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SanClementeBuck
Heisman
We Bucks must honor Coach Schembechler for his contributions to Ohio State and Michigan. He is pure Ohio from early life...his loyalty to Barberton and his Blue Collar youth is touching. His loyalty and commitment to Ohio State, and then, Michigan, are substantial.
Bo was a giant in B10 football, and an exceptional representative of the Universtity of Michigan. We all have lost an icon.
Bo was a giant in B10 football, and an exceptional representative of the Universtity of Michigan. We all have lost an icon.
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Thanks Bo for what you brought to both universities and for being a part of making this rivalry what it is today.
R.I.P.
R.I.P.
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Onebuckfan
classof76
RIP Bo the end of an era. Two teams can honor his legacy by giving us an all-time classic, without any of the "crap" that goes on in some big games.
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http://cfn.scout.com/2/591872.html
Bo .... The Heart of the Matter
By Matt Zemek
Staff Columnist
Posted Nov 17, 2006
Just one day before the latest, greatest staging of the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry, the death of Glenn Edward "Bo" Schembechler has unleashed a torrent of emotions too numerous and complex to possibly comprehend. What was a high-stakes rivalry game is now a seminal moment in American sports history, regardless of the outcome of tomorrow's clash in Columbus.
Kickoff time at the Horseshoe is too near, however, for anyone to put this sad event into its proper and complete perspective. It will take the playing of the game, its immediate aftermath, and a long offseason of reflection before one can even begin to give this moment--and the man at the heart of it--an appropriate place in the college football pantheon.
So with the shock of this stunning occasion ever fresh, less than 30 hours before the Wolverines and Buckeyes tee it off tomorrow, one must find a few particularly poignant and amazing angles in the attempt to capture the amazing nature of a news story that is remarkable not for the fact that it happened, but that it happened the day before the game Bo Schembechler lived to coach.
For this writer, there are two things that stand out in the wake of Bo Schembechler's death late Friday morning at the age of 77.
The first is that Bo suffered a heart attack. This simple fact opens up a window into the heart of Bo Schembechler. As a biological organ, that heart was weak, but in the larger, more intangible sense of a word we so often use to refer to passionate people, Bo Schembechler's heart was indomitable and inexhaustible. In fact, that heart was larger than the already-gigantic life the Michigan icon enfleshed.
If Bo's ticker did not have a lion's will to endure, survive and triumph, the legendary coach--who suffered his first heart attack the night before the 1970 Rose Bowl--would not have been able to last on the sidelines. Forget about living well into his seventies with heart problems and diabetes; if Bo didn't have a huge heart with an unquenchable desire to strive and succeed, he wouldn't have made it through twenty-one seasons in Ann Arbor... twenty-one seasons bookended by Rose Bowl appearances against USC.
That first heart attack, nearly thirty-seven years ago, is remarkable for even more significant--and emotionally powerful--reasons. Bo's first cardiologically-based brush with mortality came just weeks after he coached in--and won--his first game against Ohio State and his mentor, Woody Hayes. That seminal 1969 game--which will now be joined by tomorrow's contest as the most memorable moment in the history of the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry--looms so large because it served as the foundation for the establishment of Schembechler's legend while also cementing the Woody-Bo coaching collision. Because of Michigan's 24-12 triumph over the Buckeyes in 1969, one icon in Columbus would have to share center stage with a Michigan man through the 1978 season. As a result, an already-celebrated American sporting classic actually grew in stature in the ten years Woody and Bo matched wits from the sidelines. "The ten-year war," as Bo referred to 1969-'78--a decade of decorated duels between dynamic dominators of the Big Ten--would not have become so ingrained in the collective memory had Bo failed to win in 1969. Without that denial of Woody Hayes' second-straight national title, just a few weeks before his first heart attack, the life of Bo Schembechler--like the history of college football--would have been profoundly different... and not for the better.
