Seven in a row for Hawaii; Brennan reaches 43 TDs

Colt Brennan threw for 406 yards and four touchdowns and ran for 60 yards and another score as Hawaii scored 52 straight points and beat Louisiana Tech, 61-17, Saturday night in Honolulu.

The victory was Hawaii’s seventh straight and kept the Warriors, 8-2 overall and 6-1 in the Western Athletic Conference, in second place in the WAC behind Boise State. Louisiana Tech fell to 3-7 overall and 1-4 in conference.

Brennan, who completed 27 of 40 passes, has 43 touchdown passes on the season and needs 11 more to tie the NCAA record of 54 set by Houston’s David Klingler in 1990.

Brennan has four games left in the season, including the Hawaii Bowl.

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A district judge in Bismarck has granted a preliminary injunction to stop the NCAA from banning the University of North Dakota from hosting a postseason game because of its “Fighting Sioux” nickname, state Atty. Gen. Wayne Stenehjem said.

The decision came hours before the school learned it would play host to a Division II playoff football game in less than a week.

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Occidental (9-0) will play Whitworth (10-0) in Spokane, Wash., Saturday at noon in the first round of the Division III playoffs.