By Jim Shimabukuro (assisted by Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, DeepSeek, Claude, and You.com)
Editor
Introduction: The GOAT University of Hawaiʻi football team, according to a consensus of seven chatbots I queried this afternoon, is the 2007 Rainbow Warriors. The chatbots were: Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, DeepSeek, Claude, and You.com.
Prompt: Identify the GOAT University of Hawaiʻi football team based on the context of its era.
Consensus: The 2007 Rainbow Warriors:
1. Record: 12–0 regular season, 12–1 overall, the only undefeated regular season in school history at FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) level. Hawaiʻi was the only undefeated team in the regular season besides Ohio State.
2. Conference Champion: Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Champions. Beat #19 Boise State (39-27) to clinch the WAC.
3. National Ranking: Finished #19 in AP Poll, #17 in Coaches’ Poll. Climbed as high as #10 in the AP Poll. Ranked #10 in the final BCS (Bowl Championship Series) standings—highest ever for UH.
4. BCS Bowl Appearance: 2008 Sugar Bowl. First and only in school history. Lost to #4 Georgia (41-10). Only Group-of-5 team to compete in a BCS bowl game that year.
5. Quarterback: Colt Brennan – Heisman finalist (3rd). The highest finish ever for a Hawaii player. NCAA Records: Tied for the most career games with 400+ passing yards (20). Tied for the most seasons with 4,000+ passing yards (3). NCAA record for most points responsible for in a season (384 in 2006). Former NCAA Records: Career touchdown passes (131). This record was later surpassed by Case Keenum. Single-season touchdown passes (58 in 2006). This record was later surpassed by Joe Burrow. Passing efficiency rating (season) with 186.0 (2006). This record was later surpassed by Russell Wilson and Robert Griffin III. His career completion percentage of 70.4% remains the best in FBS history. Led the nation in total offense, touchdown passes, passing efficiency, and completion percentage in 2006. Led Hawaii to an undefeated regular season and a Sugar Bowl appearance in 2007. Finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting in 2007 and sixth in 2006. Was a two-time WAC Offensive Player of the Year (2006 & 2007). Selected AP 3rd team All-American in 2006-2007 and won the Sammy Baugh Trophy in 2006 (annual college football award presented to the nation’s top passer).
6. Offense: One of the most explosive in the nation. Scoring over 40 points in 7 games. Brennan, Davone Bess (AP 2007 All-America 3rd-team), Ryan Grice-Mullen (CNN/SI All-America 2nd team), and Jason Rivers (honorable mention on SI All-America team) formed one of the most prolific passing attacks in college football history.
7. Coach: June Jones – architect of the run-and-shoot offense. Took a mid-tier WAC program to the national spotlight. He was head football coach at the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa from 1999 to 2007. He coached in the National Football League (NFL) for three years as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons from 1994 to 1996, plus a ten-game stint as interim head coach of the San Diego Chargers in 1998. Jones played professionally as a quarterback in the NFL (Atlanta Falcons, 1977–1981) and CFL (Toronto Argonauts, 1982). He played college football with the Oregon Ducks, Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors, and Portland State Vikings. At UH-Manoa, he took over a team that lost 18 games in a row, including all twelve games in the 1998 season. In his first season in 1999, Jones led the Warriors to a 9–4 record and a share of the Western Athletic Conference football championship, making it the most dramatic turnaround in NCAA football history until 2023.
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