National News

As the story makes the national rounds, Ian Sample talks about his blog.

Sample said he does not regret posting the deleted passages.

"I'm a little saddened that the blog detracted from the attention of the book, which is the most important part," Sample said. "That's my only error. I don't regret putting it up. I wish both (the printed and online versions) could have been together. In the blog, there's maybe three paragraphs that people are talking about. In the book, it's 120 pages. I wish people could look at both instead of looking at a few paragraphs, and judge me or judge the situation by that."

Unfortunately, many people are not buying the book because of what was on the blog. Although I'm sure there are some who will because of it.

Onto more positive national news, some CFN pundits write their college football predictions for the year, with several of them forecasting UH to win the WAC, and a couple seeing a BCS bowl game in the Warriors' future, along with some Heisman talk. From Pete Fiutak:

A: Winner of the Heisman – Colt Brennan, Hawaii – The numbers will be too gaudy to ignore for a second year in a row, and this time around, he'll have the record to back it up.

BCS Bowl Matchups
Rose – Wisconsin vs. UCLA
Sugar – Michigan vs. Hawaii
Fiesta – Oklahoma vs. Louisville
Orange – Virginia Tech vs. West Virginia
BCS Championship – USC over LSU

From Richard Cirminiello:

WAC – Hawaii – Forget the WAC. The Warriors have the right mix of talent and flimsy schedule to run the table, and make a pitch for an at-large BCS bowl berth.

BCS Bowl Matchups
Rose – Wisconsin vs. Cal
Sugar – Oklahoma vs. Florida
Fiesta – Texas vs. Hawaii
Orange – Boston College vs. West Virginia
BCS Championship – LSU over USC

Ahhh, the possibilities. Season starts in less than two weeks!