That game was the icing on the cake. It was already clear that Holtz was the right man for the job that season...and that the turnaround had begun.
Never felt so good about a 5-6 team. Lost to 4 top 20 teams by a combined total of 13 points.
Replies to: "Never felt so good about a 5-6 team. Lost to 4 top 20 teams by a combined total of 13 points."
- 1986 ND vs. Southern Cal, Los Angeles, [LINK]
- Shillelagh - 8:19am 8/12/19
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- That team was one play away from upseting '86 NC Penn State. USA met Tim Brown in that SC game! [NT] - Irishshark - 9:23am 8/12/19
- Never felt so good about a 5-6 team. Lost to 4 top 20 teams by a combined total of 13 points. - TakethetrainKnute - 8:51am 8/12/19
- And I hate to pick on a particular player, but I seem to recall Joel Williams dropping... - MAS - 12:19am 8/13/19
- Re: And I hate to pick on a particular player, but I seem to recall Joel Williams dropping... - THEISMANCARR - 3:25pm 8/13/19
- Also lost to two bad teams, but those games were early. - Napoleon - 8:30pm 8/12/19
- Had to find their way back from Faust. Holtz had switched the positions of a number of players.. - TakethetrainKnute - 7:29am 8/13/19
- Actually Holtz made a mistake with a player position too having Wally Kleine play defensive tackle - THEISMANCARR - 3:28pm 8/13/19
- Had to find their way back from Faust. Holtz had switched the positions of a number of players.. - TakethetrainKnute - 7:29am 8/13/19
- And I hate to pick on a particular player, but I seem to recall Joel Williams dropping... - MAS - 12:19am 8/13/19