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Lately, however, things are looking up. Way up. Employing a combination of teamwork, discipline and canny recruiting, new head coach Lou Holtz, 51, now in his third year, has fielded a young squad that is stomping powerful foes with the zeal of modern-day Crusaders. Last year Holtz's Irish pulled off an 8-4 season, and they currently boast a sterling 9-0 record. More important, Notre Dame last week moved up to the No. 1 ranking, and the team just could capture its first national championship since...
...toughest schedules in the NCAA and lacking the services of 1987 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Brown, who graduated, the Irish were ranked 13th in pre-season projections. Eleven of the 22 first-stringers were starting for the first time. To compensate for the lack of experience, Holtz relentlessly drilled his specialty squads and relied on raw speed. In the season opener, the Irish edged out tenth-ranked University of Michigan 19-17 on the strength of four field goals by diminutive Reggie Ho, a former soccer player from Hawaii...
William & Mary has certainly come a long way since former Coach Lou Holtz said that he had too many Marys and not enough Bills. The Tribe is off to its best start since 1971, and Saturday marked its seventh consecutive win, its ninth straight at home...
...Susan Holtz Santee, Calif...
Students and parents around the country agree. Still, many seem willing to try other ways of paying for education. Steve Holtz, a pre-dentistry sophomore at the University of Michigan, earns $750 a year in addition to his $2,500 loan, and his schoolteacher mother contributes $750 toward the total cost per year of $4,000. "My mom has already sacrificed enough for my sister and me," he says. "I wouldn't have the nerve to ask her for more money." If Holtz loses all or part of his loan under the new proposal, he will change plans, find...