Colt update from before the draft

About how he will be playing golf today during the draft, Colt said:
"I'll get up and play golf." (HA)

Not bothered by the uncertainty over his draft prospects, Colt said:
"We're preparing for the worst. Even if I don't get picked, and same with my receivers, we're still going to be in NFL uniforms this summer, with the opportunity to live out what we've been dreaming about our whole lives." (HSB)

About how he's used to being an underdog, Colt said:
"There's always parity in life. Guys get drafted early, they get a lot of money and all that, but sometimes they lose their intensity and their motivation and passion. For me, I've always been that underdog and in a funny way that's comforting for me. Because I know I'll always have something to prove and always have that passion." (HSB)

HA Note: "His family has rented a beach house on Balboa Island. He said his weekend plans include fishing and, most likely, a barbecue. Chicken, steak. fresh corn. "My dad loves corn," Brennan said. After amassing the best statistical season by a quarterback in NCAA history in 2006 — a formula that factors yards, touchdown passes, interceptions and accuracy — it was projected that Brennan, if he applied for the 2007 draft, might be a top-10 selection. More than a year later — and after finishing third in the 2007 Heisman voting — Brennan's stock has fallen dramatically. Where he will be selected has drawn diverse opinions."

Colt said that the Sugar Bowl loss was:
"devastating, in a sense. I remember people telling me, 'the most important thing right now is to win this game. This will be the first big step.' We didn't win the game." (HA)

"Our goal was 12-0. And I think, looking back on it, we forgot about our last game." (HSB)

"Peyton Manning's last college game, he got destroyed by Nebraska in the Orange Bowl, with career lows in all his stats. But he still was the No. 1 pick in the draft." (HSB)

HSB Note: "The difference is Manning was on national TV many previous times, playing for Tennessee."

HA Note: "A week before the Senior Bowl, Brennan suffered flu-like symptoms. He lost several pounds, and weighed in at 185 pounds. At nearly 6 feet 3, Brennan, the scouts had hoped, would have weighed at least 200. He also suffered a small tear in the labrum near his right hip, an injury that eventually would require surgery. And, for many, that is where the story ended. Two months later, some self-styled draft experts still reported that Brennan weighed 185."

About how his critics came out after the Senior Bowl weigh-in, Colt said:
"People wanted to get on the bandwagon that 'Colt isn't that good.' " (HA)

Colt said that the criticism:
"could easily be dispelled and looked in a truthful perception." (HA)

HA Note: "For instance, Brennan played well enough in the Senior Bowl practices to be voted, by his teammates, as a game captain. He was named a starter. At the NFL Scouting Combine, he was the only quarterback credited with a perfect score — 21 of 21 — in the passing drills. Three of his completions were for more than 40 yards. In his three-year UH career, in fact, Brennan completed better than 50 percent of his deep passes (that traveled more than 20 yards in the air from the line of scrimmage). Because he took at least a three-step drop out of the shotgun, his deep passes traveled at least 27 yards. The UH goal is to complete a third of those passes. Brennan weighed 207 at the combine and 218 at the April 1 Pro Day workout. Brennan underwent successful labrum surgery March 6. Before the procedure, he had difficulty sitting for long periods. After the surgery, those symptoms were gone."

About the criticism that he cannot play in bad weather, Colt said:
"They look at me as a kid from Southern California who played in Hawaii. But in many ways I have the best resume of any quarterback. I've been all over the country, played in snow in Boston (at prep school) and Colorado, been in all kinds of offenses against all kinds of competition. The bottom line always turned out at the end that we won a lot of games and I ended the season one of the top quarterbacks." (HSB)

Colt said that his post-rehab plan is:
"to work my butt off. ... I'll be an absolute animal. If they want a big ol' quarterback who can bring it, that's what they'll get." (HA)

About his future plans, Colt said:
"All I can do, is go on the field and have success." (HA)

HA Note: "Not since Larry Arnold in 1969 has a UH player been drafted to specifically play quarterback in the NFL. That his selection came in the 12th round by the Los Angeles Rams hints at how long ago that was."

HA Note: "A program that has been at or near the top in passing statistics for nearly a decade shouldn't require that kind of validation. But it does. UH needs a living, breathing symbol of its passing game in the NFL. It needs one people can see front and center on Sundays. Somebody, who, when they do those Monday Night Football lineups, can say, "quarterback ... the University of Hawai'i." Somebody, for example, that can catch the eye of prospective recruits. A "name" that confers the stamp of recognition and authentication."


Hoping that he and his WRs will prove themselves in the NFL, Colt said:
"Time will tell. Five years from now, hopefully Jason, Ryan, Davone and I will all be doing our thing in the NFL and everything that we did at Hawaii will be confirmed. That's a big motivation for us." (HSB)