"I'm just happy to be out here with the boys, people I know, people I grew up playing against. Just love the feeling of competing with them at this level." (HSB)
HSB Note: "Tuipulotu, Josh Manupuna (Portland State) and Kamalu Umu (Charleston Southern) enrolled at UH last year and sat out the season due to transfer rules. Kapono Rawlins-Crivello (Boise State) moved back following the 2007 season to be closer to his family as his mother battled cancer, and had to wait until this spring to join the Warriors."
About the players on their DL who transferred to UH, DL coach Tony Tuioti said:
"Everybody comes in with a different story, everybody has different experiences, and those experiences are what we'll draw on. For guys like Kamalu and Kaniela, remember how frustrating it was when you had to sit back and not play, so when you're starting to feel tired and sorry for yourself, those are the things you go back to. To put you back in focus as far as the big picture." (HSB)
About transferring back to UH and sitting out this season, Ryan Eastman said:
"I played against them two years ago, now I want to be the one playing at Aloha Stadium defending it." (HSB)
HSB Note: "Tuipulotu spent most of the fall recovering from shoulder surgery, and Wednesday's start of spring practice marked his first on-field action since his final game of the 2008 season with Arizona. An all-state pick from Kahuku in 2006, Tuipulotu broke into the Wildcats' line rotation as a true freshman and started seven games as a sophomore."
About playing for Arizona, Tuipulotu said:
"It was a great experience, being up there and being away from home again. I had to grow up real fast. Mom and dad weren't going to be there and I had to be accountable for everything." (HSB)
Tuipulotu said that since his injuries required him to use a redshirt year:
"it was time to pack up and start all over." (HSB)
About playing for Boise State when UH beat BSU in 2007, Kapono Rawlins-Crivello said:
"It was an interesting situation. On the field, it's all business, and off the field I still have all my friends, now who I play with and back then I was playing against." (HSB)
About moving back to Hawaii after his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, Rawlins-Crivello said:
"My family has always been an important factor in my life, and I've always based a lot of things around my family." (HSB)
HSB Note: "Because he transferred within the conference, he had to sit out two years before being eligible and enters this season as a senior. With his mother's cancer now in remission, Rawlins-Crivello's spring focus is centered on moving up the charts at defensive end. Umu also joins the Warriors as a senior defensive end and took the most meandering path to arrive back home. After graduating from Saint Louis, he attended Arizona Western for two years, then signed with Charleston Southern, due in part to a family housing program that would allow his wife and newborn child to accompany him. But after playing the 2008 season with the Buccaneers, he too decided to continue his journey back to Hawaii."
About how things are different this year compared to last year when he had to sit out and only could play on the scout team, Kamalu Umu said:
"It's way different. You can feel the adrenaline running; now you know you have a chance to play. Happy to be home and be part of this team." (HSB)
About how they will practice in pads today for the first time this spring, Tuioti said:
"It'll give us a chance to see where we're at on both sides of the ball. The first day, pad level's going to be high, people are going to be anxious. The best case you can ask for is that you get what you want out of it without getting anyone hurt." (HSB)
HSB Note: "Defensive end Elliott Purcell hopes to make his spring debut next week. Purcell sat out the first two practices while recovering from a sprained ankle. He started eight games last season and began the spring atop the depth chart at left defensive end."
http://www.starbulletin.com/sports/sportsnews/20100403_Defensive_line_gets_together.html
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