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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

RGM

From Stephen Tsai, sounds like Ryan Grice-Mullins will be back for the New Mexico State game.
The improved play of Ross Dickerson, who moved from starting right wideout to fill in for Grice-Mullins, won't alter the plans, Jones said.

In three starts as a wideout, Dickerson caught nine passes for 99 yards and zero touchdowns. In three games as a slotback, Dickerson has 22 receptions for 237 yards and three touchdowns. He now is second on the team in receiving, behind left slotback Davone Bess, who leads the nation with 8.17 receptions per game.

"Ross has played extremely well," Jones said. "He played his best game this week. But Ryan is pretty good."

Grice-Mullins has 13 catches for 220 yards, an average of 16.9 yards per reception.

Dickerson won't be able to reclaim the job as the No. 1 right wideout, either. Ian Sample has caught two scoring passes in each of the past three games.
I think Dickerson will still be in for a significant amount of plays since he's been doing so well and RGM is still recovering. Plus, Ross is the Warriors best kickoff returner and he's bound to break one!

Stephen also reports that Kenny Patton will most likely be out until the Hawaii Bowl. That really sucks, for Kenny and for the team. Glad he is keeping in good spirits though.

In more news from that article, there's a profile on outside linebacker Micah Lau, an Erik Pederson position switch, a Keenan Jones possible redshirt, an injury update on Adam Leonard, and a pretty cool anecdote on the fake option UH ran against Fresno.
It was the new play that Jones installed specifically for Brennan's athletic ability. Expanding on a play Florida used with quarterback Tim Tebow, Jones came up with a scheme that could have been drawn on the streets. Brennan faked an option to running back Nate Ilaoa, stepped forward, then threw a dump pass to Sample, who was running a delayed post route, for a touchdown.

"(Jones) just comes up with so many different things," Brennan said.

During practice, when backup Tyler Graunke ran the play, "we were calling him 'Tybow,' after Tebow," Brennan said. "We're having a lot of fun with this offense."
We'll be in good hands with Tybow and Funaki if Colt decides to go pro after this season. But as Dave Reardon writes, for now, Colt probably won't.
Brennan is scheduled to graduate next fall. He said that's a priority, and he doesn't feel pressure to go pro after this season.

"You're only going to be in college once in your life. My family supports me really well, I don't have a financial obligation in my life right now," Brennan said. "If there is some life-changing experience and people really need me to look at some other opportunities, then I sit down and I think about it."

Brennan has completed an incredible 73.1 percent of his passes this fall. Even more remarkable is that his completion percentage has improved every game for the 4-2 Warriors. He was 32-for-39 in Saturday's 68-37 romp at Fresno State, with 409 passing yards in his third five-touchdown game of the season. It was his second game in a row with no interceptions, and his TD-to-pick ratio is 23-5 for the year.
Stay Colt, stay! If he does, he's gonna have like 6000 yards passing and 65 touchdowns next year. And he'll lead the Warriors to an outright WAC title, and dare I say, the mythical undefeated season as prophesied by the hairy oracle? Dare I? Awww hell yeah.

There's also video taken by the Honolulu Advertiser's Leila Wai of June Jones' and Colt Brennan's Monday press conference.

And finally, don't forget that Ikaika Alama-Francis will be having a live chat on The Warrior Beat today. Be there!

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