UH and the BCS, Brogan, LaBoy, Etc.

Here are a couple of stories discussing how UH is one of the last remaining non-BCS teams that still has a shot to break into a BCS game, just two weeks into the season.

From ESPN's Adam Rittenberg:

Scheduling is the greatest puzzle for non-BCS teams, including the troop's new kingpin, Hawaii. Many question whether the Warriors' nonconference slate -- Northern Colorado, UNLV, Charleston Southern and Washington -- is strong enough to merit BCS selection even if the team goes undefeated.

Benson notes that Hawaii tried to schedule bigger-name opponents and was wiling to leave paradise to play.

"Hawaii was willing to open the season at Michigan," Benson said. "They talked to Nebraska, they talked to Southern Cal, West Virginia, Indiana. Hawaii was willing to go on the mainland to open the season against a high-profile opponent but didn't get any takers."

From USA Today's Steve Wieberg:

It almost certainly will take an unbeaten regular season for Hawaii to secure the No. 12 ranking needed for automatic entry in the Bowl Championship Series (or No. 16 if the Warriors finish higher than the champ of a BCS anchor conference: Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pacific-10 and Southeastern).

"Those things are out of our control," Jones says. "I tell our team all the time you can't worry about things you can't control. … We'll let all of that stuff take care of itself."

And here are some odds and ends:

Mark Saxon of the Yuma Sun profiles former UH quarterback Will Brogan, who is now with Arizona Western.

Dave Albee of the Marin Independent Journal profiles former UH defensive lineman and current Tennessee Titan Travis Laboy.

Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News writes that last weekend, for the most part, was a bad one for the WAC, so this weekend is important.

And finally, another look back at the LaTech game, in this great highlight video put together by julzcsar.