Fighting Irish Legend: Lou Holtz's Path to Notre Dame | Undeniable with Joe Buck

[@karlwesten2660]

I’m 14 minutes in and I’ve already written 4 things down to hold on to forever

[@msp5138]

Let me guess what you wrote down: 1. be white, 2. be male, 3. deny all the privilages/opportunties you are given for being 1 and 2, 4. claim you did it all by yourself.

[@davegenske8973]

Lou spoke at the commencement of one of my children’s college graduation. To say he is great is an understatement. This country and this world needs more like him

[@2bigbufords]

more crooks?

[@jeffreylockwood3173]

We have plenty like him . They’re called the MAGA Cult

[@msp5138]

Sorry Holtz is the typical Republician who denies just how much help he has received in life....

[@bigglilwayne7050]

​@@2bigbufords How exactly is he a crook?? The least you can do when assaulting someone's character, is present evidence to support the claim

[@bigglilwayne7050]

​@@msp5138 I used to be dumb and naive like you, but thankfully my eyes were opened to the pro wrestling nature of the two party system used to divide, distract, and destroy the most free country the world has ever known...

[@kipwellin1489]

This man. Coach Holtz came to our home after a practice for the Orange Bowl just to see my brother who was dying of MD. Such an incredible man. Thanks coach!

[@JosephFlamm-c3j]

Wow!

[@546cowboy6]

What can a lifetime Notre Dame fan say but thank you Lou for being you.

[@2bigbufords]

What a crook?

[@roadrules3671]

@@2bigbufords ; Go Play In Heavy Traffic. Lou Holtz has always struck me as an Outstanding Man; who's been nothing but a positive influence to ANYONE he comes into contact with.

[@bplence1189]

More than just a Coach ☘️🙌☘️ "Heroes are Remembered, but Legends Never Die." 🐐

[@charleshaggard4341]

One of the best motivational speakers of all time.

[@batchelder44]

How refreshing for someone to be grateful for living in America and all of the opportunities available to everyone.

[@CarmonBenford]

And a man who appreciates his family!

[@opaulamorgan4265]

Lou Holtz is a treasure. He is the essence of Notre Dame. A man of faith and strong convictions. One year ago, "You don't go to Notre Dame (to coach) for the money, you don't leave Notre Dame for the money."☘️☘️ (School Sisters of Notre Dame?)

[@stephenfricke9298]

Utmost respect for this man. Thank you LOU

[@irisheyes7175]

Well done Joe Buck. Lou Holtz is a National Treasure and you gave us all a peek behind the curtain at what makes him special. Thank you.

[@waderivers99]

Arkansas fan here. We loved Lou.

[@kyleroy912]

There are some people that i seriously envy. Those are the guys that were blessed to have him as a coach !!

[@michaelmanassy5652]

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Lou!! An exceptional human being! Go IRISH!

[@williamcampbell2656]

LOU is an inspiración. Born poor, with no physical attributes, with a lisp, in a poor family, but his determinación couldn't be extingiushed. Such a great attitude. I think his best quote was " life is 10% what happens to you and 90 % how you react to it. He reacted well. Im religious, but I don't preach it, I hope my life reflects it ! Well said! Live life like a champion today !

[@hoopsheavenpa]

After listening to this interview, I want to go play for Lou Holtz. What a motivator!

[@carolynabramski2807]

Love Lou Holtz, so motivational.

[@charlespomroy231]

What a great speaker and leader

[@chopperenduro6590]

So glad Coach Lou Holtz come to N.D. he brought them back to being a powerhouse , l started watching them when Ara Parseghian was coach & as a born Hoosier its good times when N.D. football is strong .

[@natetruex3972]

Lived in Indiana all my life, I've never missed a Notre Dame football game, bleed ble an gold

[@irishcole3516]

@@natetruex3972go Irish

[@MrStevenvb12]

I can listen to this man all day!

[@hdbikerdave5835]

Brilliant man, man of integrity, a special person. Well done Coach!

[@pauledwards1157]

Love Lou! I’ll always be able to say I was a senior at Notre Dame when they won a National Championship in great part due to that man. No excuses; do your best; play your butt off for your brothers.

[@JosephFlamm-c3j]

I have heard basically the same words many times from him. And inspired every time!

