My senior year (2001) Lou was coach at South Carolina

My senior year (2001) Lou was coach at South Carolina
by NDWahoo (2026-02-05 07:28:05)

In reply to: Please pray for Coach Holtz... posted by Board Ops

and was scheduled to give a lecture to the business school. No advertisements of this. But word got out, and so I decided to head over to the COBA auditorium. Apparently, everyone else had heard the same thing, and all showed up. When I got there, SRO was packed, and there were people "hanging from the rafters".

Lou walks out with a blue blazer, tie, and a SC hat on. The first thing he does it remove the SC cap, pull a block ND one from his jacket, and put it on (keep in mind he is still a public representative of SC). The room went nuts. He then said that SC is a good place with special people, but he's going to be buried here, and this is the most special place in the world. Everyone went through the roof.

Then he delivered what I assume to him was a standard motivational speech. I was fired up, and understood what it meant that players wanted to run through a brick wall for him.

Replies:

I was there and remember it vividly. - Vt2nd 2026-02-05 07:28:05
- My roommate pulled me out - mwalsh 2026-02-05 07:28:05
  - I was in your same class. - John Conley 2026-02-05 07:28:05
  - Walton would have encouraged you to go - NJIrish04 2026-02-05 07:28:05

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