In Houston / Colt With the Vote

Stephen Tsai has a Warrior practice report from Houston.

• As June Jones pointed out earlier, with a limited travel roster, the top offenses and defenses are practicing against each other. Still, Colt Brennan is completing pass after pass. Tyler Graunke, who is no longer wearing a protective wrap on his left hand, also is getting work against the No. 1 defense.
• That last cheer was the first breeze of the evening. It's 8:30 p.m. and the humidity is in the 90-plus-percent range.

Tsai also runs into a familiar face.

While waiting for the elevator, a gigantic man — maybe a recruit? — walks with video coordinator Michael Brewster. I reach for the notepad when . . . oh, shucks, it's Brandon Eaton, the former UH lineman. Great to see Brandon, disappointed he wasn't a recruit. Brandon has five words to say: "I'm gonna kill Ian Sample." I guess the book is very popular.

Dave Reardon, also in Houston, also talked to Eaton.

Eaton also says he’s not very happy with Ian Sample’s book, “And yeah, you can write that. I might have to go to Japan.”

Yowza.

Reardon also has a cool anecdote involving Lee Corso.

UH media relations director Derek Inouchi and quarterback Colt Brennan have a new best friend: ESPN analyst Lee Corso. Corso called Inouchi’s office on Wednesday, requesting Brennan updates each week so he can hype him for the Heisman.

Inouchi: “Certainly. I’ll email them to you.”

Corso: “Not so fast my friend. I don’t check email. Fax it to me.”

If Corso's hyping someone from Hawaii, then maybe there's hope for humanity after all.

Speaking of Colt, he just won himself an award. Dave has details...

College football fans across the nation voted Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan the season’s first recipient of the AT&T All-America Player of the Week award, the only major college football award chosen exclusively by fans.

Brennan received 45 percent of the votes to beat out Appalachian State quarterback Armanti Edwards (37 percent), UCLA quarterback Ben Olson (10 percent) and Rutgers wide receiver Tiquan Underwood (8 percent).

...and Colt's response:

“It’s a tremendous honor to be recognized among that group of guys,” Brennan said. “But I realize it’s the beginning of the season and what really matters is the success of the team over individual accomplishments.”

Right on.