[@stephenfricke9298]

Truly this gentleman is an icon..They once asked his wife, what does it take to be the wife of a major college football coach? A good real estate agent

[@mayormerq08-23]

What a character...in more ways than one! He exudes excellence and is definelty one of a kind! Thanks, Lou, for all that you have done in bringing integrity and winning the right way to the forefront!

[@peterfelber8004]

Well worth watching for anyone, yes anyone. Much to be inspired by, love about, and learn from. Thank you, Lou... And thank you for this program! 🙂

[@garyb2392]

This was amazing and inspirational ! I can watch this when I’m feeling off and be right again ! TY !

[@robertwojcik4458]

Awesome human being

[@TheSassy777]

Really always liked Lou Holtz. Great Coach and one funny Guy….

[@charles-tn7rr]

Watch was he does with a Newspaper!

[@87Dodge87]

Great interview. There's no surprise why coach Holtz was as successful as he was.

[@danielwade1978]

I have his book with John Heisler, “The Fighting Spirit: A Championship Season at Notre Dame”. And Coach Lou was so gracious in signing the inside cover. I love this man. 🙏 💚 💛 💙 💪☘️☘️☘️

[@ericmeeuwsen2226]

That's a phenomenal book. Funny story -- I worked with a guy who played under Holtz at ND and somehow he had never read the book nor had a copy of it. So me, a Michigan alum and lifelong lover of Michigan football told this former player how good the book was and let him read it. On the day I was transferring to NYC (from Chicago) I said goodbye to him and asked for my book back.

[@danielwade1978]

@@ericmeeuwsen2226 - Good story. Coach Lou was so down to earth when I met him. Btw congrats on the Natty. Hope you and yours are well.

[@ericmeeuwsen2226]

@@danielwade1978 Thanks, same to you

[@danielwade1978]

@@ericmeeuwsen2226 - You’re welcome ✊

[@charles-tn7rr]

Football after Lou Holtz,has never been the Same!

[@teddyrailroad]

what a teacher....

[@williamlavelle7786]

Favorite Holtz quote. He was asked if Fayetteville was the end of the world. His answer "No, but you can see it from there".

[@georgesouthwick7000]

This might be true, but within the opportunity the University of Arkansas gave him to showcase his coaching talent, he would never have gotten the job at Notre Dame.

[@jamiewilson3668]

William and Mary alumnus here. I'd always heard a rumor about the car. Funny to actually hear him tell the story of it. 😂

[@carlpio5754]

As a ND grad I've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to football - I was at ND when Ara came in - with the same talent we went from 2-7 to 9-1 and in 1966 we won the national championship. When Coach Holtz came in it was like that we had Ara again only this time even better. In my opinion Coach Holtz is a best coach that ND ever had - PERIOD!

[@LiverpoolRules4Ever]

What a brilliant interview. Great coach. Shame he didn't win more Championships with ND in his 10 years there. Go Irish.

[@8avexp]

He has said, "We won one national championship and really should have won three." Many say that had he landed Randy Moss, he would have won another championship.

[@joeseddit]

Best coach ND ever had, bar none. Holtz got on my radar with the bowl win over Oklahoma. Before this clip even mentioned the names I remembered Calcagni, and Sales. Didn't realize Arkansas let him go, though. I thought Holtz left them for Minnesota. But I remember him turning Minnesota around (by Minnesota standards anyway). If I remember right, I think Tony Dungy was his QB. Anyway, I was telling all my fellow ND fans to watch this guy 'cuz he's the real deal. ND was coming off a down period under Gerry Faust. After the one point loss to Michigan at home the ND fans gave the team and Holtz a standing ovation, which is something for ND fans. General protocol is lose a game or don't win by enough and ND fans want to bench the QB, fire the HC and hang the leprechuan. I just knew he was gonna be great.

[@thegrubbypirate2614]

Awesome. What a man!

[@jimwright2795]

New-found respect for Lou Holtz. In other news, "We ain't rushin' the field for none-a-y'all." RTR

[@JusCuz410]

His rationale to his players for beating a higher ranked team was, “Act like you’ve done it before.”

[@charles-tn7rr]

Lou and ARA,2 of thee best Coaches outside of Rockne and Leahy!

[@NotreDame143]

In the spirit of Lou Holtz's humor ......I had a full ride scholarship to play for Coach Holtz at Notre Dame starting in Fall of '84. Turns out I was too slow, too small and Lou Holtz had no idea as to who I was other than that I would have been a starter.......God Speed Coach

[@rawn4203]

Coach Holts didnt arrive at ND until 1986.......................................

