QB Club Honors, 2007 Spring Preview

The Advertiser staff writes that the Honolulu Quarterback Club honored Colt Brennan, Kanoe Kamana'o and others last night.

University of Hawai'i quarterback Colt Brennan and Rainbow Wahine All-America setter Kanoe Kamana'o were named Male and Female Athletes of the Year for 2006 by the Honolulu Quarterback Club.

Brennan and Kamana'o also were named Adult Athletes of the Year — spanning college to age 35.

Also, Pete Fiutak of Collegefootballnews.com has a 2007 WAC spring preview. Here's the Hawaii section:

The early spring buzz ... Who wants to play the Warriors? Making the trip to Honolulu was always a fun game to book for teams who'd likely have to battle for a bowl game. It was like a bowl played in the regular season, but more often than not, the sun, the bikinis and the vacation ruined the trip. Now, rumors of Michigan playing Hawaii are dead after the Wolverines backed (re: wussed) out to face Appalachian State.
The big spring question is ... Can Jerry Glanville squeeze just enough out of the defense to come up with the one or two stops needed to win most games? The offense will throw up 450 passing yards and 50 points on most afternoons, but the defense is just as likely to give up 451 yards and 51 points to the better offenses unless the experienced secondary plays far better. Finding some new ends who can get into the backfield is a must.
The most important position to watch is ... Running back. Colt Brennan will fling it around all over the place, but the offense needs someone to step in and replace the underrated Nate Ilaoa. The 254-pound back was a load to stop when he had a head of steam, and was a terror when he got the ball on the move in the passing game. He was second on the team in total offense and third in receiving.
Spring attitude... Get to the BCS. The one slightly difficult non-conference game, at the moment, should be Washington, and that's being played in Aloha. The official WAC schedule hasn't come out yet, but Boise State and Fresno State will likely have to come to Hawaii. With this offense, and just enough experience on defense to not be truly miserable, Hawaii has to shoot for one of the big five games.

Read the rest of the article for previews on the other teams around the league. But too bad Michigan didn't want to play UH. That would've been a great game. But the Wolverines shouldn't think they're getting a pushover I-AA team instead...

Because Appalachian is HOT HOT HOT!