Lou Holtz is NOT running for congress.

[madinmaryland]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/ncaa/08/06/holtz-congress.ap/index.html

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- Former Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz tells an Indiana television station he doesn't plan to run for Congress.

Holtz told WNDU-TV of South Bend that he's focusing on working for ESPN, saying: "I don't want to run for Congress."

The 72-year-old Holtz made the comments Wednesday at a golf outing in nearby Bridgman, Mich. A GOP strategist said Tuesday that Holtz was considering running as a Republican for the central Florida congressional seat held by Democrat Rep. Suzanne Kosmas.

Holtz has never run for office. He has worked as an analyst at ESPN since retiring from his last coaching stint at South Carolina at the end of the 2004 season.

A message seeking comment was left Thursday at Holtz's office in Orlando, Fla. His secretary said he was traveling and not available for comment.

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[BOSSHOG]

1. Lou

couldn't get elected dog catcher in Arkansas. I appreciated what he did for the Hogs but his obsession over coaching at Notre Dame was embarrassing.

[Auggie]

2. Well, if California can elect an action hero as governor...

Florida could elect Holtz to Congress. It wouldn't surprise me.

[joeybee12]

3. And if America can elect a feeble-minded old coot as President...

...anything is indeed possible.