is a tall order from what i saw last night….

CU didn’t overlook the Rams – they (CU) are merely over-rated. Quit your patronising and sneering at ‘low level teams like CSU’ and face up to reality – after yesterday’s performance you would be hard pushed to finish in the top three (maybe even the top four) of the MWC. Don’t think so? Do you really think this present buffs team could go to Utah/BYU/TCU/AFA/CSU and win? Didn’t think so. I think you have some good, potentially even great players, but you were outcoached on both sides of the ball yesterday, and therein lies the problem…..

Dan Hawkins, " With the score being what it was, it was hard to get into the running game."

Hawk, you gave D. Scott the first rush of the game then bascically abandon the run. The score was 7-0 at that point. Even at 14-0, where was D Scott? We all saw his athletic ability on snagging that poorly thrown screen pass. If coach Hagan is doing the running back substitution, whats up no play time for DS?

RingRing RingRing, “Hey Josh, I am taking up music. See if Slick Rick has a scolarship for me next year? Tell him I’ll be fresh, I am on pace for 12 carriers this year.”

O-line was suppose to be big upgrade, it didn’t show. The TV announcers had it right, they were not firing off the ball with the intention of blowing the opponet off the ball, they were blocking sideways which CSU defenders were slipping with ease. They didn’t run block well and pass blocking was even worse. 62 on CSU was blowing past Stevens all night.

D-line couldn’t get off blocks, TV announcers keep refering to them as looking like they were stuck to the o-linemen with velcro. Spot on. Other than the big run at the end of the game by Morton, the run defense was decent. Cornerbacks to start the game looked confused. A couple of big plays against the Brown brothers, but they did tighten up as the game went along.

Andre Simmons looked the part but was on the sidelines most of the night. But with no one to get him the ball, maybe it doesn’t matter.

Cody looks no worse but also no better than last year. According the paper he is starting Friday at Toledo. I guess Hawk is placing this teams fate on his shoulders, I don’t think he is up to the task. With the poor pass blocking and Cody not being mobile, Hansen should be the clear choice. Give him a shot a Toledo or Wyoming and don’t restrict they play selction. I think we would be alright.

Let us hope they can right the ship against Toledo and Wyoming. A loss to either team would really put this team on course for a 3-9 or 4-8 season. I’ve been a Hawk supporter and felt the 4th year would be the tale of the tape. Looks like the tape is tangled around his feet and he is headed for a nasty fall.

Go Buffs

but let’s see how Hawk finishes the season before we start calling for his head on a platter. If the team rebounds and gets a bowl birth, maybe he deserves one more year. If the team tanks, then, of course, you got to seriously consider a coaching change. The bottom line is you have to win football games and like Hawk said, NO MORE EXCUSES.

Hawkins is going nowhere (unless MAYBE he goes 1-10 again). CU is BROKE -read no $$$$ so they won’t be dismissing a coach they just gave an extension to. Only way that happens is if our mighty donors cough up the big money to buy him out-also an unlikely scenario given the current state of economy and the other pressing athletic department needs (B-Ball practice facility). We all gotta just grin and bear it. At least the Rockies are having a great season!

      I have tried to deny this feeling, but I am truly ashamed to be a CU fan today. I think we all saw the low point of our program in last night’s show of incompetency. In the fourth year running a program, it is UNACCEPTABLE for your team to play their rivals and show no direction. It does no good in athletics to come out “fired up” if the players cannot focus that fire onto the field with savvy and smart play. When the beginning of the game didn’t go as planned, our players were visibly shaken. Lost on their home field. A sure sign the coach does not teach his players accountability (on the field!) and how to handle adversity (on the field!). I give all respect to the staff of CSU, they had their team prepared in a way I have not witnessed once in the Dan Hawkins era. They did what they are highly paid to do (a novel concept, earning your pay).
       The sad fact, however, is that I could have successfully game planned for our offense. The defense blatantly disrespected our players not in the backfield. They continually had their safeties in the box, only worried about stopping our run game. It is sadly obvious that Cody is ineffective throwing the ball downfield or onto the perimeter. He also has no abillity to make plays or even stand tall (ha) in the pocket if he faces any rush whatsoever. They had only to guard our recievers in the middle of the field and to a distance of about 15 yards. 15 yards is truly the limit. I hope Mark Sanchez told McKnight that no quarterback in HIGH SCHOOL should throw a 12 yard post so far behind him. Left him out to dry. We did learn we have a big play wideout- Simmons was open every time we looked to him deep, but we missed him time and again. All this was known going into the season as Cody has shown this for years. We were teased with the hope that our three RB’s with game changing ability could make these defficiencies for naught. So much for that, what happened to Demetrius being the third down blitz pickup back? Again, probably a nice guy but I have yet to see him break a tackle or make a single guy miss. How do you think the conversation between D.Scott and Josh Smith went last night? Terrifying. I think we came out hot at the beginning of the second half because we suprised them. Fairchild must’ve told his players “The Buffs are going to make all kinds of changes at half, be ready for something different”. They couldn’t believe we stuck with such a weak scheme.
   With Dan (he no longer deserves any nickname) claiming we only need to make small changes and that Cody will absolutely be the starter next week, I dont see a light at the end of the tunnel. I have too long defended Dan from my friend alumns of other Big 12 schools. I can no longer deny what they have said for years is so obvious. Dan is a nice guy but plain old dumb as a football coach. We cannot afford to fire hime and pay his buyout. We are stuck. I hope Dan will show those principles he claims to hold so dearly and resign immediately citing incompetence and poor performance (a la Tommy Bowden at Clemson). Be a man Dan. You are no Big 12 football coach.