Hawaii loses the Pac 12 and their chance at the Ducks

Hawaii was set to play three pac 12 teams. The Rainbow Warriors to money maker was canceled as the Pac 12 decided to only play conference games.

The Rainbow Warriors will no longer being playing Arizona or UCLA, which are really no big deal. However, the loss of a top 25 school in Oregon is. The school was set to earn a payday and a victory would've gone a long way for the school.

Including Fordham, this makes 4 schools the Rainbow Warriors have lost. It really sucks as Hawaii has one of the top center prospects in TAAGA TUULIMA, the 6'2" 290 pound beast, who hasn't allowed a sack in over 700 plays.

Christian Shimabuku Of KHON2 wrote "The Rainbow Warriors are now tentatively scheduled to open their season on Oct. 3 at Aloha Stadium against fellow Mountain West Conference member Nevada."

UH athletics director David Matlin said "that the school is “disappointed” but will “move on accordingly with the rest of our schedule," in his statement released on Friday.

Ferd Lewis of the Star advertiser wrote, "For football, that means the apparent loss of $400,000 to play at Arizona and $1 million for the game at Oregon. The UCLA appearance was the most attractive game of UH’s home schedule and was to have marked the Bruins first visit here since 1939."

While the Pac 12 is claiming player safety is behind this, it doesn't change how much of a damaging impact this will have on the Rainbow Warriors football program. The team is left one opponent, who unless they cancel their season by choice, have no excuses not to play the Bows.

Hawaii is already limited in what bowl games they can play in due to NCAA conference rules, that extremely hinder their ability to realistically compete for a national championship. Now covid is reeking damage. The Warriors will survive and this but the battle scars will be tough to recover from.