Colt Brennan, the University of Hawaii's quarterback had a season legends are made of.
Colt completed the best statistical season by a quarterback in the history of NCAA football. This season he threw a NCAA record 58 touchdowns. He had a total of 5549 yards passing, while completing 409 of 559 attempts. His average passing efficiency was 185.96.
His great stats tell only part of the story. He was one of the runners up for the Heisman Trophy. The reason given for him not being seriously considered was that he played for UH and didn't have a tough schedule. Well let's look at that. Against Alabama in the opening game of the season he threw 350 yards, 2 touch downs and completed 30 of 44. Against Purdue he threw 434 yards, threw 3 touch downs and completed 33 of 48 attempts. His stats all season were very similar in every game.
To put the cherry on the top he had the 2nd half of a lifetime in the Hawaii Bowl against Arizona State. After a tough 1st half that ended with ASU up 10-3, Colt stepped on the field in front of national television and made a statement that Hawaii fans will be telling their grandchildren about. He finished the game with a 41-24 victory. In the second half he threw 5 touchdown passes, made 33 of 44 attempts and finished with a total of 559 yards passing.
We are all holding our breath to see of he will be coming back or going pro. If he comes back season tickets will be impossible to get and he will start the season as the Heisman favorite.
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Hey Randy- Ive been surprised to not see Football mentioned here much! It is all over the tv with Bowls and the NFL.....sports are a fun way to network and enjoy yourself at the same time!
(My husband is collegiate football coach..been watching games 20 yrs now!
Michele - I did a lot of my AR blogging during commercial breaks on the games.
Aloha to all have a Hauoli Makahiki Hou (Happy New Year in Hawaiian)
Randy as an avid football fan I must say I didn't know of him. Here in the northeast we must not get the farwest sports stats.
It does sound like this guy is for real. Hopefully he will stay in college.
Thanks Jay
Randy, better luck next year. For this year, however, Troy won the prize!
GO BUCKS!!!
Elaine - Ohio State had a great year; great team.
If Hawaii was higher ranked and played more on National TV Colt would have taken it easily. I expect Colt to have a bigger future in the pros.
I didn't know that about the NFL connection, but then I don't watch pro football - just college, and in particular, the Big 10, of course. I knew there was a "close" contender for the Heisman, as local news was concerned as to whether Troy would win it, but I didn't pay attention to who the contender was. Now that I "know" a Rainer from Hawaii, I'll pay more attention next fall.
Have a good year!
Northern Colorado
Elaine - June Jones is our coach. He was an NFL head coach for the Chargers. His staff is mostly ex-NFL coaches or players. He has done a great job with Hawaii. We have a ton of high school players from Hawaii that go on to play at most of the big colleges and many on to the NFL. Since June took over he has done a great job of keeping a lot of our best talent home.
Doug - BYU left our conference. When they announced Deitmer won the Heisman, his team was number 8 in the Nation. Hawaii destroyed them that very day in Aloha Stadium. I was there and it was beautiful.