Nebraska is back to last season

[TheJON]

Even if I was at the game that we won a national championship, I would take it in in the comfort of my seat and let the players and coaches revel in their accomplishment while I cheered them on.

You don't think college athletes love it when their fans storm the field to celebrate with them?

[Bizzarofelice]

Bee Bee would be proud is right. Shitass conference. Congrats to Nebraska for being attractive enough to get the Big Ten to throw them a life preserver. Kinda jealous. Would have liked Mizzou to get away from HVAC colleges like K State.


Part of me wonders if Bo's tantrums will cost him recruits. Why would parents want to send their kids to that freak? Why would a young male want to have that jackass in their face? But they are Nebraska and there's got to be kids who will overlook the tantrums long enough to redshirt one year in Lincoln.


Stupid A&M win means bowls will be looking at them before Mizzou. We beat A&M and have a better record, but the old fucks who decide these things remember the A&M of recent decades. I sure do whine about bowl prestige a lot.


why couldn't Nebraska have played this poor against Missouri? Oh yeah, I remember now. We had our entire secondary at the line of scrimmage and let Roy Jr. go off for 300 yards on three carries.

[H4ever]

So you're saying that because Pelini was berating the refs earlier that they were fully justified in calling that BS roughing the passer call, which basically handed the game to A&M?

Yes, wasn't that clear enough?

Go ahead and lay down next week against CU, because you damn sure don't want to be playing in Dallas for the CCG. You'll be screwed before you get off the plane. You think Big XII refs are going to let you and your no class asshole coach waltz out the conference with a trophy? Get fucked.

Wags, You should be calling games this year for the Big 12. Seems you got the memo. Despicable....a mockery of the game. etc. And for you to suggest that it would be cool if Nebraska gets fucked by officiating to keep them out of the CCG just boggles my mind.

Props to the Aggies for playing their nuts off even if they had the game gift wrapped and handed to them. Shame on the Big 12. What a disgrace that league is becoming. Good riddance.

Here's some thoughts by By Matt Zemek

"Officiating should be avoided as a central source of a game’s outcome. Wading into the realms of bias, motivation and judgment calls is always murky and fraught with risk. Pointing out officiating disparities and errors will always invite the possibility that a given line of analysis will come across as whining or – in a different vein – an attempt to paper over a team’s genuine on-field deficiencies. There are very good reasons to steer clear of officiating as a main topic of postgame discussion.

However, there are always exceptions to this and many other commonly-accepted ideas which form the solid core of legitimate commentary on sporting events. The game between Nebraska and Texas A&M is one such case.

Let’s not try to pretend that the 16 penalties called against Nebraska, compared to just two for A&M, didn’t carry a disproportionate degree of impact in an even-steven and hard-fought defensive battle. Let’s not try to deny that the reality of Nebraska leaving the Big 12 didn’t loom over the proceedings at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas. Does this mean there was a conspiracy? No. Let’s nip that in the bud. However, the words “appearance (or suggestion) of impropriety” will trip from a lot of lips Sunday and Monday morning. That’s not good for Dan Beebe’s image as the commissioner of a league that might not be long for this world.

Most importantly, let’s not ignore the woeful, this-cannot-possibly-be-true nature of the roughing-the-passer penalty called on Nebraska’s Courtney Osborne (what an ironic last name, eh?) late in the fourth quarter. The hit – which was not late, and which did not hit any part of A&M quarterback Ryan Tannehill’s helmet – failed to meet any standard for a personal-foul penalty. It was as standard-issue a hit as anything seen on any gridiron in week 12. Yet, it drew a piece of yellow laundry, and it directly led to the Aggies’ game-winning field goal. It’s impossible to look at this game and not conclude that one call – a judgment call poorly arrived at and then unrevoked – decided the outcome. It’s not as though the Aggies made a good play or did anything to
http://cfn.scout.com/2/1024009.html

[King Crimson]

home field, big game officiating has always been iffy in Texas for non-Texas teams and the old SWC sites for visitors (even SWC games). tell me you knew? esp Lubbock and College Station....but leave it to Nebraska fan to interpret the world in his own image as a *yet another* move to the Big Ten conspiracy/persecution complex for the ever virtuous Cornhuskers.

you guys can't really be serious? try playing Texas in Dallas for 100 years, you want to see bad calls. forgive me my "Gig Em Ags" this AM. NU fan, get over it.

[Bizzarofelice]

I gotta agree that the "bad calls cuz we're leavin'" thing is silly. You got bad calls before and the reasons were something else.

[H4ever]

home field, big game officiating has always been iffy in Texas for non-Texas teams and the old SWC sites for visitors (even SWC games). tell me you knew? esp Lubbock and College Station....but leave it to Nebraska fan to interpret the world in his own image as a *yet another* move to the Big Ten conspiracy/persecution complex for the ever virtuous Cornhuskers.

you guys can't really be serious? try playing Texas in Dallas for 100 years, you want to see bad calls. forgive me my "Gig Em Ags" this AM. NU fan, get over it.

