Bobref Posted March 4 Posted March 4 Very soon we will celebrate a life extraordinarily well lived. But today, on the 148th anniversary of the birth of Knute Rockne, the Notre Dame community is mourning the loss of one of the immortals. 2 Quote
PHJIrish Posted March 4 Posted March 4 Notre Dame mourns Lou Holtz in tribute video: 'He was the father of all of us' RIP, Coach! 1 Quote
Bobref Posted March 4 Posted March 4 I have my own personal Coach Lou story. When I was much younger, I was very active in the Indiana State Bar Association. One year, the Association’s Spring Meeting was in South Bend. I was in charge of the program at the big luncheon, and the speaker was Coach Lou. So, there I was. Sitting up at the head table with Lou Holtz and Father Hesburgh. Needless to say, I was in a star struck daze the whole time. As the lunch was finishing up, Coach Lou leaned over to me and said “Bob, how long would you like me to talk?” I was very conscious of the fact that we were in the middle of Spring football, and I didn’t want to impose on him. And, of course, we had a schedule. I said, “Coach, if you could give us 15-20 minutes, that would be great.” He got this funny look on his face, and said “Bob, I’m just getting warmed up at 20 minutes.” He got up and spoke extemporaneously for 45 minutes … and he talked faster than those guys who do the disclaimers in tv commercials. Then stuck around afterward to talk to people. Coach had a well-deserved reputation for graciousness and generosity. And while he coached, and was successful, at several different places, his heart belonged to Notre Dame. R.I.P., Coach. Take your place up there with Leahy, Ara, and The Rock. 5 Quote
Irishman Posted March 5 Posted March 5 35 minutes ago, Bash Riprock said: Another great one is he says my wife and I were on the beach. This woman in a bikini walks by and I looked at my wife and asked, why don’t you look more like her? She said back if I looked more like that, I would not have married you. 😄 2 Quote
23andCounting Posted March 5 Posted March 5 Take seventeen minutes and watch this video of Lou Holtz speaking at a commencement if you haven't seen it already. 1 Quote
Bobref Posted March 5 Posted March 5 Arrangements for Coach Lou. Burial at Cedar Grove Cemetery on the Campus, with Ara and The Rock. He’ll be at Notre Dame forever, now. 2 Quote
Coach Nowlin Posted March 5 Posted March 5 21 hours ago, Bash Riprock said: LOVED That; Never seen that one before; Truer now then ever with virtual cesspool many fan bases live in online Quote
Bobref Posted March 16 Posted March 16 Coach Lou’s service is today. Visitation last evening at the Basilica. Here are the students lining up to pay their respects. Going to be a somber day on campus. R.I.P. Coach. 4 Quote
Bobref Posted March 16 Posted March 16 The Band of the Fighting Irish plays one final salute to Coach Lou at the conclusion of today’s service. https://www.facebook.com/reel/900215172804354/?fs=e&fs=e 1 Quote
Irishman Posted March 16 Posted March 16 2 hours ago, Bobref said: The Band of the Fighting Irish plays one final salute to Coach Lou at the conclusion of today’s service. https://www.facebook.com/reel/900215172804354/?fs=e&fs=e Yeah, I choked up while watching that. Quote
Bobref Posted March 16 Posted March 16 9 hours ago, Bobref said: Coach Lou’s service is today. Visitation last evening at the Basilica. Here are the students lining up to pay their respects. Going to be a somber day on campus. R.I.P. Coach. One thing that occurred to me. It’s unlikely any of those students were alive when Coach Lou coached his last game at Notre Dame in 1996. Yet, they turned out. 2 Quote
Bobref Posted March 16 Posted March 16 The Mass of Christian Burial for Coach Lou begins with the perfect line from Rev. Brian C. Ching. "If we were to start late, we might hear some yelling from Coach in the back, so we're going to do our best to start on time." 2 Quote
Irishman Posted March 16 Posted March 16 Another angle of the band playing the Alma Mater with the funeral procession in view. 2 Quote
Bobref Posted March 16 Posted March 16 Do you think when, for example, Nick Saban, turns up his toes there will be an outpouring like this for him? I don’t think so. Coach Lou’s impact at Notre Dame went way beyond the football field. 1 Quote
Bobref Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Did you know there were two things Coach Lou did that no other college HFC has done? He took 6 different teams to Bowl games, back when going to a Bowl meant something. More significantly, perhaps, he was the first coach to negotiate a contract that allowed him to leave without contractual penalty if offered the HFC job at a specific other school. This was the famous “Notre Dame Clause,” in his contract with Minnesota. Notre Dame was always his dream job. 1 Quote
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