Ann Arbor – — Before this Michigan football season had even begun, Billy Taylor was telling anyone who would listen that something about this team felt profoundly familiar.
For those who played for demanding and exacting Bo Schembechler in his first season at Michigan in 1969, watching the current Wolverines under first-year coach Jim Harbaugh, who played quarterback for Schembechler and has carried on the bloodline, there is a sense of déjà vu.
“I’ve been telling people it’s ’69 all over again,” Taylor, the former Michigan tailback, said. “I know what leadership means and what it brings to a team and an organization.