If only you were right...This is the same crew that called the Texas game and the Iowa State game. The fix was in. Nebraska didn't lose and atm didn't win. The officiating scored 6 points for the Aggies. The odds are staggering how the most penalized team in the league (Texas A&M) only gets 2 penalties.

What about the blatant no-calls on the holding? Once Aggie coaches figured out that the zebras weren't going going to call holding...they held even worse to the point Crick got pulled down from behind running to the QB in front of a ref....no call. Yep, the most penalized team in the league topped out on that little benefit.

There have only been 6 penalties called on our last THREE opponents. Beebe has given his edict...and it's getting more and more blatant. The NCAA needs to step in...and will if this shit continues against CU.

The Corrupt 12 and Beebe have even bigger black eyes now. They want to keep Nebraska out of a BCS bowl for yet another reason: Nebraska will have to pay LESS when they leave. hmmmm....what a bunch of corrupt fuckers.

[MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan]

True dat. CU would be 11-0 right now if not for Beebe and his cronies fixing half our games because, you know, they're all butt-hurt about us leaving or something...

[H4ever]

True dat. CU would be 11-0 right now if not for Beebe and his cronies fixing half our games because, you know, they're all butt-hurt about us leaving or something...

You're smarter than that but for the purpose of getting some run in here ...sure thing, mang.

Let's see if the 12 has the balls to try and pull this off in successive weeks. Good for you eh, MIke? They (crooks in the Big 12) desperately need Nebraska to lose to CU. Let's see if they have the muthafucking nads to pull it off in Lincoln.

Stay tuned folks....this shit is going national.

[Mace]

I can't wait for the first Indiana-Nebraska matchup, just to watch the Pelini-Lynch whinefest.

[At Large]

As for Pelini ripping into players, I agree that looks bad, but I've heard that he gets intense to motivate his players. You don't take it personally and you move on. There's a reason Martinez didn't have any emotion on his face when Bo was yelling. He's seen it before.

I've also heard that the players love Bo. Yes, he's intense, but he's the first to praise them for a great job in games when they come off the field.

[H4ever]

1-469-524-1000 ext 1013

Mr Beebe's phone number at the Big 12 office. Saw it posted on facebook. :twisted: It's his work number and it's public information.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

I didn't have a dog in this fight, but overall I thought the Huskers got fucked in terms of officiating. Interesting in that I happened to get a call from my dad tonight who is a little older than Wolfman, who used to also referee when he was younger, and he commented to me that college football officiating this year was awful in terms of overtly favoring the home teams. Hope that holds true next weekend in Madison.

Wisky is playing a Dan Persa-less Northwestern team. Bielema need not concern himself with the officiating, just how many bombs and bootlegs to run in the 4th quarter when he's up by 60.

[indyfrisco]

1-469-524-1000 ext 1013

Mr Beebe's phone number at the Big 12 office. Saw it posted on facebook. :twisted: It's his work number and it's public information.

Nebraska has some of the classiest fans in all of college football...when they win.

[indyfrisco]

As for Pelini ripping into players, I agree that looks bad, but I've heard that he gets intense to motivate his players. You don't take it personally and you move on. There's a reason Martinez didn't have any emotion on his face when Bo was yelling. He's seen it before.

I've also heard that the players love Bo. Yes, he's intense, but he's the first to praise them for a great job in games when they come off the field.

Methinks this time it wasn't quite just "Bo being Bo"...

http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/ncf/ne ... id=5835532

Harvey Perlman unhappy with Bo PeliniEmail Print Comments1060 Associated Press

OMAHA, Neb. -- Nebraska chancellor Harvey Perlman isn't happy with coach Bo Pelini's behavior.

Perlman said Sunday that Pelini's verbal assault of officials during Saturday's game at Texas A&M did not reflect well on the university or the football program.

"I think it was very unfortunate," Perlman said, "and I think it's something we'll have to address with Bo."

The game was televised on ABC, and Perlman said he felt uneasy about the numerous camera shots of Pelini's outbursts. Perlman spoke Sunday morning with athletic director Tom Osborne about Pelini's conduct, and the chancellor said he, Osborne or both would talk to Pelini about his decorum.

Perlman wouldn't speculate on whether disciplinary action would be taken.

"Bo has a lot of passion for his football team," Perlman said, "and there is a strong upside to that. But again, overall, the conduct was unfortunate last night."

Pelini declined to comment Sunday.

The Cornhuskers were penalized 16 times for 145 yards in the 9-6 loss. Pelini was seen yelling at officials after many of the penalties, and he was called for unsportsmanlike conduct early in the fourth quarter.

Pelini also was seen ripping into quarterback Taylor Martinez, who was standing on the sideline after receiving treatment for an aggravation of his right ankle sprain.

