Lou Holtz is probably more responsible for any individual player for me taking a liking to Notre Dame football at a young age. The small head coach of the Fighting Irish during my youth was an icon, winning the 1988 national championship and getting very close to a couple more over the next five seasons.
Although I don’t agree very often with his politics, I do still find myself paying attention when he speaks. That was no different when I saw his face pop up on my Twitter feed earlier today.
Holtz was on “The Ingraham Angle” on Fox News Thursday and was asked a variety of things that you can watch below.
[protected-iframe id=”eec8bc58cdfaa8a25ee6bb56b05ec90b-162776928-7793168″ info=”https://video.foxnews.com/v/embed.js?id=6170608877001&w=466&h=263″ ]
A couple thoughts from that experience:
I agree with Holtz on the Fighting Irish nickname. It’s not about being Irish and getting in a barroom brawl because you’re drunk. It’s about the fight the Irish showed when they were mistreated upon their initial arrival to the United States. However, Holtz’s story about where the name came from isn’t the story the Univeristy tells:
“Exactly where and how Notre Dame’s athletic nickname, “Fighting Irish,” came to origination never has been perfectly explained.” – UND.com
Another thought I had is that Lou’s right about having to overcome fear at some point in our lives. He’s right about that, but the comparison he made to football being played this fall is at best, laughable.
To compare almost anything in the history of the world to the Normandy Invasion is absurd. The invasion, was entirely necessary for the free world and God willing nobody will ever see anything of the sort again.
Football on the other hand may feel like life when he watch games on Saturday’s and live and die with each possession in a big game. If necessary however, the free world will continue to exist even if football isn’t played this fall.
C’mon, Lou.