Colt For Heisman

UH quarterback Colt Brennan won his second consecutive Western Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week award yesterday.

He completed 43 of 61 passes for 548 yards and four touchdowns in the win at LaTech. He also rushed for a touchdown.

Brennan also threw his first interception of the season and fumbled a wet ball. There was also a fumbled exchange between him and Wright-Jackson.

“You never like turnovers, of course. We were in the hole from the get-go, and there’s a lot to be said about how we kept battling and balling all game,” Brennan said. “We could’ve given up lots of times.”

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The weekly battle to find who the best player is this college football season.

1. QB Colt Brennan, Sr., Hawaii

Brennan completed 34 of 40 passes for 416 yards and six touchdowns and led the Warriors with 23 yards on three carries in the 63-6 win over Northern Colorado. And he only played a half.

2. RB Darren McFadden, Jr., Arkansas

McFadden ran 24 times for 151 yards and a touchdown, caught two passes for 30 yards, and completed one pass for a 42-yard score in the 46-26 win over Troy.

3. RB Steve Slaton, Jr., West Virginia

Slaton ran 16 times for 109 yards and three touchdowns and caught two passes for 61 yards and a score in the 62-24 win over Western Michigan.

4. QB Pat White, Jr., West Virginia

White completed 10 of 18 passes for 192 yards and two touchdowns and ran nine times for 97 yards and two scores in the 62-24 win over Western Michigan.

5. RB Ray Rice, Jr., Rutgers

Rice ran 25 times for 184 yards and three touchdowns in the 38-3 win over Buffalo.

6. RB Ian Johnson, Jr. Boise State

Johnson ran 18 times for 129 yards and three touchdowns in the 56-7 win over Weber State.

7. QB Brian Brohm, Sr. Louisville

Brohm completed 16 of 21 passes for 375 yards and four touchdowns and ran for a one-yard score in the 73-10 win over Murray State.

8. RB P.J. Hill, Soph. Wisconsin

Hill ran 21 times for 96 yards and two touchdowns in the 42-21 win over Washington State.
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9. WR DeSean Jackson, Jr. California

Jackson caught four passes for 45 yards, ran once for 21 yards, and returned a punt 77 yards for a touchdown in the 45-31 win over Tennessee.

10. The Honorary Number Ten …

Bowling Green QB Tyler Sheehan completed 34 of 51 passes for 388 yards and two touchdowns, caught a pass for a 24-yard touchdown, and threw for the game-winning two-point conversion to beat Minnesota 32-31 in overtime.

On the radar screen

Erik Ainge, QB Tennessee; Earl Bennett, WR Vanderbilt; Yvenson Bernard, RB Oregon State; John David Booty, QB USC; Tashard Choice, RB Georgia Tech; Chase Daniel, QB Missouri; Quentin Groves, DE Auburn; Derrick Harvey, DE Florida; Mike Hart, RB Michigan; Vince Hall, LB Virginia Tech; James Laurinaitis, LB Ohio State; J Leman, LB Illinois; Marlon Lucky, RB Nebraska; Colt McCoy, QB Texas; DeMarco Murray, RB Oklahoma; Matt Ryan, QB Boston College; Ryan Torian, RB Arizona State.

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Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan, Louisiana Tech cornerback Tony Moss and Louisiana Tech punter Chris Keagle were named the Western Athletic Conference offensive, defensive and special teams players of the week, today.

Brennan, a senior from Irvine, Calif., completed 34-of-40 passes for 416 yards and six touchdowns with no interceptions in the first half of UH’s 63-6 win over Northern Colorado. It was his 15th career 400-yard passing game and third six-touchdown game.

Brennan who was the WAC’s Offensive Player of the Year in 2006, was WAC Player of the Week three times last year.

“It feels good to start the season with that kind of recognition,” Brennan said this morning. “We took care of business Saturday, but we can’t get caught up in that. We have to get ready for our first WAC game.”

He set three new school records with 416 yards in a half, 19 completions in a quarter and 34 completions in a half. His six touchdown passes tied a school record for a half and gave him 99 for his career, tied for the sixth most in NCAA history with USC’s Matt Leinart. Brennan also eclipsed the 10,000-yard passing mark and now has 10,266 in his career.

The other two players of the week come from UH’s next opponent. The Warriors play at LaTech on Saturday.

