Ferd Lewis: Marcus Mariota still making a difference as a backup
So far, this has hardly been what you would call a season to write home about for Marcus Mariota. Read more
Ferd’s Words
Ferd Lewis: COVID-19 restrictions force New Mexico football team to take the long road
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ferd Lewis: Hawaii football coach Todd Graham and Fresno State’s Kalen DeBoer instill toughness
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
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Ferd Lewis: Bulldog Stadium’s stillness should be music to Warriors’ ears
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
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
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
Ferd Lewis: Hawaii football coach Todd Graham’s $760K salary ranks 10th in Mountain West Conference
Only in the spend-thrift environment of major college football could $760,000, a fortune by most standards (and the highest wage of any state employee in Hawaii in 2020), be considered a well below-average salary. Read more
Ferd Lewis: University of Hawaii men’s volleyball program denied again
When fans packed the Stan Sheriff Center last year for the Big West Conference men’s volleyball championship, the league and participating teams urged the University of Hawaii to tender bids to host an NCAA championship. Read more
Ferd Lewis: Trent Dilfer parlays tutoring Tua Tagovailoa into Polynesian Bowl coaching spot
Dilfer will head Team Makai and another former Super Bowl winner, Doug Williams, will head Team Mauka, in the annual high school all-star game, it was announced today. Read more
Ferd Lewis: How about some proposed amendments for sports in the Honolulu City Charter
Here’s what it might look like if there were an actual Sports Charter ballot. Read more
Ferd Lewis: Hawaii’s long holiday hoops tradition will be missed
A couple of the state’s enduring holiday season sports fixtures have already moved on and, now, we await the growing possibility of the Diamond Head Classic shortly joining them. Read more
Ferd Lewis: University of Hawaii softball coach Bob Coolen still waiting for stadium upgrades
For more than 20 years now University of Hawaii softball coach Bob Coolen has steadfastly held to the same fervent wish. Read more
Ferd Lewis: Can University of Hawaii satisfy all of its TV partners?
Imagine Mountain West Commissioner Craig Thompson stepping to the podium on Zoom this week. Read more
Ferd Lewis: Mike Lum goes from star at Roosevelt to 57 years in baseball
His retirement this week from the Pittsburgh Pirates, where he spent a decade as a senior adviser on player development, marks the apparent end of a remarkable saga. Read more
Ferd Lewis: Fresno State figures to be less hostile for opener
For his first game as the University of Hawaii head football coach, Todd Graham will have an experience 13 of his predecessors could only have wished for. Read more
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