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Jon Marks of SportsRadioWIP in Philadelphia talks the Eagles and his prediction for the season, as well as their future with Jalen Hurts. Adam Wexler of SportsTalk790 in Houston talks the Texans, mostly about Deshaun Watson and his controversy off the field, and if the Texans will trade the quarterback. Connor Livesay of SBNation talks the Cowboys and whether or not Dak Prescott will be ready for next Thursday's NFL opener.

The animals are on this start of the work week with a recap and reaction to what was a bad loss at UCLA for the UH football team, but there's one comparison Chris makes that you'll want to hear. Stephen Tsai from the Honolulu Star-Advertiser joins the show to talk about the football team's upcoming opponent an what Todd Graham and company need to do moving forward. Then, the race for October in the MLB is heating up, and then the Mets are in the headlines because of a thumbs down, so Matt Snyder from CBS Sports talks about all the MLB headlines. And Rachael van Oranje from ESPN Houston talks the Texans and what is going on with Deshaun Watson at the center of the spotlight.

Jeremy Mauss, managing editor at Mountain West Wire, talks this weekend's Hawaii-UCLA blowout as well as the two other matchups with Fresno State and San Jose State blowing out their competition. Kevin Bowen, c0-host of The Fan Morning Show 107.5 in Indianapolis, talks the Colts after they announce Carson Wentz is on the COVID list, and this seasons' expectations.

Artie Wilson continues your Aloha #HDayFriday discussion

All things UH today as both the Rainbow Wahine Volleyball and Wahine Soccer teams open up their 2021 seasons, after not having a season in 2020. A look ahead to Saturday's Rainbow Warrior Football game at UCLA as well.

On today's show:

-Kanoa Leahey, Spectrum Sports play-by-play voice of UH Athletics: shares his excitement to finally see the Rainbow Wahine Volleyball team back in action after not playing in 2020, what kind of disadvantage might the team have by not playing last season, the many question marks ahead of tonight's opener against Fairfield, how tonight will have a different feeling for many reasons, what he'll be watching for when UH Football faces UCLA on Saturday and how proud he is of the HNL Boys representing this state during their run at the Little League World Series.

All of that and a whole lot of chickens talk throughout the hour.

With Bobby on the road this weekend, Josh fills in and takes you through your Aloha #HDayFriday workday. It's gameday for Hawai`i Women's Volleyball and Women's Soccer. On the eve of the Hawaii football opener at UCLA, Josh discusses the helmet tribute that UH is doing to honor the late Colt Brennan. Josh also poses to you the fan, what most excites you as a Hawai`i football fan ahead of Saturday's game. Also, an over/under on various UH football odds via the MWC Connection, could we see the end of BYU as an Independent in football, how should the Mountain West Conference respond to this and a dive into Week 3 of the NFL Preseason.

On today's show:

-Neal Coolong, Senior Editor of NFL Sites with USA Today: discusses the QB 1 battles around the NFL and some of the teams who've announced their Week 1 starter, what kind of value does a backup bring to a team so they can run different offensive packages and his thoughts on Trey Lance.

The animals are on this Thursday getting ready for game week and Hawaii vs. UCLA. Rich Miano from Spectrum Sports talks about the team and their keys to get off on the right foot for the 2021 season. But there's also UH Rainbow Wahine Volleyball in less than 24 hours, so UH Wahine Volleyball assistant coach Kaleo Baxter joins the show to talk about the team and their first start in over 600 days. And former UH Wide receiver John Ursua joins the show to talk about his road to recovery for his ACL injury which unfortunately takes him out of the season (but we still wish him well!)

As we near the weekend, Josh continues your sports discussion on this Thursday.

The HNL Boys keep winning as they are now into Saturday's Hank Aaron Bracket Championship, where they will have a rematch with Michigan.

Josh takes a look at the recent news regarding UH Football scheduling and tells you the two pieces of information that standout to him regarding College Football. That, along with why the NFL should thank Cole Beasley, a cancelled football game within the ILH and with the revised OIA Football schedule, does it allow for contingency plans and could we see matchups within the OIA and ILH?

In this week's podcast, Kanoa and Jordan lament the temporary restrictions of fans at Hawaii sporting events, and get into a discussion about the season opener for the UH football team vs UCLA, as well as the first weekend of action in almost 2 years for the Rainbow Wahine volleyball team. Plus, Honolulu advances further in Little League World Series, the college football conference alignment landscape continues to shift, and the fellas introduce a new segment - "Questions you never thought would be asked". And as always the episode ends with Kanoa and Jordan sharing their "Best and Worst".

Stephen Tsai of the Star Advertiser gives us an update for this weekend's Week 0 matchup between the Rainbow Warriors and UCLA. Dante Collinelli of Blue Chip Scout talks this year's batch of rookie quarterbacks, who he's looking forward to this season, as well as a quick Giants look. Brad Spielberger of PFF talks the Chicago Bears and their expectations of Matt Nagy going into Week 1 against the LA Rams.

Join Daren Kimura for another edition of the Sports Cards and Collectibles show with special in-studio guest Erick Reichard!