SAN JOSE, Calif. — If you count yourself as a long-time University of Hawai'i football fan, you undoubtedly remember the days when head coach Dick Tomey helped make Aloha Stadium the place to be on Saturday nights between 1977 and 1986.

You recall the time UH battled eventual national champion USC well into the fourth quarter in 1978 and the painful loss to another eventual national titlist, Brigham Young, in 1984. Maybe you even remember his young son, Richie, carrying the headset cable on the sidelines.

In honor of Tomey's retirement from San Jose State at season's end and tomorrow's game against UH, we offer a refresher in Tomey Trivia to test your knowledge of the Tomey Era at UH.

1. Tomey was well known for wanting to "just have a chance to..."

A. Run up the score.

B. Throw the ball deep.

C. Win it in the fourth quarter.

2. Tomey did a TV insurance commercial in which he famously talked about:

A. Ifs and buts were Christmas nuts.

B. Apples and oranges.

C. Peanut butter and jelly.

3. To toughen up his team's "belief structure" Tomey brought in:

A. Frank Shorter for a run up Koko Head.

B. Tony Robbins for a walk over hot coals.

C. Sgt. Mel for early morning boot camp workouts.

4. Tomey's record against UH is:

A. 5-0

B. 3-1.

C. 2-3

5. Instead of highlights after a particularly embarrassing loss in the Tomey era, then-KGMB sportscaster Larry Beil ran a clip from:

A. The Three Stooges.

B. Checkers and Pogo.

C. Mr. Rogers

6. Tomey's annual salary when he was first brought to UH by:

A. Herman Frazier ($485,000).

B. Stan Sheriff ($180,000).

C. Ray Nagel ($33,500).

7. Behind 19-0 to Wyoming in the first quarter of a 1986 game at Aloha Stadium, Tomey called timeout and set the stage for a 35-19 victory with a ...

A. Throwing, kicking and stomp of the Gatorade bucket.

B. Sideline chewing out of his team.

C. Prolonged rant at the officials.

8. Trailing last-place UTEP badly at halftime in Aloha Stadium, Tomey once told a sideline radio interviewer:

A. "I shall return!"

B. "If we don't win they should fire my dumb (bleep)."

C. "We weren't worth a (bleep)."

9. The number of coaches from Tomey's staff at UH who later became college head coaches:

A. 3

B. 7.

C. 10.

10. Tomey's coaching mentor was:

A. Woody Hayes.

B. Bo Schembechler.

C. John McKay.

ANSWERS: 1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (b); 4. (c) 5. (a); 6. (c); 7. (b); 8. (c); 9. (b); 10. (b).