Hey fans!
First I want to thank MountaineerBob and the gang for allowing me to come aboard. I had a somewhat extensive talk with him today and he gave me a great oppurtunity with the site.
Now, I’m sure you all have been wondering about the status of Benji Kemoeatu since signing day last Wednesday. It’s been eating at me pretty hard also.
So this morning I got up with a purpose: find any answers possible. I sat down and lit a cigarette and said to myself “OK where do I start”. Well, my search took me to Hawaii via the net and I got a good idea smack in the middle and emailed a writer of the Honolulu paper and asked about Benji. I could think no better way of finding out other than tracking down Benji’s phone number and talking to him directly which requires some, uh, let’s say costly and possibly offensive actions.
As of this writing, I haven’t heard anything back or saw anything posted… but I won’t give up. I’ll let you fans know when I find something out.
Why is it more expensive to call Hawaii? Especially if using a cell phone?
Good work. Please keep us updated.
His Parents dont want him in shit er morontown…he will be a ute…hahahaha..utah all day…..hah.ah.ah.ah.ah.
And we Mounties don’t care to be in facist-Mormom Utah. Maybe Benji’s bro had a rough time there so that’s why Benji would never consider going to Utah. STFU and go marry a 16 yr old as your 4th wife. Dumbass!
All I wanna know is WTF is a ute? Isn’t that like a truck from back in the day? Or is that another name for a sasquatch? Yep, I consider being called a hillbilly a compliment for sure now. No sasquatches here unless that moron comes out here lol.
Im sure he is having second thoughts about west virginia because he just caught word how in-bred and white trash you are. So keep enjoying your time in your goverment housing and RV’s,making your own liquor, and sleeping with relatives. oh and nice pitt loss you freaking choke jobs….
I think its funny that you have nothing better to do so you come on a wvu fan site and try to talk trash and in reality you probably got rejected from the university.
Ahhh, nothing quite like getting dissed by someone who both has seven wives AND who’s school plays in the Mountain West…Or is it big sky…or WCC? Who the hell is Utah anyway? I didn’t even know you guy’s had a football team. The only school I ever heard of from Utah was BYU. What were you guys called again? I can’t remember, was it the newts or something like that? By the way, what is your school/conference champion’s tie-in..Humanitarian Bowl…Or was it Texas Bowl….No wait I got it, International Bowl right? Oh well, who the hell cares anyway. Do you see my point?….NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOU!!!
OK, call me crazy, but I had a couple of spare minutes on Tuesday so I dialed one of the phone numbers I have for Benji Kemoeatu, the four-star football recruit from Kahuku, Haw., who apparently signed his national letter of intent back on Feb. 6 to play for West Virginia, but never sent it.
If you’ve read my posts, my colleague Lya Wodraska’s posts or the posts on utezone.com, you know the story. There is interest in the situation in Utah because Kemoeatu committed to the Utes during his official campus visit, and two of his older brothers played at Utah before moving on to the NFL.
Anyway, I was stunned when someone answered the phone this time.
It was Benji’s father, the Rev. Manako Kemoeatu.
He said that Benji still has not sent the letter to West Virginia and that “he has not decided yet.”
When is he going to decide?
“Sometime soon, I hope,” the reverend said, noting that West Virginia “keeps calling and calling. They want an answer soon.”
When I asked what the hold-up was, Kemoeatu said that Benji still wants to talk it over with his family members.
Does that mean Ma’ake and Chris, the former Utes, are pushing for him to reconsider?
“No, they are just giving him advice. They are not telling him what to do,” Manako Kemoeatu said.
Then I asked the question a lot of Ute fans want to know.
Is Utah still in the picture?
“Most definitely,” he said.
And where does dad want him to go?
“I just say to my son, go where your heart tells you to go,” he said.
Kemoeatu said his son is “coming along slowly but surely, but is not there yet,” in his quest to qualify for a Divison I school academically.
As anyone who has followed the saga of the nation’s top recruit, Pennsylvania quarterback Terrelle Pryor, knows, the signing period ends on April 1.
Let me publicly apologize for the nutjobs posing as Ute fans and their ignorant and unintelligent comments. Best of luck to Benji no matter where he lands. Go Utes!
Mad respect to you canuck. To diss the Mountie faithful is senseless and ignorant especially anyone from Utah. All the best to you.
Hey Len and Outlaw,
On Honolulu is Father Alapaki Kim, formally one of the priests at St. John’s University Parish in Morgantown. He loved it at West Virginia and did a double tour there in the 80s. Suggest to the good Rev. Manako Kemoeatu to talk to another native about going to our school…
Mike
Benji is offically a Mountaineer. Per WBOY he signed his LOI to come to WVU. Great news!
I know that this is after the fact, but I just discovered this website. Morgantown was my favourite assignment in the Continental U.S. I would recommend WVU to anyone. As far as Utahman’s remarks go, I think he should first learn how to write in English, then tackle Hawaiian words like “ule” (which is the male sexual organ in Hawaiian).
Oh yes, I once saw a T-Shirt about Utah, it said, “Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you may be in Utah.” I wonder if that sentiment was the reason that pushed Benji to WVU?
Okay everybody benji is at wvu.
i know this chu he goes mai church
Why is Benji not on the WVU roster?
I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.
A Ute is a guy who played for the University of Utah. God you bloody dumbass!