The Orlando Sentinal is reporting that the ole ball coach, Lou Holtz, is exploring a bid for congress in central Florida. Holtz would presumably run as a republican to challenge first-term U.S. Representative Suzanne Kosmas (D). Now I’m no Karl Rove, but this is actually something Holtz could win if strategically done properly. He is generally loved by college football fans, he has a brand name, he has been living in Florida, and most senior Republicans would support him. I recognize...
Lou Holtz and the fighting Irish come out of the Land of the Rising Sun victorious. The Notre Dame alumni team beat Japan 19-3 on Saturday. Japan shockingly took an early 3-0 lead in the 1st quarter but Notre Dame quickly tied it up with Scott Cengia‘s 37-yarder early in the second. Notre Dame never looked backed after JayVickers’ 77-yard run in the second quarter which landed ND in the redzone. Quarterback Tony Rice punched it in from the...
Lou Holtz is coaching the Notre Dame Fighting Irish once again, The Fighting Irish Alumni team that is. On Saturday, July 25th, at 3AM US EST, Holtz will lead Notre Dame stars of yesterday into the Tokyo Dome for a gridiron battle against Team Japan in The Japan Bowl. Coach Kiyoyuki Mori will call the plays for Team Japan. Holtz commented on the increasing popularity of football in the Land of The Rising Sun by saying, “Their football has improved tremendously,” Holtz said Friday at Tokyo Dome....
Congratulations to Lou Holtz and company as the 2009 class will be enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame this Saturday. Holtz established himself asone of the most successful college football coaches of all time. He is the only coach in the history of college football to take five different teams to a bowl game (his `85 Minnesota team actually qualified as a sixth, except Holtz did not coach in the bowl game since he had accepted the Notre Dame...
