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Show 1 HE SIGNPOST Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Football continued from page 6 with local admirers shaking his hand and having their pictures taken with him. Several Weber State football players come from Oah u and other surrounding islands. WSU sophomore quarterback Cameron Higgins, who completed 24 of 39 passes for 233 yards including a touchdown in Saturday's game, had a chance to visit with family and show the fans from his home state just how far he's come wearing Wildcat purple. "It was good to spend some time with my family," Higgins said. "They came out to Turtle Bay and we got to go to L&L, it was really nice." Zach Higgins, a WSU redshirt freshman safety and Cameron's little brother, also made the trip. They "This is my dream. To play here at Aloha Stadium with UH and my parents sitting in front-row seats right behind us, it was really special." - Lawaia Naihe, WSU offensive guard second half and succumbed to the Warriors and the rabid fans at Aloha Stadium. Even with the tough loss, the trip was a shining success and an invaluable experience according to players, coaches, boosters and administration.'And for the Weber State players who carne back home to play in their home state, it was the chance of a lifetime. continued from f "This is my dream," said WSU senioroffensiveguardLawaiaNaihe. Toone made an incredible over- very next play, Smith scored again "To play here at Aloha Stadium with the-shoulder grab on the drive for on a three-yard pass. UH and my parents sitting in front"Weber State is beating Hawaii!" row seats right behind tis. It was 40-yards. Smith ended up scoring the touchdown on a well-executed my notes said. Obviously the really special." PI IOTO HV H U G H E. GENTRY } IH£ ASSOCIATED PRESS excitement was overpowering my option from the one-yard line. We er Slate Comment on this storv at ^ University Assistant Coach Chad Kauha'aha'a keeps the defensive line focused during Satur"Weber State is beating Hawaii?" ability to wax poetic at the time. aa s ame wsusignpost.com. y g my notes said. At this point my WSU held its own for the rest stomach is past the queezy feeling of the half. The roller coaster was that comes from feeling scared feeling pretty steady. and now has that quee/y feeling Then the second half started. that comes when things are going Then Hawaii scored 29 well but you know they probably unanswered points. shouldn't be. Then the game ended. The WSU defense looked That whole last part was pretty By-Jimmy Golen comparing the situations was completely reenergized at this much just a continual stall of the The Associated Press like "comparing apples to point. UH started its drive at its roller coaster. My stomach and I grapefruits." But others around own 15-yard line after a holding were too tired to care. But that first FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - the league remembered Brady's penalty on the kickoff. After two half was sure fun to watch. Maybe Opponents expecting the New humble beginnings and wonder unsuccessful plays, it was WSU's next game the Wildcats will put two England Patriots to fall apart as whether Belichick might have Caldwell Taylor who came up of those halves together. a result of Tom Brady's season- another star in the making. with a huge sack on Funaki, which ending knee injury would be wise Matt Cassel, who had to fight knocked the ball loose. WSU Comment on this story ,it to remember the last time the for playing time in college - like recovered the fumble, and on the wsusignpos t. com. both played prep football at Saint Louis High School in Honolulu, a perennial football powerhouse on the island. Despite the best efforts of Cameron Higgins and the rest of the Weber State team on Saturday, the Wildcats couldn't hold back the University of Hawaii in the Standing Out Patriots must regroup without Brady Now Exclusively at FSrr^Jewefry ifitt More brilliant than a princess cut Starting at $1,299 Uniquely cut to elirit sheertoriBUncr from evrry angle. "CUTbllGRUEf JEWELRY • ILICTRONICI • GIFTS Farr Better Quality... Farr Better Price! 2466 Washington Blvd. • Ogden, UT Store Hours: Mon.