And so, against the backdrop of that tapestry of events, one must confront an achingly sweet reality: that first heart attack suffered by Bo Schembechler seemed to be nothing less than a mystical, mythical, magical occurrence. That traumatic event, just weeks after the game that defined the rivalry between Bo and the man he once played and coached for, seemed to point to something straight from the great literary masterpieces of human history. Yes, the epic nature of Bo Schembechler's coaching career--like the nature of his rivalry with Woody Hayes and the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry itself--could be found in that first cardiovascular crisis. When Schembechler suffered mightily on the very last day of the 1960s, with his first triumph over Hayes so fresh in his soul, it was a sign of the largeness of the heart that--while physically frail--was spiritually supreme throughout the life of the Michigan legend. It was as though Bo's heart was so large that his first win over Woody was an event too immense for his overflowing passions. It was as though Bo sensed the enormity of defeating his mentor, teacher and close friend in his first game as a head coach for The School Up North. The reality of that first heart attack points to the purposefulness and poetry of a life, a career, and a coaching rivalry that transcend the ordinary workings of the world and merely mortal men. What Bo Schembechler did in 1969 made the rivalry with Woody Hayes what it was; that coaching rivalry made the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry an even more central part of the tapestry of college football; and that football rivalry made The Game an even more cherished and sociocultural centerpiece of American life.
Was the magnitude of his first win over Woody Hayes too much to comprehend for Bo Schembechler, the night before his first scheduled Rose Bowl, one of the biggest days in the life of any Michigan man? In a factual sense, who knows? But in a grander, more poetic sense, how could it not have been? Now, nearly four decades after that first heart attack, Bo once again displayed the largeness of his heart the night before the kind of game he lived to coach. It's as though, one final time, Bo showed the world how much his heart embraced the mountaintop moments and supreme spectacles that make college football sing.
The second major fact which makes this moment so moving and memorable is that--in accordance with his huge heart--Bo Schembechler left this earth feisty and fighting.
On Monday, Bo delivered what would be his final press conference, a rousing, rip-roaring, rock-and-rolling reeling-off of recollections and riffs about all things pertaining to the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry. The passion present in the winningest Wolverine of all time was just as great in 2006 as it was in 1969 or 1989, the seasons that marked the beginning and the end of the Schembechler era in Ann Arbor. In this simple but unmistakably powerful way, Bo--in death--now joins his old rival and friend.
Woody Hayes--who so unfortunately lost his cool at the end of the 1978 Gator Bowl by striking Charlie Bauman after the Clemson linebacker had just made a game-sealing interception--was pried away from his job kicking and screaming. Bo's mentor did not go gently into that good night; Hayes was a passionate man in his own right who went to his grave with a level of passion about the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry that was equaled by only one other human being: Schembechler himself. Even when his own health was frail and his body was enduring its painful hours of fading twilight, Hayes spoke with unbridled passion about beating Michigan. This week, life came full circle, as Bo Schembechler went to his final resting place while pouring out his heart's desire to overcome Ohio State. It's yet another one of those perfectly poetic moments no Hollywood screenwriter could ever devise... just like the twin heart attacks Bo suffered in 1969 and today.
Bo and Woody--before the biggest Michigan-Ohio State game in the rivalry's 103-year history--are now both relegated, at least in an immediate biological sense, to the past. This rivalry can now be allowed to emerge in new ways as the 21st Century continues. Meanwhile, the soul of Bo Schembechler can join his friend with the black Buckeye cap in the heavens, looking down on the Horseshoe when tomorrow's game unfolds.
There are times in life when the reality of events tells you everything you need to know. This is one of those moments. The death of Bo Schembechler by heart attack, one day before the most significant (in terms of championship stakes) Michigan-Ohio State game in all of history, points to the heart of a man, a legend, a coaching collision, and a college football rivalry that are all so astoundingly intertwined today in ways that are hard to fully comprehend. Bo Schembechler's heart always poured out so much more than physiological realities and bodily conditions should have ever allowed. That Bo defied the medical odds for so long is one of those facts that points to something so totally transcendent about his legendarily large life.
http://cfn.scout.com/2/591872.html
Bo .... The Heart of the Matter
By Matt Zemek
Staff Columnist
Posted Nov 17, 2006
Just one day before the latest, greatest staging of the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry, the death of Glenn Edward "Bo" Schembechler has unleashed a torrent of emotions too numerous and complex to possibly comprehend. What was a high-stakes rivalry game is now a seminal moment in American sports history, regardless of the outcome of tomorrow's clash in Columbus.
