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Link: Notre Dame Football Retrospective: The Fall Of Lou Holtz
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The talent was there in 1994, but most of it was either undeveloped, short on experience, or worst of all, injured. The worst hit part of the all, was the offensive line, and even Joe Moore had a hard time putting forth a lineup.
We even lost a couple of budding stars to career ending injuries.
The lineup was rarely the same from week to week, and with any kind of cohesiveness, at least three of those losses (or the tie) would have been sure wins.
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ND never looked that impressive to me. Powlus and Zach also got their stats against a lot of uninspiring competition, and Jurko threw like a sidearm pitcher.
Now the RB’s Watters, Rocket and Shady McCoy who went to Pitt were a completely different story.
and.... Lou was pretty high on Powlus in the summer of '93, to the point that it sounded like he was going to start as a freshman. He broke is collarbone the first time in practice of that summer and this opened the door for McDougal to start. If not for that injury, '93 may not have been the year that it was.
Losing to Michigan the way they did was a killer too. 1994 was a weird season.
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We were having a tailgate and we were discussing what a mistake Davie was. The Observer sports writer stated that Davie told the Admin what they wanted to hear, and never pushed back as Malloy was trying his best to de-emphasize the program.
Bob Davie was more of a willing pawn in that whole mess. Mike Wadsworth was the main architect behind the coup, and wasn't exactly the best of negotiators when it came to watching out for the program. .
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