FS Bo 'Beaux' Pelini (DC LSU Tigers)

[knapplc]

One of my HuskerBoard members claims he wrote that. It's funny stuff.

It'll be interesting to see if Bo blows up on the sidelines again. I think he will. He was warned after a few outbursts in 2008 (his first year), then said he would watch himself. He was OK for most of 2009, then everyone saw Mt. Bosuvius erupt at A&M last year, and the mess that caused. What I want to know is, what happens if (when) he does it again? What will the Big Ten brass say? What will Osborne say/do?

 

[Buckskin86]

Pelini confident Cornhuskers will adjust, succeed in Big Ten
By Brett McMurphy
CBSSports.com Senior Writer
July 28, 2011

Cornhuskers coach Bo Pelini vows, 'We're going to do our thing. We're going to play our way.' (US Presswire)

CHICAGO -- Nebraska made its unofficial debut as the newest member of the Big Ten on Thursday and Coach Bo Pelini wasn't shy about the Cornhuskers' plans in their new conference home.

"We're going to do what we do and we're going to do it well," Pelini said at the Big Ten's Football Kickoff at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place. "We're not really going to adapt what we do to the conference.

"We're going to hopefully make the conference adapt to what we do."

Cont...

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...nt-cornhuskers-will-adjust-succeed-in-big-ten

 

[Buckskin86]

Nebraska's Bo Pelini isn't changing soon
July, 29, 2011
By Mark Schlabach

CHICAGO -- Nebraska's Bo Pelini isn't apologizing for his fiery demeanor on the sideline.

Heading into the Cornhuskers' first season in the Big Ten, Pelini said he isn't planning on changing the way he coaches his players, either.

In the Cornhuskers' final season in the Big 12 in 2010, Pelini was criticized for berating officials -- as well as Nebraska freshman quarterback Taylor Martinez -- during a 9-6 loss at Texas A&M.

Pelini said Friday that his relationship with Martinez is good and blamed the media for blowing the incident out of proportion.

"I raise my voice and discipline players and that's why we have discipline in our program," Pelini said. "We have this politically correct society where people say you can't raise your voice. I disagree."

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http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/29821/nebraskas-bo-pelini-isnt-changing-soon

 

[Buckskin86]

Nebraska's Bo Pelini facing alma mater Buckeyes
By ERIC OLSON
AP Sports Writer
Published: Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Bo Pelini, the coach at Nebraska, is no different than Bo Pelini, the player at Ohio State.

"A lot of tough love. No excuses. Get it done. Old-school football. That's Bo," said Jim Peel, who played with Pelini in the Buckeyes' secondary from 1987-90.

Pelini will coach against his alma mater for the first time Saturday night when the Buckeyes visit Memorial Stadium. True to his nature, he downplays the significance.

"It isn't more or less meaningful. It's about doing a job," Pelini said. "I want our team to be better and to walk off the field Saturday night a better football team than we were when we started this week."

Pelini isn't one to wear his loyalty to Ohio State on his sleeve. He said he enjoyed his time there, and what's done is done.

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http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20111004/APS/1110040925

 

[Buckskin86]

Pelini first showed his tenacious side at OSU
By Dirk Chatelain
World-Herald Staff Writer

Michigan had an All-America guard. Six-foot-2, 285 pounds. Mean dude. Later he got drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Ohio State's free safety was a few inches shorter and 100 pounds lighter. Co-captain. Later he got into coaching.

Their teams met in 1990, a trip to the Rose Bowl on the line. Early in the game, the two got into a scuffle.

The skinny Buckeye grabbed the burly Wolverine by the face mask. Yanked it sideways and threw him to the ground.

Then Bo Pelini stood over the Michigan lineman and added insult to injury. When Dean Dingman got up, blood dripped from his face.

One of Pelini's closest college friends watched the whole thing. He remembers Pelini's eyes.

"I thought, 'Oh my God, so this is what it's all about to play Michigan,' " said Greg Smith, a sophomore nose guard at the time for Ohio State. "It's the most unbelievable thing I've ever seen. Every time I see Bo, I talk about it."

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http://www.omaha.com/article/20111005/BIGRED/710059768/1001

Former Buckeye Pelini will reflect later
Published: Wednesday, October 05, 2011
By JOHN KAMPF
[email protected]

There will be plenty of time for Bo Pelini to reminisce about his career.

This week isn’t one of those times.

Pelini and his Nebraska Cornhuskers are hosting Ohio State in a nationally televised contest at 8 p.m. on Saturday. It’s the first meeting between the schools since 1956.

It’s also the first time Pelini, a two-year starter and former captain at Ohio State, will coach against his alma mater.

That was the furthest thing from his mind on Monday when touching on the subject at his weekly news conference.

