Deadspin: Lou Holtz

Here's Video Of Lou Holtz Dressing A Young Blonde Intern Down With Mean Words

Brian Hickey — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:30:00 EST

Apparently, if you're not into sports, you're just jerking Lou Holtz around. More »

Is Lou Holtz A Perv, Pervy Thief Or Neither?

Brian Hickey — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:00:00 EDT

This photo from College Gameday raises one very important question: If true, did Lou Holtz steal Brett Favre's phone before or after the whole dongshot saga commenced? This is important to Brett Favre, and this is important to America. More »

Don't Let Notre Dame Touch You There, Big Ten

scott thomas beauchamp — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:44:51 EDT

So Lou Holtz finally wants Notre Dame in The Big 10. I never took him for a bandwagoner, but his assessment that the conferences are eventually going to split into a few mega-conferences isn't lacking for evidence. More »

Did Lou Holtz Just Say That Notre Dame Will Play For The BCS Title?

Dashiell Bennett — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EDT

Yes. Yes, he did. He doesn't think they are the second-best team in the country, but they have the "best chance" to run the table and face Florida for all the marbles. The infuriating part is that he's right. More »

Nutcase Writes Angry Letters To Odd Mix Of Sports Folk

Barry Petchesky — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:30:00 EDT

Also Dan Marino and Lou Holtz, but here's the money quote: "I'm getting ready to start killing some more people. Beyonce, Jay-Z, Jerome Bettis and Tune-up Man are the first 4 people I'm getting ready to kill." [Detroit News] More »

Lou Holtz's Last Foray Into Politics Didn't Go So Well

Tommy Craggs — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:00:22 EDT

"I will have nothing to do with politics," Lou Holtz declared in 1983, assuring his new bosses in Minnesota that his days of endorsing race-baiting gasbags for Senate were over. Now he wants to run for Congress. Flip-flop! More »

Coach Who Said Hitler Was A Good Leader Wants To Run For Congress

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:30:00 EDT

Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »

Japan Learns How To Lose From Notre Dame

Ben Cohen — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:50:00 EDT

Lou Holtz coached up the Fighting Irish and, afterward, a losing coach bemoaned a moral victory, so Saturday's college football exhibition was just like any other. Except Notre Dame won. And the game was in Japan. More »

Notre Dame Desperately Wants To Beat Someone At Football

Dashiell Bennett — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:15:10 EST

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Lou Holtz will take a team of Notre Dame alumni to Japan to play against that country's national American football team. Does any part of the sentence make sense to anyone? [AP] More »

Springtime For Lou Holtz ... ESPN, Double Standards And You

Rick Chandler — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:45:17 EDT

Once upon a time, a site called The Black Table had a regular feature entitled Waxing Off, in which women gathered in an online roundtable to discuss issues of the day, and also to make fun of Will Leitch's shoes. And so we got to thinking: With so many great female sports bloggers out there, why not import the idea here? It's just crazy enough to work. So behold: The latest edition of Deadspin's Waxing Off. We found seven terrific female writers who were willing to pen short pieces on this week's topic: Lou Holtz and his Hitler comment. More »

Jemele Hill Just Taking This Whole Lou Holtz-Hitler Backlash in Stride

A.J. Daulerio — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:45:01 EDT

Jemele Hill finally addressed the whole Lou Holtz/Hitler non-suspension story today on her personal blog and is predictably measured in her response. Hill, who was suspended last summer after she dropped the H-bomb in a pro-Pistons column for ESPN.com, says that she's received plenty of emails from friends and controversy-seekers (including me) looking for a seething indictment from her about ESPN's hypocritical NO HITLER policy. She didn't bite. Instead she said this: More »

OK, Lou Holtz Apologized; Will ESPN Discipline Him?

Marcel Mutoni — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:15:00 EDT

As you're surely aware of by now, Lou Holtz made the unfortunate mistake of comparing Adolf Hitler to Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez on the air last night. Rodriguez's non-existent mustache has yet to issue a statement. ESPN wisely (if inconsiderately) roused Mr. Holtz from the comfort of his bed this morning, and made him apologize in front of the entire world to Rodriguez and the folks at Michigan for his slip of the tongue. And in case you missed Gameday this morning, here's what Lou had to say for himself:

"Last night while trying to make a point about leadership, I made an unfortunate reference. It was a mistake and I sincerely apologize. At the time, I tried to clarify my remarks. I'm not sure I adequately did so."

"I appreciate your understanding."

Right. Anyhow, when Page 2 columnist Jemele Hill referenced Hitler in one of her columns a few months ago, her employer asked her to sit out a few plays. Will the same happen to Sweet Lou? Apparently not. According to Michael David Smith's sources in Bristol, ESPN will not suspend their lovably ancient college football analyst. Because old people can say stuff like this without dealing with any real consequences, you see. Holtz Issues an On-Air Apology [The Quad] ESPN Plans No Discipline for Holtz Hitler Comment [ProFootballTalk] More »

Lou Holtz Might Be Taking Some Time Off

A.J. Daulerio — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:40:30 EDT

So, we didn't see this live and, at 7:30 on a Friday, well, most people who handle the video uploading duties over here are out enjoying the weekend, but according to many readers, and a couple of message boards, Lou Holtz just dropped a Hitler reference during one installment of College Football Live. The context of the conversation was about Rich Rodriguez's not-so-great start as the University of Michigan's head coach and Holtz chose this phrase as part of his analysis.: "Ya know, Hitler was a great leader too." That's not a good pep talk, Dr. Lou... Rece Davis and Mark May were apparently taken a little aback. (UPDATE: Davis apparently tried to clarify what Holtz was trying to say by following up with, "You mean he (Hitler) is a bad, leader, right?" Holtz said yes. So, still kind of weird, but there was an attempt to backpedal.) As we know, ESPN doesn't tolerate Hitler references, no matter how innocent they may be, so it's safe to assume that the Hall of Fame head coach will probably be off-air for a little while or forced to issue some sort of apology. If something comes up this weekend, I'm sure our crew will be all over it. As you were.... More »

Lou Holtz Now Dabbleth In Thaturday Thychiatry

Josh Zerkle — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:00:14 EDT

Signal To Noise, who deserves the game ball for yesterday's incarnation of the Hugh Johnson Project, was the first to show us the latest gimmick for ESPN analyst Lou Holtz to dispense his folksy flavor of football knowledge to TV audiences each Saturday. We covered this in Spud's Blogdome, but it really deserves its own post, and here it is: Doctor Lou is in.
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Lou Holtz - 60 Years = Jason Krause

sussman — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 10:45:00 EST

In George Carlin's famous "Baseball and Football" bit, he noted how Woody Hayes wore a baseball hat during games. "Can you imagine if Walter Alston wore a football helmet during the baseball game? They would truck him away!" More »

Get Hammered With Lou Holtz

Leitch — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:35:48 EDT

We're still rather amazed by Lou Holtz's magic trick, so perhaps that's clouding our judgment, but we're really starting to fall in love with Holtz's weekly "pep talks." They're bizarre, out-of-place and entirely self-contained, to the point that we find ourselves legitimately pepped! Fire us up, Lou! More »

For Lou Holtz's Next Trick, He Will Need A Volunteer From The Audience

rickchand — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:35:56 EDT

You may have seen this already, but have you really seen it? This week Lou uses his pep talk to cast a bewitching spell on the audience, performing the old newspaper trick; a staple of stage magicians from Budapest to Los Angeles. And when it is over, you be left questioning the very nature of reality itself (kind of like when he was still coaching). Every Day Should Be Saturday breaks down the performance, point by point. Highlight: More »