"When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing." ~ Bo Schembechler
"Momentum is the most important thing in football." ~ attributed to Bo Schembechler by Randy Walker (deceased Northwestern coach)
"A Michigan man will coach Michigan." ~ Bo Schembechler
As part of a "Michigan Hate Rally" in downtown Columbus on Friday night, a band named The Dead Schembechlers was scheduled to play. The punk band dresses up like Woody Hayes and sings song after song cursing Bo and the Wolverines.
Not on Friday. Calling Schembechler "OSU's most valiant foe," the band posted this tribute on its website:
"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."
Two days ago, Bo was asked about the band that bore his name.
"If they have that name 'Dead Schembechlers' and they're making money," he said, "God bless them."
Bo Schembechler on Woody Hayes:
"I played for Woody, I coached for him, I patterned my life after him, and I consider him a great friend of mine."
Woody Hayes on Bo Schembechler:
"I didn't like the son of a bitch when he played for me, I didn't like him when he worked for me, and I certainly don't like him now."
GL
