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My favorite Bo Schembechler episode, because it showed his single-minded focus on what he did, occurred when he was the AD and Bill Frieder announced shortly before the NCAA basketball tournament that he was going to leave and coach at Arizona State. Schembechler said that if he wasn't loyal to the maize and blue he could just go ahead and leave now, and the assistant Steve Fisher coached the team in the tournament. Amazingly, they won it all. But Schembechler attended the regionals and was amazed at how many people were there. He said that he had no idea that the basketball tournament was that big -- it was almost as big a deal as the Rose Bowl, he said.

My favorite Bo Schembechler episode was during the '76 election campaign. President Ford was invited to meet with the team in the locker room. When Jimmy Carter requested to do the same thing, Bo told him, "NO! You never played football for the maize and blue."

"My favorite Bo Schembechler episode, because it showed his single-minded focus on what he did, occurred when he was the AD and Bill Frieder announced shortly before the NCAA basketball tournament that he was going to leave and coach at Arizona State. Schembechler said that if he wasn't loyal to the maize and blue he could just go ahead and leave now, and the assistant Steve Fisher coached the team in the tournament. Amazingly, they won it all. But Schembechler attended the regionals and was amazed at how many people were there. He said that he had no idea that the basketball tournament was that big -- it was almost as big a deal as the Rose Bowl, he said."

Why no mention of the $616,000 paid to the players on that team? Why no mention of Ed martin? The FBI Investigation that eventually forced a corrupt athletic department to remove banners from their arena?

I have respect for Bo and have sympathy for his family and friends, but he was the AD, and that crime against amateurism was on HIS watch - and it certainly isn't anything to be proud of.