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Mele Kalikimaka!, Philadelphia Eagles & Jordan Norwood
Dec 25th
During the Christmas break, I'll be away with family and friends. Thus, I wanted to wish all Hawai'i Football Fanatics readers, on both the blog and facebook fan page, a Mele Kalikimaka! I'll attempt to post whenever possible and I'll be on my weekly schedule thereafter.
Also my favorite team, the Philadelphia Eagles, play the Denver Broncos this weekend. Besides, Polynesian Fenuki Tupou (injured reserved), I'm not sure if a lot of people know another island connection with Jordan Norwood (Hawai'i-born and 2008 Penn State graduate) who is a wide receiver for the Eagles (practice squad). He is the son of former Radford High alumnus and UH cornerback/safety, Brian Norwood, who is currently the defensive coordinator for Baylor University.
Go Eagles!!!
NFL Sunday: Repeat Matchups
Nov 22nd
The games for late afternoon are repeat matchups from early in the season. NY squeezed out a win against New England the last time. Kind of an ugly win but they pulled it off. Denver was proving themselves against doubters and won the SD game. Let's see if this will be a win for our favorite team. NY Jets @ New England Patriots I'm going with the Jets again as the Polynesian connection is really doing well in NY. Lots of coverage in the last few weeks on NY Jets Sione Pouha. He's continuing to develop his game and at times is inconsistent but in time I believe he'll get better.
New England Patriots - *#47 Jake Ingram
New York Jets - #78 Wayne Hunter, #91 Sione Pouha & #79 Ropati Pitoitua
Game on: 11:00 AM HST (KGMB7) San Diego Chargers @ Denver Broncos This one will be a "who-you-want-to-win" for islanders in the Pacific Northwest. Although, my choice would be the Chargers. SD has the advantage with their late season momentum. Although SD beat one of my favorite teams last week, the Eagles, Denver has no island players!! So I say, Go Chargers!!
San Diego Chargers - #86 Brandon Manumaleuna
Game on: Portland 1:00 PM PDT (KOIN6) Seattle 1:00 PM PDT (KIRO7)
Byes: None
*For complete NFL Polynesian/Hawaiian/Island Ties players, see HFF Pro Teams link.
HFF Monday Night Football: Pittsburgh Steelers @ Denver Broncos
Nov 9th
This game is all Pittsburgh Steelers as the defending Superbowl champs are fighting for the lead in the AFC North division. A good bunch of Polynesians are playing for them and unfortunately, none for the Broncos. Denver is on top the AFC West and attempting to spread their lead from the rest of the division opponents.
I’m rooting for the Steelers on this one because I love Troy Polamalu and the rest of the Polynesians on this great team! Go Steelers!
Game Watch Links:
Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh - Offense
#68 C Chris Kemoeatu (University of Utah)
#44 RB Frank Summers (University of Nevada-Las Vegas) on Injured Reserve (no pic)
Pittsburgh - Defense
#43 SS Troy Polamalu (University of Southern California)
Denver Broncos
Hoka! (Too Bad!) Denver has no island players!!
Game on: 3:30 PM HST (ESPN22)
Portland 5:30 PM PDT (ESPN35)
Seattle 5:30 PM PDT (ESPN31)
