December Card & Memorabilia Auction Dec 9 - 18/19
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/18/2022
Offered is Lou Holtz's Minnesota Golden Gophers leather briefcase with "The Offensive Side of Lou Holtz" book and Holtz's pens and pen case. The oxblood leather hard sided "Renwick" brand briefcase has gold metal locks and latches at the top, with an oxblood leather and gold metal handle. The top side of the briefcase has a bumper sticker with the caption "I (heart) My Wife" in red, yellow and brown. It also features an embossed yellow and red Minnesota football helmet decal below the handle. Inside the briefcase is a paperback copy of Holtz's book "The Offensive Side of Lou Holtz", published in 1978. Also inside the briefcase is a brown wood pen case embossed in black with a facsimile "Lou Holtz" autograph. Inside the pen case are two brown wood with gold metal accents pens. Also included inside the case is a University of Notre Dame Navy blue and gold pocket silk. Please note that there is a small black pen mark in the upper right interior of the lid, and that the outer edges of the briefcase have signs of wear. Holtz accepted the head coaching job at the University of Minnesota before the 1984 season. The Golden Gophers had only won one game vs. Rice in 1983, but under Holtz won 4 games, including 3 in the Big Ten. In 1985 the team was 7-5 and were invited to the Independence Bowl, where they defeated Clemson, 20–13. Holtz did not coach the Gophers in that bowl game, as he had already accepted the head coaching position at Notre Dame. This item comes with a LOA from Lou Holtz, and 100% of the net proceeds from the sale of this item will benefit the Holtz Charitable Foundation, Inc.