Kickoff time at the Horseshoe is too near, however, for anyone to put this sad event into its proper and complete perspective. It will take the playing of the game, its immediate aftermath, and a long offseason of reflection before one can even begin to give this moment--and the man at the heart of it--an appropriate place in the college football pantheon.
So with the shock of this stunning occasion ever fresh, less than 30 hours before the Wolverines and Buckeyes tee it off tomorrow, one must find a few particularly poignant and amazing angles in the attempt to capture the amazing nature of a news story that is remarkable not for the fact that it happened, but that it happened the day before the game Bo Schembechler lived to coach.
For this writer, there are two things that stand out in the wake of Bo Schembechler's death late Friday morning at the age of 77.
The first is that Bo suffered a heart attack. This simple fact opens up a window into the heart of Bo Schembechler. As a biological organ, that heart was weak, but in the larger, more intangible sense of a word we so often use to refer to passionate people, Bo Schembechler's heart was indomitable and inexhaustible. In fact, that heart was larger than the already-gigantic life the Michigan icon enfleshed.
If Bo's ticker did not have a lion's will to endure, survive and triumph, the legendary coach--who suffered his first heart attack the night before the 1970 Rose Bowl--would not have been able to last on the sidelines. Forget about living well into his seventies with heart problems and diabetes; if Bo didn't have a huge heart with an unquenchable desire to strive and succeed, he wouldn't have made it through twenty-one seasons in Ann Arbor... twenty-one seasons bookended by Rose Bowl appearances against USC.
That first heart attack, nearly thirty-seven years ago, is remarkable for even more significant--and emotionally powerful--reasons. Bo's first cardiologically-based brush with mortality came just weeks after he coached in--and won--his first game against Ohio State and his mentor, Woody Hayes. That seminal 1969 game--which will now be joined by tomorrow's contest as the most memorable moment in the history of the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry--looms so large because it served as the foundation for the establishment of Schembechler's legend while also cementing the Woody-Bo coaching collision. Because of Michigan's 24-12 triumph over the Buckeyes in 1969, one icon in Columbus would have to share center stage with a Michigan man through the 1978 season. As a result, an already-celebrated American sporting classic actually grew in stature in the ten years Woody and Bo matched wits from the sidelines. "The ten-year war," as Bo referred to 1969-'78--a decade of decorated duels between dynamic dominators of the Big Ten--would not have become so ingrained in the collective memory had Bo failed to win in 1969. Without that denial of Woody Hayes' second-straight national title, just a few weeks before his first heart attack, the life of Bo Schembechler--like the history of college football--would have been profoundly different... and not for the better.
And so, against the backdrop of that tapestry of events, one must confront an achingly sweet reality: that first heart attack suffered by Bo Schembechler seemed to be nothing less than a mystical, mythical, magical occurrence. That traumatic event, just weeks after the game that defined the rivalry between Bo and the man he once played and coached for, seemed to point to something straight from the great literary masterpieces of human history. Yes, the epic nature of Bo Schembechler's coaching career--like the nature of his rivalry with Woody Hayes and the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry itself--could be found in that first cardiovascular crisis. When Schembechler suffered mightily on the very last day of the 1960s, with his first triumph over Hayes so fresh in his soul, it was a sign of the largeness of the heart that--while physically frail--was spiritually supreme throughout the life of the Michigan legend. It was as though Bo's heart was so large that his first win over Woody was an event too immense for his overflowing passions. It was as though Bo sensed the enormity of defeating his mentor, teacher and close friend in his first game as a head coach for The School Up North. The reality of that first heart attack points to the purposefulness and poetry of a life, a career, and a coaching rivalry that transcend the ordinary workings of the world and merely mortal men. What Bo Schembechler did in 1969 made the rivalry with Woody Hayes what it was; that coaching rivalry made the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry an even more central part of the tapestry of college football; and that football rivalry made The Game an even more cherished and sociocultural centerpiece of American life.
