The Centurions: #29 Mark Odom

The Star-Bulletin's countdown of UH football's "Centurions", the 100 greatest players in the University of Hawaii's 100 years of football, continues with #29, linebacker Mark Odom.

Jason Kaneshiro profiles Odom, who talks about the 1989 game vs BYU:

"You never know when something special is about to happen," Odom said, "and you're just thankful to be a part of it."

The night of Oct. 28, 1989, probably falls under the category of "something special."

On the night of Hawaii's cathartic 56-14 blowout of Brigham Young, No. 56 in green savored a landmark evening himself, recording four of UH's 10 sacks of Cougars quarterback Ty Detmer. Both figures still stand as UH single-game records.

"I know I'd never felt like that before. ... I knew it had to happen," Odom said of breaking the Cougars' 10-game hex over the Rainbows. "I remember walking into Aloha Stadium and feeling it was going to be."

Spurred by wrenching losses the previous two years, Odom ravaged a mammoth BYU offensive line that "just did not have an idea of what to do," against Ellerson's game plan.

"I came from everywhere, left side, right side, from the secondary. They never knew if I was coming or going," Odom said.

"I also remember the crowd being so loud and the energy in the stadium, it got to be too much. It got to be overwhelming. I don't think there was any way they were going to win that game."

CAN. YOU. BELIEVE IT?!