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| Colt Brennan sets record in Hawaii romp
HONOLULU (AP) - Containing Colt Brennan for a half is impressive - an entire game is almost impossible.
Brennan broke the NCAA single-season record for touchdown passes, throwing five in the second half to lead Hawaii to a 41-24 victory over Arizona State on Sunday night in the Hawaii Bowl.
"It feels awesome," said Brennan, who finished the season with 58 TD passes. "Tonight really made it special: at home, at a bowl game. It means so much tonight."
Brennan, 33-of-42 for 559 yards, threw a 7-yard scoring pass to Ryan Grice-Mullen on the Warriors' second series of the second half to break the previous mark of 54 set by Houston's David Klingler in 1990, also against the Sun Devils.
Jason Rivers also tied a school mark with 14 receptions and set the Hawaii record with 308 yards, the most in a bowl game since 1937. NCAA records don't go back any further.
Grice-Mullen grabbed the record TD pass with one hand, made a move and leaped across the goal line for the touchdown that gave Hawaii a 17-10 lead.
"When they show that touchdown to break the record, it's going to be an unbelievable receiver making an unbelievable catch and me not doing much," Brennan said.
After throwing the pass, Brennan hugged coach June Jones and waved No. 1 as teammates lifted the junior into the air and the crowd of 40,623 cheered wildly.
After hugging and congratulating his quarterback, Jones told him: "Let's get going. We need a couple more scores."
Brennan tied the record on the previous series, throwing a 38-yard pass to a wide open Rivers for his 54th TD strike.
Brennan and Rivers, selected the co-MVPs for Hawaii, also teamed on the final touchdown pass, a 79-yarder late in the fourth quarter.
"He just kept hitting all night. We really had something special this year," Rivers said.
Hawaii (11-3) matched the school mark for most wins in a season, set in 1992 when the team went 11-2. The Sun Devils (7-6) concluded their disappointing season, unable to send coach Dirk Koetter out with a win. He coached his final game after being fired last month. Dennis Erickson has been hired to take over the team.
Koetter went 40-34 in six seasons at ASU, including 2-19 against ranked teams and 21-28 in the Pac-10. He also led the Sun Devils to four bowl games.
Brennan finished the season with 5,549 yards to become just the third quarterback in college history with 5,000 yards and 50 TDs in a season, joining Klingler and Texas Tech's B.J. Symons (2003).
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I've said it once, and I'll say it again, Colt Brennan, remember the name, boys, remember the name.
Brennan had an oppertunity to set the record a few weeks back. But he had a bad game that night, and played aweful, and were only able to tie the record. But that wasn't the case yesterday, at the 2006 Aloha Bowl, a game which I attended, word. As he set the record for the most TD passes in a single season.
Now, a question I once asked before, and whilst there were a doubter, I ask you again,
Can Colt Brennan win the Heisman next year?
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