After the game, Pelini declined to comment on the reason for his confrontation with Martinez. The redshirt freshman showed no emotion as the coach yelled at him, pointed his left index finger at him and poked him just above the collar. Perlman said he doesn't know why Pelini became unhinged at Martinez.

"There is a part of the culture of intercollegiate athletics that involves coaches talking strongly to players," Perlman said. "That's unfortunate it had to happen on national television. I think that probably occurs in a lot of programs."

According to media reports, Pelini chased after referee Greg Burks before shaking hands with Aggies coach Mike Sherman.

Pelini has a well-earned reputation for being rough on officials, but he seemed to show a higher level of volatility Saturday night. The Huskers needed to win to clinch the Big 12 North title.

Asked whether he or Osborne had spoken with Pelini in the past about toning down his sideline demeanor, Perlman said, "I'm not going to comment on that."

Big 12 spokesman Bob Burda said he didn't know whether the conference would have grounds to take disciplinary action against Pelini.

Messages were left for Osborne on his home and cell phones.

[At Large]

I'll agree that when Bo gets in players faces like that it looks bad. Many NU fans I converse with on a private board elsewhere are older and don't see a problem with his behavior. I don't so much mind that he yells at players for making a dumb mistake, but I do mind when he continually berates the officials.

He should know by now that the Big 12 could care less if the officiating is bad. Certain crews don't like Pelini and the same ones penalize the team more than other crews (like the A&M crew who have done several other games for NU this season). I do wish that he would let it go sometimes because even though it's wrong, the officials are going to flag him more because they can.

Look at all the flags on Eric Martin. He had one called on him during a previous game the crew called on a kickoff. Against A&M, he had 2 on kickoffs that were touch backs. You almost never see penalties called then. They are targeting his aggressiveness on kickoffs. He's the only player that the Big 12 has suspended this year or maybe ever. Pelini's insistence that Martin isn't changing his style hurts the team, but I think Pelini's view is that they can overcome the penalties. Against A&M, they didn't.

As for NU fans being classy. I really hate that claim. There's a certain segment of fans that applaud the opposing team win or lose when they leave the stadium, but I'm not one of them. These are probably the same fans that yell at you to sit down when you're trying to yell for the team. We NU fans are a mix of types that don't always get along. Losses tend to bring out the warring factions.

[Goober McTuber]

I didn't have a dog in this fight, but overall I thought the Huskers got fucked in terms of officiating. Interesting in that I happened to get a call from my dad tonight who is a little older than Wolfman, who used to also referee when he was younger, and he commented to me that college football officiating this year was awful in terms of overtly favoring the home teams. Hope that holds true next weekend in Madison.

Wisky is playing a Dan Persa-less Northwestern team. Bielema need not concern himself with the officiating, just how many bombs and bootlegs to run in the 4th quarter when he's up by 60.

We have to hold off tOSU in the BCS rankings. They did not run the score up on Indiana. They just ran their offense. Lynch even said so, and Indiana players said it was on them to stop Bucky's offense. Hell, they let Mike Tice's slow doofus kid run through them for a TD.

[Truman]

You be the judge.



Now, some of you might be tempted to categorize this video as just another example of the game-long lack of discipline and self-control exhibited by the Fighting Pelini’s and their players this past Saturday night.

But I can assure you Coach Carl’s headlong rush towards the Aggie cameraman was in a heroic attempt to protect the young man from harm and prevent his equipment from being vandalized by one of Indy’s "beyond asinine" brand of Ags.

Or so I’ve heard.

[War Wagon]

Heard rumors on talk radio this morning that Pelini was going off on Martinez because he texted his dad to let him know that he was ok. Also, that he was going to quit the team.

[At Large]

He's supposedly on the team still. Bo won't say why he yelled at him, but it's pretty obvious if you read his lips that he was yelling at him for calling his Dad. I think he has a policy not to communicate with anyone while the game is going on. I've heard he's been pushing his limits all season. He supposedly was texting while they were supposed to be studying film during August camp, which I guess didn't go over well.

Will be interesting to see what happens next year when more competition shows up.

[War Wagon]

it's pretty obvious if you read his lips that he was yelling at him for calling his Dad.

He couldn't have handled that more discreetly? Like maybe at halftime instead of during the heat of the moment when ABC cameras are rolling? Real men of genius, those brothers Pelini.

I guess now we know why Turner Gill forbid his players having cell phones at certain times.

[H4ever]

it's pretty obvious if you read his lips that he was yelling at him for calling his Dad.

He couldn't have handled that more discreetly? Like maybe at halftime instead of during the heat of the moment when ABC cameras are rolling? Real men of genius, those brothers Pelini.

I guess now we know why Turner Gill forbid his players having cell phones at certain times.

At least Ohio State might think twice about picking them up. Score. Seriously though, Bo needs to get his anger in check.