My left wing (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
Football will drive me to an early grave, methinks. I feel my blood pressure soaring. U of M Wolverines -- Rodriguez -- WHAT THE FUCK? Did anyone else see those final 2 minutes'?? Oh. My. GOD. I haven't been this furious over a Michigan football game since the bogus holding call on Bo's fake punt in the 1989 Rose Bowl game. (I'm serious. I have never, EVER gotten over that bullshit call. His last...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
Sports Illustrated delivered the latest thumbs-up for the new book by Free Press columnist Michael Rosenberg.Rosenberg’s book, “War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and America in a Time of Unrest,” is the first to place the legendary coaches in the context of their times: from the height of Vietnam through the campus unrest of the early 1970s to the rise of college sports as a...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Michael Rosenberg answers questions about sparking the Lions, the team's best shot at winning this season, if the Pistons should be concerned yet, how the Big Ten could be restructured, and whether or not Bo Schembechler would speak out about Michigan's 3-9 season.
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... 2. A mounted flat-screen TV plays "SportsCenter." Biographies of Rick Pitino, Dean Smith, and Bo Schembechler rest on a bookshelf.7:57 a.m. "Logan!" Williams sounds like Ari from "Entourage" shouting for Lloyd when he calls for graduate assistant Logan Bean. Williams orders a bacon, egg and cheese croissant. Unlike Ari, he says thank you.8:07 a.m. Technologically clumsy, Williams asks assistants...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
... Paterno underwent hip replacement surgery Sunday, a day after the Nittany Lions clinched a Rose Bowl berth by beating Michigan State. He led Penn State to an 11-1 record, even as he coached from the press box. Penn State went 7-1 in the league but had its national title hopes dashed by a tough loss at Iowa.Paterno won the Dave McClain Coach of the Year from the media for the third time. He's the...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
The 81-year-old Paterno underwent hip replacement surgery Sunday, a day after the clinched a Rose Bowl berth by beating Michigan State. He led Penn State to an 11-1 record, even as he coached from the press box. Penn State went 7-1 in the league but had its national title hopes dashed by a tough loss at Iowa. Paterno won the Dave McClain Coach of the Year from the media for the third time. He's the...
The Michigan Daily (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008
... the series’ largest margin of victory since the Buckeyes’ 50-14 win in 1968 — the last game before Bo Schembechler became head coach in Ann Arbor.The same problems that caused his team to struggle throughout Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez’s first season led to the Wolverines’ demise at Ohio Stadium.It developed slowly at first, then picked up, hurtling toward the end of one of the worst years...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
My colleague, and Free Press columnist Michael Rosenberg, said he's never seen so few U-M supporters in Columbus for the game. Rosenberg has covered Michigan football for 12 years and wrote the wonderfully insightful book, "War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and America in a Time of Unrest." So he should know.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
After OSU's last touchdown, Michigan fumbled the kickoff return back to the Buckeyes. Todd Boeckman, in for Pryor, then found Brian Hartline for an 18-yard touchdown pass. The final is 42-7 Ohio State.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
After OSU's last touchdown, Michigan fumbled the kickoff return back to the Buckeyes. Todd Boeckman, in for Pryor, then found Brian Hartline for an 18-yard touchdown pass. The final is 42-7 Ohio State.
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
... Buckeyes can grab a share of the Big Ten title, and continue to stand in line for a spot in the Bowl Championship Series.The Buckeyes don't see that as much of an advantage, however."I don't want us to get complacent or comfortable,'' Ohio State defensive lineman Nader Abdallah said. "We only have one more game in the Horseshoe and then hopefully a bowl game but right now the No. 1 thing is OSU...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Down-in-the-dumps Wolverines need win to avoid Big Ten cellar Fritz Crisler beat Ohio State in 1938, his first season as Michigan's coach. Bennie G. Oosterbaan also beat the Buckeyes in his first try (1948). So did Bump Elliott (1959), Bo Schembechler (1969), Gary Moeller (1990) and Lloyd Carr (1995).
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
... formative years of Harbaugh's coaching career were shaped by his father, Jack, and Michigan icon Bo Schembechler. The past nine years, though, were shaded in green and belonged to Reid.Aside from his organizational outlook on running a team, one of the biggest lessons Harbaugh got came in 1999, Reid's first season in Philadelphia.He watched Reid turn over a depleted organization, lay down...
Uncle Crappy (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
... of quick examples: 1993: A win in Ann Arbor would have meant Ohio State earned a trip to the Rose Bowl. Michigan waxed us 28-0 instead, and we got to beat Brigham Young in the Holiday Bowl instead. 1996: The Future Wife and I had awesome seats at the game in Columbus — we were sitting right in front of where Shawn Springs fell down and allowed Tai Streets to score Michigan’s only touchdown on the...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Line: Ohio State by 20 1/2.Series record: Michigan leads, 57-41-6.Last meeting: Ohio State, 14-3, in 2007.What’s at stakeNot much for Michigan, which will put an end to the worst season in the program’s 129 seasons. Ohio State needs a win to share the Big Ten title, its fourth in a row. A victory also would put the Buckeyes in position for a possible Bowl Championship Series game or, at worst, the...
