Comments on: Moanalua’s Pagano recounts Clemson’s season

By: 808

808 — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 11:06:47 +0000

“BCS National Championship Game” does not exist anymore. It is CFP (college football playoff) National Championship Game. Since the 2014 season, the “BCS” (Bowl Championship Series) is a thing of the past. There are no longer such things as “BCS” Bowls, now called the “New Years Six” and no longer such thing as “BCS conferences” now referred to as Power 5.

By: Action Jackson

Action Jackson — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 04:55:21 +0000

@Moanalua they got plenty mainland kids so transitions easier to mainland college. Same with Radford, Leilehua, Kalaheo, Kapolei, Milillani, even Kaiser. When you got plenty teammates in highschool that are black and white, chances are you feel more comfortable playing college on the mainland. Even Clemson.
In the early 90s Kalaheos basketball teams were mostly black and white guys. Their soccer team was all white in 1993 ranked 15th in the nation. Radford early 90s basketball was 90% brothers. Kaiser football teams early 90s were like 50% blonde dudes.

By: EwaEwa

EwaEwa — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 02:32:56 +0000

Great person and great athlete. Good luck to him next season.

By: amela

amela — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 20:29:52 +0000

From what I heard he had family over there to make the transition easier.

By: Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 14:41:17 +0000

I remember seeing him play a lot in the NCAA football championship game. You could easily recognize him with all his Samoan tatoos on his arm. But his name never got called by the announcers. He didn’t play Pop Warner football. That explains why the ILH wasn’t aware of him and didn’t recruit him. Now, another mystery: Why would he ever want to go there to play? Surely the Pac-12 and UH offered him. I never even figured Clemson would reach all the way out to the islands to recruit a player.