In the latter part of the Pelini era, players worried about things not only way out of their control, but nearly out of Pelini's control. Some in the media became preoccupied with it, too. Instead of telling good stories about players – the kids actually doing the on-field work – you saw more veering off into repeated thinkpieces about whether Husker fans were fair to Pelini, whether national perception of Pelini's image was fair, whether national perception was better than local perception, whether Pelini was getting the right support, whether the administrators watching Pelini were being properly watched themselves, whether Pelini's sudden cat fancy changed fans' opinion of him, on and on and on. Bo, Bo, Bo. Politics, politics, politics. The players often got lost in the discussion. Their voices, too.
