Bo Schembechler dead @ 77

17a_tailgater · Nov 17, 2006

reported by ESPN radio taping his show.he was 77 and died of a heart attack

Murrell2878 · Nov 17, 2006

Report: Michigan legend Schembechler dies after collapse

November 17, 2006
SOUTHFIELD, Michigan (Ticker) - Michigan coaching legend Bo Schembechler has died after collapsing Friday morning, Detroit-area television station WXYZ reported. He was 77.

Schembechler collapsed at WXYZ's studios in Southfield as he prepared to tape the "Big Ten Ticket" show and was taken to Providence Hospital, the ABC affiliate said.

He had a pacemaker implanted on October 23 after a previous episode at the studio.

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Schembechler won a school-record 194 games at Michigan from 1969-89.

The second-ranked Wolverines visit top-ranked rival Ohio State on Saturday for a berth in the Bowl Championship Series title game.

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Barry the Baptist · Nov 17, 2006

Wow that's just sad.... and right before the game this weekend. Most of the Michigan kids probably don't remember old Bo but I'd bet they play with plenty of emotion tommorow.

What is very ironic is the other day on espn.com they had a story of a band from Ohio called the Dead Schembechlers, I'd bet both the band and ESPN feel like absolute garbage as well they should.

wexy · Nov 17, 2006

I saw that same thing on ESPN the other day which I thought was pretty stupid and now is just weird. RIP Bo.

Royal Tee · Nov 17, 2006

I became a Michigan fan when I was young. It pretty much had nothing to do with Football but the fact that I was a BIG X-Men fan. (Hey , I was young let it be), Anyway, In the Years back then Michigan was always on TV and BO was always in the middle of it....
Funny how seeing someone on TV now can just bring back some old memories of your Yute.

RIP Bo.....

Learn To Swim · Nov 18, 2006

RichMiano said: ↑

What is very ironic is the other day on espn.com they had a story of a band from Ohio called the Dead Schembechlers, I'd bet both the band and ESPN feel like absolute garbage as well they should.
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I am a fan of Michigan and I have a ton of respect for the Dead Schembechlers. They took their name as a Dead Kennedy's parody. (Not to mention the stage names of the band members are also punk parodies, like Bo Biafra and Bo Vicious). If you read some of the interviews with the band, you can see that have a TON of respect for both Schembechler and the Michigan program. They aren't idiots, they know that the rivalry would be no fun without them. Also, they have just announced that last night (at "The Hate Michigan Rally") was their last show under the name Dead Schembechlers.

To quote the band:

BO SCHEMBECHLER: OSU'S MOST VALIANT FOE

The band is crushed to learn of the death of Bo Schembechler. We named this band after Coach Schembechler to honor him as the face of Wolverine football. We have never wished ill will upon him in any way and have always wished him the best. When we learned that Bo had seen our web site and was amused by it we were delighted. We were simply delighted. He said to those with him as he read it, "See, I still matter in Columbus!" That may have been the greatest understatement in football history. We believe that he took the band's name as the compliment that it was meant as and that he was flattered by it. We wish to extend our deepest and most heartfelt sympathies to his family. We are truly sorry for their loss

The band has announced that tonight's show will be their final under their name. If they do continue as a musical entity in the future, it will be under a changed moniker. They have also announced that all of their profits from tonight, along with those of Watershed and B.A. Baracus, will be donated to a charity of the Schembechler family's choosing. The show is tonight November 17th at The Newport Music Hall on High Street in Columbus. Tickets are only $8 in advance and $10 at the door. You can get them at the box office, Ticketmaster locations or go directly to the event right now on
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An incredibly classy move. It's people like them that make college football so great. They're passionate, intelligent fans, who just happen to write songs like "Chad Henne is a Motherfucking Joke".

Learn To Swim · Nov 18, 2006

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Bo's namesake punk group to disband

November 17, 2006

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COLUMBUS -- Of all the sad ironies arising from the death of Bo Schembechler on the eve of the Michigan-Ohio State game, one of the most awkward surrounds the punk rock band that cheers for OSU by poking fun at Bo and all things maize and blue.

The band's name is the Dead Schembechlers.

Suddenly, that seems wrong, but on the day Bo Schembechler died, the band seems to have done everything right.

They say their appearance Friday night at the Hate Michigan Rally will be their last gig, and vowed to donate all proceeds from the rally -- tickets are $8 and $10 -- to a charity of the Schembechler family's choice.

"Our group would like to extend our deepest sympathies and heartfelt prayers to the Schembechler family on their loss," said Bo Biafra, the group's lead singer, at an afternoon gathering at the 1,700-seat Newport Music Hall across from the OSU campus.

The four members dress like Woody Hayes dressed as a coach but have stage names that start with Bo: In addition to Biafra, they are Bo Thunders, Bo Vicious and Bo Scabies. They sing songs with titles like "Schembechler Kicked My Crippled Dog," and have developed a fanciful mythology about the greatness of OSU football.

With the Michigan-Ohio State game bigger than ever this year, the band has been profiled recently in media outlets from the Los Angeles Times to ESPN.com.

Schembechler learned of the group only in the past couple of weeks, and he laughed about it and even joked about the band during his last appearance at a Monday news conference.

On Friday, not long after the announcement of Schembechler's passing, the Schembechlers posted this message on their web site: "The band wishes to say, 'We are crushed to learn of the death of Bo Schembechler, OSU's most valiant foe.'"

At mid-afternoon, the four appeared in the lobby of the Newport Music Hall, wearing red windbreakers, "O" ball caps and 1960s-style black frame glasses -- just like Woody.

Without mentioning the band's name, Biafra talked for about 90 seconds and took no questions.

"We would like to announce that this will be our final show tonight," he said. "If we perform again in the future, which is still up in the air at this point, it will not be under our current band name."

Biafra said band members were overjoyed when they learned Bo had discovered the band and seemed to get the joke -- "celebrating the greatest rivalry in the history of sports."

Said Biafra: "I know that all Buckeye fans share our sadness."

Outside the music hall, they took down the words "Dead Schembechlers" on the marquee.

They substituted the words, "God Bless Bo."
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Pure class.

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