RIP Lou Holtz.

0:00Oh, we've lost the great football coach, Lou Holtz yesterday. Most known as Notre Dame head coach, 10 years there, won the national championship in ADA for the last time they won the championship. Holtz. Got him back. They've been in the hunt. Yeah, they've been in it. Occasionally. Yeah, he's the last one to get the ride off the field. I heard a little bit, I didn't, I mean, I know the name obviously, and Notre Dame, but I didn't know he's the one that the name's off the jerseys and put the sign up, you know. I didn't know that either. I thought that sign had been there a hundred years. Me too. The play like a champion today. That was Lou Holtz. You know, not only was he known for being a phenomenal football coach, but a great public speaker and could really, really inspire him. He really did the speech circuit once he was early. I guess even when he was coaching him. Yes. First college, Dan is career William and Mary. Oh, yeah. I spent a year there. So did he 1969. He coached in C state for four years beginning in 72, won the ACC

1:05championship in 73, went to the New York Jets for part of the 76 season, hated it and quit and said Lou Holtz was not put on this earth to coach professional football. His record was not good. Terrible. Terrible. Yeah. In the pros. In the NFL. Then he went to Arkansas, led then to 60 wins. One, an upset victory in the orange bowl over Oklahoma in 1978. Then Notre Dame from 86 to 96. Now that's what he's most known for. Oh, yeah. Was it Notre Dame? South Carolina Gamecocks is where he finished up. So the Gamecocks had both him and who's a Steve Spurrier from Florence? Yeah. I had both of them. I didn't know how much that win over Oklahoma was such a big deal. Arkansas. Yeah. Because apparently Oklahoma was well on their way to the national championship. Yeah. Lost the ball. That's what really put him on the map. My dad always loved him. He said, Lou Holtz is a phenomenal football coach. I mean, he proved it time and again. In 2008, he was inducted into the college football hall of fame and always inspiring. This is Lou Holtz.

2:07He was being interviewed by Joe Buck on Joe Bucks sit down talk show. I used to watch that. The Joe Buck show. I think it's just not on anymore. I think that's long gone. I think HBO may have had whatever. He said, do you have any regrets? What are your regrets in life? And Lou Holtz said, I've been married to a wonderful woman for 50 years. I live in a great country. I don't think about regrets. I don't think it you live your life regrets. You just try to learn and benefit from it and be thankful every day. You can either be happy or you can be sad. It's life better choices. Yeah. You choose to act or procrastinate and believe it down. Prayer, curse, help or heal. It's a key to fail. Be happier, sad. That's your choice. I choose to be happy. What's your choice today, Kelly? Usually sad, usually angry, bitter, procrastinate, procrastinate, I put things off. It's faith or curse. Use curse. Yeah. Act or procrastinate. Procrastinate. Happy or sad? Sad. Always. Let's go through a lot of it. It was really,

3:13really well done. I mean, what a great message from Lou Holtz. I don't think it you live your life regrets. You just try to learn and benefit from it and be thankful every day. You can either be happy or you can be sad. It's okay. Happy or sad? Check. Sad. Got it. As we start the day, you're not sad. It's okay. Play for better choices. Yeah. You choose to act or procrastinate. A procrastinate. Always. Always procrastinate. Believe it down. Believe it down. Oh, God. Never believe. What somebody tells me anything like, I don't think that's going to work. Curse, help or heal. Help or heal. Prayer, curse. Prayer, curse. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Well, you've already done it this morning. Yep. And then believe or doubt. Doubt. Doubt. Doubt. Decide or fail. Decide or fail. That's your choice. I choose to be happy. No. Choose to succeed. Never have. Never have.

