More Things to Watch / More WAC / Tuioti-Mariner

ESPN.com's Ivan Maisel and Mark Schlabach, who already did a list of things they're looking forward to in the WAC, now do one for college football in general. Here's Schlabach's #2:

2. Can another WAC team crash the BCS party? Boise State did it last season, and with tailback Ian Johnson returning, the Broncos again are favorites to win the league for a sixth consecutive time. Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan returned to the island for a shot at a big bowl, but the Warriors' weak schedule -- which might include two Division I-AA opponents and only 13 games -- might keep him in Hawaii for the holidays and out of the Heisman Trophy race.

That, along with Pete Fiutak's article in the previous post, and the preseason hype is starting to go the Warriors' way, with a few understandable reservations about SOS.

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Speaking of Fiutak, he writes a New Mexico State preview. I think NMSU will be the surprise of the WAC this season. And here's a Louisiana Tech preview from last week, from the insanely prolific Fiutak once again.

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And finally, Stephen Tsai writes about the Tuioti-Mariner brothers, UH center Lafu and brother Maxwell, a HS O-lineman who is being recruited by a bunch of BCS teams, as well as UH.