Speaking of Colt

Here's an ESPN.com profile of Colt Brennan by Adam Rittenburg.

Brennan's first connection with star wide receiver Davone Bess occurred nowhere near a football field. In the summer of 2005, Bess and several other Hawaii players invited Brennan over to their apartment after a workout. At one point during the night, Bess went outside to take a phone call. When he hung up, he saw Brennan walking up the porch.

"Next thing you know, we had a heart-to-heart," Bess said. "Within 15 or 20 minutes into the conversation, we felt like we knew each other. We'd both been down the same road; we both went through the same situations."

Bess was sentenced to 15 months at a juvenile detention facility after being convicted as an accessory for possessing stolen goods in July 2003, two weeks before he was set to begin his collegiate career at Oregon State.

"Our situations were totally two different scenarios, but we both had the finger pointed to us without the proper evidence," said Bess, who enrolled at Hawaii four months after being released. "We both were pretty much taking life for granted. We couldn't be stopped. Everything was going so good for us. And then all of a sudden, bam! That's a reality check.

Definitely a good read.