Somebody get control of this guy
I am highly qualified to be a football analyst...not crazy one bit.I'm not sure who at ESPN thought hiring Lou Holtz was a good idea. He obviously was never required to go through the interview process, nor required to do any "mock" runs to make sure he could handle the duties. I guess he was just given a free "we love you, your the greatest" pass like everything else the media associates with Notre Dame. I don't work in showbusiness (however, I am a proud owner of a marketing degree from Ole Miss), but I'm pretty sure being able to form complete sentences which make some logical sense would be at least one requirement. One of my friends contacted me just to describe how unbelievable it was to hear Lou attempt to say "Annika Sorenstom shot a 71 this morning." He was stumbling through the sentence and slurring his "S's" like he had just downed his 22nd shot of hard liquor.
Who knows, maybe Lou Holtz made a deal with ESPN back in the day. "If you hype up Notre Dame football every year, I'll come do football analysis for free after I retire." If so, I bet ESPN is now saying, thanks but no thanks Lou. But then again, this is the same network that continues to encourage Stuart Scott and all his annoying "hip" slogans. Here's to Lou and hopefully many more laughs this year. I can only hope Lou Holtz will be forced to talk about Benjarvis Green-Ellis of the Ole Miss Rebels. All those "S's" will be fun.
My favorite Lou Holtz moment was thanks to the Tennessee Volunteers. Just watch how fast he moves after a Vol fan snatches his hat.
posted by Brian @ 3:29 PM
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brian, i think you'd give nbc a run for their money when it comes to hyping up a football team every year...after listening to your pre-season optimism for ole miss each year i always feel like we could/should go 10-2 or better
i wanted to write a really angry post ripping lou, but honestly, i just can't get upset about it anymore. i've accepted the fact that ESPN is playing a joke on us, perhaps to prove how it wields way too much power in sports, but more likely just because of holtz's ties to notre "we clinched the national championship saturday w/ our drubbing of psu" dame. soon, an ESPN exec is going to tell us they put holtz on tv for the comic relief he offers, i'm sure of it
I didn't watch the game, but it seems all too like a Cutcliffe game for UT to only win by 1 over Air Force. Was anyting unusual up with that?
Stephen, give it time. You won't have to give it nearly as much time as was given our former head coach. The empty talent pool is being filled. Relax my friend.
Adam...Tennessee is not a "great" team, they're ok...nothing was really unusual about game.
Brian, i love that clip....i was there for the game as a kid and actually remember that happening, true SEC class
Thanks Alex.
rumor is that ESPN is not paying Lou Holtz an actually "salary" but is compensating with professional speach therapy....
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