Moenoa, a fourth-year junior from Iolani School, competed with the second team during contact drills. Phil Kauffman, a fourth-year junior from Saint Louis School, worked with the first team.

While Moenoa is expected to play in Saturday’s season opener against Appalachian State, it is not known if he will start. Moenoa, who moved from right tackle to right guard in spring practice, has started 26 consecutive games, the longest active streak on the team. He is on track to surpass Kaulana Noa’s team record of 49 consecutive starts by a position player.

Moenoa, a fourth-year junior from Iolani School, was on crutches during practices Monday and Tuesday. He wore a protective medical boot yesterday. He insisted he could have returned yesterday, "but the trainers felt otherwise. I guess that’s how it goes."

Meanwhile, right cornerback Abraham Elimimian, who did not compete in three practices because of a strained right calf, returned to the lineup yesterday.

• Who’s the masked man?: Quarterback Jason Whieldon, who will start in place of suspended Tim Chang, has been diagnosed with a "lazy" right eye, necessitating him to wear a protective plastic face shield on his helmet. Whieldon said he has 20-20 vision in both eyes, and is not required to wear glasses or contact lens to correct the problem in his right eye.

• National exposure: UH coach June Jones said the Nov. 29 game between UH and Alabama will be shown nationally on either ESPN or ESPN2.

The game was not listed on ESPN’s initial schedule, although UH always anticipated it would be picked up. UH did not include that game on its pay-per-view package shown live on Oceanic Cable.