About Those Tickets

Dan Nakaso has details about the sold out allotment:

Warriors supporters would have had a better shot at getting Sugar Bowl tickets had UH officials accepted the school's full allotment of 17,500 seats. UH officials, concerned they would not be able to sell the full allotment, received permission from the Sugar Bowl and Western Athletic Conference to reduce the number to 13,500.

WAC Commissioner Karl Benson said last night that Sugar Bowl officials contacted him and UH officials before Saturday night's game against Washington asking if Hawai'i would give up 5,000 of its tickets to LSU if LSU ended up going to the Sugar Bowl "knowing that the LSU demand would be greater."

"Hawai'i was faced with making a decision, trying to estimate what their local demand might be and trying to accommodate the Sugar Bowl's request and made a decision that 12,500 tickets might be enough to satisfy the Hawai'i fan base," Benson said.

In the face of actual demand from UH fans, WAC officials are now asking the Sugar Bowl for extra tickets for Hawai'i, Benson said.

But UH officials have been told that the game is sold out, said UH associate athletic director John McNamara. "We just said, 'Call us if any more tickets become available,' " he said.

Talk about lack of faith in the fan base. Couldn't they have waited until after sales to the general public to give back any tickets? The article has a lot more details about this, as well as fans' reactions, and the various ways fans are finding ways to New Orleans, with or without tickets.

Here's more about the hoops fans are jumping through to get there, from Rosemarie Bernardo.

Some University of Hawaii football fans are willing to endure multiple stopovers and long layovers to support the Warriors in New Orleans when they play the University of Georgia Bulldogs in the Sugar Bowl.

But they say it's worth it.

For the past couple of days, fans scrambled to find the best package deal on the Internet.

For Carter Siu, 33, his flight from Honolulu to New Orleans includes three different carriers, three stopovers, a seven-hour layover and an hourlong shuttle.

Just unbelievable. It's great to hear about the fans' dedication to support the Warriors. Just hope they all find ways to attend the game.

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And about the yet to be announced Heisman invitation for Colt Brennan, here's an article from Stephen Tsai:

Brennan said that if he were indeed a finalist, he would go to New York as an ambassador.

"I don't represent myself," Brennan said. "I represent my team, my teammates, the University of Hawai'i and the state. This will be a good opportunity for all of us."

Dave Reardon has a story about it as well, along with final regular season statistics. He also talks to El Paso Times writer and AP voter Bret Bloomquist, who ranked UH at #1 in his final regular season poll.

Bloomquist gave Hawaii its first No. 1 vote ever in the AP poll. He said he plans to put the 10th-ranked Warriors in the top spot again in the final poll after it plays fourth-ranked Georgia (10-2) in the Sugar Bowl.

"I expect Hawaii to win," he said. "I think they could beat Ohio State. I think they can line up with anyone in the country. Their offense can score against anyone, and you win with quarterbacks."

Bloomquist said he didn't have UH very high in his rankings early in the season but, "once teams stared losing, I moved them up quickly."

And finally, Ferd Lewis writes about the bonuses coach June Jones and AD Herman Frazier are in line for.