CU's Hawkins regrets having Cody, his son, be his QB

[El Supremo]

BOULDER — If he had to do it over again, he wouldn't have had his son as his quarterback, Colorado football coach Dan Hawkins said Monday.

"I wouldn't do it, and I'll tell you what, it's just because it's not fair to him," Dan Hawkins said at his weekly news conference. "It happens like this everywhere around the country. When you win, everything's good. When you lose, everything's wrong."

A fourth-year junior, Cody Hawkins ranks first on the school career chart in touchdown passes (46) and is fourth in total offense (5,745).

But, with the team losing, Dan Hawkins benched his son during the Texas game this year after a critical turnover in the second half. The elder Hawkins also benched his son a year ago.

Tyler Hansen is now starting at quarterback for CU.

Playing your son at quarterback, when the team is losing, "becomes even a bigger lightning rod," Hawkins said.

Cody Hawkins declined to comment.

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13851609

WHAT A MAROON! And no, I'm not a Buff fan. That school is a joke.

[Capt. America]

1. Its unfair to the son and the father should have never let him play under him. Its just too close

for objectivity.

[petronius]

2. I think having your own kid on the team is stupid in general, but it would be tough

to send him/her off to another school if the family has been associated with a place for a long time - childhood dreams and all that.

Despite the nepotism thing, however, it looks like the younger Hawkins performed pretty well...

[El Supremo]

3. Both Hawkinses came from Boise State.

Cody should have stayed there.

But the real question is why did the AD at CU allow it to happen? Cody is to short to see over his linemen.

[petronius]

4. They transferred together? I didn't realize that

No excuse in that case, the coach shouldn't have wanted it, the AD should have stopped it, and the kid (even though the least guilty) should have cut the apron strings himself...