This week step back to 1977 on this day 45 years ago, as Bo Schembechler’s third-ranked Wolverines were set for an epic clash in Ann Arbor against fifth-ranked Texas A&M. The battle of top 5 teams was supposed to be one of the most dramatic match-ups of the entire college football season but Michigan did NOT cooperate. U-M crushed the Aggies, but the story didn't end there. Four years later Bo received a Texas-sized offer to leave Ann Arbor. Here's how it played out:
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Bo Schembechler Rejects Texas A&M
Given the nice offseason bashing back and forth between Ann Arbor and College Station over the voting for the EA Sports College Football cover, a repost of our last offseason incident involving those Aggies. We won that one despite Bum Bright’s righteous wallet. TWIMFBH starts with a discussion on the 1977 Texas A&M vs. Michigan game and ends with more significant challenge from the Aggies, namely their attempt to woo Bo Schembechler to College Station. You can hear all of the This Week… clips here. Related:Don’t forget about Dr. Sap’s epic throwback EA CFB covers like this one:
