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.

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