Bo-nniversary
He's been gone 10 years......he was before my time, but as much old game tape as I've seen and having read his book multiple times, I can't help but wince when November 17th comes around every year. I can't believe it's been 10 years. I remember where I was when I heard. Being dropped off from 5th grade at home. Didn't truly understand what we lost that day, but I figured it out pretty quickly seeing the mourning that took place all over the country. His impact and legacy is still felt at Michigan. Only man in Ann Arbor with a statue. There will never be another Bo Schembechler.
November 17th, 2016 at 2:56 AM ^
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5th grade? Holy shit that makes me feel old.
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November 17th, 2016 at 9:49 AM ^
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November 17th, 2016 at 5:52 AM ^
The lose to OSU the following day will likely be the most painful of my lifetime. So damn painful! Bo's spirit is with this team.
November 17th, 2016 at 7:16 AM ^
work when all of a sudden a co-worker stood up and said that BO was being rushed to the hospital... 5 mins later my dad called me and said he was gone... lets just say not a whole lot of work got done for the rest of the day and when I got home I turned on the radio and listened to all of the former players tell their stories and drank a lot of beers in BO's honor...
November 17th, 2016 at 6:57 AM ^
I remember meeting Bo as a grade schooler at a little league game. He was very kind and seemed to enjoy the low stress environment. Went to high school with his son Schemy. Nicest kid you could imagine.
Seeing all the corruption in college football and the win at all costs coaches out there, it's nice to remember a time where you won by working hard and outcoaching the other team.
GO BLUE!!
November 17th, 2016 at 7:07 AM ^
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November 17th, 2016 at 7:44 AM ^
Everyone should go back and read the November 2006 Mgoblog recap diary. Worth your time for a slice of that year/month.
November 17th, 2016 at 7:48 AM ^
When I was in 5th grade, I did a year-long project on UM football. I wrote several questions to Bo and received a hand written letter. I still have that letter.
When playing catch in the back yard with my dad--and if I dropped a pass--my dad would say, "you better not let Bo know you dropped that pass."
When he died 10 years ago, I was sure that somehow the football gods would have us win The Game the next day. When that didn't happen, well........ i don't know man.
November 17th, 2016 at 8:00 AM ^
November 17th, 2016 at 8:19 AM ^
I was actually driving back to my office from a meeting in downtown Detroit when I heard the news on the radio that Bo had passed. I actually got off at the nearest exit (which happened to be Northline Road along I-75 in Southgate), pulled into the parking lot of the nearest fast food place and unsuccessfully tried to stop myself from feeling, well, rather choked up about it. It was a dreary, cold day in metro Detroit too, as I recall, which seemed sadly appropriate for the mood.
November 17th, 2016 at 12:05 PM ^
I was driving my son to Mitchell elementary school and as always, was listening to WTKA in the car. Bo was the guest on the morning show and I remember being alarmed and shaken by the weakness in his voice. The radio guys asked him if it would be too much for him to watch M-OSU that weekend. I will never forget the sound of his voice as he gave his reply. He said, "I'll be OK." I got chills and told my son he didn't seem OK. We were pulling up to the school and the bell rang, son got out of the car and kids were running inside, leaves were swirling in the breeze and all around were the sounds of life and the new generation. I went back home and got ready for my then-job at the airport. Got on 94 and turned on the radio to learn the news and realized that Bo saying "I'm OK" were probably close to his last words on the air. It was so hard to get through the damn day and the days that followed.
Just one of the many thousands of people whose lives he touched and who he never met.
November 17th, 2016 at 9:52 AM ^
I was on a Northwest 737 that had just landed at Metro. I called my Father-in-law to alert him to head out to pick up my wife and me. He told me, I told my wife, folks near me heard me, and within seconds I think the whole plane knew and there was an unusual quiet as we disembarked.
November 17th, 2016 at 9:17 AM ^
he wasn't perfect (a human being after all), but he was pretty great.
briefly met him once as a kid - he was larger than life to me and my friends then.
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November 17th, 2016 at 9:27 AM ^
I can't believe it has been 10 years already. Seems like it was just yesterday. He would be so proud of coach Harbaugh and the direction of the program.
November 17th, 2016 at 9:28 AM ^
Man its so hard to believe its been ten years now. I miss that man so much. As has the program over the last ten years . He did so much to make this program what it is .
RIP Bo and thanks for everything .
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November 17th, 2016 at 2:34 PM ^
LOL
Yea *nobody* is tired of your act...
November 17th, 2016 at 4:15 PM ^
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November 17th, 2016 at 11:38 AM ^
I shook Bo's hand when I was 8 years old and felt field turf for the first time. From then on I have been a diehard Michigan fan. I had no idea who he was. My Bo story.