Bo Schembechler never won a National Championship and was 5-12 in bowl games

Because he took his team to the Rose Bowl a lot, which is practically all a Big Ten school cares about. That and he beat Ohio State.

Longevity imho. He coached for a long time and that “ten year war” period against Ohio St is still revered. He coached some good players too. He’s definitely not top five though.

Les Miles had a great winning % too and stumbled into a natty

He coached at Michigan

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Definitely overrated by today's standards. I think he was so revered, back in the day, because he was at Michigan for 20years.

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He had an Ohio State problem and a Rose Bowl/Bowl problem.

He's essentially John Cooper with more longevity.

Learn the history of CFB

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He was 11-9-1 against Ohio State and 2-8 in Rose Bowls no national championships. With the talent he had he should have done much better.

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Sounds really familiar.

{cough cough Les Miles cough cough}

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He was 11-9-1 against Ohio State and 2-8 in Rose Bowls no national championships. With the talent he had he should have done much better.

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He didn't win the games vs Ohio State that mattered, i.e. 1 or 2 loss seasons.

Bear Bryant won 4 national titles with a loss (also 1 loss and 1 tie).

Bo had 4 of those seasons and didn't get the benefit of the doubt. 1972, 1973, and 1974 being a run of three seasons going 10-1, 10-0-1, and 10-1 with no bowl berths (lost or tied Ohio State all three years) and no national titles. That's crazy.

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He had an Ohio State problem and a Rose Bowl/Bowl problem. He's essentially John Cooper with more longevity.

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Compare Cooper’s record v Michigan to Bo v Ohio State.

Screw you. 1969 ring a bell????

Dumbass.