'Dr. Lou' delivers pre-Bedlam pep talk to Cowboys
Published: 11/25/2010 9:05 PM
Last Modified: 11/26/2010 6:37 PM
During halftime of Thursday’s Texas A&M-Texas telecast, ESPN college football analyst Lou Holtz directed his “Dr. Lou” pep talk to the Oklahoma State team.
“It won’t be easy to beat Oklahoma, but we can and we will,” Holtz said while clad in OSU gear. “Last year, all we had to do was beat Oklahoma to go to a BCS bowl. We got beat (27-0). From that football team, we only had two starters coming back on offense and only three on defense. Nobody gave us a chance to win. We were picked to finish next to last (in the Big 12 South). We weren’t even in the top 45 teams in the country (during the) preseason.
“And yet all our goals are still alive. We win today and we win our division championship. We win next week, we win the conference championship and we’re still alive for the national championship with a 12-1 record. Great players make great plays in great games. . . . Of all the things written or said by man, the saddest words are ‘could have been.’ When this game is over, have absolutely no regrets. . . . I wanted to play this game early in the morning. Why? So we’d have longer to celebrate. Now let’s go whip Oklahoma.”
-- Bill Haisten
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Bill Haisten
Sports Writer
