UH at San Jose State Previews

Here's a preview of Friday's game from Jake Curtis of the San Francisco Chronicle.

"We realize we haven't proven anything yet," said Brennan, a senior. "It's the rest of the season that will matter. No matter how I did early in this season, no one cared what I did in the first six games."

Four of Hawaii"s final six games are on national TV, and they are against tougher opponents - San Jose State, Nevada, Boise State and Washington - than Hawaii has faced so far.

The Warriors' performance on TV also will affect the pollsters, who will be the biggest factor in determining whether Hawaii lands in the top 12 of the final BCS standings, which is what the Warriors need to get an automatic spot in one of the five BCS games.

A preview from Andrew Giornalista of the AP. I believe his name translates to "Andy the Journalist," though I may just be making that up.

"There is a lot left over for us from last year's game," said Tafralis, who was sacked six times in that matchup. "Not for them, because they did what they wanted to do against us. It has built up for us."

San Jose State, meanwhile, has been strong on defense during its winning streak, holding opponents to less than 300 yards of offense in each game. Spartans safety Jonathan Harris has intercepted a pass in three consecutive contests.

And here's a preview from Gregg Xenakes of The Sports Network.

Hawaii has often been exposed defensively, mainly because the unit has to spend so much time on the field after the quick- strike offense does its job, and yet this season the squad is actually second in the WAC in run defense (116.8 ypg), total defense (320.8 ypg) and scoring defense (21.8 ppg) after six outings. The squad is first in the conference in both sacks (3.8) per game and tackles for loss (8.8), placing sixth and seventh, respectively, on a national scale.

And finally, here are reports on Colt's ankle along with some previews from KHON's Kanoa Leahey, KGMB's Liz Chun and KITV's Rob DeMello in another CC compilation.