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Life’s a beach? It’s ‘big boy hours’ in Hawaii, where Boise State will mix fun with work – East Idaho News
BOISE — Boise State’s game Saturday evening at Hawaii poses plenty of on-field challenges.
There’s the aggressive Hawaii pass-first offense to deal with, and the humidity will be around 71% come kickoff time, with temperatures in the low 80s.
Then there are the off-the-field challenges, starting with a plane ride that will exceed six hours from Boise to Honolulu, the four-hour time change between the two cities, and — well, the sand and the surf. Beautiful beaches are only 2 miles away from Hawaii’s stadium at the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex, and the tropical paradise can be a little distracting.
“They’re going to have an hour or two to go walk on the beach and hang out,” Boise State coach Spencer Danielson acknowledged Monday. “I tell them it’s big boy hours around here.”
The Broncos (4-1, 1-0 Mountain West) will fly to Honolulu on Thursday in preparation for the game against the Rainbow Warriors (2-3, 0-1), which will kick off at 9 p.m. Mountain time — which is 5 p.m. local time, the sun still shining in Hawaii.
It’s the type of game that brings a host of logistical problems for the Broncos to manage and distractions that not many other game destinations provide. Danielson said he’s well aware of the excitement surrounding traveling to Hawaii. Some players might not have been to the beach before or visited a tropical island, and this game doesn’t roll around every other year.
The last time Boise State played at Hawaii was 2020. The first-year coach is happy to let players indulge in some of the joy of the Aloha State when they have the chance, which is what makes flying out on Thursday for a Saturday game important.
“That’s the college football experience, too, when they go places like this,” Danielson said. “A lot of our players have never been to Hawaii before. I want them to experience it; it’s a phenomenal place.”
As for other challenges, the Broncos aren’t changing too much. Boise State faced a major time difference this season when it traveled to Statesboro, Georgia, to face Georgia Southern in its opening game. And the weather that evening — for a game the Broncos won 56-45 — was a balmy 92 degrees, with the humidity reading at 62%.
Of course, the Broncos are heading the other direction this time, which means their inner-body clocks could still be telling them it’s 9 p.m. at kickoff.
Danielson said the team won’t change practice times in the lead-up to the game, but he said that in addition to some free hours for fun, leaving Boise a day earlier than usual is vital to get acclimated. There’s also the fact that the Broncos’ thinking it’s later than it is at kickoff wouldn’t be a big deal — two recent home games kicked off at 8 p.m. Mountain time.
“It’s not a huge difference in regards to when kickoff is, but how we handle the mornings and our practice because it is a difference,” Danielson said. “We’re going to be intentional, especially when we get over there, to handle some of those things.”
The coaching staff has the serious business covered, and the players still have plenty to be excited about.
Junior defensive tackle Braxton Fely and redshirt senior safety Kaonohi Kaniho both have family from Hawaii — Kaniho was born and raised in Kahuku, Hawai’i.
Redshirt senior safety Rodney Robinson said he received an offer to play football at Hawaii.
“After we get our work in and do the things that we need to do there, it’s definitely going to be good for us to just relax and enjoy the scenery and everything like that, but all while staying focused on the mission,” Robinson said this week.
As for the long flight and time difference?
“I’m probably gonna be sleeping on the plane,” Robinson laughed.
HAWAII VS. BOISE STATE
When: 9 p.m. Mountain time, Saturday
Where: Clarence T.C. Ching Complex (15,194, Turf)
TV: CBS Sports Network (Rich Waltz, Robert Turbin)
Radio: KBOI 670 AM/KTIK 93.1 FM/Sirius XM Ch. 160 or 201 (Bob Behler, Pete Cavender)
Records: Boise State 4-1; Hawaii 2-3
Series: Boise State leads 15-3
Last meeting: Boise State beat Hawaii 40-32 in 2020
Vegas line: Boise State by 20.5 points
Weather: High of 85, low of 75, humidity 62%, partly cloudy skies, 6% chance of rain
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The National Park Service is warning parents to keep their children close after a toddler ran toward the edge of a 400-foot-tall cliff at Hawaii National Park on Christmas.
The young boy was at the park with his family to view the eruption of the Kilauea volcano. They were in a closed area at Kilauea Overlook when he wandered away from his family before the “near miss.” His mother, screaming, managed to grab him just about a foot away from a fatal fall.
“Park rangers remind visitors to stay on trail, stay out of closed areas and to keep their children close, especially when watching Kīlauea from viewpoints along Crater Rim Trail. Those who ignore the warnings, walk past closure signs, lose track of loved ones, and sneak into closed areas to get a closer look do so at great risk,” the agency warned.
Rangers noted that dangers escalate during volcanic eruptions, as people flock to view the spectacle of lava flowing out of the Earth’s crust. The Park Service urged drivers to slow, and watch out for pedestrians, Hawaiian geese, and switch to low beams when other cars and pedestrians are present.
The eruption, which started on December 23, is now in its second pause, according to the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. But, it could still restart at any time.
Furthermore, emissions of toxic gas remain high, including particulate matter called tephra. Billions of minuscule pieces of tephra, which include all fragments of rock ejected into the air by an erupting volcano, can be carried on winds for thousands of miles and can cause respiratory issues. Volcanoes also produce dangerous gases, like carbon dioxide and hydrogen chloride.
Tephra has blanketed the closed portion of Crater Rim Drive downwind of the lava.
“The hazards that coincide with an eruption are dangerous, and we have safety measures in place including closed areas, barriers, closure signs, and traffic management,” Park Superintendent Rhonda Loh said in a statement.
“Your safety is our utmost concern, but we rely on everyone to recreate responsibility. National parks showcase nature’s splendor but they are not playgrounds,” she said.
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The state Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit by Maui County Council candidate Kelly King to overturn the general election results.
King lost her race last month to incumbent Tom Cook by 97 votes.
She argued the county rejected too many ballots because of missing or invalid signatures, and that voters weren’t offered enough help to fix the problems.
In Maui County, there were nearly 1,100 deficient ballots compared to the national average. King says Maui County’s rejection rate was nearly double the state average in 2022.
But the high court ruled Tuesday that the County Clerk’s Office followed state law and all administrative rules to cure the deficient ballots.
View the full decision here.
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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Authorities are investigating how a passenger without a ticket got onto a Delta Airlines flight bound for Honolulu Christmas Eve.
According to Delta Airlines, the traveler boarded flight 487 from Seattle to Honolulu, on an Airbus A321neo aircraft.
The traveler has not been identified, but the airlines confirmed the person was discovered during the taxi out at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Tuesday.
The flight returned to the gate, where the person was removed and arrested. The Transportation Security Administration conducted additional security checks, including customer rescreening.
The flight was delayed 2 hours and 15 minutes and continued on to Honolulu, the airline said.
Delta Airlines said in a statement: “As there are no matters more important than safety and security, Delta people followed procedures to have an unticketed passenger removed from the flight and then apprehended. We apologize to our customers for the delay in their travels and thank them for their patience and cooperation.”
Delta said early indications are the unticketed passenger boarded the flight at the gate without presenting a boarding pass.
TSA says the passenger made it through the standard screening, and did not possess any prohibited items.
The investigation is ongoing.
This happened on the same day that a body was discovered in the wheel well of a United Airlines flight that arrived in Kahului from Chicago.
That incident also remains under investigation.
Copyright 2024 Hawaii News Now. All rights reserved.
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