Dr. Lou
Good Lord.
I am watching the UNC-Rutgers game on ESPN. It’s halftime, and a segment has started up called “Dr. Lou.” It’s Lou Holtz dishing out college football advice.
Is this for real? He’s some of the agonizing highlights:
- He starts off stating that he gets asked all the time when is he going to retire (I hope to God its soon). His answer “When you retire, you never get a day off. Think about that.” No shit? I’ll keep that in mind, Dr. Lou.
- Pete Carroll asks about the effect that history has in these big games (like USC-OSU). Dr. Lou’s answer: After rambling on about some crazy guy named Jim, he boils it down for us – “History helps the team that blocks and tackles the best in a game like this.” WTF? Way to drop some knowledge on us, Doc.
- James Laurinatis asks how his coaches sweater vest will be received in southern California. Dr. Lou’s response: “When I went to USC, I didn’t want wear a sweater vest, I wanted to wear a bullet proof vest.” Was that a thinly veiled racist comment Lou? Are you the reason Tyrone Willingham was fired from Notre Dame?
He goes on to talk about the end of the Washington vs. BYU (not sure how sweater vests got us here). He offers an excellent suggestion (foolproof, according to the good doctor) on how to avoid controversy like what happened at the end of the game: don’t keep score. GENIUS!!
At that point he said something about closing, but I didn’t catch it since I had gotten up to pour a drink (Lou Holtz has that effect on me).
I can’t believe that they continue to let this guy be an analyst. As an analyst, you are expected to be able to analyze the sport (generally one that you’ve been involved in for your entire life) and offer some sort of meaningful analysis about the game, teams and players.
I am still confused as to how Holtz meets these criteria. He and Corso are the reason why I am slowly moving away from watching ESPN’s college football coverage.
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