Aloha meant goodbye when former UNLV walk-on quarterback Jarin Morikawa transferred to Jackson State last year. But it will mean hello again Thursday when the Hawaiian returns to Las Vegas as a backup quarterback for the Tigers, who’ll take on the Rebels in the season opener for both schools at Sam Boyd Stadium.
“I never thought that was going to happen,” Morikawa said Tuesday of the matchup. “I had heard some rumors about it in the offseason but I thought that would be too good to be true.
“I’m just excited about the opportunity to play against some familiar faces and revisit Sam Boyd again.