Was the magnitude of his first win over Woody Hayes too much to comprehend for Bo Schembechler, the night before his first scheduled Rose Bowl, one of the biggest days in the life of any Michigan man? In a factual sense, who knows? But in a grander, more poetic sense, how could it not have been? Now, nearly four decades after that first heart attack, Bo once again displayed the largeness of his heart the night before the kind of game he lived to coach. It's as though, one final time, Bo showed the world how much his heart embraced the mountaintop moments and supreme spectacles that make college football sing.
The second major fact which makes this moment so moving and memorable is that--in accordance with his huge heart--Bo Schembechler left this earth feisty and fighting.
On Monday, Bo delivered what would be his final press conference, a rousing, rip-roaring, rock-and-rolling reeling-off of recollections and riffs about all things pertaining to the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry. The passion present in the winningest Wolverine of all time was just as great in 2006 as it was in 1969 or 1989, the seasons that marked the beginning and the end of the Schembechler era in Ann Arbor. In this simple but unmistakably powerful way, Bo--in death--now joins his old rival and friend.
Woody Hayes--who so unfortunately lost his cool at the end of the 1978 Gator Bowl by striking Charlie Bauman after the Clemson linebacker had just made a game-sealing interception--was pried away from his job kicking and screaming. Bo's mentor did not go gently into that good night; Hayes was a passionate man in his own right who went to his grave with a level of passion about the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry that was equaled by only one other human being: Schembechler himself. Even when his own health was frail and his body was enduring its painful hours of fading twilight, Hayes spoke with unbridled passion about beating Michigan. This week, life came full circle, as Bo Schembechler went to his final resting place while pouring out his heart's desire to overcome Ohio State. It's yet another one of those perfectly poetic moments no Hollywood screenwriter could ever devise... just like the twin heart attacks Bo suffered in 1969 and today.
Bo and Woody--before the biggest Michigan-Ohio State game in the rivalry's 103-year history--are now both relegated, at least in an immediate biological sense, to the past. This rivalry can now be allowed to emerge in new ways as the 21st Century continues. Meanwhile, the soul of Bo Schembechler can join his friend with the black Buckeye cap in the heavens, looking down on the Horseshoe when tomorrow's game unfolds.
There are times in life when the reality of events tells you everything you need to know. This is one of those moments. The death of Bo Schembechler by heart attack, one day before the most significant (in terms of championship stakes) Michigan-Ohio State game in all of history, points to the heart of a man, a legend, a coaching collision, and a college football rivalry that are all so astoundingly intertwined today in ways that are hard to fully comprehend. Bo Schembechler's heart always poured out so much more than physiological realities and bodily conditions should have ever allowed. That Bo defied the medical odds for so long is one of those facts that points to something so totally transcendent about his legendarily large life.
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lvbuckeye;664532; said:
I said I'd include that in all posts this week, If I say I'll do something, I will. I included the disclaimer in respect. I do what I can. :scum3: I will post again after Sat.
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tedginn05
Legend
I'm not sure if this has been said or not.
But do you think it would be right for both teams to do something to honor Bo?
I've heard from some people that both teams should wear a patch on the jerseys. Its probably too late to do that. But how 'bout a sticker on the helmets?
But do you think it would be right for both teams to do something to honor Bo?
I've heard from some people that both teams should wear a patch on the jerseys. Its probably too late to do that. But how 'bout a sticker on the helmets?
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Absolutely, he was from Ohio, Coached at TOSU, and was a big credit to the game of college football. I think we should dedicate ourselves to win the game for Bo.tedginn05;664563; said:
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OSUsushichic
Fired up! Ready to go!
Bo Schembechler, Football Great of Michigan, Dies
By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN
Published: November 17, 2006
Bo Schembechler, who took the University of Michigan to 13 Big Ten championships and a host of bowl appearances in becoming one of college football?s most renowned coaches, died today after collapsing during the taping of a television show. He was 77.
