Lou Holtz said he understood why his comments about Ohio State before last week's game at Notre Dame bothered Buckeyes coach Ryan Day, but he reiterated his belief that the Fighting Irish are a superior team despite their 17-14 loss.
Speaking Tuesday to Dan Dakich on the Outkick show «Don't @ Me!» Holtz said he called Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman to apologize for possibly putting the Irish in a difficult position.
Holtz told «The Pat McAfee Show» before Saturday's game that Ohio State had not been physical enough to beat premier opponents, citing the team's consecutive losses to Michigan and its CFP defeats against Georgia, Alabama and Clemson. «I don't feel bad about saying it because I believed it,» Holtz told Dakich. «Notre Dame was a better football team.
Three times, Ohio State had fourth-and-1, ran the ball and couldn't make it.… If I was coaching, I would have said it. I would [have] went to our team and said, 'I think you're better.