On to NMSU

Jason Kaneshiro writes that UH is getting ready to turn back around for another road trip.

This week's trip marks the midway point of a stretch of three road games over a four-week span. The Warriors will host Idaho next week, then travel to Utah State for a Nov. 4 meeting.

As they pack their bags for another lengthy flight, the Warriors will take with them the confidence that comes from putting together a dominant performance previously unseen outside of Aloha Stadium.

"We've never done it on the road before, so it makes me proud of the kids," Hawaii coach June Jones said after the Warriors broke the school record for points in a road game and fell just four points short of the overall record in the victory at Fresno State.

NMSU's Chase Holbrook passed for 500 yards last night against Boise. This Saturday's game is gonna be a hell of a shootout. Why isn't it on ESPN?

Ferd Lewis looks ahead and thinks that UH has a shot at winning every game the rest of the way.

Indeed, with the carnage that was Fresno State in the rearview mirror, the Warriors have soared over what once shaped up as one of the toughest hurdles to getting a shot at the school record for single-season victories. The standard was set by the 1992 UH team that went 11-2 on its way to a Holiday Bowl victory and the school's only top 20 finish.

Your current Warriors, with seven regular-season games remaining and the likelihood of a Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl appearance awaiting them on Christmas Eve, have a shot at history and appear to relish the possibilities. As center Samson Satele put it, "this is a new era."

It sure could be if the Warriors can run the table. At this point the two most challenging games would seem to be Purdue and Oregon State, Nov. 25 and Dec. 2. Both at home and both outings they could be favored in. The only remaining road games are Saturday at New Mexico State (2-4) and Utah State (1-6), both places where UH figures to be favored.

Going 12-2 this year would be awesome.

Jason Kaneshiro, who is stuck on the mainland due to the earthquake, also has Warrior Replay article, highlighting five key plays in the game. Now if only someone would post those plays on Youtube or something to go along with it, that would be cool! Anyway, hope all is well with all the reporters and others trying to get back home.

Colt Brennan gets a brief mention in the New York Times.

Hawaii's Brennan on Target Colt Brennan's 409 passing yards and season-high five touchdown passes in Hawaii's 68-37 defeat of Fresno State on Saturday raised the number of touchdown passes he has thrown this season to 23, tops in Division I. A junior, Brennan also leads the nation with 2,271 passing yards, an average of 378.5 a game, and has thrown just 5 interceptions in 242 attempts for the Warriors (4-2, 2-1 Western Athletic Conference). He is on pace to throw 50 touchdown passes this season.

And finally, here's a column from the Fresno Bee lamenting the Bulldogs defense, with some praise for the UH offense.

The Bulldogs' defense is indefensible. MacGyver couldn't fix it with Bob Vila's tools. When it blitzed, Hawaii broke a big play. When it sat back, Hawaii picked it apart.

Man-to-man? Touchdown.

Zone? Touchdown.

Hawaii would score a touchdown, Bulldog fans would get up to leave and Hawaii would score again before they could get to the gate.

This was not just any offense, of course. Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan threw the ball 39 times, and 32 times it was caught. It could have been more.

"We had three or four drops today," Hawaii coach June Jones said.

Scary, but true. Brennan threw for 409 yards and five touchdowns. And then took the fourth quarter off. In the three quarters Brennan played, the Warriors scored a point every 43 seconds, and if you watched the game, you have to be thinking, "Is that all?"

This Saturday's game should be fun.