Holtz out at ESPN?

[MarkDallas]

http://sportsnaut.com/2015/04/report-lou-holtz-out-at-espn/

 

[Hammer Down]

Seriously, we were #1 in football. Look at the background video in that Holtz vine. We may never win a national title in any sport, but for 3 weeks we did get to have a taste of what that feels like.

 

[Dawgg]

This isn't surprising.

He's almost 80 and ESPN seems to be making a concerted effort to lower the median age of their announcing and analyst teams.
The chemistry between him and Mark May just isn't there. It's actually painful to watch sometimes. I don't think that's Lou's fault entirely because Mark May doesn't give him much to work with.
You can only hear about how clean his programs were, how hard working and clean cut his players were, how hard his schedules were, how ND deserves (fill in the blank), and how high his teams' GPAs were just so many times.

I doubt he's 100% gone though. I'm pretty sure they'll have him pop up in pre-recorded spots on Gameday, etc. Something he can film from home.

 

[patdog]

No surprise. And it was past time for him to go. But a pretty dick move by ESPN to announce it was "by mutual agreement." The man's done enough that he deserved the announcement to simply say that he was retiring.

 

[MSU'92]

We we #1 for 5 weeks.

 

[The Peeper]

Hopefully he takes Mark May w/ him , I can't stand either one of them

 

[Dog of Tillo]

May is the only one left for now, with Reece going to Gameday....lots of shoes to fill over there.

 

[GloryDawg]

This isn't surprising.

He's almost 80 and ESPN seems to be making a concerted effort to lower the median age of their announcing and analyst teams.
The chemistry between him and Mark May just isn't there. It's actually painful to watch sometimes. I don't think that's Lou's fault entirely because Mark May doesn't give him much to work with.
You can only hear about how clean his programs were, how hard working and clean cut his players were, how hard his schedules were, how ND deserves (fill in the blank), and how high his teams' GPAs were just so many times.

I doubt he's 100% gone though. I'm pretty sure they'll have him pop up in pre-recorded spots on Gameday, etc. Something he can film from home.

Not only has that but his face looked like a catcher’s mit from the 1902 World Series. <o></o>