Congrats to Lou who will be receiving the Medal of Freedom, according to reports yesterday.

A little history on Lou. W&M was Lou’s first head coaching position, he followed Marv Levy. He took W&M to the 1970 Tangerine Bowl in his 2nd year, losing to nationally ranked and undefeated Toledo (we led 7-6 at Halftime). He then led the 1971 season the closest “almost” big season here and one of the most exciting football seasons ever at W&M. The Tribe started 4-0 with wins over ECU and Tulane. That set up a huge Homecoming game against West Virginia, a team W&M had never beaten (still haven’t). A wild and highly publicized game at Cary, the Tribe fell late 28-23. W&M closed 5-6 losing close games down the stretch to Temple, Wake Forest, Va Tech and the real heart breaker, a 36-35 loss at Chapel Hill when the Tar Heels scored late and won on a 2 point conversion.

I was a youngster still in 1971 though no college team was generating more excitement and press in the State of Va that year than W&M. Lou left after the 1971 season for NC State. He was very close from reports to President Paschall and a primary supporter of leading W&M into the ACC, all of which evaporated when Paschall retired and Lou moved up the ladder.

Lou Holtz definitely was a coach at W&M.

(09-05-2020 08:12 AM)WMInTheBurg Wrote:  Lou Holtz definitely was a coach at W&M.

True story

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W&M has a stored past!

Dr. Paschall shared with many of us later in retirement that he had a gentlemen's agreement for the W&M to be the next school admitted to the ACC.

W&M Hall was built as our entrance ticket into the ACC which in 1971 was focused more on MBB than football. Hard to believe that my freshman year was 1971 where the freshmen class were greeted the Hall.