We still blow.

frustrated.

I am at a lost after today’s performance…..maybe not!

The kind of performance we saw today is unacceptable and falls heavily on the coaching of this team. I have pledged $,$$$$ to buying screenprinted fire Hawk/Bohn Tshirts which I plan to hand out on the Hill prior to the Nebraska game the Friday after Thanksgiving. If anyone cares to contribute to the Tshirt fund, or would be interested in handing them out please contact me at scott.buck at gmail.com

ohh yea, Temple is up 21 to 10 vs Toledo……….

So after today’s effort (or lack there of) I texted one of my close alumni buddies about the dreadful loss and lack of passion that is the state of the CU football program. His response: “Relax! They’re young, its just a loss…life goes on.” Not only did this response fire me up, but I was merely seconds away from throwing by phone through the TV screen. Mind you, he is trying to take a positive approach toward the future and direction of the football program, but then it made me realize that some CU fans have now become victim to Hawkins “lack luster effort”

This kid has bought season tickets for 6 years, never misses a snap, and now responds “Life goes on?” Buff fans everywhere need to get passionate again. I am sure you all have had similar stories, but it made me think how far this program has fallen. The coaches make excuses. The players make excuses. And now, alumni make excuses.

Note to Hawk: I don’t call that “LITTLE”

What the hell do Hawkins and his staff tell the players at half-time? Where are the adjustments that they’re supposed to be making?

I have never seen a team come out for the 3rd quarter and suck as consistently as this one has.

And bringing in Hawkins?!? Because that’s what was hurting our offense: Not enough poorly thrown balls and too much mobility at the QB spot.

I was only able to (now I think of it as “I only HAD to”) watch a small portion of the game, and I want to cry. I can only imagine how the rest of you feel

Everyone that wants Hawk fired should wear the color BLUE to the CU vs. Nebraska game. That would make statement on National television that he needs to go.

I will be in a full blue jump suit come Saturday. Looks like I’ll be a Smurf for Halloween….

Every day Bohn and Hawkins stay on the job is a statement that incompetence and unsatisfactory performance are acceptable. Mediocrity would be an improvement. Mack Brown is 31-6 in Big 12 road games (about to be 32-6), and we’ve won TWO? in the Hawkins era? Great perspective that Iowa State’s new coach has already equaled Hawkins number of road wins.

All of us who read and post here work hard and I’m sure none of us are paid what Hawkins is making, even though we perform our jobs better than he is performing his.

And this isn’t about character and integrity having priority over wins. I agree they should take priority, but we CAN have character, integrity, and wins. Programs do. Winners want to play for winners.

I want to be proud of CU athletics, especially football. The current state of affairs is embarrassing. And even more embarrassing is a head coach so clueless he says it’s just a few little things between this team and greatness.

No, it isn’t a few little things – it’s a couple of big ones named Bohn and Hawkins.

Was it this guy?
“The name of this game for us is trying to get better. We got better on defense and I am proud of that. We did not get better on offense. It is all about preparing well and playing well. It is no more complex than that. If you finish well, it means you played well and prepared well. If you do not, that means you did not prepare well or play well. Half of our game we did not prepare well or play well.”

“We need to go to practice, prepare well and be better players; and we need to be better coaches. That is what will help our football team. Do not misunderstand me, I am just angry. I am proud of them and I am proud that collectively, we have won a ball game. I am proud wherever we are in the conference and that we have won however many games we have. If that was the only deal, I would be a happy camper. But that is not what we are about and that is not what we are trying to be about. And I do not want them to feel good about playing poorly or coaching poorly.”

NAH! This was Bill Snyder explaining his DISAPPOINTMENT with the Game today! I’m not a fan of KSU or Snyder but you have to respect the job he did in creating the KSU program. Sounds like Hawk could maybe learn a little something from Coach Snyder, huh? It’s really no more complex than that!

We need Dave Logan to coach the Buffs – should have hired him in the first place!

Coach Mac steps in and given our dire financial situation signs a 3 year contract for pennies on the dollar.

This has been iterated in some of the Fanposts in different ways, but I also want to point out Rodney Stewarts Comments in the article above:

    Said Rodney Stewart: “Our players, I don’t think they like playing on the road as much. It’s something with the fans, and we just don’t get as much energy on the sidelines. There’s a lot of things (going wrong) playing on the road, and we need to fix it.”

    How?

    “I don’t know.”

That’s absolutely ridiculous. Having played sports nearly all of my life, I can safely say that there is no better feeling than going onto an opposing teams and silencing a crowd. Nothing better. I understand that they haven’t found much success on the road (read as: no success), but every single one of these kids has beaten an opposing team at home in high school. They know what it’s like. There is no excuse (unless you’re Dan Hawkins, who seems to have an excuse for everything these days)

I would be interested to find out if Hawkins has changed up their routines for road games much in the last few years. It seems to me. I read something Ringo wrote about some small changes, but they obviously aren’t cutting it.