Nov. 17, 2006
CBS SportsLine.com wire reports
DETROIT -- Former Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler collapsed Friday during the taping of a television show and was taken by ambulance to a hospital.
The 77-year-old coaching great became ill at WXYZ-TV in Southfield, the station said. Schembechler also was hospitalized Oct. 20 after falling ill at the same studio.
Messages were left with the university, Schembechler's office and at Providence Hospital, where WXYZ said Schembechler was taken.
Schembechler met with the media this week to discuss Saturday's game between the No. 2 Wolverines and No. 1 Ohio State. He discussed the device that was implanted to regulate his heartbeat after he was hospitalized last month.
Schembechler had a heart attack on the eve of his first Rose Bowl in 1970 and another one in 1987. He has had two quadruple heart bypass operations.
The seven-time Big Ten coach of the year had a 194-48-5 record at Michigan from 1969-89. His record in 26 years of coaching was 234-64-8.
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CBS SportsLine.com wire reports
DETROIT -- Former Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler collapsed Friday during the taping of a television show and was taken by ambulance to a hospital.
The 77-year-old coaching great became ill at WXYZ-TV in Southfield, the station said. Schembechler also was hospitalized Oct. 20 after falling ill at the same studio.
Messages were left with the university, Schembechler's office and at Providence Hospital, where WXYZ said Schembechler was taken.
Schembechler met with the media this week to discuss Saturday's game between the No. 2 Wolverines and No. 1 Ohio State. He discussed the device that was implanted to regulate his heartbeat after he was hospitalized last month.
Schembechler had a heart attack on the eve of his first Rose Bowl in 1970 and another one in 1987. He has had two quadruple heart bypass operations.
The seven-time Big Ten coach of the year had a 194-48-5 record at Michigan from 1969-89. His record in 26 years of coaching was 234-64-8.
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