Deepening problems in Colorado, effect CUSA?

Corso · Post by **Corso** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 10:29 am

A million-ish-dollar salary at a school without private-school admissions requirements (yes, even Tulsa has them, although not to the level we have them and Rice has them) and coaching a team that draws .... maybe 70,000 (?) to its games makes CU a better job. So does the fact that the bowl payouts are much bigger, they can recruit from a wider pool of prospects and the fact that they live in Boulder, not in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Hell, that alone makes the CU job better than the TU job.)

Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex · Post by **Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 2:01 pm

Doesn't look like it's going to matter one way or the other as ESPN is reporting that CU is looking to hire Dan Hawkins from Boise St.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2258747

SWC2010 · Post by **SWC2010** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 3:27 pm

[quote="Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex"]Doesn't look like it's going to matter one way or the other as ESPN is reporting that CU is looking to hire Dan Hawkins from Boise St.

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If so, that is bad news for Boise State. IMO, Hawkins is their program.

Dark Horse · Post by **Dark Horse** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 7:46 pm

Colorado could do a lot worse -- Hawkins is a fantastic coach.

Anyone else find this sentence ironic?
"The only other known interview was with former Colorado player Jon Embree, currently an assistant at UCLA."

MustangFan · Post by **MustangFan** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 9:34 pm

ESPN just reported that Hawkins has agreed to accept the Colorado gig.
Wonder how hard it will be to get a quality guy to replace him in Boise.

abezontar · Post by **abezontar** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 10:09 pm

Is anyone else surprised to learn that Colorado's mascot was the Golden Buffalos and not just the Buffalos?

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2259394

"Dan Hawkins is the type of coach who represents virtually every expectation that I outlined," CU athletic director Mike Bohn told Denver station KUSA-TV before the agreement was finalized. "We will be well on our way to restoring a sense of pride in the Golden Buffaloes."

No Cal Pony · Post by **No Cal Pony** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 9:17 am

I rather expect that Hawkins will do a fine job in colorado. While most SMU folks didn't really know or care about boise st., our former WAC cohort have been trying hard to make a name. I had long ago said that Hawkins would take boise up the ranks. I lived in the area he came from, and has had success recruiting in. Not only do I think he is a good coach, and good man, but I suspect that colorado will appreciate his abiltiy to recruit. I do know the school gave him a lot of support, and the people there and those who knew him in northern california love the guy.

I hope SMU would do the same for Bennett.

Go Ponies!