4:16The great rule. I should keep that and just play every time I have doubts and anyone should. Maybe you could play it as you're walking the hallway from office to studio each day. Every day. And we should make it. What's our side? His said, play like a champion today. Let's get through this today. We need to blank up. We need to touch your side. Let's just get through this. Bam. For the door. Bam. That's how I look at every day. I'm leaving early today. Bam. Let's just get through this. Bam. I feel extra fluidy. Bam. Bam. We have side. We should touch things behind as we walk into this studio every day and think of the great Lou Holt. My shoes fit today. Bam. Boom. No extra fluid today. Wonder where he came up with that phrase. Play like a champion today. I love it. I thought that was like Newt Rockney from, you know, same long ago. Same. That was Lou Holt's. If you think about Notre Dame coaches, I think those two. Newt Rockney and, well, I'm old enough to

5:20remember Eric Parsigian. He won a title. He did. With Montana. Yeah. He won at least one title. So those, well, those are the three. I mean, but I think Lou Holt's is right there. And Notre Dame is the most storied college football program of all time. I think I think most people would say that. Yeah. Of the 20th century. Of the 20th century. Yes. Not anymore. Rodney. Parsigian. Yeah. I like no Dan Devine. Yeah. I was a Dan Devine. Dan Devine, if you watch Rudy, was the guy. Is he the villain? Yeah. He was the. Parsigian had said, Rudy, you're going to suit up a game next year. And then in the papers, like, Parsigian retires. So then here comes Dan Devine. He's like, this little. This guy squirt the walk on. See, he's the one where he comes in the janitors closet. That's right. He's the one where every player comes down and lays their jersey on the desk in front of Dan Devine to play. And I've recently heard from someone who knows that story pretty well. Nobody puts their jersey down. Nobody wanted that guy to play. They all thought of him as a jerk. Yeah. Rudy, you know, I am looking at something here.

6:26Interesting. Lou Holt's. The play like a champion today's sign was actually started in the 1940s by Bud Wilkinson, the University of Oklahoma. That's Oklahoma. Oh my. And it says. And then it goes on and gives a little blurb about that. It says the term has been used by Notre Dame football, fighting Irish football since at least 1986 in 1986 when Lou Holt's came across it in a photo and then had a lady paint the sign. Oh, okay. So Holt's borrowed it. Yes, but it's much more known. At Oklahoma. It's started at Oklahoma. You only see it Notre Dame. Yeah. When they're coming out of the tunnel, you see that sign. I thought it had been there a hundred years and Notre Dame came up with it. Yeah. Fascinating. Yeah. But I take not many people have a bad word because they have a kid from the University of Oklahoma hitting the same sign. Almost nobody says anything bad about Lou Holt's. Lou Holt's. He died at 89 and by all right, led a great life and was a great

7:29inspiring person. May he rest. The other, they're honoring. This is also about celebrity death. They're, they've said how they're going to honor Rob Reiner at the Oscars. A lot of stars from his movies are coming on stage to honor him, including Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal from when Harry met Sally. You know, this year's in Moriom. I mean, they got Robert Redford and Rob Reiner. I mean, those are Titans. I that's something. I'll record that. I will release. I'm recording that. I want to watch. I'm not going to watch on the night of. I am going to record it. And KNOX knocks TV. I'm going to watch on KNOX knocksville TV. Barbara Streisand is going to be singing this at the Oscars. She's going to sing. Yes, she will be sure. I just read that. Let me make sure of it. Let me make sure of it. Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan will be together at the Oscars for Rob Reiner for Robert Redford. Barbara Streisand is in talks to sing during the in Moriom segment in honor of Robert Redford.

8:34She would do this song. Paul asks. She can do it. She can do it. And she Barbara Streisand will do this. You got to be in her 80s. You know, the interesting thing about it. I don't think she's sung in public in a while, right? For Robert Redford, she'll do it. I stake my reputation on it. I'm not saying clutch her chest on the stage. You got to do battering the elderly. You don't have to sing it, Barbara. I don't remember the old part on the part. Do it. She's 83. You get out there and you do it. You remember how when you had that volleyball-sized sister? I said, you stay in here. Yeah, thank God you're not the producer of the Emmys. The show goes on. You'd be done. So we can't find Barbara. We'll get her. The dragger on the stage. She's singing this song during the in Moriom segment. There's nothing we can put on our

9:35sign. Volleyball-sized sister. Boom, boom, we're out here. Sunday March 15 on ABC. Interestingly, this was pointed out. Conan O'Brien's hosting. Of course, Rob Reiner was at Conan O'Brien's party just before he was wearing suns at the same party. It's what a terrible, terrible story. In that case, of course, they're honoring both. This will be a big year. Mr. Einstein is not suns since 2019. You get out there on that stage. You sing. Sessies and talks. I wonder if she'll mumber away through it. Maybe I could sing. Maybe I could sing.