Moss, a senior from St. Louis, Mo., intercepted three passes and made two tackles in Louisiana Tech’s 28-7 win over Central Arkansas. Moss became the first Bulldog player since 1998 (Fred Lewis vs. Boise State) to intercept three passes in one game. All three came inside Tech territory with two of them inside the two-yard line. Moss entered the game with one career interception.

Keagle, a junior from Baton Rouge, La., punted six times for a 49.8-yard average in the game against Central Arkansas. He had three punts over 50 yards, including a 57 and 59-yarder while three of the six were downed inside the UCA 20-yard line.

Original post from Honolulu Star-Bulletin

The Heisman hype is starting very early for Colt Brennan in a great article from USA Today on Brennan and Hawaii’s upcoming season.

Brennan set an NCAA record with 58 touchdown passes last season, leading the nation in passing yards (5,549), passing efficiency (186) and completion percentage (72.6).

He finished sixth in the Heisman Trophy voting and the school is preparing a “Colt for Heisman” campaign this season.

“Jeez,” Brennan said when asked by a TV reporter about his Heisman chances. “That’s a long time away from now. I think I’ll just keep it like I did last year and not worry about that or pay too much attention to it.”

Colt is definitely going to be able to put up some sick numbers next season, but if they come against 1-AA competition he’ll have to convince the Heisman voters it’s not just the weak competition. If Brennan can put up similar numbers against Boise State and Washington, he’s going to set even more records this season.

USA Today leaps off the starting blocks to discuss the huge season expected from Hawaii QB Colt Brennan in the fall.

I fully expect Brennan to throw for 50 TDs and 5000 yards - the only negatives that I see are the loss of a couple offensive lineman and stud RB Nate Ilaoa. USA Today astutely points out some scheduling issues that won’t help either.

Stay tuned - the Fantasy College Blitz crew and I are working on our own special brand of promotion for this very campaign.

Originally posted by Vince Mullins

Rivals and SI.com have posted their QB rankings for 2007 and our boy Colt Brennan is number one on their list:

Pretty solid list, though the names on there aren’t too exciting. There’s no Troy Smith or Brady Quinn out there this year, but those then guys all have the chance to blow up this year into household names. Brennan has the ability to break all kinds of records and should be a Heisman favorite from the throughout the season.

Welcome to ColtForHeisman.com, a site devoted to bringing you news and opinions from around the web on Hawaii Warriors quarterback Colt Brennan. Brennan will be one of the nation’s top candidates for the Heisman Memorial Trophy in 2007.

As a junior Brennan shattered the NCAA record for touchdown passes in a season and had one of the most prolific seasons in history. Brennan didn’t just put up record numbers, he also led his Hawaii team to turnaround season and a remarkable 11 - 3 record. The season ended for the Warriors and Brennan with a big win over Arizona State in the Hawaii Bowl.

Colt Brennan Career Statistics

Enjoy the site and go get ‘em Colt!

Good news for the University of Hawaii (and for this website), Colt Brennan has withdrawn his name from the NFL Draft and will return to school for his senior season. He filed the paperwork Monday to give himself a little more time but he’s decided another year at Hawaii is in his best interest.

Below are some quotes from Brennan’s press conference:

“I know what I’m passing up,” Brennan said at a news conference. “My heart lies right here in Hawaii.”

“I like being out here,” Brennan said. “It just felt right to stay. I want to keep helping this program. And I know that one more year will help prepare me for the NFL draft. By next year I’ll be that much better.”

“I like the person I’m becoming in Hawaii. I want to give back to a school that gave back to me,” he said.

“My future in the NFL will have nothing to do with where I get drafted. It will have everything to do with what I do after I get drafted.,” he said.

Great attitude about things from Brennan as I’m sure it was a difficult decision. The Warriors fans are definitely excited to have him back and he’s clearly touched by that.

Probably a good decision both in the long and short-term for Colt. He’ll have another year of college fun and another year in beautiful Hawaii, and another year to improve his game on the field while proving to NFL coaches that his off field troubles are a thing of the past.

The FanHouse thinks Colt Brennan should be one of the top candidates for the 2007 Heisman Trophy. Of course they also thought he should’ve been higher in the voting for 2006, “But of [sic] Brennan can shatter the record books and still not get an invite to New York, we wonder what he’d have to do in 2007 to win the trophy!”

One of Brennan’s biggest hurdles to being a Heisman finalist in New York next December is the idea that he’s just a “system quarterback.” The numbers he put up last year in Coach June Jones’ offense were remarkable and if he can do it again I think he’ll definitely get more national attention.