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Mesto's Tribute To Lou Holtz |
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Leading the men onto the field of play.
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Lou is about the only coach I can remember at Notre Dame. I can recall
the last year of Gerry Faust, but I spent the last 11 years cheering
for the team that started as the underdog, and went to National
Champions in 3 seasons. I will never forget watching Tony Rice run
Lou's offense. The way Rice could freeze entire defenses, and I mean
completely immobile. Rice would just have to hint at making the
pitch and everyone would stop and watch. Then it was to late. Rice
would go past them, or the pitch man would make it around the corner.
It was thrilling.
That was followed by many years of excitement. '90-'91 season when Rocket returned the ball on Colorado in the Orange Bowl that would have won the game, except for the bad clip call. The amazing victory over Penn State that Mirer, Bettis and Brooks executed, I've never been more excited over a ND victory than that. The cinderella team in '93 that all the analyst thought would finish with the worst record in recent years and their upset of FSU. The ND-Miami games, Lou jumping into the melee. Those are the memories I will keep of Lou Holtz and his era at Notre Dame.
For those of us who didn't get to see Rockne and Ara, Lou was, is, the greatest coach we have seen. Whoever gets the job of head coach next season has a closet full of shoes to fill, not least of which is that person's predecessor, Lou Holtz.
Notre Dame 1986 5 6 0 .455
Notre Dame 1987 8 4 0 .667
Notre Dame 1988* 12 0 0 1.000 National Champions
Notre Dame 1989 12 1 0 .917
Notre Dame 1990 9 3 0 .750
Notre Dame 1991 10 3 0 .769
Notre Dame 1992 10 1 1 .875
Notre Dame 1993 11 1 0 .917
Notre Dame 1994 6 5 1 .542
Notre Dame 1995 9 3 0 .750
Notre Dame 1996 8 3 0 .727
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Career at Notre Dame 100 30 2 .777
Career 216 95 7 .690
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Bowl Games:
1988 Cotton (Jan. 1, 1988) Texas A&M L 10-35 1989 Fiesta (Jan. 2, 1989) West Virginia W 34-21 1990 Orange (Jan. 1, 1990) Colorado W 21-6 1991 Orange (Jan. 1, 1991) Colorado L 9-10 1992 Sugar (Jan. 1, 1992) Florida W 39-28 1993 Cotton (Jan. 1, 1993) Texas A&M W 28-3 1994 Cotton (Jan. 1, 1994) Texas A&M W 24-21 1995 Fiesta (Jan. 2, 1995) Colorado L 24-41 1996 Orange (Jan. 1, 1996) Florida State L 26-31 1997 ??????
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Lou and Skip Holtz.
Goodbye Lou.
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