Quotes from the local papers

About how they will play both Alexander and Inoke to force opponents to prepare for both QBs, Mac said:
"We're going to platoon again. Inoke (Funaki) does things with his legs and we're going to have a run-and-shoot guy ready, so we're going to let the next defensive coordinator get ready for both." (HSB)

About how Tyler's INT made them decide to play Alexander instead of Tyler in the second half, Mac said:
"We felt when (Graunke) threw that pick, maybe he's not quite ready yet, maybe he needs more reps. So the next guy in line was Greg Alexander." (HSB)

About how he wants to give Alexander a lot of reps in practice (as opposed to how Alexander only got "mental reps" last week), Mac said:
"I want to give him a lot of reps, that's for sure. He made some plays (against Nevada). He made some throws. He ran when he needed to run. He had some great presence in the pocket." (HA)

About how Mouton will keep playing slotback, Mac said:
"He's an outstanding athlete." (HA)

About how Mouton is dangerous on offense, Ron Lee said:
"He was close to breaking a couple. He adds so much more (to the offense) because of his quickness." (HA)

About how their offense is more dangerous now, Ron Lee said:
"Now we've got some weapons." (HA)

Mac said that he "could care less about stats", but he does pay close attention to the 3rd-down conversion stat:
"That's one of the stats I am interested in." (HSB)

HSB Note: "The Warriors converted a season-high 50 percent of their third-down opportunities against the Wolf Pack, going 7-for-14 in the game and converting on six of nine chances in the second half. The defense, meanwhile, held Nevada to 31 percent."

About how teams that playing well will naturally do well on 3rd down, Ron Lee said:
"You always want to do well on third down. But when you're playing well, a lot of those things fall into place. Definitely, that helps when you stay on the field. It's overall the way we played that did it." (HSB)

HSB Note: "The Warriors went 1-for-5 in the first half, the exception coming on the final play of the first quarter when starting quarterback Inoke Funaki scrambled and dove for the marker on a 13-yard gain on third and 12. The drive culminated with a touchdown pass from Funaki to Mike Washington to put the Warriors up 14-7. Though not as nimble as Funaki, Alexander -- who passed for 205 yards in operating the offense for all but one possession in the second half -- also escaped the Nevada pass rush to run for two third-down conversions, including a 10-yard scamper on third and 9 to extend UH's game-winning drive."

About how he scrambled for two 3rd down conversions, Alexander said:
"I just want to make a play and get positive yards. I'd rather be throwing though." (HSB)

HSB Note: "When he did throw, Alexander was 6-for-7 on third-down plays -- although two came up short of the marker -- and hit Lane for the winning score on a third and 1."

About his game-winning reception, Lane said:
"He played me bump-and-run, man. Any wide receiver loves that -- it's a challenge, it's one-on-one." (HSB)

Happy that the offense bailed them out when the D could not win the game, Sol said:
"One thing I like was the fact that when (the defense) had a chance to win the game we didn't really do it and the offense had our back. That's how you win as a team." (HSB)

About how Josh Leonard's ankle injury might force him to miss the next game, Mac said:
"I'm hoping he can play, but right now it's questionable. It depends how fast he can recover." (HSB)

About how he expects to play in their next game, Josh Leonard said:
"It's nothing." (HA)

About how the Warriors pinned them inside the 5 multiple times (JoPierre Davis downed two punts inside the 5), Nevada coach Chris Ault said:
"We never had field position. It's very difficult to win the game playing from inside the 5." (HSB)

About John Fonoti's TD off a fumble caused by David Veikune, DE coach Dave Aranda said:
"It was good to finally get on the board as a defense. Dave's got about 30 almost-sacks. It was good to see him hit home, and John scoop and score. We don't want just sacks, we want sack-fumbles." (HSB)

About career tackle record holder Sol, Mac said:
"He's right up there with Jeff Ulbrich and Pisa Tinoisamoa." (HSB)

Not caring about his stats, Vai Taua said:
"We've got to be able to pull this kind of game out. ... No way can I consider myself having a good game." (HSB)

About how they went back to UH's run-and-shoot offense, Mike Washington said:
"We weren't putting enough points on the board, so we went back to that old Hawaii, that run-and-shoot attacking offense." (HSB)

Asked about the rumors that he destroyed a laptop at halftime to fire up his team, Mac chuckled and said:
"You know how rumors can get started." (HSB)

HSB Note: "But we have good reason to believe that at halftime -- in punctuating his speech to his team -- Mack cracked a Mac, or wasn't very PC to a PC. Truly an action all of the techno-enslaved Luddites-at-heart among us can appreciate."

About Mac's actions at halftime, Sol said:
"Coach tried to fire us up, and it worked." (HSB)