Word: holtz
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Everyone who cares one iota about the direction of college athletics should doff their caps to Notre Dame football Coach Lou Holtz...
...night before his top-ranked Fighting Irish were going to play the second-ranked University of Southern California, Holtz told his squad that he was going to suspend two of its best skill-players, tailback Tony Brooks and flanker Ricky Watters...
...been 20 minutes late for a team meeting Friday night, so Holtz announced at a meeting later that night that he was going to send them back home to South Bend...
...despite the magnitude of the game, despite the national rankings, Holtz decided to send Watters and Brooks home anyway for what he called "repeated offenses...
...sending home these players--and placing Notre Dame's top-ranking in greater jeopardy--Holtz reaffirmed the meaning of college athletics. Unlike so many college coaches, Holtz understands what the game is all about...