Last season the Dan Hawkins era finally came to an end at the University of Colorado. Hawkins was hired from Boise State after going 53-11 on the blue turf. Unfortunately, Hawkins would never have a year at Colorado as good as his worst year (8-4) at Boise. Hawkins went a combined 19-39 (and 10-27 in the Big 12) and was let go prior to the season ending last year. After pulling off back-to-back wins against Hawaii and Georgia, the Buffaloes faltered in conference as they dropped five straight games. A 52-45 loss to 2-6 Kansas was the final straw as Hawkins was relieved of his duties shortly after that game. After Hawkins was dismissed, the Buffaloes finished 2-1 in their final three games. Colorado now turns to former Buffaloes TE Jon Embree as the head man. He coached for Colorado from 1993 to 2002 and most recently served as a part of the Washington Redskins coaching staff as a TE coach). Embree has no experience as a Head Coach so it will be very interesting to see how he fares in his first few seasons in Boulder. The other big change for the Buffs is that they are no longer a member of the Big 12. Colorado enters 2011 as a member of the Pac-12 South Division with Arizona, Arizona State, UCLA, USC and Utah. How will the Buffs fit in against their new Pac-12 opponents? This will indeed be an interesting year on and off the field. To get the inside scoop on the 2011 Colorado Buffaloes we caught up with the crew over at Allbuffs.com.
Here are a few words about Allbuff: Allbuffs started as a small community of Buffs fans over a decade ago. As the years progressed, Allbuffs has become the largest University of Colorado community available on the web, providing up-to-date news and poignant (or sometimes not so poignant, but still hilarious) commentary on CU. Now onto the questions....
Jon Embree has taken over for Dan Hawkins. Now that he's been on campus for a few months what is your overall impression of Embree?
