The point guard’s like the quarterback. Generally, too much credit goes his way when a team wins and too much fault when it loses.

Keep that in mind whatever happens with Hawaii freshman Bobby Miles tonight against Florida State in UH’s opener of the Diamond Head Classic. I like Miles’ potential, a lot. Most of the time he doesn’t play like a guy who was in high school last year … then again, most of the teams we’ve seen him go up against aren’t quite what you’d call big time. Is he ready to carry the load at the point against a legit D-I squad like the Seminoles?

My impression of Miles is that he’s already confident enough to lead a team, and he’s developing into a decent scorer. Tonight’s game offers a true test.

It would be nice for UH fans if the Rainbow Warriors could keep new coach Gib Arnold’s homecourt record perfect tonight, but I just don’t see it happening without a true point guard to back up Miles against a pressuring team like Florida State.

» If you think you’re busy this holiday season, consider Dave Matlin. He’s directing the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl and the Diamond Head Classic. He pulled off the double duty without a hitch last year but, with UH in both events this time, there’s more to deal with for him and his full-time staff of three, an intern, and volunteers.

But Matlin says it’s all good.

"With Hawaii in the bowl, there’s more of a demand for tickets, and that’s a great thing," Matlin said. "And with the outstanding field for the Diamond Head Classic, we’ve got 20 scouts here. There was just one last year."

» Let’s settle this once and for all. Maya Moore vs. Bill Walton, by ones to 11. Make it, take it.

Considering all the hand-wringing over UConn’s 89 wins (mostly from its coach, Geno Auriemma), maybe some of us haven’t come a long way, baby, since Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs in 1973.

Unless I missed something, nobody said the UConn women could beat the UCLA men. They’ve simply won one more game consecutively, and both are great achievements.

» I’m on the record with a prediction of UH winning the Hawaii Bowl by 17 points, but reserve the right to adjust that depending on what happens at tonight’s prebowl banquet. Believe it or not, bowl games are often won and lost at these events as the players posture and jockey for psychological advantage at what are supposed to be fun activities … look what happened leading up to last night’s Beef Already Bowl.

Warriors coach Greg McMackin might want to have a No Dancing rule in place tonight. UH riled up Michigan State in 1989 and Notre Dame two years ago with Polynesian war dances at the banquet. The results were not good for the home team.

Hawaii is ahead on the "respect" scoreboard so far this week, as Tulsa showed up late to the bowl’s first organized event on Sunday and then was a half-hour late to its only news conference Monday while the Hawaii contingent cooled its heels. Undoubtedly unintentional, but football players and coaches are the best at finding motivation wherever they can.

» Anonymous Chatroom Ignoramus keeps saying that going from the WAC to the Mountain West is a lateral move for UH football, or even a step down. Sure it is, in the same sense as going from the Titanic to a lifeboat.

» Is Donovan McNabb still one of the classiest guys in sports? What does "classy" really mean? Can you be considered classy and whine as much as McNabb does these days?

Is it classy to publicly call out your coach for benching you? Moan about being "disrespected" because Mike Shanahan has the audacity to not tell you until Thursday you’re not starting?

McNabb was engaging and polite the times I dealt with him at the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl. But as he heads toward the end of his career, some ill-timed candor makes it appear he’s aging less than gracefully.

Whether it’s fair or not, the way someone leaves often outweighs his body of work.

» With that being said … Hey, Brett Favre: Stay down already.