Eric Risberg/Associated Press
Bo Schembechler, who died Friday, compiled a 194-48-5 record at Michigan from 1969-89 and was seven-time Big Ten coach of the year.
His death was confirmed by Mike Dowd, chief investigator with the Oakland County Medical Examiner?s Office in Michigan. WXYZ-TV in Southfield, Mich., said Schembechler became ill and collapsed at 11:42 a.m. while taping a show at that station and was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he died.
Schembechler?s death came a day before the second-ranked University of Michigan Wolverines were to play the top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes in Columbus, Ohio ? the latest showdown in the century-old rivalry between the teams.
When Schembechler became Michigan?s head coach in 1969, its glory years under Fielding Yost and Fritz Crisler were long gone. The 100,000-seat Michigan Stadium had seldom been filled in recent seasons, and the Michigan band was finding fewer occasions to hail the maize and blue with the marching song ?The Victors.? The Wolverines had gone to the Rose Bowl only once in the previous 18 years.
But on Nov. 22, 1969, Schembechler put his stamp on a new day for Michigan with its 24-12 upset over top-ranked and undefeated Ohio State and Coach Woody Hayes, his former mentor.
Schembechler coached at Michigan for 21 seasons, taking his teams to 17 bowl games, including 10 Rose Bowls, with stars like quarterbacks Jim Harbaugh and Rick Leach, running backs Butch Woolfolk, Jamie Morris, Rob Lytle and Leroy Hoard, wide receiver Anthony Carter and offensive linemen Dan Dierdorf and Reggie McKenzie.
Usually emphasizing the ground game and always preaching strong defense, Schembechler had a record of 194-48-5 at Michigan. He was the winningest coach in school history. When he retired after the 1989 season with a record of 234-65-8 ? encompassing 6 seasons at Miami of Ohio and the 21 years at Michigan ? he had more career victories than any Division I coach then active.
There were, however, some setbacks. Schembechler?s Michigan teams were only 2-8 in the Rose Bowl, and he never took Michigan to a national championship.
Schembechler was the epitome of blazing intensity. He paced the sidelines, waving his arms and sometimes smashing headsets when the referees incurred his ire. He had a heart attack hours before Michigan?s 1970 Rose Bowl game against Southern California and underwent heart-bypass surgery. He had open-heart surgery again in 1987. But his combativeness barely dimmed, and to his players he was always an imposing presence.
?It?s like this big balloon walking behind you,? Hoard, the star fullback, told The New York Times during Schembechler?s last season. ?Sometimes I have this dream. You know those big balloons they have on the floats in the Thanksgiving Day parades? It?s like one of those balloons is the head of Bo and it?s following me.?
Glenn Edward Schembechler was born and reared in Barberton, Ohio, the son of a firefighter. He gained his nickname when his sister Marge could say only ?Bobo? while trying to call him ?brother.?
Schembechler was an offensive lineman at Miami of Ohio when Hayes was the head coach, and he was an assistant to Hayes at Ohio State for five seasons before returning to Miami of Ohio as its head coach in 1963.
Schembechler was especially remembered for The Ten Year War ? his Michigan teams? battles against Hayes and Ohio State from 1969 to 1978 in one of the game?s biggest rivalries. Schembechler gained a slight edge, 5-4-1.
Schembechler spoke of those games between the Big Ten?s perennial powerhouses in ?Bo? (Warner, 1989), an autobiography written with Mitch Albom. ?It was everything I lived for,? he wrote. ?Win, and you were in heaven. Buckeyes against Wolverines. Woody against me.?
But Schembechler told also of his debt to Hayes. ?His temper was, at times, inexcusable,? Schembechler said in the book. ?But he shaped me and everything I do with a stamp of passion and strength.?
