Functional Hand Strength: Bo Schembechler

They held a nice public celebration in the Stadium today which I attended with a few hundred former players and about 10,000 other folks who braved the cold weather. The speakers were all outstanding and it was avery nice event. We heard from Jim Brandstatter who played for Bo and now does broadcasting and tv work.

President Mary Sue Coleman and AD Bill Martin gave very nice speeches as did my Coach Lloyd Carr, Former Michigan Head Coach Gary Moeller and former USC head Coach John Robinson (who I had talked to years ago when I was still being recruited.)

We also heard from some of Bo's best players: running back Jamie Morris, All-American linemen Dan Dierdorf and Reggie McKenzie. The guy that stole the show though was Bob Forman the former head of the University of Michigan alumni association who you never would have expected to be as funny of a guy as he was.

Here is a look at Bo's Career by the numbers:

13: Big Ten championships that Michigan won or tied during Schembechler's tenure.

17: Bowl appearances by Michigan during Schembechler's tenure.

10: Rose Bowl appearances by Michigan during Schembechler's tenure.

21: Years that Schembechler coached at Michigan.

27: Years that Schembechler served as a head coach (he spent six seasons at Miami of Ohio before getting hired by Michigan).

0: Losing seasons by Schembechler's teams during his head coaching career.

234-65-8: Schembechler's career record.

194-48-5: Schembechler's record at Michigan.

5-4-1: Schembechler's record against former mentor and longtime rival Woody Hayes of Ohio State.

11-9-1: Schembechler's all-time record against Ohio State while at Michigan.

5: Where Schembechler ranked in career wins at the time of his retirement. Only Bear Bryant, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Pop Warner and Hayes had more wins when Schembechler stepped down at the end of the 1989 season.

96-10-3: Michigan's regular-season record in the 1970s under Schembechler. No team in the country owned a better regular-season mark during that decade.

39: All-Americans who played for Schembechler during his Michigan tenure
(courtesy of www.thewolverine.com)