Two college football teams with polar perspectives — one acts as if it has nothing to lose, the other has everything to lose but nothing to say about it — meet in a regionally televised game today at Aloha Stadium.

Hawai'i and 22nd-ranked Fresno State have different approaches to the latest installment of what has become a heated rivalry.

The Warriors (3-4 overall, 3-2 in the Western Athletic Conference) have won four of six against the Bulldogs since 1999, June Jones' first season as UH head coach, and three in a row through 2003. They are 3-0 against the Bulldogs at Aloha Stadium during that six-year span.

Fresno State's 70-14 nationally televised rout at Bulldog Stadium last year fostered different responses to this year's meeting.

This week, the Bulldogs (5-1, 3-0 in WAC) have cloaked themselves in secrecy — and look-both-ways suspiciousness. Their practices are closed, their lips are sealed.

Their players apparently are prohibited from talking to Hawai'i media this week — a ban few knew was in place because Steve Weakland, the program's assistant athletic director in charge of communications, also was mum. Weakland refused to return messages left at his office and on his cell phone by local television and newspaper reporters. An FSU receptionist was overheard asking, "Is he in?"

The Warriors, meanwhile, remained loose and upbeat this week. Their practices, as always, were open to the public. That was evident when FSU coach Pat Hill dropped in two years ago during a family vacation.

UH coach June Jones invited former All-Pro running back Jamal Anderson, who will provide commentary for today's telecast of the game, to address the team after Thursday's practice. Jones was Anderson's head coach with the Atlanta Falcons in the early 1990s.

Jones declined to comment on the Bulldogs' clandestine policies. But Jones said he has no restrictions on his players or coaches.

"I talk to the kids all of the time on how to handle themselves with the media," Jones said. "They know what to say and they know what not to say. They do a good job. I've got good kids. I trust them."

The Warriors, to be sure, acknowledge their embarrassment over last year's road loss. "It was outrageous," right guard Brandon Eaton said. "It was on national TV. It was too big of a disappointment."

But the Warriors do not appear to be consumed with reliving the past. Part of it is repressed memory, part of it is the change in circumstances.

"It's in our house, and we're a different team in our house," right tackle Dane Uperesa said.

Also, none of the UH starters at the six ball-handling positions on offense played in last year's game. Jerry Glanville, UH's first-year defensive coordinator, has implemented a new plan to slow the Bulldogs' rugged running game.

"I'm excited," said UH quarterback Colt Brennan, who transferred from Saddleback Community College (Mission Viejo, Calif.) in June. "They're a team that's rolling and doing a lot of good things. We're a team starting to get over the hump. They have more to lose. They're more worried about us than we are about them. If you buy into that, if you plan on giving them four quarters of hell, that's really going to put them in a bind."

Glanville, meanwhile, implored the Warriors to look ahead.

"You can't worry about getting even," Glanville said. "If you're getting even, you don't win. I don't talk about getting even. Getting even means you've tied. We don't want the tie."

Reach Stephen Tsai at stsai@honoluluadvertiser.com.