hall of Fame class of 2021, it was announced Thursday. Read more

Polynesian Football Hall of Fame finalists announced

• By Ferd Lewis
• Nov. 5, 2020

Three inductees will be announced on Nov. 18 from among the 10-member field. Read more

Ferd Lewis: New Mexico quarterback Tavaka Tuioti answered challenge from coach

• By Ferd Lewis
• Nov. 5, 2020

Twice this year University of New Mexico football coach Danny Gonzales stared down his quarterback, Tavaka Tuioti, openly daring him to leave the team. Read more

Ferd Lewis: Marcus Mariota still making a difference as a backup

• By Ferd Lewis
• Nov. 4, 2020

So far, this has hardly been what you would call a season to write home about for Marcus Mariota. Read more

Ferd Lewis: COVID-19 restrictions force New Mexico football team to take the long road

• By Ferd Lewis
• Nov. 3, 2020

As the University of New Mexico football team’s five-vehicle caravan pulled out of Albuquerque, N.M., bound for Las Vegas on Monday, the flags flying at half-staff were a pointed reminder that the Lobos’ biggest challenge this season isn’t on the field. Read more

Ferd Lewis: Rainbow Warriors need to find out who they really are

• By Ferd Lewis
• Nov. 1, 2020

It wasn’t the reminders of the 7,220-foot elevation, the chapping dry air, weather or even the incessant choruses of drinking songs from the stands that most irked former University of Hawaii football coach Dick Tomey about going to Laramie, Wyo. Read more

Ferd Lewis: Paniolo Trophy a reminder of Ikua Purdy’s incredible rodeo

• By Ferd Lewis
• Oct. 30, 2020

For inspiration today as it plays at the University of Wyoming, the Hawaii football team need look no further than Ikua Purdy, the stout figure on horseback depicted on the Paniolo Trophy, the oldest rivalry prize in the Rainbow Warriors’ trophy case. Read more

Ferd Lewis: Fans will go to any length to support their Cowboys

• By Ferd Lewis
• Oct. 28, 2020

At the University of Wyoming, the depth of football fandom is measured in terms of degrees. Read more

Ferd Lewis: Wyoming Cowboys still talk about the legend of Chevan Cordeiro

• By Ferd Lewis
• Oct. 27, 2020

Cordeiro’s legend was shaped in his 2018 college debut and first start as a Warrior when he stepped in for an injured Cole McDonald. Read more

Ferd Lewis: The University of Hawaii football team made bold choice to start the season as road Warriors

• By Ferd Lewis
• Oct. 26, 2020

If, somehow, UH gets out of Laramie with a victory, the Warriors will be sitting in a pretty lofty position one fourth of the way through this abbreviated league race. Read more

Ferd Lewis: Hawaii football team uses running game to pound, hound Bulldogs

• By Ferd Lewis
• Oct. 25, 2020

It was Fresno State’s homecoming — virtually, of course, in spectator-less Bulldog Stadium — but the most memorable return of Saturday night was that of the University of Hawaii football team’s running game. Read more

Hawaii football to add cutouts for home games

• By Ferd Lewis and Stephen Tsai
• Oct. 25, 2020

With fans not allowed at University of Hawaii home football games this season, the Rainbow Warriors will add cutouts to their games at Aloha Stadium, athletic director David Matlin said. Read more

Ferd Lewis: Hawaii football coach Todd Graham and Fresno State’s Kalen DeBoer instill toughness

• By Ferd Lewis
• Oct. 24, 2020

On a freshly laid patch of sidewalk leading to Bulldog Stadium in 2004 Fresno State’s blood and guts football coach, Pat Hill, etched the message “Play Hard!” into the wet cement. Read more

Ferd Lewis: Bulldog Stadium’s stillness should be music to Warriors’ ears

• By Ferd Lewis
• Oct. 23, 2020

At roadside stops Simonian Farms and Gibson Farm Market, the fall harvest is on display in rows of well-stocked wooden crates of produce. Read more

Ferd Lewis: Fresno State quarterback born to be a Bulldog

• By Ferd Lewis
• Oct. 22, 2020

Saturday, in his Bulldog Stadium debut as Fresno State’s starting quarterback, Jake Haener tries to add to the tale against the University of Hawaii in the season opener for both teams. Read more

Ferd Lewis: The waiting ends with Tua Tagovailoa earning starting role

• By Ferd Lewis
• Oct. 21, 2020

If the number one and six picks in April’s NFL Draft can acquit themselves as starting quarterbacks as rookies, why not the most intriguing prospect of them all in the 2020 class? Read more

No fans in Aloha Stadium stands for UH football

• By Ferd Lewis
• Oct. 19, 2020

With fans not allowed to attend its home football games this season, the University of Hawaii will feel their absence in decibels and dollars at 50,000-seat Aloha Stadium. Read more

University of Hawaii football will play in an empty Aloha Stadium this season

• By Ferd Lewis
• Oct. 18, 2020

The University of Hawaii football team will play before empty grandstands at 50,000-seat Aloha Stadium this season, the school announced today. Read more