Some good articles out of Hawaii about the OSU game

Looks like the game is being viewed almost as a rivalry game in Hawaii. There's a lot of subplots to this Hawaii game. Coach Cavanaugh leaving UH for OSU last year. The Jeremy Perry saga. OSU recruiting so heavily in Hawaii. June Jones being from Portland.

These two articles pretty much cover it all:

Warriors will host Oregon St. in football - The Honolulu Advertiser

Oregon State and UH have been intense recruiting competitors in the past three years The rivalry boiled in 2004, when the state's top high school offensive lineman, Jeremy Perry of Kahuku High, signed with UH but did not submit his letter of intent. Instead, he ended up committing to OSU.

What's more, Mike Cavanaugh, who coached the offensive line during Jones' first six years as UH head coach, is now the Beavers' line coach.

UH to play Oregon State this fall - Honolulu Star-Bulletin.com

Warriors assistant Mike Cavanaugh -- a highly-regarded offensive line coach -- left Manoa after six seasons last year to join the Beavers staff. Cavanaugh and two other former UH coaches, Mark Banker and Greg Newhouse, helped a recruiting effort that netted six signed letters-of-intent from the islands two weeks ago.

The prospects join four others from Hawaii on the veteran roster, including sophomore center Jeremy Perry from Kahuku. UH and Oregon State were engaged in an intense competition to land Perry.

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Jones is from Portland, Ore., about an hour's drive from Corvallis. The game at Oregon State will be the first time he coaches a college game in his home state.