The college football world has been sharing tributes to former coach and analyst Lou Holtz this week following his passing at the age of 89.
ESPN’s Rece Davis, who worked with Holtz during their time at the Worldwide Leader, shared a particularly humorous story about the former Notre Dame coach during an interview with David Pollack on Friday.
During Holtz’s prime at ESPN, Davis hosted a courtroom-style debate show called “Final Verdict” featuring Holtz and fellow ESPN colleague Mark May. As Davis tells the story, one week he wrote a parody of a scene from the film, “A Few Good Men” starring Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise.
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Holtz was initially annoyed with his part because he felt May was getting better lines. However, Davis says he eventually came around due to feedback from fans.
“I thought [May] would probably pull of the Nicholson role better and Lou was furious at the end of taping that. Because he felt like he didn’t have a big enough role. He didn’t like his part,” Davis said. “Even though I told him, ‘you’re the Tom Cruise role,’ that didn’t matter because he’d never seen the movie.
“So he left mad that Saturday night and I thought, ‘well, I’m going to have to smooth that over next week.’ He comes back in the next week and he’s happy as a clam. Talking about how great ‘Final Verdict’ was last week. And I said ‘I thought you were mad when you left last week?’
“He goes ‘you know what, four ladies in the airport stopped me and told me I looked better than Tom Cruise.'”
Here’s a clip of Davis’s story:
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— David Pollack (@davidpollack47) March 6, 2026Rece Davis tells hilarious Lou Holtz story from ‘Final Verdict’ show Saturday Down South.
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