Bryant Moniz 2011 Heisman Campaign

College football is coming! And I can't wait.

One sign that the season is almost here is the 2011 Heisman campaigns are kicking off for the players who are trying to win the most coveted award in college sports.

Hawaii's star quarterback Bryant Moniz is among the best in the nation. And he's a really classy guy with a great story of how he got to become the starting quarterback for the Warriors. He also does a lot for his community.

Oh, and he's a heck of a quarterback too.

As a sophomore Moniz threw for 5,040 yards, 39 TD, 14 INT and 65% completion rating.

I'd love to see a guy who delivered pizzas, WHILE being the quarterback of a university, just to pay his tuition, win the Heisman. Enough with the guys who get a fullride scholarship while they are in 8th grade winning this thing.

There's a lot of eyes on the Hawaii football program this season, with many "experts" predicting the Warriors will finish with a 10-3 record. But the success of the team this season will all start with the success of their junior quarterback Bryant Moniz.

University of Hawaii new football uniforms

Yesterday the University of Hawaii and Under Armour debuted the new 2011 Hawaii football uniforms.

And man do they rock!

The changes are very subtle from last year's jerseys but still add a lot.The main difference is that the striping on the pants and shoulders have a green tapa pattern that runs through the black.

HONOLULU – Under Armour, the outfitter of University of Hawai'i football, unveiled the new home and away uniforms to be worn by the Warriors for the 2011 season.

Two designs were unveiled, an all-black home uniform and all-white road uniform. Each uniform includes a green tapa pattern created specifically for the Warriors. The unique pattern is featured on both the pant and jersey. It was inspired by the current “H” logo and represents 'ohana (family) and teamwork.

Each jersey includes the word “Hawai'i” across the chest while the team motto “We Are One” is stitched near the bottom. The “H” logo is featured on the left hip of the pant. The uniform will continue to include the distinctive UH tapa numbers on both the front and back of the jersey.

Mountain West unveils new logo

Over the next few years there is going to be a lot of changes on the college sports scene. It all started last year with the formation of the PAC 12 and the new Big 10 and reduced Big 12.

And with new conferences of course new logos are needed.

The same holds true for the Mountain West Conference.

The new Mountain West logo comes before the 2011 sporting season as the conference prepares to lose BYU (who is going independent) and Utah (who is going to the PAC 12) while adding Boise State.

In 2012 TCU will jump ship to the Big East but the Mountain West will add Hawaii (in football only) and Fresno State and Nevada in all sports.

In addition to the new logo, the conference has a new slogan of "This is our time."

Here's the old Mountain West logo:


And here's the new Mountain West logo:


What do you think? Like it, hate it, don't care? Let us know with a comment!

Best marching band halftime show ever

The University of Hawaii marching band forms a giant stick football kicker during the halftime show.

It's really awesome.

Check it out:

University of Hawaii joins PAC 10

Ok, ok. So maybe the title of this post hasn't exactly happened yet but hear me out.

I recently got NCAA Football 2011 and started a dynasty with the Hawaii Warriors.

In my first season I finished second in the WAC with a loss in the New Mexico Bowl. In my second season I won the WAC and finished the season with a victory in the Emerald Bowl.

But the big news came at the end of that season.

A neat feature in the game is that at the end of the season you get offers from other schools to come coach for them. But at the end of the second season Hawaii got an offer to leave the WAC for the PAC 10 because the PAC 10 wanted rid of WSU.

No joke.

So of course I took the offer and moved Hawaii to the PAC 10. And WSU consequently got put in the WAC.

Now here's why that would make sense in the real world. WSU is terrible but during the third season they are currently leading the WAC with a 5-3 record.

In the PAC 10 they are hard fought to even put points on the board, but in the WAC they'd stand a chance. And it's not like they dominate in other sports either, so as a whole it'd benefit the athletic department.

As for Hawaii they'd put up much more of a fight than WSU has in football. Sure both lost to USC but Hawaii was in it for the whole game until a few mistakes cost them the win and they lost 49-36.

However USC crushed WSU 50-16.

So Hawaii lost by 13 and WSU lost by 34.

And that's not just for football. In volleyball Hawaii is currently 14-1 and ranked number 5 in the nation. Which is ahead of all but one PAC 10 school with Stanford being number 1.

Where's WSU? Well they currently are 6-8 and sitting in a nice 9th place in the PAC 10.

This move would only make sense. I say that the PAC 10 take a vote and kick Pullman into the WAC. Or worse yet, but possible more appropriately, Division 2 and the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.

Oh wait. But then Central Washington would beat them all the time.

At least WSU isn't the only school with former quarterback problems

Move over Ryan Leaf, there's another former college quarterback great making his school proud.

Timmy Chang, former star quarterback at the University of Hawaii and recently released professional journeyman, was arrested Thursday in Mililani, Hawaii, and is being investigated for robbery for his role in a brawl that took place back on June 1st. A 23-year-old woman told police she was filming the melee when Chang, 27, approached her and told her to stop. A struggle ensued, he grabbed her camera and then "threw it on the roof of a nearby building".

Did Chang learn anything from the pros? Most football players worth their salt would have kidnapped the woman and taken her to IHOP where they would have paid her off with the money the earned from holding the place up with the pistol they owned (legally). That is if they didn't shoot themselves in the leg in the process.

I don't really fault Chang, it's a minor incident since fights do occasionally break out at parties from time to time (Wonders of wonders!). I do wonder what the woman was thinking, if she valued her property, the best thing to do would not be filming a brawl.

People tend to get testy about that sort of thing.