Doug Lesmireses has a report from Lou Holtz's induction in the OHSAA Circle of Champions.

At 20-3-1 in his first two seasons at Arkansas, Holtz had a 66-35-4 record in nine years as a head coach and was approaching his 42nd birthday. Holtz said OSU athletic director Hugh Hindman called and they had this exchange.

Hindman: "We'd like you to apply for the Ohio State job and interview you."

Holtz: "Well, how many people are you going to interview?"

Hindman: "Probably four or five, but you are by far the leading candidate."

Holtz: "Hugh, I was at Ohio State, served on the staff with you. I've been head coach at William & Mary, N.C. State, Arkansas. What in the world are you going to find out in an interview that you don't know about me already? Or look at the track record.

"And if I interview at (Ohio State), I wanna tell you they will run me out of that state (of Arkansas), because we had a better football team than Ohio State had at that time."

So Holtz wanted an offer, not an interview. And an offer would have changed Ohio State's football history.

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