It was the comfortable decision, if one that also came with its share of potential hurdles.
When Jay MacIntyre was beginning his senior year at Monarch High School three years ago, it was more than a little tempting to forge his own football path at any number of regional schools that craved his multi-faceted skills, a list that included Air Force and Wyoming.
It's never easy being the head coach's son, particularly at a University of Colorado program that featured an often unpopular father-son pairing on the sideline and at quarterback in the not-too distant past. Yet the lure of remaining close to his family was a big reason why he was willing to take on the extra scrutiny of being the son of head coach Mike MacIntyre, and in the past year CU's redshirt sophomore wide receiver has had numerous reasons to be thankful he stayed close to home.