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HATE BOWL: A Pep Talk from Lou Holtz

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There is one man gladly straddling the HATE BOWL fence: Lou Holtz, who earned a Masters degree from the University of Iowa as a graduate assistant in 1960, then served one season as the head coach at Minnesota in 1985.

Both teams asked Holtz - well-known for his ability to motivate large young men - for a halftime pep talk.  Lou, always wanting the love of everyone, couldn't decide which team deserved it more, so he gave a pep talk to both teams:

Lou_holtz2_medium   MEN
Lou_holtz2_medium  TODAY YOU PLAY FOOTBALL AGAINTH YOUR GREATETH ADVERTHAWY.  YOU FATHE THE HAWKEYETH.  YOU BATTLE THE GOPHERTH.
Lou_holtz2_medium  IOWA AND MINNETHOTA HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THETHE BATTLETH FOR A HUNDWED YEARTH.  BOTH HAVE WON.  BOTH HAVE LOTH.  BOTH HAVE FATHED ADVERTHITY, AND BOTH HAVE OVERCOME THAT DIVERTHITY.
Lou_holtz2_medium  I FATHED ADVERTHITY MANY TIMETH.

Lou_holtz2_medium  IN NINETEEN THEVENTY THIX, I LEFT NORTH CAROLINA THATE TO COACH THE NEW YORK JETH.  DETHPITE MY BETH EFFORTH, WE THTUNK.  JOE NAMATH WATH OUR THIGNAL CALLER.  WE WERE THE ONLY THEAM IN THE WORLD FEATHURING A FULLBACK.  OUR BEST DETHENTHIVE PLAYER WATH JOHN EBERTHOLE.  GOLLY GEE WHILLICKERTH, WE THUCKED.
Lou_holtz2_medium  THO WE ARE THREE AND TEN WITH ONE GAME TO PLAY, AND THE NEW YORK PRETHTHTH ITH ABTHOLUTEWY THUFFOCATING. 
Lou_holtz2_medium  [tears up newspaper; magically puts it back together]
Lou_holtz2_medium  ATH IF THAT WATHN'T ENOUGH, WE FINITH THE THEATHON AGAINTH THE THINTHINNATI BENGALTH.  THAM WYTHE WATH COATHING THEM, AND THEY WERE THUPER.
Lou_holtz2_medium  THO, GIVEN THE THIRCUMTHANTHETH, I DID WHAT ANYONE WOULD DO: I QUIT AND WENT TO ARKANTHAW.
Petrinoicon_medium   That's what I did!
Lou_holtz2_medium  THATH WHAT ANYONE WOULD DO, BOBBY PETWINO!

 

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Lou_holtz2_medium  BUT THAT WATHN'T THE END OF THE ADVERTHITY FOR ME, GOLLY GEE NO
Lou_holtz2_medium  A THEW YEARTH LATER I WATH THE COATH AT MINNETHOTA GOPHERTH.  I TOOK THAT TEAM TO THE INDEPENDENTH BOWL, AND I WATH GOING TO COATH THAT GAME TOO, BUT THE FIGHHTING IRITH CAME CALLING FOR OLE LOU HOLTH.
Lou_holtz2_medium  [Takes off Notre Dame hat, pulls out rabbit]
Lou_holtz2_medium  I DID WHAT EVERY MAN WOULD DO.  I LEFTH MY TEAM FULL OF IMPRETHIONABLE YOUNG MEN TO THEND THOR ITTHELVTH.
Dickrodicon_medium   That's what I did!
Lou_holtz2_medium  THATH WHAT EVEWY MAN WOULD DO, NATHI RICH RODRIGUETH!
Lou_holtz2_medium  I'M THORRY, I DID NOT MEAN TO CALL YOU A NATHI AGAIN.  GOOD GOLLY I DO THAT A LOT.
Lou_holtz2_medium  [Saws woman in half]
Lou_holtz2_medium  MY POINT ITH THITH:  THOMETHIMETH THE EATHY ROUTE ITH TO RUN AWAY FROM ADVERTHITY.  BUT THE EATHY ROUTE ITHN'T ALWAYTH THE RIGHT THREET
Lou_holtz2_medium   KEEP RUNNING AWAY THROM YOUR PROBLEMTH AND YOU TOO WILL THOMEDAY FIND YOURTHELF IN BRITHOL CONNECTICUT, WEARING A HILARIOUTHLY OVERTHITHED NECKTIE, AND THALKING TO A BUMBLING INCOHEWENT MOWON
Reecedavisicon_medium  That's what I do!
Lou_holtz2_medium  THATH WHAT I DO TOO, WEETH DAVITH!
Lou_holtz2_medium  [Has Mark May wrap him in chains; climbs into old-timey bank safe; emerges unscathed]
Lou_holtz2_medium  THO MEN, PUT ON THOTH GOSH DARN THOULDER PADTH AND DAD GUM JOCK THRAPS AND GET OUT THERE!  FAITH YOUR ADVERTHITY HEAD ON!  DON'T RUN AWAY THROM YOUR PWOBLEMTH!
Lou_holtz2_medium  AND ALWAYTH REMEMBER, IT COULD BE WORTH:  YOU COULD BE FROM WITHCONTHIN.
Lou_holtz2_medium  LETH GO.

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Where's the part where Lou says

“And evewy thcool I evah coathed at wath put on pwobathun wight aftah I weft”?

by step away from the computer on Nov 20, 2008 8:58 AM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Lou!

Where’s your drool cup, buddy?

by Duez I say on Nov 20, 2008 9:02 AM CST reply reply actions actions   1 recs

Duez it sort of ...

…. looks like he just interviewed Colt McCoy.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/radio_interviewer_audibly

And ith not funny to make fun of thomeone with a lithp

On Iowa

by keosahawkeye on Nov 20, 2008 9:20 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Whoa

Its far worse than a lisp. It’s a different language altogether.

by Duez I say on Nov 21, 2008 8:06 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You know what's really disturbing?

I can actually imagine Lou giving the pep talk to both teams, and it ending up eerily like this.

Great job, HS. But I still hate you guys this week.

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Nov 20, 2008 11:50 AM CST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sure, you can hate us ...

but the asshole worked for you. (More recently.)

Mr. Boh Knows ...

by Bellanca on Nov 20, 2008 5:35 PM CST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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