Colt Brennan's 4 TDs help Hawaii hold off La. Tech in OT
Hawaii Outlasts LA Tech in Overtime
It was over when - Louisiana Tech failed to make its two point conversion in overtime after scoring a TD on a 2-yard pass from Zac Champion.
Gameball goes to - Colt Brennan. Hawaii's Heisman hopeful put in another stat-tastic performance, completing 43 of 61 passes for 548 yards and four TDs.
Stat of the game - 36. Colt Brennan's air show hasn't exactly encouraged a balance offense. The Warriors were held to a measly 36 rushing yards (and allowed 250).
RUSTON, La. - Louisiana Tech didn't want to give Colt Brennan another chance, so the Bulldogs went for the winning 2-point conversion in overtime.
However, No. 20 Hawaii was up to the task. The Warriors knocked down the pass attempt to preserve a 45-44 victory on Saturday night.
Colt Brennan was spectacular again for Hawaii, going 43-for-61 for 548 yards and four touchdowns. The Heisman Trophy contender hooked up with Jason Rivers for a 6-yard touchdown on the second play of OT to put the Warriors (2-0, 1-0, Western Athletic Conference) up 45-38.
Zac Champion answered for the Bulldogs with a 2-yard TD pass to Dustin Mitchell. They could have tied and played on with a PAT. Instead, first-year coach Derek Dooley went for the win and Champion's final pass to Brian Jackson was batted away.
"I liked their decision to go for two," Hawaii coach June Jones said. "If it was good and they had won, it would've meant so much to that team and program. "
Dan Kelly kicked a 49-yard field goal to tie the game for Hawaii with 1:34 to play.
Champion finished 23-for-36 for 188 yards and Patrick Jackson ran for 95 yards and two touchdowns for Louisiana Tech.
"I know everyone is going to say this is a moral victory but I'm not buying it," Dooley said. "We didn't win. We had our chances.
"Our players and fans, they don't have a thing to be ashamed of or hang their heads about. It would have been great to win and we were close, but I think today we showed we can hold our own when we have this type of effort and performance."
Tech jumped out to an early 14-0 lead on Jackson's TD runs from 2 and 16 yards in the first quarter.
Leon Wright-Jackson's 48 yard TD run and Colt Brennan's 3-yard scramble for a score tied the game in the second quarter.
"Some mistakes at times hurt us and you can't do that against a team like Hawaii," Champion said. "Not with the kind of offense they have. They can score so quickly."
Hawaii would find the end zone quickly in the third quarter on a 64-yard pass from Colt Brennan to Ryan Grice-Mullen, tying the game at 21.
After Louisiana Tech regained the lead at 24-21, Colt Brennan hooked up with Grice-Mullen once again for 17 yards and the Warriors' first lead at 28-24.
Tech capitalized on Hawaii's lost fumble, which led to Champion's 3-yard TD pass to Josh Wheeler and a 31-28 Bulldogs' lead.
Davonne Bess hauled in a 19-yard pass from Colt Brennan to give the Warriors the lead again at 35-31 with 8:35 to play. After an interception by Tech, Dennis Morris scored on a 1-yard plunge and Tech led 38-35 with just over three minutes to play.
"We were glad to get out of here with a win," Jones said. "This has always been a tough place for us. Louisiana Tech did a great job all night playing with a tremendous amount of intensity and belief in themselves and it showed, the way this game went down to the final seconds."
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