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Hate Week pauses for love of BoMichigan-Ohio State rivalry owes its prominence to Schembechler OPINION By Bob Cook MSNBC contributor Updated: 2:18 p.m. PT Nov 17, 2006 Sadly, Hate Week is ending a lot less hateful. The death of former Michigan coach Bo Schembechler on the eve of the biggest Michigan-Ohio State game ever can't help but put a pall over Saturday's proceedings. After all, without Schembechler, Michigan-Ohio State doesn't advance from regional grudge match to become one of sports' most storied rivalries, and the battling schools' respective Hate Weeks don't mean any more than the scores of other Hate...

Bo Schembechler, who became one of college football's great coaches in two decades at Michigan, died Friday after taping a TV show on the eve of the Wolverines' No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown with perennial rival Ohio State. He was 77. "This is a tremendous shock and an irreplaceable loss," University of Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman said at a news conference at Providence Hospital in Southfield, where the coach died. 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...

Legendary University of Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler has died. He collapsed Friday morning at Channel 7’s Broadcast House as he prepared to tape the Big Ten Ticket show. Schemechler passed away at Providence Hospital in Southfield. He was taken to the hospital by paramedics Friday morning. The former coach had 2 major heart attacks and 2 quadruple bypass surgeries. Just 2 weeks ago, he had a pacemaker implanted.

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Bo Schembechler's Son Killed In Crash Investigators Work To Determine Exact Cause Of Death POSTED: 3:13 p.m. EDT September 2, 2003 ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The son of Michigan coaching legend Bo Schembechler died in a weekend car crash in Idaho, officials said. The body of Donald Schembechler, 48, was discovered Monday not far from his home in a rural area just outside Orofino, Idaho, said Rick Ohnsman, public information officer for the Idaho State Police. "From what we can tell, the accident may have happened as early as Saturday morning," Ohnsman said. It appeared that the vehicle Schembechler...