Hawaii football changing name back to Rainbow Warriors
Hell yeah they are!
According to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Hawaii athletic director Ben Jay has reversed field from a previous decision and all men’s athletic teams will be renamed the Rainbow Warriors. This decision comes just months after Jay decided all men’s sports would simply be named the Warriors. From 2000 to 2012, some teams were named the Warriors and others the Rainbow Warriors. This occurred after former UH football coach June Jones requested the football team be known strictly as the Warriors. Prior to 2000, the football team was known as the Rainbow Warriors.
Jay said continuity and a push to re-add the “Rainbow” portion of the name were the reasons behind the decision http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/05/15/hawaii-football-changing-name-back-to-rainbow-warriors/
The Tartars and the Huron need to make a comeback.
I want Michigan to schedule a home and home with UH. It would be a good excuse to go to Hawaiii (like I need one).
Seconded. Let's start in 2014 and replace @Notre Dame with @Hawaii.
People were mentioning in the schedule thread that USC has an open date on 9/6/2014...
In that case, let's play USC in Hawaii. And not charge anything for tickets, flights, or hotels.
Oh yes please USC. Pretty pretty please. We would probably win and I could rub that all over my brother-in-law's face.
It's like a can't lose for me. He thinks that USC is like 10 levels above Michigan, and is arrogance is such that he wouldn't even rub it in if he won because he just thinks that's how it should go. But when we likely win it would be such sweet victory.
If you can deliver tickets and a Michigan win, I'll kill him if you'd like.
Actually, I should be careful. It seems like every time I kill someone or joke about killing someone it comes back to bite me.
burying the bodies deeper?
+1. Thanks. Will do.
/Dave Brandon'd
Someone has to play the Hawaiian war chant.
That would be more "Bill Martin'd".
Brandon is more of the "spend money to make money" school of thought. Martin was more . . . cautious at spending the bucks.
...away game if Hawai'i every gets even halfway to where they were during the Jones era. All the weirdities of an early season game plus jet lag/luau related distractions/drunk fanbase/male cheerleaders who would have you believe that they are headhunters.
The warchant before games is pretty intimidating and is really cool to watch.
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That insomnia was really getting out of hand...
Totally.
not that there's anything wrong with that...
What about the hats? Are they going to bring back the rainbow on the helmets?
I'm really happy they had the good sense to do this; who gives a damn what anyone outside of Hawaii thinks?
Too easy.
I thought you were taking a break from posting?
college sports are known for having really unique nicknames and we just reclaimed another.
I mean really, just think about all the schools in the Big Ten alone that have mascots/nicknames that are totally unique amongst college and pro sports
Golden Gophers
Badgers
Hawkeyes
Cornhuskers
Illini
Hoosiers
Boilermakers
Wolverines
Buckeyes
Nittany Lions
Scarlet Knights
Terrapins
(i.e. all but NW and MSU)
Rainbow Warriors is a win in my book
was the Baseball Furies. Best made-up gang ever. Cool uniforms. Not very good at fighting.
Cannn youuuu dig it???
Great movie. I can believe that this one hasn't been re-done.
it was a very unusual atmosphere to watch a game in Hawaii. I remember hanging out on the beach that day and then heading to the game in my board shorts. Back then they still had the rainbow on their helmets and I think it always made it harder to take them seriously.
at least according to one of my old shirts.
I would love to see them sport a cool helmet with the oil-slick, color changing style rainbow laid into the clear coat. Tell me that wouldn't look awesome.