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Lou Holtz prepares for ESPN telecast
Ron Morris of The State throws Lou Holtz under the bus after reading Lou's new book, "Wins, Losses, and Lessons."

Morris says that you need to read the book along side "Under the Tarnished Dome" to get a full, accurate appreciation for Holtz's corruption life. The "Lou's Side Only Version" is a personally authored fluff piece on his individual greatness. I particularly like the part where he spends only 16 pages of a 318 page book on the Gamecocks. Including taking full credit for the Gamecocks hiring Steve Spurrier. Morris closes the article with a hammer:

“Do you think Steve Spurrier would have come to the University of South Carolina if we hadn’t built a competitive team that could win in the Southeastern Conference?,” Holtz writes. “I doubt it.”

Aside from the two Outback Bowl seasons, Holtz is flat out wrong on the competitive team part. His USC teams were 19-29 in the SEC, and Spurrier has repeatedly said he inherited a program not capable of competing for league championships anytime soon.

In a twisted way, though, maybe Holtz should take credit for Spurrier’s hiring. Would Spurrier have come to USC if Holtz hadn’t left the program in such a shambles? I doubt it.

What a phoney.

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