Coach Hawkins: Go Coach Intramurals, Brother

I won’t bore you with a long story, but I grew up north of New York City and have been a Colorado Buffaloes fan since the age of 12. No alumni affiliation. No relatives. No favorite Jets player who hailed from Boulder. Makes total sense, right? Well, Sal Aunese is the one who dragged me in, and a magical run followed by a few pretty damn good couple decades kept me a Buffs backer regardless of my approximately zero affiliations with the school. That’s why sports are great. That is also why Dan Hawkins must be banished from the Rocky Mountain state.Throughout junior high and high school, I had collages of black-and-gold covered with images of my favorite college players in the land – guys like Chad Brown, Deion Figures, Kanavis McGhee, Darian Hagan, Bieniemy, Westrbrook, Renfro, Fauria, the list went on and on. I kept with them through Kordell and Koy, Westbrook and Salaam.Even now, thousands of miles away, with the Buffs less and less frequently taking center stage on national TV, I...