[@NotreDame143]

And I never went to ND......you missed the humor part...

[@rawn4203]

@@NotreDame143 Ah, thanx 4 the clarity.

[@Areyoutalkingtome-q1s]

Holtz wouldn't recruit me so I went to Northwestern because of Gary Barnett. I had 4 chances at sticking it to Lou Holtz. Defeated them in 1995.

[@davidgrandy4681]

It would be nice to hear something that hasn't been rehearsed. He would have given this talk hundreds of times.

[@TOMCAT5.5149]

Loved this.

[@mjcb61]

I love these.

[@8avexp]

Lou was an assistant at my alma mater (UConn) under Rick Forzano in 1964-65. Gerry Faust wasn't fired from ND. He resigned before they could fire him.

[@Darknights23]

awesome interview

[@jamessveinsson6006]

Lou Holtz should have a master class of his own!

[@markheneghan3804]

Trump awarded him with American Freedom Award. The world is a better place because of people like Lou Holtz

[@Ken-ck4zn]

A National treasure. Go Hogs !!!

[@brettpettinger9200]

A true testimony against the entitled generation!

[@jimgregory6185]

Joe was out of his element on this interview. Lou is brilliant

[@joelst294]

This is like a motivational speech

[@MrNaturalSez]

He laid a foundation for the New York Jets that has lasted fifty years!

[@jamesgogueboxing]

I remember him at Arkansas. Beat my Sooners in the Orange Bowl and cost us a National Championship.

[@jamesdriskill5784]

Never liked him at ND but my goodness what a great man.

[@2bigbufords]

He a piece of crap. Got his little memorized speeches that makes him look like a genius. He aint.

[@brookssmith7025]

I’m a Razorback fan and I loved Lou. I heard that the reason Frank Broyles let him go was because he was doing campaign commercials for Jesse Helms in North Carolina and Broyles had told him not to.

[@christophercolt1361]

IMAGINE A BOXING MATCH BETWEEN LOU HOLZ & JOE PATERNO!!!!!!!!!

[@teddyrailroad]

LOVE IT ALL....

[@hoopaholicstickum]

“It’s a better view if you’re sittin’ up!” Most of the audience missed THAT ONE!!! TFF….

[@kennethbiebighauser7984]

Always love Charley Walters yearly remarks in St Paul Press column that Lou didn't even address his Minnesota Gopher squad he was leaving for Notre Dame ..Lou .."Ahh love Minnesota ..Ahh love .our team .our players...ahh love Ricky Foggie our QB. Ahh love the Vikings . the Twins...ahh love The North Stars ..ahh love the loyalty and commitment of our staff ..blah blah blah ..when Notre Dame came calling you snuck away in the middle of the night for Touchdown Jesus..not one word to your Gopher squad you preached love loyalty commitment ..THANK YOU CHARLEY WALTERS FOR YOUR ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO LOU .....😡😡😡😡😡

[@noface228]

What a lovely man and hes right rather be happy and it's you that makes the choice

[@berrywalton3918]

The man!!!!!!!

[@RoofDoctorsJoanne]

As a Buckeye fan, Lou is still Awesome.....despite what Ryan Day says.

[@briancanterberry3085]

Ryan Day is an absolute CLASSLESS person

[@michaellucht6351]

Lou came out to Saudi Arabia on a USO tour, he is the same in person as on TV.

[@dmbalsam]

We were at that Miami game. Couldn’t talk afterwards.

[@billyoung2051]

As a WVU fan, and more importantly a realistic fan that knows ND was better too to bottom, I would LOVE to have seen that game with a Major Harris that wasn’t hurt. ND most likely still wins, but man what a game it would’ve been

[@MrThebirddog]

The silver spoon speech should be broadcast daily

[@jimmcintosh2087]

ALL TIME, One of the Greatest Coaches/Motivators Ever in my Humble Opinion! If you could Bottle It You'd be Rich! Jimmy V was the Same Kind of Coach Also--that Being Said These Two Men are Absolutely My Top Two--Period!

