Hawaii Warriors NCAA Football News

University of Hawaii running back Leon Wright-Jackson, who rushed for 167 yards and three touchdowns in a 49-36 victory over Utah State, is the Western Athletic Conference offensive player of the week, the league announced.

In the last 100 years, the Lebanon Valley College football team had not had an eight-win season.

Bryant Moniz threw four touchdowns and Leon Wright-Jackson ran for a career-best 167 yards and three scores to help Hawaii snap a six-game losing streak with a 49-36 victory over Utah State on Saturday night.

With a 2-6 record and a big goose-egg on the road-win column, Utah State is hungry.

In 2008, Utah State handed Hawaii its most surprising loss of the football season.

RENO, Nev. - There were witches and goblins, skeletons and mummies, all manner of costumed spooks in the stands and on the sidelines at Mackay Stadium yesterday.

Few things irritate a defensive football coach more than name-calling. Which is why Hawai'i head coach Greg McMackin was pleased with cornerback Kawika Ornellas' anonymity in his first career start.

RENO, Nev. - "Wrap-up!" head coach Greg McMackin has exhorted his University of Hawai'i defense.

RENO, Nev.>> Hawaii free safety Richard Torres left the game in the first quarter with a hamstring injury and did not return.

RENO, Nev. - The Hawai'i football team had 21 yesterday, but still went bust in this casino town.

I'll admit it.A I am a bigger fan of Greg McMackin than I am of June Jones. I'd like to see McMackin make it in Hawaii.A I'd like to see him outpace Jones, but so far the results aren't there.

Colin Kaepernick threw two touchdown passes and rushed for a pair of scores to lead Nevada to a 31-21 victory over Hawaii on Saturday.

RENO, Nev. - Ten minutes after the Hawai'i football team concluded its 2-hour practice, defensive back Kenny Estes raced from one of the two team buses back to the Bishop Monogue High field.

Whether it's the spread, the Pistol, the West Coast Offense or the run-and-shoot, college football offenses in the West are making their mark on scoring.

No marriage in history has ever made it to 100 years, but one Web site has a suggestion for a gift should one ever get there: a 10-carat diamond.

Quarterback Bryant Moniz said he is hopeful of playing in Hawai 'i's road game against Nevada on Saturday.

Saturday's offensive performance was the closest to perfection since the Pistol came to be in 2004.

Over and over, his father righted the tackling dummy. Over and over, young Spencer Smith reveled in knocking it onto the grass.

Rather than fret over the time he's missed, Hawaii defensive tackle Chris Leatigaga is thankful for what he has left.

How relevant it is this week is a matter of debate, but Boise State has lost two straight games at Aloha Stadium, and each carried its own little parcel of pain.