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Colt Brennan and Hawaii gets more national attention. First, from ESPN's Dave Revsine.

56: But no quarterback has put up more impressive numbers than Hawaii's Colt Brennan. His 39 TD passes put him on a pace for 56 -- two more than the record for a single season, set by Houston's David Klingler in 1990. Before you protest about Brennan's two additional games, remember that Klingler threw 11 TDs in one shameless 84-21 rout of Eastern Washington.

77th: The four schools left on Hawaii's schedule (Louisiana Tech, San Jose State, Purdue and Oregon State) have an average rank of 77th nationally in pass efficiency defense, meaning Brennan has a great shot at putting up some big numbers down the stretch.

37: For a little perspective on Brennan's achievements, consider that these nine teams have combined for 37 TDs or two fewer than the Hawaii QB has thrown all by himself -- Navy, Florida International, Colorado, Arkansas State, Duke, Arizona, Air Force, Kansas State and Southern Mississippi.

The Boston Herald's "Double D" has a story about UH football not getting respect, calling UH "the Rodney Dangerfield of college football."

Also, Hawaii doesn’t get full credit for its home wins because of the “paradise” factor. Visitors supposedly are lulled to sleep by the sun, surf and beauty of the Islands.
Finally, Hawaii’s games start so late Saturday night many folks don’t get the score until Monday. That’s not good when the updated rankings come out on Sunday.

And finally, Jaymes Song writes another AP article, this time about tomorrow's game against La Tech.

"Everybody deep down inside really wants this game and really wants to go out there and kind of redeem ourselves for last year," Brennan said. "We're going to have no problems of getting up for this game and going out there and putting it on them.

"But we know they have a lot of talent. We know they have athletes that can run. If we underestimate them and don't respect them, they could make things difficult for us."

The surging Hawaii Bowl-bound Warriors are seeking their seventh straight win. They have outscored their opponents 131-20 in the last two games and are ranked No. 1 in the nation in total offense (534 yards a game), passing (429) and scoring (47.3).

Hawaii, favored by 38 points, should have another big offensive night.

The Bulldogs are last in the nation in total defense and second worst in scoring defense. Louisiana Tech has only six sacks on the season.

"They really have got it rolling right now and it's just an unbelievable challenge," Bulldogs coach Jack Bicknell said. "The big thing you've got to do is just try to slow them down and you're going to need some score some points offensively to have a chance."

It's too bad that they're decimated by injury. Nonetheless, NO MERCY! GO WARRIORS!!!!