UH failed to stop Moreno and Brown

January 2, 2008

NEW ORLEANS » Hawaii defensive coordinator Greg McMackin still had his halftime speech, written on the back of a folder, clutched in his hand as he ticked off what went wrong after last night’s 41-10 loss to Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.

The two key things he saw go awry early on were not being in sync and not being properly prepared to deal with the speed of the Georgia offense as running backs Thomas Brown and Knowshon Moreno ran around and through an overmatched Hawaii defense.

The two backs combined for 134 yards and three touchdowns, including two by Moreno in the opening quarter, to key a first-half onslaught Hawaii never recovered from before a sellout crowd at the Superdome.