Lou Holtz Is a Lovable Nut

For five months every year, Lou Holtz sits next to Mark May and talks to us about college football.  Sometimes he's on the screen six hours every week during the football season. Commentators such as Holtz are supposed to be fair and impartial.  He is neither—but unlike all the rest, he has a pulse and a passion for the game.  Yes, he'll tell you Notre Dame will be a top 10 team this year and that South Carolina can win the SEC, but who cares! When it comes to "analysis" and predictions, the Kirk Herbstreits and Chris Fowlers of the college football world offer very little I can't dig up on the Internet or read in a magazine.  Their analysis is mostly just dry talk to fill up time before, during, and after the game.  The predictions these people make are no better or worse than your grandmother could do by flipping a coin. Holtz's analysis is pretty good because he brings with him all that coaching experience.  His approach to football is a conservative one, ... (link)