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http://journalstar.com/sports/columnists/sipple/steven-m-sipple-bo-should-think-hard-before-denying-access/article_77a79a64-b204-5fb8-a52d-c9de4c8753f4.html --I find this interesting on several levels. Bo Pelini is considering shutting out media access to his assistants, perhaps "permanently" (permanent in college football obviously is a loose term) The article claims the assistant coaches at Nebraska have been available to the media since the 80's. I can't claim that, I can only go on what I remember. But I sure remember from the 90's on they were. And I also remember how a ton of people wrecked shop when Callahan started closing things off. So I can see the trepidation that the media in Nebraska would have by all of a sudden having very limited access to the most reported on topic in the state. Of course Bo has had a bit of a year with the media. Getting caught on a hot mic and then getting it sent to Deadspin obviously would make anyone a little extra careful. And of course Bo, like other coaches (many other coaches) understand the importance of controlling the message, and are pretty obsessed with it. You can point directly to Nick Saban in that respect. And I'm sure many will. You can also point to Lane Kiffin, who famously held self ran press conferences before getting taken out behind the airport terminal and put out of his misery. And I'm sure many will. But the two thing is take away from this article are this. One of the last lines is saying Bo "has no plans to make any changes in his staff." That's absolutely stunning. And it has to anger the majority of this board at minimum, and probably the entire base. Two, the fact that Bo hasn't seen that he doesn't need to build walls around this program, and that it's the one thing that has probably hurt his image the most, it shows he's either unable to learn and adapt from his errors, or that he truly doesn't think he has made any errors. And that's frightening.