-Sat. 9:30-6:00 • Fri. 9:30-7:00 www.farrsjewelry.com On Site Jewelry Repair! team had to turn to its backup quarterback. His name: Tom Brady. And after Drew Bledsoe was injured in 2001, he led the Patriots to Super Bowl victories in three of the next four seasons. "Everybody here understands that things like this happen; they've happened before/1 offensive lineman Matt Light said Monday, shortly after the team confirmed that Brady would have surgery on his left knee and be placed on injured reserve. "I feel good about this football team." Brady too, is confident. "It will all be OK. I'm excited to see what our team is made of. ... I still like our chances," Brady wrote in an e-mail Monday to NBC Sports. Brady was a former fourthstringer, the No. 199 pick in the 2000 draft, when Bledsoe sustained a sheared blood vessel in his chest two weeks into the '01 season. Brady stepped in and took the Patriots to theirfirstNFL title. Coach Bill Belichick said Brady - and wait for his chance in the pros, came in and helped New England beat Kansas City 17-10. "I say they're still a very good team because they have so many other pieces and they're wellcoached and they've got a good defense," San Diego Chargers PHOTO BY STEVEN SENNE | THE ASSOCIATED PRZSS running back LaDainian Tomlinson said. New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick takes questions about "They did the same thing when quarterback Tom Brady during a news conference at Gillette Stadium Bledsoe went out. Everybody in Foxborough, Mass. was saying the same thing. Then Tom Brady comes in, nobody division, and with one of the reigning Most Valuable Player knows who he is. Our first game, most successful coaches in NFL and a two-time Super Bowl MVP, will have surgery on his left knee. I remember, I was a rookie. And it history. "We're not going to tank it the Belichick would not say what the was like, 'Who is this guy?' And he rest of the season. That's not going injury is, but the play, Brady's beats us. So you never know." Cassel will start Sunday to happen," defensive lineman reaction and the prognosis all against the New York Jets - his Richard Seymour said in the point toward a torn anterior first NFL start and, in fact, the Patriots locker room, across from cruciate ligament. "As a team we all just have to first meaningful start since high where Brady's locker remained stocked with equipment and do our jobs. That really doesn't school for the longtime backup personal items. "There's always change," Belichick said. "He who held a clipboard for Heisman a way to win. We're not going to played one position, he played it Trophy winners Carson Palmer have a lot of excuses about it." very well. We have somebody else and Matt Leinart at Southern Cal. Brady led New England to 18 playing that position now." "I've always been impressed with Matt. ... He's a capable consecutive victories and the The Patriots have just two quarterback, and he'll do fine," brink of a fourth championship quarterbacks on the roster: Cassel Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher last year before a loss to the New and rookie Kevin p'Connell. said. "They may not win all 16 York Giants in the Super Bowl Matt Gutierrez, who signed as an (but) they'll be there. They've got spoiled the team's hopes for an undrafted free agent before the too much talent on that team and unprecedented 19-0 season. After 2007 season and has thrown one too good coaches to not be there missing the entire 2008 preseason career pass, was released in the with an unspecified right foot final cutdowns before the season. at the end. Belichick denied media reports "Now, there's only one Tom injury, Brady lasted just 7:33 into the opener when a takedown that out-of-work quarterbacks Brady. It's very unfortunate for by Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard Chris Simms and Tim Rattay were the Patriots and the league to lose ended his season. headed to Foxborough to take a marquee player like that." The Patriots issued a one- physicals or to audition. Even without Brady, the paragraph statement on Monday "In spite of what some people Patriots remain a team stocked confirming that Brady, the NFL's are putting out there, we haven't with veterans in a mediocre worked out anybody," he said. "We had a lot of people call us, I can tell you that." For now, Cassel is his starter. "I'm not trying to be Tom Brady. I'm just trying to be Matt Cassel," he said when subbing for Brady on his regular weekly radio show. "I don't know where that's going to take us." Pollard, who apologized to Brady immediately after the play, said Monday that it was an • "accident" and prayed for Brady's speedy recovery." I can't change what happened/1 he said. "As soon as the play happened, I said, 'Oh, Convenient local office man.' When I heard him scream, I Money-saving discounts knew it was serious." Low down payments While not calling Pollard's play Monthly payment plans dirty, Belichick said his players 24-hour service and claims are taught to hit quarterbacks Coverage available by phone between the knees and shoulders. Patriots defensive lineman Vince Wilfork complained that Local Office he was penalized andfinedfor a hit similar to Pollard's, but league spokesman Greg Aiello said supervisor of officials Mike Pereira determined it was legal. CALL FOR A FREE RATE QUOTE. 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