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I'm sorry the tech czar is not here today but welcome to Hibachi Talk anyway we're gonna be beaming him in from Sydney Australia where he's getting prepped for the Rainbow Warriors football game today so that's gonna be a new little feature for you go there he is Gordo you're live how's things down there how you doing down there brother here in front of the EZ Stadium at Olympic Park wow well say hello to all of our viewers on Hibachi Talk for exciting football fever wow so when hey so when did how was the trip down there man would you leave left on Sunday I said nice 10 and a half hour flight no problem wow was there a lot of warriors on the flight with you there not the football team but there was a lot of fans coming in yeah for the game so yeah we're gonna have quite a few and we're saying that we're gonna be around 73 to 80,000 fans really football they know what football is down there they have their own version of it as you know the rugby they call it footsie yeah yeah I know why they got that name but they um they've got that down here I've met some people who are from Australia who already have their tickets they're all getting excited to come to the game they say they know nothing about it but the they're looking forward to it so I've been doing football 101 for a week wow so do you think it's been you know fairly well marketed or well received to have this event down there you know there's been a lot of things going on I've seen the players have been featured you know from both teams but US have been featured quite a bit because we do a lot of recruiting down here there's been news news coverage there's been radio coverage on their local sports channel there was a sweater swap with the rugby team but they did with a couple of the captains and Corey Rasmussen was on that was part of that there has been you know a fair bit of coverage in the in the paper not a lot but one of the things that was kind of interesting is they're saying that Australia will expect about a 10.2 million dollar bump to their economy just because of this game really and that's just from the teams and all the people that come to see them I guess they'll they'll hang around like yourself so how's prices down there you've been out to eat you had a beer too how's things going it's a what it makes Hawaii look cheap breaking the bank huh oh my goodness thank goodness we got a 25% kick on the dollar because that's sort of blending it out but it is it is not Sydney is not an inexpensive place to live is that right oh it's amazing I think well a six pack of beer is 20 bucks come on 20 Australian 20 Australian so you move that down to about 15 US but wow Rasmussen depressed every time he has to go into his pocket good thing Angus isn't here he couldn't afford it did he couldn't so I so I know your your grandson's gonna be out there all on the offensive side of the ball is how many of your family's down there with you no actually he's on the defensive line oh that's right D line sorry yeah D line nose guard number 75 we've got the entire family down here so what makes interesting there's four generations of one family here for this game wow there's you know my daughter my son-in-law my three grandkids including Corey obviously and then my great-grandson so all of us are here for this game four generations wow one football game kind of fun wow have you have you seen a lot of folks from Hawaii what do you I mean like are they on the hotel there are you are you staying near the stadium yeah we're a few blocks away at a condo from where the stadium is so a fair number of people from Hawaii you know running walking around a different location we saw some at the zoo we saw summit shopping of course those kinds of things yeah we've seen a fair number of people there they're pretty excited about you know about Hawaii this year yeah so you think the fans support show that's really amazing and is up are you guys gonna stay down there for a while after the game or I know because of the next games in Michigan so the next game is in Michigan I'll report from Michigan I'll go to that game as well there will be I'll leave on Monday so I'll head out on Monday or Australia's Monday which is your Sunday and then okay sorry are you gonna be stopping back through are you heading straight up I'm stopping back to I gotta do my laundry right on right on so what what what's the big you know what's the expectation for the game I mean you know cows a pretty big team is the is I know you talked to your grandson a little bit is he excited they feel like they got a gonna give these guys a good game yeah I think I talked to a lot of the kids they're you know they're very amped up I talked to the coaches the coaches see the fire in their eyes I see it in their eyes too they're excited about this opportunity this is like their bowl game it really is for them cows been talking a lot of smack about them but why has been keeping themselves you know under that limelight you know they've been very positive about what they're doing so I think it's going to be interesting to see how it turns out but they're ready they are definitely ready they're excited they want to make sure that they give the Hawaii fans a real good show and they know that people are watching from back home and they know it's being broadcast you know you know pretty well all over the country and perhaps all over the world so it's you know they're really really aware of what this opportunity means to them that's awesome did you have you had a chance to have any meals with them or the team they've been kept kind of sequester yeah they've been pretty well kept in the hotel and then to practice and then they've had a lot of study hall so the good thing is you know they haven't forgotten why these kids are here they're having to go you know do go to study hall you'll take their lessons get that done get that out of the way so that's all been happening a lot of time in the gym a lot of time in the weight room one of the local clubs here