The last tie has been cut from a time Hawai'i quarterback Colt Brennan would like to forget.

"I'm done with probation," Brennan said.

Brennan received a seven-day jail sentence and four years of probation after accepting a guilty plea of trespassing (entering a room) and burglary (not leaving immediately) for an incident at a University of Colorado dormitory in January 2004.

By graduating from UH Sunday, the probation, as promised, was terminated.

"I did the time," Brennan said. "Now I'm a normal kid again."

Brennan, who developed into a Heisman Trophy finalist in his third season at UH, has been a model citizen since arriving in Hawai'i in July 2005. He has been a frequent speaker at juvenile-detention centers in Hawai'i.

Brennan, who said the probation was always in the back of his mind, was not concerned about his behavior in Hawai'i.

But sometimes, he said, "situations can be taken out of your control. That was the worry. What if something happened, no matter how slight? It wouldn't have mattered. There really are no second chances when you're on probation. It could be a number of small things. But no matter how small they are, because you're on probation, you're pretty much screwed."

Still, Brennan said, there is little time to relax. The Warriors resumed practicing yesterday in preparation to play Georgia in the Jan. 1 Sugar Bowl.

"I can't really rest until the season is over," Brennan said. "It's the competitive nature. You feel responsible in the position I'm in. That's part of the (quarterback) position. You have a bunch of responsibilities."

Brennan said the Warriors believe they can improve on what is already the only perfect season in Division I-A football in 2007.

"We have to ask ourselves what we're trying to do here," Brennan said. "We've already won over a state. We've already done a lot of great things. But maybe it's time for us to impact a nation."

Brennan said the Warriors are carrying the banner for the football program.

"Not only for this team, but for so many other (UH) teams in the past," Brennan said. "There's so much for people to learn about what we've overcome, what we do out here, and how unique and different it is.

"It seems all the Mainland (media) people do is talk about negative things or bring up excuses," Brennan said. "And, really, this whole time what they should be doing is saying how impressed they are that Hawai'i can compete so far away from the Mainland, and have the success they've had."

Brennan said the Warriors are facing "a great Georgia team."

"We basically have a chance to write our own history, our own script," Brennan said. "Right now, we can't talk. We just have to keep working."

Reach Stephen Tsai at stsai@honoluluadvertiser.com.

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