Hawaii might be overrated
The University of Hawaii's football arrogance has apparently spilled over into its local media coverage. A Honolulu Star Bulletin columnist lumped the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs into a cellar dweller trio of WAC teams that are supposed to hurt the Rainbow Warriors' chances of earning a BCS bowl bid this season.
"But what of the bottom third of the widespread WAC? Is there any hope for Louisiana Tech, Idaho and Utah State? These three teams were a combined 8-29 last fall, and they aren't expected by most to improve anytime soon," Dave Reardon said in his opinion piece.
Sure, Hawaii thumped the Bulldogs 61-17 in 2006 on the Big Island, but in 2005 the Warriors wandered into Joe Aillet Stadium and left with a 46-14 spanking. Tech's defense made the vaunted Colt Brennan look like a high school quarterback instead of a Heisman Trophy candidate. Granted, Brennan has come a long way since then, but he has to play in Ruston again this season.
No one's saying that the Bulldogs will have a repeat of the 2005 game on Sept. 8, but calling the Bulldogs bottom feeders when they're one year removed from a 7-4 campaign (and third place finish in the WAC) is ignorant.
What will hurt Hawaii's chances of earning a BCS bid the most is having 1-AA foes Northern Colorado and Charleston Southern, along with 2-10 UNLV on their 2007 schedule. We'll see if Hawaii remains among the WAC's top teams next season after Brennan is gone.
"But what of the bottom third of the widespread WAC? Is there any hope for Louisiana Tech, Idaho and Utah State? These three teams were a combined 8-29 last fall, and they aren't expected by most to improve anytime soon," Dave Reardon said in his opinion piece.
Sure, Hawaii thumped the Bulldogs 61-17 in 2006 on the Big Island, but in 2005 the Warriors wandered into Joe Aillet Stadium and left with a 46-14 spanking. Tech's defense made the vaunted Colt Brennan look like a high school quarterback instead of a Heisman Trophy candidate. Granted, Brennan has come a long way since then, but he has to play in Ruston again this season.
No one's saying that the Bulldogs will have a repeat of the 2005 game on Sept. 8, but calling the Bulldogs bottom feeders when they're one year removed from a 7-4 campaign (and third place finish in the WAC) is ignorant.
What will hurt Hawaii's chances of earning a BCS bid the most is having 1-AA foes Northern Colorado and Charleston Southern, along with 2-10 UNLV on their 2007 schedule. We'll see if Hawaii remains among the WAC's top teams next season after Brennan is gone.
posted by Jimmy Watson at 4:33 PM
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