allowed them to use their facility that's what the rugby players use so they're there and again on the on the practice field we had a we were supposed to have a public practice the other day there but it just poured and they canceled it so we were unable to get to that but I seen a lot of the you know a lot of the kids around they're having a good time right on and so are they so does your there's Corey have to does he stay with you guys in family or is he got to stay with the team in the hotel no he's actually Corey's actually staying with with the team they're you know they're on they're not allowed out after a certain time you know they just can't go wandering around you know they're their role has done a great job along with the other coaches and keeping these kids disciplined keeping them in line huh that's well there's over a hundred of them here so why so many that's all they brought the whole practice squad they brought everybody and clue but then also they brought the tennis coach the basketball volleyball recruiters you know there's a whole entourage of University of Hawaii people here I heard David Lazarus here that's the president of the University he's here just a lot of pomp and circumstance they're calling it the Sydney Cup yeah so they want to do it every year wow is that have you got did you see David I know you know him is even out in town or I have not seen him hopefully I'll run into him today but no have not seen him around he might not have been here obviously as long as I have because of the you know he's got he's got a regular job so he's got it he's got to earn all that that that small paycheck he gets big so but I understand he's staying at a hotel across the road from the where the team is staying I see right on cool well so and so we do a lot of recruiting are there any Australians on our team this year do you know yeah there is there's one kid unfortunately he has to these he's not allowed to play because we're still waiting for his transcript to get cleared by the University of Hawaii so he's here and there's some there's a history of Hawaii Australian players on the University of Hawaii team so a few of the old-timers have showed up to some of the practices to talk to some of the guys so it's been a real real cultural experience for them as well so it's neat it's really really neat I'm glad they've got to do this yeah it's it's it's a good thing you got to go down there and you get a little bit of you know a little bit of an insider scoop worry I'm sure he tells you tells you whatever the coach allows him to tell you anyway yeah that's for sure but you guys it's fun to watch these kids because many of these kids have never been out of the US so for them just even to come somewhere into another country is different for them yeah I see I did see an article that I was actually Cal their coach talking about how for his kids even to get you know out of out of the US a lot of them had and left the US or even left the California before so you know it's a good opportunity to get out and see the world some that you know because there are a lot of them are pretty young 18 19 20 years old right it's a big trip for a young man that's good stuff so what do you what's your expectation that you're going to set up like a little tailgate or what are you got going on we're getting at our condo because it's a 10 minute walk over to the stadium to make life easier we're going to set up at the condo and then just walk over here yeah you guys grilling I mean do you have an outside grill I did you do Hibachi on football over there what do you do is it fish meat pies meat pies are awesome the fish is excellent too excellent sushi the meat pies are terrific you know really interesting good food Turkish food fish and chips a lot of British influence a lot of British are you guys down near the water out of where's this stadium at no it's more central it's up from the water I see it's about it it's about an hour train ride down to like the Darling Harbor or down to the Opera House we went to both those locations wow oh and they drive on the left-hand side of the road now that's a that's a shocker yeah I tell you that's that'll put you in the cardiac arrest do they have Uber and you've been ubering around any no I not been ubering I've been taking the train and then we have a van as well because there's a whole bunch of us but nice we took a train yesterday we went down to Darling Harbor and spent the day down there which was great it looks great the weather looks incredible I mean the sky behind you is really blue is it what's the temperature gonna be 65 degrees Celsius here but 65 Fahrenheit so all day long like I even a game time at game time to yeah it's about I'd say it's about 60 right now so it'll be a nice and it's gonna be like a daytime game like a noon or something with noon or one o'clock or something it's yeah it starts at noon Australia time 4 p.m. Hawaii time yeah I understand a lot of the bars are opening up for the game on at 4 o'clock or earlier so a lot of people will be bailing out of the office early today I bet yeah some of your favorite joints downtown will be hosting I'm sure Murphy's will have a something going on over there oh yeah guaranteed he'll be doing that and then what about there are the other bars do they have like they probably don't have American football member of Billy in them do they have since all soccer or rugby yes soccer and rugby a lot of that I haven't seen any football member of Billy and any of the local I patient establishments that I've been to huh so you'll have to drop off some some UH some warrior gear you know so that they have a little spot on their wall like yeah I could do yeah maybe I'll work something I've been a couple of good blokes around here that a lot of fun right on hey we're gonna take a break over and pay a few bills you know how that works got it and then let's see if we can get rad on the line though when we get back yeah I'll go grab them he's chasing he's living around I'll get it right now right on man we'll talk soon