Instead, a seemingly improving University of Hawaii football team faces a must-win situation if it harbors any serious hopes of defending its WAC title. And, as history has shown, visiting victories on the Smurf Turf are a very rare occurrence, indeed.
Hawaii evened its season record at 3-3 and improved to 2-1 in the WAC with a well-balanced, 24-14 home victory over LaTech. The nationally 15th-ranked Broncos are 5-0 overall following a 24-7 win over Southern Miss.
Inoke Funaki appears to be growing into his unexpected role as starting quarterback for UH. In Saturday's victory, Funaki threw for a career-high 224 yards and two touchdowns while also running for another. But this was not about Funaki alone.
The defense forced four turnovers and rushed LaTech's starting quarterback into completing 11 of 29 passes. The special teams were magnificent. UH blocked a field goal attempted and forced a fumble on a kickoff return that eventually led to a touchdown.
UH is definitely showing signs of improvement. But has improved enough to challenge Boise State on the road? We'll find out this Friday night, won't we?
In other weekend games involving WAC teams: New Mexico State posted a surprising 48-45 road win over Nevada, San Jose State eased to a 30-7 win over Utah State, Fresno State dominated Idaho 45-32.
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