Shatel: Two Bo's

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The coach says he's done talking about the Texas A&M game. But this inquiring mind had one last request.

I'd been on a late, tight deadline that wild and crazy Saturday night when Pelini cemented his image as a raging volcano. There were 16 penalties against Nebraska. I ripped Pelini rather than the officials. I thought that he brought the chaos on himself. But I had heard plenty of stories since. I needed to ask a question I wished I'd had the opportunity to ask after that game.

"Did any of those officials tell you during the game you were going to get jobbed?'' I asked.

"Yes,'' Pelini said.

What did they tell you?

"I won't say,'' he said. "But it was highway robbery. An absolute joke. I've moved on.''

So while you were yelling all night, were you sticking up for your players?

"No doubt,'' Pelini said. "I have their back. I always will. But if I had to do it over again, I would have done it different.''

 

Two sides of the same man

 

Very interesting. If this has even a kernal of truth (which I don't believe Pelini would say unless there was), then the A&M game was given to A&M by the refs (I'm talking about the roughing call on Osbourne that set up their last field goal). Not that we helped things out but when you have announcers laugh at a call, then you have a problem.

 

Fixed link

 

Edit: Read the article, revealing sort of for the A&M game, but I'd pay 5 to know what the officials said.

 

Other then that... the OWH may get in trouble again, because that sounds like an off the record type conversation.

 

There aren't two Bo's, there is one man, trying to get the best out of/for the players, and realizing that the media is after the best possible quote they can get. He'd be a fool not to know his "tell it like it is" personality could get him in a lot of trouble in the media arena. I think he knows that it can be a promotional tool... but is it worth buddying up to someone that would be just as happy reporting on the next QB as would be ending your career? probably not.

 

I think the media people don't quite get it. They've all turned into TMZ, trying to find the biggest misstep they can and happy to hang whoever they cover. They wonder why there is the disdain from the not-so-subtle questions they pose trying to get a reaction to get the quotes they've pre-determined they want after a game like A&M where the same officials have called their 3rd strait "screw you" job. They interrogate people like they are pretending they are Tom Cruise in "A Few Good Men." Then they play innocent and give everyone the "we are just doing our jobs" routine. They are, but somewhere in the last 20 years their "jobs" went from honest reporting to lets get the juiciest thing we can source like an old supermarket tabloid and hope people click on it quick. I cant remember one that reported on the penalty disparity until it was researched and on the message boards for a week.

 

Edit2: and just how evil do you have to be to be a grown man, to go get a job as a referee and agree to screw over 18-23 year olds.

 

Yep.

 

I agree the media is totally clueless. Even the most casual fan could see the TAM game was rigged yet they "pretend" they can't understand why Bo was pissed as hell. They're PC scum and it's no wonder Bo hates spending any time dealing with them. It's like rubbing elbows with politicians/bankers.....it gives any halfway decent person the heebie jeebies.

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How did Tom Shatel get consent to post this from Pelini?! This, to me, seems like one of those off the record conversations that coaches sometimes have with journalists.

 

Shatel isn't a hack. If he was off the record, he wouldn't have written it. I'm sure Pelini knew that he was on the record too, especially if Shatel had a notepad out or something. My guess is Pelini doesn't have too many conversations with journalists that are off the record... could be wrong though.

I agree.

 

Furthermore, there is no way in hell a reporter could remember everything Pelini said verbatim and be able to put it into a story. He'd either need to be taking notes or holding a voice recorder, which means the conversation is on the record. You can't just say an interviewee said something and put it in quotes. It's highly unethical and the easiest way to lose your job.

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I think the actual flags were 18-2, ATM refused a couple to make penalties 16-2. 18-2 and ATM had been the most heavily-penalized team in the con going-in? Ya that was a fairly-called game.

 

 

As far as the ISU game goes I can understand the crew missing the play but what is inexcusable is that the con did nothing about it afterwards. That made it clear we were being singled-out. There were other hits like Martin's, including ones with considerably more head-contact. Burkhead got his head twisted-off. Cotton gets molested in the pile. But Martin was the only one punished all season. Ya there was no agenda there.