Hawai‘i: Rainbow Warriors treating this as the first of many bowl weeks.
Hawai‘i · TexasAt this Texas border city, with Mexico’s Franklin Mountains as the backdrop, the University of Hawaii football team is facing a season on the brink. Every game is going to be the biggest game in the world.
This game (against host UTEP today) will be the biggest game in the world." This will be the first meeting since 2004 between the former Western Athletic Conference members.
The Miners relocated to the MWC this past July. "The stadium is built into the mountain," Brown said of the Sun Bowl.
"And it's a great environment being able to see Mexico on the other side. That's a pretty cool scenery, especially for an island boy."
KEY POINTS
- Rainbow Warriors treating this as the first of many bowl weeks.
- At 2-6, the Rainbow Warriors need to win their four remaining regular-season games to secure bowl eligibility.
- “We’re not looking at four, we’re looking at one,” associate head coach Chris Brown said.
- The Miners left the WAC in 2005; the Warriors joined the Mountain West in 2012.