Former Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz, center, talked with football fans Douglas Ho, left, Charlyn Honda Masini, Dr. Lawrence K.W. Tseu and Joe Fukumoto at a dinner held in his honor on Aug. 12 at Sarento’s. Holtz said that on a game day he’d check his mental sharpness on the way to the stadium by “throwing out” two numbers randomly — say 39 and 17 — and seeing how quickly he could add them up in his head.

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