Hawaii Edges Stanford 23-20 in Tight Week Zero Contest

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00:00We saw a matchup take place in Hawaii.

00:03Stanford pushed Hawaii to the limit, but in the end, Hawaii prevails 23-20.

00:09Give me your thoughts about what transpired last Saturday night.

00:13You know, it kind of went how I thought it would,

00:15because Stanford stayed in that ballgame.

00:17They, I mean, they're up by three points with two minutes and 31 seconds left

00:22before Hawaii kicked the first of two field goals.

00:25Of course, the last one, a walk-off.

00:27But I didn't think Stanford would be great,

00:29but I figured, you know, they'll play good, solid football, and they did.

00:32They just couldn't score.

00:34They had better statistics.

00:35They had a lot of yards, but they couldn't score.

00:37They had to kick field goals.

00:38They didn't get it.

00:39They did not stop Hawaii at the end,

00:42and then Hawaii came through and kicked two field goals in the last two minutes

00:47and 31 seconds to win the game by three.

00:50But, you know, Stanford to me is not going to have a great year.

00:53I'm not sure Hawaii is going to have a great year,

00:55but Hawaii is about three points better than Stanford.

00:59Yeah, they were two-and-a-half-point favorites in that matchup.

01:02Their redshirt freshman, Micah Alejandro,

01:04stepped up with a dominating second-half performance

01:07through well over 60% completion percentage,

01:11210 yards, two touchdowns, no interceptions.

01:14The biggest thing that stood out for me

01:16is that Stanford was able to run the football in that matchup.

01:19They averaged 4.1 yards per carry,

01:22177 yards on the ground against that front seven.

01:26Last year, that was a weak spot for the offense,

01:29only averaging 132 rushing yards per game.

01:33But the passing attack with the junior transfer,

01:36Ben Goldbranson from Oregon Straight, struggled a little bit.

01:40He only had 109 passing yards.

01:42Are you shocked?

01:43Because Frank Reich was the head coach,

01:45you thought the ingenuity and just the NFL coaching experience

01:49would help out the passing attack?

01:50They're not talented enough.

01:53They're not talented enough to go out there and just say,

01:56okay, I've got a head coach.

01:57He understands football.

01:59We're going to go throw the ball around.

02:00I just don't think right now Stanford now,

02:02they have been down.

02:03They've had four, three, and nine seasons.

02:06Recruiting's been tough, and they're in a down year,

02:09and I think you can stabilize the program.

02:11You can put kids in the right position,

02:13but you can't take an average athlete

02:15and have them outblock somebody that's a better football team.

02:18And there are going to be a lot of teams in the ACC

02:21that are better than Hawaii.

02:22I just think what we saw were two teams that it's going to be hard

02:25for either team to have a winning season, maybe Hawaii.

02:29And they played, you know, Stanford played about as good as they could,

02:33and I don't know where that's going to take them

02:34because they're, I mean, projected to win three and a half games this year.

02:38I mean, that's the over-under, maybe one game in the conference.

02:42But I think they're on hold at Stanford.

02:45I think the program's on hold.

02:47They've got to try to grab some wins when they can.

02:51Maybe they can get some momentum, but I don't think the talent's there,

02:54and I think the school has made a statement to the staff

02:57and to the team that we're going to be temporary,

02:59we're not going to be permanent,

03:01and we're going to get ready to get a coach next year and go forward.

03:04So, you know, we'll see how it goes.

03:06But I watched that game, and I think, you know,

03:09two teams that aren't great football teams,

03:11but they had a pretty good game.

03:12We'll be right back to the field and we'll be right back.

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