Hawaii football took the field at Clarence T.C. Ching Complex against Portland State Saturday, the culmination of hard work from the UH athletic department. The adversity of the last 8 months prompted Hawaii football to take extreme measures to, well, even play football this fall. When it was clear Aloha Stadium wasn’t going to be an option, fans looked to Las Vegas, Maui, among other ideas. The chosen spot: beefing up the Warriors practice facility. Insane, an on-campus stadium was a pipedream for decades, and Saturday that dream came true, albeit not in ideal circumstances.
COVID protocols in regards to large gatherings meant Hawaii was the only FBS program in the country voluntarily playing in front of no fans Saturday night.