DAN HAWKINS UNDERSTANDS ALL, FORGIVES.
This veil of reality, it is but a mist few may see through, a trifling rush of wind through the bamboo. The hurry-up offense is but a trick of the mind, merely a normal offense seen through the prejudice of your paltry perceptions of time. The freshman All-American guard you see? He was a fullback all along, and you just did not see it, so preoccupied were you with the chaos of the moment.

I lift not the weight; instead, it lifts me.
And that lonely vandal who defaced the multipurpose bubble…just a blind spirit who didn’t get good parenting, man.
Hawkins confirmed the school’s new multi-purpose bubble was vandalized recently. A Buffs banner once hung on the east side of the bubble but someone recently scaled the bubble, swiped the banner and left several words in spray paint that has been washed off. “It was some kid that got cheated on love and disciplined by his parents,” Hawkins said. “I can guarantee you that.”
He feels for him, and forgives him. Such is the way of the master.












1
Anyone notice theres some younger New Wave type coaches, Hawkins and Carroll (perhaps others), who are all about the spirituality and their psyche and all that stuff that the old guard dealt with by smoking unfiltered cigarettes and drinking heavily.
Comment by Brian — April 9, 2008 @ 11:56 am
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“Don’t try to bend the spoon - that’s impossible. Rather, try to realize the truth…There is no spoon.”
Comment by Anon — April 9, 2008 @ 12:01 pm
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It’s Division 1 football!
Comment by humbaba — April 9, 2008 @ 12:12 pm
4
bubble? wth is that referring to?
Comment by duhduhdee — April 9, 2008 @ 12:19 pm
5
“Welcome to the Planet–arium.”
Comment by Out of Conference — April 9, 2008 @ 12:21 pm
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#4 if you’re serious, it’s a rather large indoor athletic complex with a tarpaulin-type roof (instead of rigid roof) good for indoor practices, hosting sporting events during inclement weather (tennis, track, etc.). If you’re not serious, please excuse my Cliff Clavin moment.
Comment by Out of Conference — April 9, 2008 @ 12:24 pm
7
This guy has read way too many self-help books and watched too much Deepak Chopra and Wayne Dyer on PBS.
Comment by blon57 — April 9, 2008 @ 12:25 pm
8
Dan needs to return to sea level before it’s too late.
Comment by hunglikehussain — April 9, 2008 @ 12:33 pm
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#6 Thanks, OOC. Not everyone is familiar with everyone else’s practice facilities. I was wondering that myself.
Just because I as a Floridian know which is the only school in Florida that has an indoor practice facility doesn’t mean I’d expect people elsewhere to know that.
Comment by Dave — April 9, 2008 @ 12:51 pm
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what’s an indoor practice facility?
at USC, we don’t need such things, as we bask in constant sunshine and perfect weather.
that said, we in los angeles are at the forefront for developing bullet-proof recreation facilities.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-design26mar26,1,7301127,full.story
similar designs may be considered for USC’s next practice field, so as to protect the kids from stray bullets or rick neuheisal and his dirty tricks.
do they make bulletproof bubbles?
Comment by socalbryan — April 9, 2008 @ 1:29 pm
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Hawkins is moving up the ladder of awesome coaches in my book.
That book consists of :
Pete Carroll
Mike Leach
Mark Mangino
Urban Meyer
Ed Orgeron (May God rest his soul)
Comment by ThreenOut — April 9, 2008 @ 2:10 pm
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Out of conference,
A cold beer to you for such a clutch Cliff Clavin reference. Outstanding. And I have to strongly agree with #8. Somebody better do something quick before the Hawk actually does sprout wings and leaves us permanently to bask in his celestial glory.
Comment by Tom — April 9, 2008 @ 2:12 pm
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Sorry, Dave. I didn’t mean to sound condescending in my response. I just figured if my less than stellar athletic department had one, then all schools do and guessed that not everyone calls it a bubble like we do.
Comment by Out of Conference — April 9, 2008 @ 2:15 pm
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thanks OOC. yeah i had no idea it was referred to as a bubble
Comment by duhduhdee — April 9, 2008 @ 2:54 pm
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socalbryan = yea your domed practice facilities would be more for pollution control, I suppose.
Comment by Brian — April 9, 2008 @ 3:19 pm
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15 - no doubt
Comment by socalbryan — April 9, 2008 @ 5:35 pm
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No worries, no offense taken. The school in Florida with the indoor practice facility is UCF, by the way, the school that recently had a player tragically collapse and pass away. It just goes to show how important discovering preexisting conditions is, since not even practicing at a constant 75 degrees can prevent unfortunate things from happening.
The O’Connell Center (UF’s basketball arena) used to have the inflato-roof until a few years ago, and you can still see the giant air ducts at the top of the place.
Comment by Dave — April 9, 2008 @ 5:38 pm