Time to change my avatar in honor of Lou. I was 10 years old when Lou came to ND, 20 years old when he left. He was the ND coach for the bulk of my formative years, and he knocked it out of the park.
As time went on, I grew to appreciate him all the more for who he was as a man, not just a coach.
Thanks for all the memories, Lou, and for being the kind of man so many others and I could look up to. Well done, good and faithful servant, may you now rest in the presence of the Lord without end.