Previously: Hawaii Offense I hope you enjoyed reading about the Hawaii Offense yesterday because that piece, as rough as it was, is significantly better than what you are about to read. During my The Enemy, Ranked series, I ranked Hawaii's DL, LB, and Secondary as the worst on the schedule and now you are going to see why. The Rainbow Warriors are 0-2, and their defense has been the culprit. They are near the bottom of Bill Connelly's rankings and at 506.5 yards per game allowed, Hawaii's defense is already on track for ghastly counting metrics. This one is going to get ugly. The Film: Still using the Vandy tape for reasons stated in the previous piece, namely the Commodores being a closer analogue to Michigan from a talent standpoint than Western Kentucky and the accessibility of the tape. The consequence of this decision is I had to watch a game in which Hawaii gave up 600 yards to Vanderbilt. Personnel: Click here or on the graphic to make big. PDF. I
Previously: Hawaii Offense I hope you enjoyed reading about the Hawaii Offense yesterday because that piece, as rough as it was, is significantly better than what you are about to read. During my The Enemy, Ranked series, I ranked Hawaii's DL, LB, and Secondary as the worst on the schedule and now you are going to see why. The Rainbow Warriors are 0-2, and their defense has been the culprit. They are near the bottom of Bill Connelly's rankings and at 506.5 yards per game allowed, Hawaii's defense is already on track for ghastly counting metrics. This one is going to get ugly. The Film: Still using the Vandy tape for reasons stated in the previous piece, namely the Commodores being a closer analogue to Michigan from a talent standpoint than Western Kentucky and the accessibility of the tape. The consequence of this decision is I had to watch a game in which Hawaii gave up 600 yards to Vanderbilt. Personnel: Click here or on the graphic to make big. PDF. I
Previously: Quarterback, Running Backs, Receivers, Offensive Line, Defensive Line, Linebacker We have made it to the end. The Enemy, Ranked 2022 reaches its conclusion today with defensive backs rankings. As I mentioned in the LB post, I'm counting DB-shaped hybrid space players here, so most teams will have five starters listed, whether that's for a HSP or a true nickel. At the end of this piece, I will briefly drop in special teams rankings and then will wrap this whole series up by reviewing what we learned about the opponents on Michigan's 2022 schedule. 12. Hawaii CB CB S S Nickel JoJo Forest Hugh Nelson II Leonard Lee Matagi Thompson Malik Hausman Devyn King Virdel Edwards II Noa Kamana Meki Rei Peter Manuma Hawaii starts at the bottom on all three defensive articles and this one is pretty clear as to why: there are five DB slots and they do not have a single returning starter. Most of these players were not even on the island last season, as the seco
Punahouâs Thompson, Kapoleiâs Sotelo among 10 new âBows signed on National Letter of Intent Day
Punahouâs Matagi Thompson among 10 new âBows signed on National Letter of Intent Day By Kyle Chinen | February 3, 2021 at 2:55 PM HST - Updated February 3 at 5:42 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Rainbow Warriors football team rounded out their 2021 signing class on Wednesday, after signing 10 new âBows adding a depth of experience from the prep, junior college and transfer portal.
Among the new signees was Punahouâs Matagi Thompson, who wrapped up his career with the Buffanblu playing both sides of the ball, but making his biggest impact on the defense.