The Columbus Dispatch - BuckeyeXtra
Associated Press
Friday, November 17, 2006 2:01 PM
FILE PHOTO
Bo Schembechler and Woody Hayes
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Bo Schembechler, who became one of college football's great coaches in two decades at Michigan, died today after taping a television show on the eve of the Wolverines' No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown with Ohio State. He was 77.
Schembechler collapsed at the studios at WXYZ-TV in the Detroit suburb of Southfield and was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital. His death at 11:42 a.m. was confirmed by Mike Dowd, chief investigator for the medical examiner's office in Oakland County.
Police were sent to the station around 9:25 a.m. along with the city's fire department and escorted an ambulance to Providence Hospital, Southfield police spokesman John Harris said.
"This is an extraordinary loss for college football," Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel said. "Bo Schembechler touched the lives of many people and made the game of football better in every way. He will always be both a Buckeye and a Wolverine, and our thoughts are with all who grieve his loss..."
I don't know that I can add anything else to this. Again, my sympathies, thoughts and prayers go out to his family.
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