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Saturday, September 14, 2013

That Old Give-Up Attitude


By RON MALY

I've never felt that Nebraska's Bo Pelini was
God's gift to football coaching. Now I think even less of his abilities. I watched a few minutes of the Cornhuskers' game against UCLA on TV today, and came away wondering if Bob Devaney, the late Nebraska coaching legend, is rolling over in his grave. UCLA stuck it to Nebraska, 41-21, after outscoring the Huskers, 31-0, in the last half. Pelini was helpless and so were his overmatched players in a game viewed by more than 91,000 fans in Lincoln. Indeed, it looked like some of Nebraska's players quit on Pelini [and their teammates] late in the game. It got so embarrassing for Pelini and Nebraska with less than 2 minutes remaining that UCLA coach Jim Mora instructed his players to kick a field goal instead of having his quarterback take a knee. Which tells me Mora is a pretty good coach, and also an asshole.