If I were Holtz:
"It was obvious that I made or allowed my assistants to make some poor decisions tonight that cost us some points. To the fans and alumni, I apologize; it was clear that we were outcoached tonight. We didn't play as aggressive as we should have, we gave up some very dumb penalties, especially that DeDe Lattimore personal foul, he will never do that again. However, we can still win the Big East, and I refuse to allow this team to give up on this season, and neither should our fans."
I would respect him so much more if he just took some of the ******* blame! Or do anything to light the necessary fire under the defense's collective asses. Yesterday night, among the 30 or so tweets I sent out, the one I remember the most was asking why Holtz wasn't as angry about this team as the fans are.