I Guess Some Hawai'i Players Don't Like Our Fans

by Nico2.0 on Sep 4, 2006 8:08 AM CDT in Football

Hawai'i performed a haka before the Alabama game on Saturday. They did it in the endzone facing the part of the stadium that is where the fraternities and sororities sit (though I'm sure they didn't know that.) As you can see in this video (performed by the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team), there is quite a bit of forearm slapping involved in a haka. The Hawai'i players got that part right, but it looks like two or three of them are having a tough time keeping that middle finger down. Some fans on SportsHawaii.com think they might not be flipping our fans off and that the photo is out of context. Oh well, they left Tuscaloosa 0-1 and that's all that really matters.

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Cultural sensitivity

From what I read, the players did it in the middle of "Sweet Home Alabama," leading many in the student section to boo so loud that it nearly drowned out the song.

by Newspaper Hack on Sep 4, 2006 9:08 AM CDT reply actions

I don't think...

...the "Sweet Home Alabama" part of it had anything to do with it honestly.

From everything I read beforehand, they didn't want to do it facing Alabama's team because that would've been incredibly poorly received, so they waited until Alabama was off the field after warm ups and did it towards the student section. They can't help what song was playing.

If anything, I think it was stupid to do because it was going to elicit a bad reaction no matter what...and they didn't do it facing their opponent, which is kind of the point.

Roll Tide!

by Nico2.0 on Sep 4, 2006 9:38 AM CDT reply actions

There were some boos...

...but they were far from drowning the PA out. I don't think 80% of the stadium knew what was going on. None of the three people with me knew what was going on. I saw it, but only because I read about it beforehand and was on the lookout for it.

Roll Tide!

by Nico2.0 on Sep 4, 2006 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions

uh has some serious grooming issues

It is pretty obvious what #1 or #7 (hard to tell) is doing.
How can we check our picks from the weekend, I don't remember the link.

by ajwtide on Sep 4, 2006 9:39 AM CDT reply actions

I agree...

...that they need to cut that stuff out. I don't mind the whole "war dance" thing in general though. It's not really any different from all of the chest bumping and other stuff that goes on. I do have a problem with the finger though. That's just tacky.

Here's where you can check your picks:

http://ncf.pickdee.com/RollBamaRoll/. They don't update the scores until Monday night though so there's no points on there presently.

Roll Tide!

by Nico2.0 on Sep 4, 2006 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions