Rankings, Etc.

UH is getting more votes. Not "actually" ranked yet but getting oh so close. In the polls, Hawaii is:

• Ranked 28th (40 votes) in the USA Today Coaches Poll
• Ranked 29th (11 votes) in the AP Poll
• Ranked 30th in the BCS poll
• Ranked 31st in CFN's poll.
• Ranked 29th in the CBS Sportsline poll
• Ranked 28th (56 votes) in the Harris Interactive Poll

In other poll news, you can vote for Colt Brennan as USA Today's Player of the Week here. Do it!

If you want to see how a Utah TV station covered yesterday's game, you can see the story and video at this KUTV.com page.

And finally, Tom D'Angelo of the Palm Beach Post has a section on the Warriors in his college football wrap up.

One of the most exciting teams in the nation plays five time zones away from the East Coast and never will be taken seriously in the college football landscape, especially when year after year it plays a bowl game in its hometown.

Those are the pitfalls when you are Hawaii. Still, the Warriors possess the most potent offense in the country and have the perfect gunslinger at quarterback.

Colt Brennan leads the nation in passing efficiency (190.0) and touchdown passes (39) and has completed 73 percent of his passes. Brennan threw for 413 yards and six touchdowns in Saturday's 63-10 victory at Utah State, setting school records for touchdown passes in a season and pass attempts without an interception (182).

Brennan could become the second college quarterback in history to throw for 5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns in a season, joining Houston's David Klingler.

Unfortunately, that section I emphasized in bold highlights how UH is perceived around much of the nation. Right now a lot of college football fans, coaches, writers, etc. do not take the Warriors seriously, for whatever reason, whether it's the offense, strength of schedule, being in the WAC, etc. Well, the only thing UH can do is to just keep winning, especially against quality teams. The opponents on the rest of the schedule will get progressively better leading up to the Hawaii Bowl, so let's hope Hawaii wins out and makes a statement! GO WARRIORS!!!!