I think any person with half a brain and the slightest amount of social tact would know that it was the type of promise that is made under the assumption that the Husker would have a comfortable lead.

Just like when your mommy and daddy promise you a car when you’re 16, but when tough times hit, you don’t get your car.

Just another sensationalized opportunity by the media to bash Pelini.

Created personally by the reporter. What balls, to go smash the kids ideals and then report on how he took it.

I can see her next article now: “I told my children I never loved them, and it was gut wrenching to see their reaction.”

By the fact they are trying to present themselves by being pro-military. It’s simply nothing more than some dumbass writier wanting to show the world how bad of a person Pelini is by saying he stomped all over a Navy man’s dream. This seems to be more of a hate piece under the guise of military support just to bash Pelini and Nebraska. This writer should be ashamed of themselves by using the military like this to push their own agenda. They are just as much at fault writing this story as Pelini is for his so called joke. What Pelini did was wrong, I do not defend that fact, but if Nebraska had been up by twenty, like they should have been, I would bet my life that Pelini would have honored it.

Just shameful and hate article from anti-Nebraska writer in my opinion.

“Coach Bo made the same joke last year at the game. In no way did he have malicious/deceiving intent”
http://twitter.com/#!/Blake_Lawrence/status/22732185018564608

Gosh, a reporter that didn’t do her research…

“At the press conference she asked the question to Bo like he was “nuts” for letting a sailor call a play. Now she writes this?"
http://twitter.com/#!/Sean_Callahan/status/22725387402346496

More drama up from the grave of this 2010 season…I just want it to be over!

It would have been cool for her to try and get a comment from Pelini after the fact, rather than just right after his team played their worst game of the year. But then again, doing that might have ruined the chance for a story.

Great effort to get both sides of the story here. Real crack reporting.

she haz it.

1. Underpromise and overperform is the preferred method of operation (as in, let the guy stand on the sideline and let him CHOOSE one of several plays if you’re comfortably up in the 4th quarter).
2. Some journalists are far more dedicated to creating stories than reporting them.

That story.

As a former journalist, I’m usually inclined to take the reporter’s side over the coach’s, but that was just indefensible. What a steaming load of hackery.

This isn’t like Lou Holtz disavowing the existence of Damien Peter after his crippling injury, as it’s being sensationalized. The guy was just happy to be a part of the game in the first place.

Imagine how Pelini responded to an incredibly obvious trap question like “Tell me why you broke the promise you made to one of our honored military personnel?” after that nationally televised embarrassing bowl performance. She managed to ambush him in the best O’Reilly/Fox fashion at the worst possible time.

Then think about how this crap-monger made sure to get right in front of the kid so she could gleefully record in detail how devastated he was by her manufactured ‘revelation’ that it was all a nasty joke that soul-less bastard Pelini maliciously played on him. And then this caring, deeply offended ‘reporter’ broadcasts it nationally ensuring maximum embarrassment for the poor dumb trusting hayseed who was so thoroughly ‘punked’ (to use her term).

posted a response from Tom Osborne regarding this article…. http://www.facebook.com/nebraskafootball

I’d cut and paste it here…. but hell. go take a look.

I don’t know what happened, but this is a PR nightmare.

Bo has got to start handling the media better. I think he’s gotten a more than fair deal from them up to this point, and he’s treated them poorly, or at least hasn’t used them effectively. And now the media has started to come after him a bit.

Seriously look at this article:
Weis grants little boy’s dying wish

Plus it’s not like letting the guy call a play would have been any worse than what was being called that game.

Screw the national press, heck, screw the local press, just win games.

Why pander to a group of which you have absolutely no control over, a group which has made it their full-time job to sensationalize your wacky, stroke-like facial expressions and portray you as college football’s Bobby Knight?

Just win games and f*@k the rest.