Schembechler was also athletic director at Michigan from July 1988 to January 1990. Just before the 1989 N.C.A.A. basketball tournament, he removed Bill Frieder as the basketball coach after learning that Frieder had agreed to become the Arizona State coach the following season. Steve Fisher, an assistant coach, guided Michigan to the tournament championship, then was named by Schembechler as the new head coach.
After retiring from Michigan in 1990, Schembechler, a left-hander pitcher in college, was named president and chief operating officer of the Detroit Tigers, a post given to him by the owner, Tom Monaghan, a longtime supporter of Michigan athletics. But Monaghan fired Schembechler in August 1992, together with Jim Campbell, the Tigers? chairman, a week after agreeing to sell the team to Mike Ilitch.
At the height of his fame, Schembechler was the state of Michigan?s pre-eminent sports figure. He also became something of a philosopher.
?Football is the American game that typifies the old American spirit,? he said. ?It?s physical. It?s hard work. It?s aggressive. It?s kind of a swashbuckling American sport. Football is not going to die. It is our American heritage.?
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/17/s...5023e0327ed0&ei=5089&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss
By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN
Published: November 17, 2006
Bo Schembechler, who took the University of Michigan to 13 Big Ten championships and a host of bowl appearances in becoming one of college football?s most renowned coaches, died today after collapsing during the taping of a television show. He was 77.
Eric Risberg/Associated PressBo Schembechler, who died Friday, compiled a 194-48-5 record at Michigan from 1969-89 and was seven-time Big Ten coach of the year.
His death was confirmed by Mike Dowd, chief investigator with the Oakland County Medical Examiner?s Office in Michigan. WXYZ-TV in Southfield, Mich., said Schembechler became ill and collapsed at 11:42 a.m. while taping a show at that station and was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he died.
Schembechler?s death came a day before the second-ranked University of Michigan Wolverines were to play the top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes in Columbus, Ohio ? the latest showdown in the century-old rivalry between the teams.
When Schembechler became Michigan?s head coach in 1969, its glory years under Fielding Yost and Fritz Crisler were long gone. The 100,000-seat Michigan Stadium had seldom been filled in recent seasons, and the Michigan band was finding fewer occasions to hail the maize and blue with the marching song ?The Victors.? The Wolverines had gone to the Rose Bowl only once in the previous 18 years.
But on Nov. 22, 1969, Schembechler put his stamp on a new day for Michigan with its 24-12 upset over top-ranked and undefeated Ohio State and Coach Woody Hayes, his former mentor.
Schembechler coached at Michigan for 21 seasons, taking his teams to 17 bowl games, including 10 Rose Bowls, with stars like quarterbacks Jim Harbaugh and Rick Leach, running backs Butch Woolfolk, Jamie Morris, Rob Lytle and Leroy Hoard, wide receiver Anthony Carter and offensive linemen Dan Dierdorf and Reggie McKenzie.
Usually emphasizing the ground game and always preaching strong defense, Schembechler had a record of 194-48-5 at Michigan. He was the winningest coach in school history. When he retired after the 1989 season with a record of 234-65-8 ? encompassing 6 seasons at Miami of Ohio and the 21 years at Michigan ? he had more career victories than any Division I coach then active.
There were, however, some setbacks. Schembechler?s Michigan teams were only 2-8 in the Rose Bowl, and he never took Michigan to a national championship.
Schembechler was the epitome of blazing intensity. He paced the sidelines, waving his arms and sometimes smashing headsets when the referees incurred his ire. He had a heart attack hours before Michigan?s 1970 Rose Bowl game against Southern California and underwent heart-bypass surgery. He had open-heart surgery again in 1987. But his combativeness barely dimmed, and to his players he was always an imposing presence.
?It?s like this big balloon walking behind you,? Hoard, the star fullback, told The New York Times during Schembechler?s last season. ?Sometimes I have this dream. You know those big balloons they have on the floats in the Thanksgiving Day parades? It?s like one of those balloons is the head of Bo and it?s following me.?
Glenn Edward Schembechler was born and reared in Barberton, Ohio, the son of a firefighter. He gained his nickname when his sister Marge could say only ?Bobo? while trying to call him ?brother.?
