bo schembechler Stories - Corn Nation
A Remembrance of Things Past, and a reminder that things don’t last
I wrote the following in the Jones Top Ten this week: Texas and Florida are headed to the same place for very different reasons. While I fully believe that Urban Meyer has lost his passion for the game, in Mack Brown’s case, the evidence mounts that the game has simply passed him by....
One More Time: Why This Game is Special
"The University of Texas football season begins with the Oklahoma game. All before that is so much throat-clearing." Dan Jenkins, Sports Illustrated. When Bo Schembechler resigned at Michigan, ABC persuaded him to work a few football games as a color analyst. Schembechler never really warmed to...
We Are Witnessing History
What is a "Great Coaching Rivalry", in your opinion? Is it a rivalry between great coaches, like the one between Darrell Royal and Frank Broyles? Or is it a great rivalry with close, exciting games, such as between Joe Paterno and John Cooper? I was pondering this, because this is the 12th year...
Mess At Michigan
After winning just 8 games in his first two years at Michigan, Rich Rodriguez was looking forward to talking about his latest recruiting haul for the Wolverines. Michigan inked 27 players, the largest recruiting class in UM history, but at his press conference, Rich Rod had to spend time saying he...
18 Days Until the 2011 Michigan Football Season Kicks Off
Rick Stewart/Getty Images Sport "I love to win. Love it. Football is just too hard and too tough if you’re not successful. This isn’t just recreation, and the sport isn’t for everybody. I just don’t want to expend all this time and effort and come up short." - Bo...
22 Days - 30 B1G Years - 1989
Hayden Fry is a Hall of Fame coach. Barry Alvarez is a Hall of Fame coach. Someday, Jim Tressel may be a Hall of fame coach. But in the last thirty years of Big Ten football, there have only been two legends. One is in Pennsylvania. The other is Bo Schembechler. After 21 years, 13 conference...
The Notre Dame - Michigan Rivalry - "To Hell With Notre Dame"
You'd think that the Notre Dame-Michigan rivalry would be a natural - strong feelings, near in distance, competing for the same players, families with students in both schools, the top two schools in winning percentage and mutual admiration for each other's achievements on and off the field. Mike...
Big Ten Countdown 73: Ohio State - Michigan Controversy And Osborne Begins
We're continuing our countdown 'til Nebraska officially joins the Big Ten on July 1st, 2011... Two very memorable things happen in 1973, the first of which of the utmost importance to Husker fans. 1973 marked Tom Osborne's first year as head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Bob Devaney stepped...
Big Ten Countdown: 89 - Bo's Final Season
89 days left until Nebraska joins the Big Ten. That's like, less than three months or something. But Bo's last season? What the heck does 89 have to do with Bo Pelini's final season? Answer - nothing that I know of. In 1989, Bo Pelini was a starting safety for the Ohio State Buckeyes - those same...
Don't Bet On It!: Week One College Football Forecasts Around the SEC
It’s game week here at Dawg Sports, which means MaconDawg and I get to resume our usual autumn routine. I’ve already provided you with conference championship forecasts and general college football predictions, so now it is time to predict the outcomes of this weekend’s games, starting with those...
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