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During an interview with Fox News, the
83-year-old Hall of Fame coach said that the parameters put in
place by universities and educators will not allow the season to
be played.
"If you don't have students, how in the world are you going to
protect your football players?" Holtz told Fox News. "And with
the rules and regulations they have in college football
concerning the virus, it's just absolutely impossible to have
football.
"The educators are looking to make sure that we have absolutely
no risk whatsoever, and you can't have that. Life is a matter of
risk, and they're going to close everything down until they come
up with a vaccine? Therefore, I see no way there could be
college football."
The Big Ten and Pac-12 already have announced that they will
move forward with conference-only schedules this fall.
Holtz compiled a 249-132-7 record over five decades with six
different schools, most famously at Notre Dame (1986-96). He won
a national championship in 1988 with the Fighting Irish and
posted a 100-30-2 mark.
He also coached a year in the NFL with the New York Jets (1976)
and finished his coaching career at South Carolina, where he
went 33-37 in six seasons.
Holtz went on to become an analyst with ESPN before departing in
2015 after 10 years.
Holtz's wife, Beth, died earlier this month after a years-long
battle with throat cancer. They were married for 58 years.
--Field Level Media
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