Hawaii endures, despite Brennan's complaints

Hawaii's Heisman campaign for Colt Brennan is coming. In fact, it can't come soon enough.

Right after the school is through refuting their quarterback's contentions that the facilities stink, campus parking police are bullies and scholarship checks don't cover the cost of living.

Even with the problems, Colt Brennan says he'd still pick Hawaii. (Getty Images)

This is how an NCAA-record 58 touchdown passes and national acclaim turn into accusations and a bit of national shame:

"When we were on the road (last season) and saw what Alabama had, you have no idea how intimidating that is," Brennan said, "when we come from not even having soap in our showers."

The quarterback made national news last week complaining to the Honolulu Advertiser about the lack of soap. That was for starters. He said shampoo bottles were recycled as soap dispensers, locker-room theft was a problem and that coach June Jones himself might not even be aware.

"He's never been to another college setting," Brennan told CBS SportsLine.com. "I don't think he has seen really what I've seen. I don't think he understands how bad it really was."

It was the kind of stuff that led briefs sections in newspapers and replaced potty talk on FM morning talk for a day.

Brennan then went a lot further when contacted by CBS SportsLine.com. His voice carries because 1) He's a Heisman candidate and should have been a finalist last year; 2) Hawaii gave him a home after an incident with a female student cost him seven days in jail at Colorado and 3) He stayed for his senior year when he could have gone into the NFL Draft.

"When I came back," he said, "I wanted to do something special."

That depends on how you define special. Brennan's reputation might be rehabbed. His mouth is not. Reporters love him because he can't stop talking. It's the same reason AD Herman Frazier issued a point-by-point statement addressing Brennan's claims.

"Ever since I got here I noticed a huge dropoff in money and resources," the quarterback said. "It's just, they have no money. They were way over budget ...

"Everybody is kind of in the same boat. The fans feel a little cheated. The players feel a little cheated, and the faculty feels a little bit cheated."

The soap? Replaced at least three times in the past year because of vandalism, according to Frazier. New dispensers were being installed the day after Brennan spoke out. A mechanical contractor reportedly offered to pay for a year's supply of soap. The Honolulu Quarterback Club started a soap drive.