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Of course, as all good things, it originated at Michigan and Ohio State admits it.

At least Ohio State has the humility to admit its origin. It might do UM fans well to remember that Bo was a native Ohioan, and was an assistant coach under Woody Hayes. They were very good friends off the field.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Schembechler

Schembechler grew up in Barberton, Ohio. His nickname "Bo" came from his sister's attempts to say "brother" when they were children. He attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where he played football under two legendary, and completely contrary, coaches. Sid Gillman, his first coach at Miami, was an innovative offensive mind and one of the fathers of the modern passing game. His concepts helped to form the foundation for football's West Coast offense. Prior to Schembechler's last season, Gillman departed to become head coach at the University of Cincinnati. He was replaced by Woody Hayes, who could not have been more unlike Gillman. Hayes embraced the run, eschewed the pass, and demanded tough, physical play from his linemen. Rather than innovation, Hayes stressed repetition — he wanted his players to run each play flawlessly. Over the next forty years, Hayes' impact on his young protege was clearly evident. Schembechler's teams at Michigan were molded in the spirit Hayes' Ohio State teams.

Schembechler graduated from Miami in 1951 and earned his master's degree at Ohio State University in 1952 while working as a graduate assistant coach under Woody Hayes, who had become OSU's head coach. After a tour of duty in the U.S. Army, Schembechler served as an assistant at Presbyterian College in 1954, followed by a year as freshman coach at Bowling Green. When Ara Parseghian, Hayes's successor at Miami University, was hired as head coach at Northwestern in 1956, Schembechler joined him and spent the next two seasons there as a defensive assistant. In 1958, Hayes hired Schembechler to serve again on his staff at Ohio State. Schembechler spent five more years at Ohio State and became one of Hayes' most trusted assistants. During that time the two cemented their lifelong friendship.