Judging from his six-touchdown performance Saturday, University of Hawai'i quarterback Colt Brennan is just about back from his ankle injury.

Now, we await another comeback, that of the Warrior fan.

The occasional one. The marginal one. And the just plain curious ones who have been long absent.

The kind — and numbers — it takes to sell out Aloha Stadium, which has been a rarity where Western Athletic Conference games are concerned.

In addition to all the records it produced, Saturday's 50-13 victory over New Mexico State was notable for the fact it was the largest turnout (38,675) for a WAC opponent in nearly four years. Not since 41,295 found their way to Halawa for a game against Tulsa (Tulsa?) early in 2004, have more fans been in attendance for a conference home game.

Amazing, really, considering Boise State and Fresno State have been here in the interim. More headshaking is that it is the only WAC game here since 2001 that has attracted in excess of 40,000. There hasn't been a sellout for a WAC opponent in ages, the Mesozoic, it sometimes seems. But actually since Brigham Young in 1992, UH's 11-2 Holiday Bowl Championship season.

That should be remedied soon, of course. The Nov. 23 Boise State game is all but a sellout now, just a few hundred quickly disappearing student tickets remaining, according to UH officials. And there remains the possibility of a sellout for UH's next game, Nov. 10 with Fresno State, for which 11,000 tickets still reman, and the Dec. 1 regular-season finale against Washington, which has 8,000 tickets outstanding.

If all goes well, the Warriors could finish with three consecutive sellouts, which would be a school record. Altogether appropriate in this season of record setting. Overdue, too.

Indeed, the wonder is why it has taken so long. Yes, we know traffic can be tough, parking a hassle and pay-per-view invites staying home or wedging into a gathering. Tickets aren't as affordable as they once were. And the WAC's shifting membership hasn't made it easy identifying with opponents or building rivalries. But it sure seemed like we were past a lot of that last year when the Warriors went on that nine-game winning streak and sold out for Oregon State and worked over Arizona State.

For every reason to stay home this team there has been two more to come out. If for nothing more than to be able to say in 20 years that you saw the golden team of 2007.

You figured once the Division I-AA twinkies, Northern Colorado and Charleston Southern, were dispatched the huge throngs would be back, too. After all, it is only a seven-game home schedule and the opportunities to see Brennan & Co. are rapidly diminishing like the old records. And you never know when — or if — times like these might come again.

Reach Ferd Lewis at flewis@honoluluadvertiser.com or 525-8044.