MEDIA INFORMATION ALOHA STADIUM
TELEPHONES & INTERNET SERVICES The Sports Media Relations Office has one telephone line in the Aloha Stadium Press Box for office use only. Media members requiring telephone lines should call Hawaiian Telcom at (808) 643-4411 to install phone lines at the user’s expense. The Aloha Stadium Press Box and Hospitality Room features free wireless internet service to working media. Please see a Sports Media Relations staff member for login codes on game days.
SERVICES Programs, flip cards and pregame notes will be distributed prior to each game. Last-minute number changes and starting line-up changes (if they are reported) will be issued prior to kickoff. Playby-play accounts and flash quarter statistics will be distributed throughout the game. Final statistics, quotes and notes will be distributed following the game. Soft drinks and a light meal will be available in the buffet area behind booths 4, 5 and 6.
Aloha Stadium seats approximately 50,000 spectators and features five levels of seating - orange, blue, brown, red and yellow. It is the largest outdoor arena in the state of Hawai‘i and home to University of Hawai‘i football as well as the Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl. The Aloha Stadium Press Box is located on the makai (ocean) sideline on the loge (brown) level. The main booth seats approximately 60 print media, statisticians and game operations personnel. There are additional booths for home/visiting team radio, TV, home/visiting team coaches, UH Athletics Director, and UH Manoa Chancellor. For more information about the stadium, see page 7.
POST-GAME INTERVIEWS Warrior head coach Greg McMackin and selected players will be available at the post-game press conference following the 10-minute cooling-off period in the Aloha Stadium Hospitality Room near the security entrance and stadium personnel offices. With approximately five minutes remaining in the game, a Sports Media Relations representative will escort the media down to the field. No interviews will be allowed on the field. The UH main locker room is located on the mauka (east) side of the south end zone. The locker room is open to print media. Television cameras and videographers are not allowed inside the locker room.
HAWAIIATHLETICS.COM The UH Athletics website (HawaiiAthletics.com) features a video component, photo galleries, and online media guides in addition to the existing player and coach biographies, press releases, statistics, schedules and everything else you need to know about UH Athletics. In addition, a .pdf version of every UH media guide are available on the website.
COLLEGEPRESSBOX.COM collegepressbox.com is the official media website for Western Athletic Conference football. Access and download weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media guides, headshots, logos and more for the conference and each of its member schools. Login information will be distributed to accredited media or you can apply for a password by sending an email to password@collegepressbox.com.
WAC COACHES’ WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE The WAC will hold a weekly football coaches’ teleconference every Monday beginning August 29 and running through November 28. The teleconference will begin at 10:30 a.m. (MT). The coaches will be available for a 7-minute time period to preview the upcoming opponent and answer questions from the media. The number to call to participate is (877) 812-1320. Identify yourself and your outlet to the operator and inform the individual you wish to participate in the WAC Football Coaches Teleconference. A replay of the teleconference will be made available on the WAC’s website by following the Media Center link 2011 WARRIOR FOOTBALL
The times for all of the calls are as follows: (times are Mountain) 10:30 10:32 10:39 10:46 10:53 11:00 11:07 11:14 11:21 11:28
Dave Chaffin, WAC Mike MacIntyre, San Jose State Greg McMackin, Hawai‘i Sonny Dykes, Louisiana Tech DeWayne Walker, New Mexico State Gary Andersen, Utah State Robb Akey, Idaho Chris Ault, Nevada Pat Hill, Fresno State Karl Benson, WAC Commissioner
WHAT’S AN ‘OKINA? Q: Ever wondered what that punctuation mark in the word Hawai‘i is? A: In the Hawaiian language, it’s called an ‘okina, which translated literally in English means separator. Phonetically it is referred to as a glottal stop, similar to the sound that would be made in the English oh-oh. The ‘okina is actually a letter in the Hawaiian language and typed out looks like a backwards apostrophe. The practice of the UH Sports Media Relations office is to use the ‘okina in all Hawaiian words in which they occur.
WE ARE THE “WARRIORS” When referring to the UH football team, please use the nickname “Warriors.” Other UH teams go by the nickname “Rainbow Warriors” or “Rainbow Wahine.” However, the football team prefers the nickname “Warriors.” The word “Wahine” (pronounced wah-HEE-nay) means woman in the Hawaiian language and all UH women’s teams are referred to as the Rainbow Wahine.
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