I'm Jay Fidel and I'm the host of research in Minoa Mondays from 12 to 1 on think tech Hawaii comm take a look at us and learn about geophysics learn about planetology learn about the ocean and earth sciences at UH Minoa you'll really enjoy it so come around we'll see you then looking to energize your Friday afternoon tune in to stand the energy man at 12 noon aloha Friday here on think tech Hawaii hi I'm Chris Ethan with think tech Hawaii and I'd like to ask you to come watch my show the economy in you each Wednesday at 3 p.m. aloha I'm Shantel Seville the host of the savvy chick show which you can watch every Wednesday at 11 a.m. on think tech Hawaii comm on the savvy chick show we are all about inspiring and empowering women and girls to be the best they can be by having amazing guests from all around the world so we hope you'll join us every Wednesday at 11 a.m. aloha hey aloha welcome back to hit by she talks right here on think tech we got a little scoop going on for you today word of the techs are is down in Sydney he's at the stadium getting his free game warm-up on and I think we've got razz online razz what's up buddy yeah you're doing that through doing all right man nice to see you on on Australia time I'm sure you're gonna enjoy the game oh I'm me I'm learning a new language down here in this wonderful country it's great it's really great so have you been harassing the ladies or you kind of been staying to yourself being a good boy this week heck no I'm trying to get burdened to let me out of the bag give me up so you think the fans are excited for a UH game down under oh yes there really are there's no much about football but it's really great to have them here and talking about footsie as they call it they call it footsie here footsie you wouldn't even know anything about that well footsie I thought was a movie I guess it's not that's it's never mind the barrier called to me I like that I always order two twoies I see so you longer to twoies so have you have you seen that is your hat popular I see you I see you're wearing the you know Hawaii logo out in the front there have you gotten any compliments about that oh yeah you know it doesn't work then find around here that you know the people are nice the stadium is excellent just excellent facilities you know all of the TV stations are all setting up now so it's gonna be really really an exciting day you think they're gonna let you in the stadium no I can't get in the stadium maybe Gordo can hide you in the bag it looks like we lost our little feed there no you're back so back it's is this your low battery message is this your first time to Australia there as this is my first time to Australia down under it's really nice here and so it's it's it's cold and so you're I guess you're you're pulling for Corey Rasmussen is that what razz that short for Rasmussen this rat Rasmussen Rasmussen you think you get the name right after shirts here that's interesting I don't know why but Seattle Seattle there's some labs over there with Seattle C-shirts maybe they have some they might have some some Australian players on their team perhaps yeah maybe the New England Patriots have you gotten to did you get to speak with any of the players no I didn't get to speak again one let me out of the bag nice so you've been kept on a short leash as well as the players very very shortly you know they're keeping me ready for the game it's good to share the love I'm glad you're down there helping out Gordo needs little support I know I'm trying to spread the aloha oh there's a guy wearing shorts degrees and there's a guy wearing shorts oh my goodness I got two sweaters on is that Gordo behind you that's me over hanging in here keeping him on a short leash down there yeah yeah pretty thick too that's good stuff you're gonna be memorable down there I'll be surprised if you don't get a little extra news coverage have you we hope not have you seen any of the local news media around there from Hawaii not yet not yet I think they're setting up if you look across the stadium park area you can see where they're setting up now well you can let them know that you got interviewed by Hibachi talk and that'll probably what drive them to want to get you interviewed on their show as well oh yeah I bet they can hardly wait to have me have res me tackle on I guarantee it I can do football 101 that's good stuff that's good they need that down there what so what yeah what is the stuff that you're trying to teach like um what don't they know let's start with that but don't they know well they don't know anything I mean they really don't understand the game at all so you know they say it why does it take three hours to play a one-hour game that's one of their biggest issues yeah so they know there's two teams that they know and they know there's an office and they know there's a defense did you tell them about the kickoff I told them about the kickoff and told them about the towns so they got that all figured out did you tell them about any of the penalties a bit but that got them even more confused yeah they won't understand that at all I'm sure yeah that was like you know how do you get 10 yard penalty or 15 yard penalty and what's an offside and all that stuff well tell them it's probably just Cal it'll be getting all the penalties anyway well hopefully we're gonna kick Cal's butt like we said earlier this year oh hang on one sec it looks like we lost your feed there as well you know there you go batteries now you're back yeah my back they're getting my batteries low so maybe I'll start looking at phasing on out yeah what's the last message that you want to leave with that leave us with all righty so anyway we'll tell everybody back home that we're you know root for the we all right raz we'll see you soon man enjoy the game take care of Gordo and remember in case you didn't understand me University of Hawaii football team is gonna kick butt on the roll of itch this season so be sure to follow us on think tech Hawaii and Hibachi top I'll be at every game and remember hello