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Rainbows edge Sun Dodgers as Refs say "Aloha" With the score tied 28-28 late in the fourth quarter, Jake Locker completed a pass to Quintin Daniels, which appeared to be a first down deep in Hawaii territory. The referees ruled that Locker had stepped beyond the line of scrimmage, although television replays showed otherwise. Hawaii parlayed the gift into a winning scoring drive, as Colt Brennan completed a 5-yard pass to Ryan Crice-Mullen with 44 seconds remaining; Hawaii beat Washington, 35-28, at Aloha Stadium. After the final Hawaii scoring drive, Washington (4-9, 2-7 Pac-10) mounted a last ditch effort to win the game. With 38 seconds left in the game, Locker connected on two consecutive passes, hitting Michael Gotlieb for 25 yards and Marcel Reece for 49 yards, which carried the Huskies to the Warriors 4 yard line. Locker lost 2 yards running the ball and the Huskies called a timeout with 12 seconds remaining. Locker threw a pass to Reece in the end zone, which hit him in the chest and was deflected to Ryan Moulten, who ran the ball back to the Warriors 19-yard line. With 3 seconds on the clock, Brennan took a knee to end the game. The Huskies jumped off to a 21-0 lead, wielding a vicious ground game behind the running of Louis Rankin, Luke Kravitz and Jake Locker. During the three scoring drives the Huskies rushed 18 consecutive times. The Warriors fumbled the ball away on three of their first four drives, to help the Huskies' cause. As they have in many of their games this year, the Huskies' offense fell anemic in the second half, in mostly a gutless performance. Of the Huskies' five second half drives, two of them resulted in three and outs. A 47-yard drive resulted in a blocked field-goal attempt and a 7-play drive netted just 15 yards. The last drive of the game ended in the interception return. On the 7-play drive which started from the UW 35, Rankin ran the ball three consecutive times on first down, netting just 3 total yards. This, the Huskies' next to last drive of the game, resulted in the illegal forward pass, which turned the ball over to the Warriors and their last scoring drive that capped the win. Washington's much maligned defense held Hawaii scoreless in the third quarter. However, Colt Brennan's pass efficiency, 191.26, ought to be etched as a footnote on the Heisman Trophy should someone else win the award. Completing 42 of 50 passes for 442 yards, 5 touchdowns and no interceptions was an amazing performance.
Richard Linde (a.k.a., Malamute) can be reached at
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