It was a sell out crowd at Aloha Stadium as the Warriors defeated number 19 ranked Boise State to keep their BCS hopes alive.

It was a packed house, both inside the stadium and outside. People came to tailgate only, try and get a ticket, and just be around the buzz. For a work day, it didn’t look like much of the state was working at all, and rightfully so, the Warriors were making UH history and trying to creep up the BCS rankings for a shot at the Fiesta Bowl, or better!

LSU had just lost to Arkansas in triple overtime, the number 2 and number 4 teams were set to play the next night, and Hawaii was looking to be the only unbeaten team in major college football.

The team took the field to a huge roar and it was on. The student section (where we were sitting) didn’t really sit for almost the entire game. Paper was shredded and tossed. Poms were thrown backwards, and the Warriors were pumped.

UH’s defense which hasn’t always been the best in the league played outstanding, and Colt Brennan played like he truly was a Heisman candidate. He was 40 for 53 with 495 yards passing, 5 touchdown passes and 1 rushing touchdown.

In the end, Hawaii came out victorious, 39-27, the students rushed the field and the Warriors kept their BCS hopes alive while winning their first ever WAC Title.

Next week the Warriors look to round out the season with a home game on Saturday night against Washington.

The UH Warrior football team continues to gain in the AP and USA Today Polls with each win. Their most recent victory came this weekend against Fresno State where the Warriors scored 37 to Fresno’s 30.

UH fans were silent late in the game when star quarterback Colt Brennan was literally knocked out as he scrambled left on a pass play. The quarterback left the game with a concussion and is making a quick recovery, hopefully in time for the game this weekend.

Although the Warriors have been able to climb in the AP and the USA Today polls they’ve been unable to make it past 16 in the BCS poll, the one poll they most likely will need to make it to 12 to get into a BCS bowl.

However, they’re last few games, Nevada, Boise State, and Washington could catapult them into a top spot if they remain unbeaten. The national credibility of the WAC conference isn’t that great, even with a team like Boise State winning their BCS bowl last year.

If the warriors are to make it up to the top 10, where some analysts believe they belong, they’re going to have to show the nation, in these last few games, that they are for real. Big wins at Nevada and at home against Boise State and Washington would do just that.

This weekend the Warriors travel to Nevada for their game on Friday.

Golfing in Hawaii can be expensive, unless of course you’re Kama’aina (resident), then you can always find deals. Weekend, weekday, and twilight deals are at almost all the golf courses  in Hawaii, especially on Oahu.

The deals I like best on Oahu are the twilight deals at the nicer courses. Of course there are the county course deals where you can play twilight for like $5 or $6 but courses like Ko’olau, Luana Hills, and Olomana all have twilight deals that should allow you to fit in between 10 and 18 holes depending on what time of year you go and how crowded it is when you go.

Ko’olau is probably my favorite out of the bunch. Although it’s got one of the highest ratings and slope in the world, and you’ll loose at least 5 balls when you go, it’s beautiful and if you don’t care how you shoot, you’ll have a great time. Plus the Kama’aina rate for twilight is $29 at 2:00 pm and $22 at 3:00 pm. (I think those are the times, they shift a little throughout the year). The crowds here vary greatly. Some days there can be 5 people on the course, and others 100. Most of the time though it’s slow.

The next course is Luana Hills. Right across the way from Ko’olau  it’s just as tough and you’ll loose just as many balls. The prices are a little higher but the times are the same. This course sees a few more people than Ko’olau but you should be able to fit at least 10 holes in.

Last is Olomana. You won’t lose as many balls here but you won’t take as many shots during twilight either. This course is usually packed and they tend to send them out quite frequently after twilight hours. The cost is actually more expensive than Ko’olau and Luana Hills if you’re riding at $36. Sometimes I’ve fit in 18 holes but the last two are always dangerous as you’ll be playing in blackness.

Overall on the southeast sides of the island of Oahu these are the best Kama’aina deals I’ve found for Twilight. Let us know if you find more.

The UH Warrior Football team, which was resting this week with a bye, moved up in all the polls including the big one, the BCS where they may have a chance at playing in the BCS Tostidos Fiesta Bowl.

The Warriors moved up one spot to 17 in the BCS poll and moved up to 14th in both the Harris Interactive Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll. They’re also now 16 in the AP poll as well.