[@jamesharris6578]

Please tell Lou Holtz there are 13 musical notes, not 7. Seriously, though, this is good stuff. But even Holtz gets his facts wrong: He sujspended three players team before the Orange Bowl blaming their breaking his "Do Right Rule," but the woman who made assault allegations was found in court to have fabricated her charges. Holtz was judge and jury before it was adjudicated. He also says the last time Arkansas played OU they'd lost 108-0 and that was untrue; that was 1918 as WWI was still going on and the very next year Arkansas beat OU 7-6, and OU left the SWC right after that. But his talent at motivating and designing offenses was unmatched at the time. His story about how he convinced the remaining players how they could win that Orange Bowl is fantastic.

[@teddyrailroad]

my childhood...

[@stephenfricke9298]

Amen

[@averydaymond1560]

Alabama and Bear Bryant beat Holtz’s Arkansas team in the sugar bowl pretty bad one year and during the postgame midfield coaches handshake Bryant told Holtz that’s the best our team has played in 5 years. To which Holtz responded well I’m happy I was here to see it. Lol! Also he talked of being beaten barely by Earl Campbell and Texas to which he was very upset with his players not doing a good job tackling Campbell. Then the next year Holtz witnessed Campbell playing in the NFL on sundays and decided to tell all his defensive players that were still on the team from the previous year that they’d done a great job tackling Earl Campbell! LMAO

[@sydIRISH]

LOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kurtdorr8080]

I loved watching Grant Teaff at Baylor beating Lou at Arkansas.

[@gordonlawson2334]

Life is 10% what happens to you And 90% how you respond

[@angelatoler4269]

West Virginia in the house

[@michaeljoyce-q6s]

Back in the 1960's & 1970's Notre Dame fans felt, if Notre Dame did not have an undefeated season. The did not deserve the National Championship.

[@juanmasa3020]

im just here to see how much frank caliendo sounds like lou holtz

[@Wombola]

beautiful before even 3 min

[@chuckyufarley2999]

Never have been a huge Gophers fan, but as a native Minnesotan, his revolving door stint here still leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Always wondered if he would have brought that program back to relevancy had the ND job never opened up.

[@christopherblessing3868]

One of my idols along with Rockey Bleier and Mario Lemieux , both of whom I met . I told them they are better human beings than they were at their prospective sports! Some of the best roll models there ever were!

[@machoman961]

Not from East Liverpool OH, from Follinsbee, WV. Sad that not mentioned

[@Goji-eletienne]

A small irony, regarding his "do the right thing" rule, per the book "Under the Tarnished Dome" he hired the strength & conditioning coach that had been a focal point of an investigation to NCAA violations for steroid use while at the University of Nebraska. Believe this was when he was either at Arkansas or staffing up for his start at Notre Dame.

[@bobnelson4120]

Notre Dame decided to hire Lou Holtz after he discipline the guys from Arkansas who had broken some rules. It was a few years after that that blue Holtz want to Notre Dame because of his integrity.

[@mimusic1853]

Never judge a book by its cover. Wow

[@DaveIrish66]

❤❤❤❤

[@jodavey]

I was hoping they would talk about 93 season. Beat #1 Florida State then lose a heartbreaker to Boston College and with that the national championship the following week. I was at the B.C game

[@irishcole3516]

They came out too flat and woke up and actually came back.. questionable call against them helped BC come back to win.. Pete Bercich also dropped sure interception as well.

[@afish43]

Better view if you are sitting up, hilarious.

[@georgesouthwick7000]

Notre Dame hasn’t been the same since Lou left.

[@dexculpepper-py1jr]

Lou your a good man

[@irishcubs01]

93 shoulda won the title

[@MRY59]

Supported Jessie Helms a man who was against civil rights.

[@WayCoolJr27]

Gamecock fan. Trump fan. Love Lou.

[@irishcole3516]

Agree on both counts

[@Bey11ktb]

Steve spurrier next

[@davewebbtheauthor]

Too many ads! Cut back a little, sheesh.

[@jimmyfaherty8588]

Probably the last national title. Doubt they will win again

[@jphogs6335]

That Arkansas team should have been National Champs IMO. Only loss was to Texas. Yes, Notre Dame beat Texas, but ND lost to Ole Miss who was NEVER in the top 20.

[@dturner1160]

Coach is always coaching...

[@hogfanboy9443]

Sad they glossed over why he left Arkansas. Doing a political commercial for segregationist Jesse Helms was a major issue

[@angelatoler4269]

Our qb got hurt and if Major Harris wouldn’t gotten injured we would have a national championship Hail WV

[@smoothoperator7023]

Granny Clampett 👵🏻