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Nov 7, 2009 5:45 pm US/Mountain

Hawkins Admits To Making Some Mistakes At CU

Reporting
Shaun Boyd
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) ― Some University of Colorado fans in the student sections at Folsom Field on Saturday wore powder blue instead of gold in protest of the program's slide into mediocrity. It was the color the team wore from 1981-84 when they went 10-34 overall during one of the worst stretches in school history.

CU hasn't had a winning season since Dan Hawkins took over as head coach. Hawkins talked to CBS4's Shaun Boyd about the pressure. He says the last four years have been the toughest of his 25-year career and talked about things what he wishes he could do over, what would drive him to walk away, and he teared up when he talked about his low point.

"Maybe I'm not as open and gregarious or something that I once was," Hawkins said. "I'm a bad loser."

Hawkins admitted he set the bar high when he came to CU. He inherited a team that's reputation needed repair on and off the field. To his credit, he's brought principles back to the program.

Hawkins also admitted that he's made mistakes. He said one mistake was bringing his son Cody to CU. He pulled him as quarterback earlier this season.

"He has handled it awesome. He's been inspiration for me," Hawkins said. "I felt bad a little bit because I think probably what I should have done at the outset; I should have said, 'Cody, I'm not going to do this to you because it's not fair to you.'"

But if benching his son was tough, tougher still was losing former coach Eddie Crowder.

"Eddie Crowder was a real blessing to me and when he passed that was hard; that's probably been the lowest.

"But I also think about, I've got a brother in-law in Iraq right now. It's probably pretty tough for him. I got e-mail from this awesome guy the other day. He just got laid off from work and lost money in stock market and he cleans office buildings in evening so his son can come up and watch Buffs games on Saturdays."

He says his players keep his spirits up and he has no reason to hang his head.

"I'd love to win more games, I would. But I said when I came here I said, 'We're going to do things right.' If that's not good enough I'll walk away saying I never shortchanged anybody here."

Hawkins says for now he's staying on as head coach.

The Buffs beat the Texas A&M Aggies 35-34 on Saturday.


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