Schembechler was an offensive lineman at Miami of Ohio when Hayes was the head coach, and he was an assistant to Hayes at Ohio State for five seasons before returning to Miami of Ohio as its head coach in 1963.
Schembechler was especially remembered for The Ten Year War ? his Michigan teams? battles against Hayes and Ohio State from 1969 to 1978 in one of the game?s biggest rivalries. Schembechler gained a slight edge, 5-4-1.
Schembechler spoke of those games between the Big Ten?s perennial powerhouses in ?Bo? (Warner, 1989), an autobiography written with Mitch Albom. ?It was everything I lived for,? he wrote. ?Win, and you were in heaven. Buckeyes against Wolverines. Woody against me.?
But Schembechler told also of his debt to Hayes. ?His temper was, at times, inexcusable,? Schembechler said in the book. ?But he shaped me and everything I do with a stamp of passion and strength.?
Schembechler was also athletic director at Michigan from July 1988 to January 1990. Just before the 1989 N.C.A.A. basketball tournament, he removed Bill Frieder as the basketball coach after learning that Frieder had agreed to become the Arizona State coach the following season. Steve Fisher, an assistant coach, guided Michigan to the tournament championship, then was named by Schembechler as the new head coach.
After retiring from Michigan in 1990, Schembechler, a left-hander pitcher in college, was named president and chief operating officer of the Detroit Tigers, a post given to him by the owner, Tom Monaghan, a longtime supporter of Michigan athletics. But Monaghan fired Schembechler in August 1992, together with Jim Campbell, the Tigers? chairman, a week after agreeing to sell the team to Mike Ilitch.
At the height of his fame, Schembechler was the state of Michigan?s pre-eminent sports figure. He also became something of a philosopher.
?Football is the American game that typifies the old American spirit,? he said. ?It?s physical. It?s hard work. It?s aggressive. It?s kind of a swashbuckling American sport. Football is not going to die. It is our American heritage.?
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/17/s...5023e0327ed0&ei=5089&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss
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HailToMichigan
Maize and Blue Wahoo
As a born-and-raised Michigan fan who knew the words to The Victors before I lost my baby teeth, I wanted to say how impressed I am with the reaction of Buckeye fans to the sad death of Bo Schembechler. I found my way here looking for reasons to go back to my fellow Michigan fans and say, "See, look what jerks Buckeye fans are, as if we didn't know!" Instead I find that OSU fans have as much respect for the contributions and legacy of Bo as any true-blue Wolverine fan. I stand corrected! 
I've gained a ton of respect for Buckeye fans today - it's refreshing to know that both sides understand that Michigan and Ohio State are great programs because of each other rather than despite each other. After reading the above link, I wish I could say the same for Spartan fans 
I've gained a ton of respect for Buckeye fans today - it's refreshing to know that both sides understand that Michigan and Ohio State are great programs because of each other rather than despite each other. After reading the above link, I wish I could say the same for Spartan fans
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HailToMichigan;664597; said:As a born-and-raised Michigan fan who knew the words to The Victors before I lost my baby teeth, I wanted to say how impressed I am with the reaction of Buckeye fans to the sad death of Bo Schembechler. I found my way here looking for reasons to go back to my fellow Michigan fans and say, "See, look what jerks Buckeye fans are, as if we didn't know!" Instead I find that OSU fans have as much respect for the contributions and legacy of Bo as any true-blue Wolverine fan. I stand corrected!
You are very welcome here and thank you for your comments.
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BuckNutJoeHall
Listening to Eddie Money
Despite being too young to see Schembechler's direct impact on the game, his effort, attitude and presence is felt still today. A Buckeye born and bred, he along with coach Hayes made this rivalry the thing we cherish today. I have just had a heavy heart since learning about this, and this is from someone who despises Michigan (like most of us here do). My heartfelt condolences and prayers go out to Bo and his surviving family. As I said when Tyson Gentry was injured,
One Buckeye Down, All Buckeyes Down.
RIP Bo.
One Buckeye Down, All Buckeyes Down.
RIP Bo.
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