Lou Holtz and ESPN agree to part ways

This college football season will see some more changes at ESPN, as Lou Holtz is no longer with the company

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With the movement on College GameDay taking place with Rece Davis stepping in as the host of the show, we’ve already known that this college football season at ESPN will be looking a little different. Well, one other thing won’t be looking the same either, as Lou Holtz will no longer be a part of the college football analyst team.

Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated is reporting on late Sunday night that Holtz, one of the staples of the Saturday night recap show “College Football Final,” has agreed to mutually part ways with the Worldwide Leader.

In an e-mail to Deitsch, and ESPN spokesperson confirmed the news that the former Notre Dame and South Carolina head coach would be leaving the company:

"“Lou brought a champion’s perspective and a legacy of accomplishment to our coverage along with his distinctive style and humor. We appreciate his contributions and wish him all the best in the future.”"

While there were a lot of people that gave Holtz flack for his approach to his post-coaching career profession, there’s no doubt that things just won’t feel the same without him sitting there in the studio chair giving us his dynamite analysis.

Well, the analysis when we can actually understand it…

Alright, understanding him didn’t exactly happen all that often, but it’ll still feel a little odd not to have him around this fall as we make our March toward the second College Football Playoff next January.

Wait, wait…one more awesome Lou Holtz moment…

You can make all the jokes you want about moments like these, but you’re gonna miss him sitting into that chair next to Mark May. Which leads to the next question: Who is May going to have completely ridiculous arguments with about the great game of college football that will make your head spin?

Yep, things are going to be a tad different in the ESPN studios when September rolls around. Whether those changes are for the better or not remains to be seen.

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