Comments on: Bo Schembechler looms large over the Super Bowl

By: firstand4ever

firstand4ever — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:13:57 +0000

Crazy that people are attacking and ripping Bo Schembechler.

Ok so he had no national titles but look at the guy’s extremely impressive track record.

The man was 234-68-5 as a college head coach.
Only Joe Paterno and Tom Osborne have recorded 200 victories in fewer games as a coach in major college football. In his 21 seasons as the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines, Schembechler’s teams amassed a record of 194–48–5 and won or shared 13 Big Ten Conference titles. Though his Michigan teams never won a national championship, in all but one season they finished ranked, and 16 times they placed in the final top ten of both major polls.

Was Glenn “Bo” Schembechler the greatest coach in history? No but this idea that he wasn’t a very good coach is way off base.

By: polegojim

polegojim — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:24:26 +0000

Talk about a bunch of low class comments.

Bo = Great Man, Great Coach… RIP… the man had a positive affect on MANY other great coaches and players.

Great Game coming!

By: musicman495

musicman495 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:00:49 +0000

You think it is an accident that the SEC and BCS have been dominated the last 10 years by three Big Ten coaches – Meyer, Saban, and Miles?

By: musicman495

musicman495 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:35:10 +0000

Bob says: Jan 31, 2013 3:09 PM

Michigan has won one national title in the last 50 years. If it was located below the Mason-Dixon Line, it would get as much attention as Georgia or Tennessee. Overrated football program. Don’t cite the all-time wins. Army was awesome in the 40s too.
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If Michigan were located below the Mason-Dixon Line, it would be just like very other SEC power (except students would actually graduate, of course) – never play in unpleasant weather, throw on every down, and be able to recruit everyone in Florida, Texas, and Louisiana who hates the cold. In other words, they would contend every year.

By: wrenches2pipes

wrenches2pipes — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:26:53 +0000

Be careful what you say Michigan detractors Mikey from “American Choppers ” will not be pleased.

By: weaselpuppy

weaselpuppy — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:21:24 +0000

How low class do you have to be to speak ill ( and do it poorly at that ) of the dead, especially one devoted to building young men that contribute to the world, like the Harbuagh boys and thousands upon thousands of others.

I’m sorry for you people that didn’t have a positive influence in their life so that your worst nature runs rampant, and you perpetuate that through your equally negative influence on your surroundings, society and children. Nice legacy.

Then again, you likely couldn’t have gotten into Michigan to be around Bo anyways. Jealousy is a stinky cologne….

By: aut1111

aut1111 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:45:59 +0000

Bo was tough, hard, running football, yes. But I don’t think Bo would risk his quarterback with the zone read. Which brings me to this question — why can’t you hit the quarterback running a zone read. Seems like the unblocked DE freezes a lot — sometimes gets fooled going after the RB, but why not just come off the block and blast the QB whether he fakes the ball to the RB or keeps it. It’s just ordinary unnecessary roughing on a zone read. Wouldn’t that take the play away in the long run?

By: mintberrycrunch1

mintberrycrunch1 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:39:53 +0000

@Mblue24

No one is jealous of the University of Michigan. That school has the most smug students and fan base in all of football.

By: firemotosports

firemotosports — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:32:56 +0000

Bo Dont Know

By: firemotosports

firemotosports — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:41:35 +0000

Hi Bo..

By: mblue24

mblue24 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:32:31 +0000

Bo was a great coach and Uof M will always be a great program. To all of you haters for UofM and Bo. Your just jealous bc we have the Big House and we know how to have great programs and coaches. Go Blue!! Go Big 10!!

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:09:11 +0000

By: patssox

patssox — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:06:49 +0000

“Bo Schembechler looms large over the Super Bowl”

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Haha! : ) What?? Not

By: firemotosports

firemotosports — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:05:58 +0000

Bo was a fantastic human being…..

By: stoutfiles

stoutfiles — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:57:24 +0000

“any university with a shred of integrity would gladly accept an era of success like he brought to Michigan for 21 years.”

If you told a university “hey, I’ll win you lots if games but I’ll go 5-12 in bowls and never win a national championship for 21 years”…well, most major universities would not be thrilled about that.

By: baloneyjohn

baloneyjohn — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:29:50 +0000

Hard up for a story, are we?
Lets see either of these coaching geniuses with Jacksonville or other “powers”

By: metrocritical

metrocritical — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:29:24 +0000

The smart alecks can lob away but you can’t joke away Schembechler’s 234 wins, hefty winning percentage and positive impact he had on thousands of young men’s lives. One of the last of college iconic legends, there are no whispers of rampant rule violations, illegal recruitment schemes, gambling, point shaving, institutionalized fraud or child molestation scandals. Bo may not have won the big one and his bowl record was poor but any university with a shred of integrity would gladly accept an era of success like he brought to Michigan for 21 years.

By: butkus54

butkus54 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:54:00 +0000

@citizenstrange
… thanks for explaining that to us.

By: billsfan1

billsfan1 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:49:06 +0000

Maybe if somebody other than Ohio State won an undisputed national championship every now and then………………………

Ohio State is the best pro team in Ohio…you dont really think they won in 2002 without using illegal players do you? Tressel is among the all time dirtiest college coaches of all time. FACT!!!

By: tombstone7

tombstone7 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:38:34 +0000

We played against Michigan in 1973 and Bo was the Coach during that time. Dennis Franklin was the QB…….all I remember is that in the 2nd half, they ran the ball first….passed if necessary!

Michigan-17
Oregon-0

By: stoutfiles

stoutfiles — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:34:14 +0000

Why all the thumbs down on pointing out Bo’s big game record? He never finished #1.

By: bearsblow

bearsblow — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:32:35 +0000

Who cares!! lets just hope for a good SB game.

By: gudy2shoes

gudy2shoes — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:28:42 +0000

I dont know where Bo is, but it aint heaven.

By: citizenstrange

citizenstrange — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:25:08 +0000

Just remember, if you could literally get “three yards and a cloud of dust” every time you ran the ball you would never have to punt.

Just always go for it on fourth and one — the first three downs would have gotten you nine yards — and get three yards and a first down.

By: geauxjay

geauxjay — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:20:15 +0000

Go Big 10! See how stupid that sounds, SEC tools?
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Maybe if somebody other than Ohio State won an undisputed national championship every now and then………………………

By: azarkhan

azarkhan — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:52:00 +0000

You know, I was just thinking about Bo…Not!

By: whatjusthapped

whatjusthapped — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:46:11 +0000

Bo should have coached for the Vikings with all the choking Michigan did in the big games.

By: tres79

tres79 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:17:23 +0000

Unlike Bo one of these coaches will actually win a big game.

By: philliesblow

philliesblow — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:15:46 +0000

If Bo had been alive in 2007, would Jim have still said this?

“Michigan is a good school and I got a good education there, but the athletic department has ways to get borderline guys in, and when they’re in, they steer them to courses in sports communications. They’re adulated when they’re playing, but when they get out, the people who adulated them won’t hire them.”

By: stoutfiles

stoutfiles — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:13:23 +0000

” there could not be anyone that you could better emulate”

5-12 in bowl games. Yeah, there are coaches that I’d rather emulate.