Mountain West sources continue to report signs of progress at Hawaii, whose defense is now playing with a lot more bravado as evidenced by keeping Fresno State in check down the stretch last week in a 21-20 win at the Dog House. Further evidence of Rainbow Warrior defensive upgrades came last month vs. Boise State when the Broncos were hard-pressed to eventually put away UH, which was within 14-7 into the 4th Q. Timmy Chang's offense can also lean of QB Brayden Schager, who tossed 3 TDP and led the brave comeback in the Central Valley last week. UNLV remains formidable, but like a year ago, Barry Odom's defense is springing more leaks as the season progresses, and the Rebels, once pointspread gold, have dropped three of their last four vs. the number. Play Hawaii