The bigger we get, I think the more it's changing things, which is great, but we didn't set out to do that. We just wanted to be as big as we possibly could be.

After the interviewer asked him why Colorado didn't run the ball more to protect their shrinking lead he dismissively replied "We were playing football moving it both ways. In 2004 Hawkins was honored with his second Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Coach of the Year title in three years. Hawkins was signed to a five-year contract paying him $900000 annually with incentives totaling to $1.

Dan Hawkins (born November 10 1960) is the head coach of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. He was a sportscaster for ESPN and former American football player and coach.