How would you describe Hawaii's offense?

Yeah, the run and shoot, it's based in the air raid offense.

A lot of, you know, different personnel groupings.

They'll put four wide receivers on the field.

But, again, you've got to adapt to your personnel.

And right now they've got talented running backs.

They've got some good tight ends that can block.

So if you want to gloat, by all means, here's your

What do you see? Kind of break down these two quarterbacks for folks in your view.

Yeah, Mike Alejandro, I'm a big fan of his.

You know, he obviously put the college football world on notice last season with a great freshman campaign, and he started hot last week against Stanford doing the same thing.

You know, when you watch his tape, I think he's a great player when it comes to playing within the system, that run-and-shoot offense, get the ball out quick, find those throws down the field when they're there.

But where he really excels is when the play breaks down, his first read and second read isn't available.

He can get outside the pocket, keep his eyes downfield, which a lot of young quarterbacks struggle to do.

and then work some of those scramble drills.

How weird is that?

They're ready to go if things in other places don't work out, and they're gonna stay competitive and I think they're gonna be knocking on the door here at the end of the season.

Did either of you guys ever get a chance to play against UH? I did.

You did? My, my first ever start, so I played at USC from 2013 to 2015.

My first ever start as a college quarterback was at Aloha Stadium- Oh wow ... against Hawaii.

Yeah.

Wow.

What do you remember? It was a full circle moment.

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Mm.

Now, I know Sean Mannion has never called plays before, and he's only been a coach for two years.

But as a player and as a coach, he's been inside offensive meeting rooms with Sean McVay, with Matt LaFleur, with Gary Kubiak, with Clint Kubiak, with Dave Canales, with Zach Taylor, all these really good offensive minds.

So he's gained a ton of knowledge, and I promise you, he has notes to go back and look at as a player and now as a coach to where he can, you know, create this offense.

Now, I don't know exactly what it's going to look like, but I anticipate that it's gonna be heavily influenced by the Shanahan-McVay scheme.

So what are you gonna get with that? You're gonna get creativity in the run game with efficient blocking schemes to help Saquon Barkley get back on track.

You're gonna get a quarterback-friendly system to make Jalen Hurts' life a lot easier and put him in positions to succeed.

Nope