15 Greatest QB/WR Duos of All Time

2006: Hawaii

Colt Brennan and Davone Bess

Hawaii is a paradise on Earth. And somehow paradise got better in 2006. Hawaii football was flying like the airplanes in the sky above the islands.

’06 was a year when Hawaii’s offense made opposing defenses as sick as a first-time deep sea fisherman who forgot his Dramamine. Colt Brennan and Davone Bess made sure of it.

That season, Colt Brennan earned himself a Sammy Baugh Trophy and a WAC Offensive Player of the Year. He finished sixth in the Heisman voting.

On the receiving side of Brennan’s arm was Davone Bess, who led the nation in receptions (96). Bess finished second in receiving touchdowns (15), tied with Georgia Tech’s Calvin Johnson, and top ten in receiving yards (1,220).

Bess was quick on routes. When he swiveled on direction and went the other, ankles (metaphorically) were broken. His feet were blurry at all times.

Davone Bess always seemed to be open, even when he seemed to be covered, because the ball found him and stuck to him.

Brennan, for his own part, led the nation in pass completion percentage (72.6), passing yards (5,549), passing yards per attempt (9.9), passing touchdowns (58), and pass efficiency rating (186.0). His 58 touchdown passes is a single-season record that still stands.

When they were on the field together, there wasn’t much a defense could do but hope that Brennan never looked in Bess’s direction. Because if he did, it was a completion, a reception, a touchdown.

Hawaii went 11-3 in the 2006 season, winning, you guessed it, the Hawaii Bowl, 41-24, against the Arizona State Sun Devils.

Sometimes life in paradise can be all too easy.