Dan Hawkins Is Afraid of the Option

Colorado and Air Force are trying to make sweet scheduling whoopee sometime in the near future. The problem: Colorado coach Dan Hawkins is wetting his pants in fear of Air Force running the option offense.

"I'm not going to lie to you: who wants to go up against that offense for one game?" the University of Colorado second-year coach said Tuesday at a football kickoff luncheon. "I'll have to see how much option offense (new Falcons football coach Troy Calhoun) wants to keep doing."

Now, I'm a big fan of Hawkins and think he's one of the most innovative coaches around. That said, he's being foolish here.

1)Do you homework, coach. New Air Force coach Troy Calhoun is promising less option and more of a balanced/passing offense. No longer will the option be deployed every down, in all looks. Instead, it will be situational and perhaps phased out as the roster is built to Calhoun's image.

2)You're Dan Freaking Hawkins! Zen master supreme. Mr. Take on All Challenges. Mr. invent crazy offenses and then force opponents to prepare for you. The Colorado air must be extra thin and reducing oxygen to his brain because a series with Air Force should be right up Hawkins' alley.