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Hawaii will bring at least two members of the football program that can give bus driver directions if there is a mixup from the airport to Boulder.
Rainbow Warriors offensive line coach Chris Naeole may be the . An offensive guard, honors as a senior in 1996 and was picked in the first round of the NFL Draft by New Orleans the following spring. Naeole played 11 seasons the NFL, the last six (2002-07) with Jacksonville.
Hawaii starting junior offensive lineman Ben Clarke is from Littleton and played high school football for Chatfield. Clarke (6-foot-3, 285 pounds) played his first two seasons for the Rainbow Warriors at center but was moved to left tackle in the spring. He has made 27 starts for the Rainbow Warriors and was selected to the Lombardi Award watch list.
