Quotes from the WAC Preview Day

About the importance of the BSU game, Colt said:
"We've circled the (Boise State) game on the calendar. It (Nov. 23) has been circled for a l-o-n-g time now. We did it right when we got stuck in the Boise airport for all that time." (HA)

HA Note: "After a 41-34 loss at Boise last season, the late arrival of the Warriors' charter flight left them six hours in the terminal — and several more at the hotel — to reflect on the Broncos' six-year dominance of UH and five-year mastery of the conference."


About how they have to beat BSU to win the WAC, JJ said:
"If you want to win the WAC, you have to go through Boise to do it. Until you can beat them, there's not much to say." (HA)


Not caring about his stats, just wanting the win, Colt said:
"The last two years I've had good (statistical) games against Boise, but we haven't walked away with a win. This year I don't care how I play individually. I mean that. All I want is that win. Especially at our place. If both teams take care of what they have to do we can give the nation quite a show between two great teams from the WAC." (HA)


About how the media kept asking him about their schedule, Colt said:
"It came up — a lot," in interviews with WAC area and national media. I was asked about it all day." (HA)


About their schedule, Colt told the interviewers:
"We'll make the best of it. The only thing we can do is win games. Boise State proved that last year. Some people said their schedule wasn't that tough, but they won all (13) of their games." (HA)


Vegasinsider.com lists Colt 5th on its Heisman watch, saying:
"The big question surrounding Brennan is whether Heisman voters will overlook an easy schedule. There is no offense in the nation more exciting to watch than the one Brennan quarterbacks but that may not be enough to bring the Heisman home." (HA)


Not too surprised about UH being picked over BSU in the preseason WAC polls, Ian Johnson said:
"A quarterback has his hands in every play and can influence the outcome more than a running back. They (Hawai'i) have their quarterback — a good one — returning. We don't." (HA)


About how they didn't like UH doing the haka, even filing a protest with the WAC last year, La Tech RB Patrick Jackson said;
"When we first saw it, we looked at it as a little taunting. But we didn't get caught up in it. Maybe that's their pre-game thing. We went out and played the game." (HA)


About his admiration for JJ, La Tech coach Derek Dooley said:
"I certainly have a lot of respect for what he's done and what he's accomplished. His teams always could throw the ball. I never worked with him, but his influence has probably traveled through other coaches to me. That's the effect of really good coaches. ... Anytime people get in four-wideout (formations), there's some kind of June Jones influence." (HA)


Asked about missing out on the pizza Colt buys the OL because he switched to DL, Mike Lafaele said:
"Whenever (linebackers) Adam (Leonard) or Solomon (Elimimian) made seven-plus tackles last year, they fed all the D-linemen. McDonald's double cheeseburgers. Pretty cool." (HSB)


About how backup QBs Nick Lomax and Taylor Tharp, both recruited by UH, really look forward to running the UH offense in the scout team the week before the UH game, BSU coach Chris Peterson said:
"Every quarterback in our system is especially excited and wants to run the scout team. They know they're going to throw the ball a lot and the (scout) receivers are fired up. Still it's hard to replicate that precision, that timing. Especially when we go to Hawaii on a short week." (HSB)