Probably one of the more interesting comments I heard this weekend, as announcers around the nation doubt how good the Warriors really are, was a comment from Brent Musberger while calling the Michigan - Illinois game this weekend. He said, opposing Kirk Herbstreit, that the Warriors would make it to a BCS bowl, and insisted on it.

We’ll wait and see what the remainder of the Warriors season holds for them but this weekend they’ll have to make it past New Mexico State at Aloha Stadium.

It all started for Michelle Wie this week when Annika Sorenstam decided to remove herself from the Samsung World Championship. Michelle Wie, playing on a sponsors exemption was getting media pressure to back out of the tournament as well which is reserved for the top 20 money winners on the tour, Natalie Gulbis being the one bumped by Michelle’s presence.

It then continued for Michelle as she finished the first round 7-over-par, then more of same in the second round, and third round.

She finally found some sort of groove in the final round and managed to play her way out of last place but still left many wondering if she should be playing at all when she finishes 37 behind the leaders.

To top it all off, Michelle Wie lost another agent when Greg Nared resigned from the William Morris Agency. Let’s hope she’s able to regroup for next year where she’s bound to have to play some qualifying tournaments.

The UH Warrior football team stayed undefeated this weekend with a win over San Jose State in overtime. As the Warriors bounce around in the WAC they also find themselves looking for credibility with the AP where they fell to 18th and in the Coaches Poll where they fell to 17th (both from 16th).

Those are the user generated polls. Now, for the first time in the history of the BCS, the Warrior football team finds themselves needing to impress the computers. With that win they find themselves sitting in 18th place in the first BCS standings of the season that were released today. The highest ranked team from the WAC. On top of the standings sit Ohio State and South Florida.

The UH Warrior Football Team needed a comeback 4th quarter and a dominant overtime to stay undefeated and preserve their rank among the upper echelon of NCAA teams.

Colt Brennan threw for a WAC record 75 times for 545 yards, 4 touchdowns and 4 interceptions. One announcer last night summed up the game for Brennan pretty well saying something to the effect of Colt was able to put himself out of the running then back into the running for the Heisman Trophy all in one game.

And it was true. His turnovers were tough to swallow as he looked unlike his usual cool composed self for the first 3 quarters. Even in the 4th quarter, he brought the Warriors to within 7 with a touchdown score, but on the next UH drive threw an interception that looked like it would end the game for the Warriors.

A quick San Jose fumble and UH recovery allowed some life to be pumped back into the Warriors which showed as Colt Brennan rushed his way to a tie game from the 2 yard line after several easy completions for the recomposed quarterback.

Then in overtime, a quick TD completion and a UH interception and the Warriors stayed undefeated with their BCS hopes still alive.

Both Tadd Fujikawa and Michelle Wie struggled today in their respective tournament first rounds.

Michelle Wie shot a 7 over par at the Samsung World Championship placing her in dead last of the 20 person field which includes the 19 top money earners for 2007.

Tadd Fujikawa was doing well all day playing even par and looking towards dropping under par when he recorded a double bogey on 17 to slip to 2 over for the day at the Frys.com Open in Las Vegas.

Michelle will have 3 more days to make up for the poor start while Tadd will have to climb a steep hill tomorrow to make his cut.

Michelle Wie tees it off at 8:50 am HST tomorrow at the Samsung World Championship in Palm Desert California. The Samsung is only 20 players, the leaders on the LPGA money list.

The exception is Michelle Wie who got in via her famous sponsor exemptions and bumped Natlie Gulbis from the tournament. That stirred a little controversy among some sports writers.

Also teeing it off tomorrow is 16 year old Tadd Fujikawa who will be 5:20 am HST in his event at the Frys.com open in Las Vegas. Tadd will try to make this his first made cut as a professional in 5 tries.

Good luck to both young golfers, we’ll be looking for great things.

The UH warrior football team, ranked 16 in both the major national college football polls is being considered one of the top runners for the BCS bowl, the Tostidos Fiesta Bowl. (Let’s hope this doesn’t jinx ‘em.)

The scout for the Bowl is going to be at the UH Football game this Friday in San Jose and will be looking at the potential for UH to be one of the options.

In order to qualify for the game UH would most likely have to finish the season undefeated and finish in the top 12 of the BCS rankings. I say undefeated because their strength of schedule might not help them out if they lose a game.

Also a possibility, if UH loses a game, knock on wood, they would have to finish in the top 16 of the BCS rankings and be higher than a champion of one of the six conferences that is guaranteed a BCS bowl spot, the WAC not being one of them.