The results of a three-week tug of war will have to wait until tomorrow, when quarterback Colt Brennan announces whether he will apply for the 2007 National Football League draft or return to the University of Hawai'i for his senior season.

Today is the deadline for college underclassmen to apply for the NFL draft, and Brennan had scheduled a news conference for this morning.

"I need more time and more information," Brennan told The Advertiser last night. He rescheduled the news conference for tomorrow afternoon.

The NFL allows an applicant 72 hours to rescind a decision. UH spokeswoman Lois Manin said Brennan will file the NFL application today as a way to keep open his options.

"It does not mean I've made a decision," Brennan said. "No, that is not it at all. I swear to God that's not it. I need more time."

Brennan said he is seeking undisclosed "information" that will ease his decision. He said the information would not have been available by this morning.

"If the decision calls for me to go to the NFL, I need to be ready," Brennan said. "If I don't send in the paperwork, I missed out on that opportunity. By putting in the paperwork, I'm reserving the right to have one more day to think about it."

Brennan has debated his football future since Christmas Eve, when the Warriors defeated Arizona State in the Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl.

Since then, the scales have tilted, from his declaration that it is his "full intention" to play for the Warriors in 2007 to "50-50" odds that he will stay in Manoa.

Before leaving for an awards ceremony on Wednesday, Brennan met with UH head coach June Jones and quarterbacks coach Dan Morrison.

Morrison recalled Brennan saying: "You know, Coach, I'm probably coming back. I've got to explore some things."

Saturday morning, on ESPN News' "The Pulse," Brennan said: "If it's just hypothetically, I'd probably go to the NFL."

In an interview with The Advertiser that afternoon, Brennan said his ESPN comment "didn't mean anything" and that he still was undecided.

Earlier yesterday Brennan said: "I have no idea what I'm going to do. ... I really don't know. I'm kind of pissed off at myself because I want to know the answer, too."

Asked if his opinion shifted a percentage point, Brennan said, "No. It's still 50-50."

Until Nov. 4, there was little talk that the 2006 season would be Brennan's last at UH. But that day, the Warriors defeated Utah State to clinch a berth in the ESPN-owned Hawai'i Bowl. Because the game was played during the day in Logan, Utah, it received extensive coverage on ESPN that night.

After that, Brennan received his first interview requests from the national media.

Brennan set six NCAA Division I-A records in 2006, including highest pass-efficiency rating and most touchdown throws.

He was named the Western Athletic Conference's Offensive Player of the Year. He also became the first UH quarterback selected to one of The Associated Press' All-America teams.

Brennan finished sixth in the Heisman Trophy voting as the nation's best college football player.

Several scouts told Brennan he would project as one of the top three quarterbacks if he enters the NFL draft. An NFL panel, which is usually conservative in its assessments, predicted Brennan would be picked in the second round of the two-day, seven-round draft.

"I've heard both sides of why I should stay and why I should leave," Brennan said.

Jones said: "I don't want to influence his deal. I told him what I think. It's between me and him. I wanted him to have all of the information. He'll do the right thing."

Reach Stephen Tsai at stsai@honoluluadvertiser.com.