“It’s about our football team,” he said of the OSU-Nebraska game, not the Pelini-vs.-OSU showdown. “It’s not more meaningful or less meaningful.”

This is the second consecutive week Ohio State has gone up against a familiar face. Last week, the Buckeyes were defeated by Michigan State, 10-7. The Spartans are coached by former OSU defensive coordinator Mark Dantonio.

Now the Buckeyes (3-2, 0-1 in the Big Ten) have to face a Nebraska team that is licking its wounds after getting throttled by Wisconsin, 48-17, in its first Big Ten game after moving over from the Big 12.

“We’ve got to keep getting better and working,” said Pelini, sounding an awful lot like OSU coach Luke Fickell. “The process continues.”

Though he is not focusing on facing his alma mater, Pelini has fond memories of his time at Ohio State, where he played from 1987-1990.

He said he chose to play for Ohio State after being recruited by then-Coach Earle Bruce, for a number of reasons.

“I chose Ohio State because it was a great place to go,” he said. “My folks were a little older when I was a senior (in high school). It made a lot of sense for me to go where I could play a high level of competition. At the same time, it was easy for my parents and family to see me play.

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http://morningjournal.com/articles/...4e8cf7fa675fc583342735.txt?viewmode=fullstory

 

[Buckskin86]

Bo Pelini: Disciple of discipline
Nebraska coach learned his values growing up in Youngstown and keeps them close
By Todd Jones
The Columbus Dispatch
Friday October 7, 2011

The stance, demeanor and voice are all part of Nebraska coach Bo Pelini?s persona, all steeped in the work ethic that was instilled in him as a youngster before playing at Ohio State.

About the only gray in Bo Pelini?s childhood world was the winter sky choked by the smoke from Mahoning Valley steel mills.

There was right and wrong, little in-between. Parents gave no ground. Coaches yelled. Work meant sweat, accountability was expected, and details mattered.

?That?s the kind of culture I grew up with,? Pelini said. ?You learned to do things a certain way. That does equate to work ethic, no matter what you do.?

Those values honed in south Youngstown shaped him to become a football captain at Ohio State, and they still burn in his fourth season as coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Simple beliefs are evident in the stern demands that Pelini puts on his players and in his combustible demeanor on the sideline during games.

?Our players know there are expectations, and it?s not debatable,? he said. ?It?s pretty black-and-white.?

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http://www.buckeyextra.com/content/...arned-hard-work-discipline-in-youngstown.html

 

[Buckskin86]

Pelini denies report he interviewed at Ohio State
By STEVEN M. SIPPLE / Lincoln Journal Star | Posted: Monday, November 28, 2011

Nebraska football coach Bo Pelini on Monday denied a report that he interviewed for the Ohio State position filled by Urban Meyer.

"There's no truth to any of that," Pelini said flatly.

By "any of that," Pelini meant this part of Jeff Rapp's report for his Web site, "Sports RappUp":

In fact, according to a trusted source, (Ohio State AD Gene) Smith was still exploring the option of hiring Nebraska coach and former Buckeye safety Bo Pelini and as recently as late last week was putting out feelers to other conference administrators asking if they would approve of Ohio State going after a current conference head coach. The source said that information got back to Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne and when Pelini admitted he was contacted by OSU and expressing interest in the job, the two went at it verbally.

Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne said Monday he knows Smith well and thinks he would've been contacted by the Ohio State AD if Smith planned to interview Pelini. Osborne said he hasn't heard from Smith.

"There's no truth to any of this," Osborne said. "I was never contacted by anybody from Ohio State. Bo and I never had words. Looks like somebody made up a story."

http://huskerextra.com/sports/football/article_4a8b08db-b202-53f3-a2ad-6e6dee75e1de.html

 

[Oh8ch]

Which is consistent with what Gene Smith said.

 

[Buckskin86]

Pelini rejects reports he had talks with PSU
By BRIAN CHRISTOPHERSON / Lincoln Journal Star | Posted: Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Husker coach Bo Pelini took a firm stand Tuesday in rejecting reports that he's talked or interviewed with Penn State, bringing up the subject before a question was even asked after the morning practice.

"The irresponsible reports that are going on out there aren't true," Pelini said. "I have not interviewed for Penn State and I'm not saying anymore on that."

Pelini told the Journal Star after Monday's practice that "there's been nothing" when it comes to him having talks with Penn State.

The fourth-year head coach reiterated that again on Tuesday.

"There's all kinds of speculation all the time," Pelini said. "I don't address all those rumors and irresponsible reports that are going on."

The Penn State topic surfaced after a Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot-News reporter tweeted on Monday that Pelini had "talked to people at Penn State but is not in the mix."

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Tuesday reported that Pelini had interviewed for the job last week in Texas with PSU acting athletic director Dave Joyner.

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http://huskerextra.com/sports/football/article_c4457e58-851f-5fa9-8870-b0e6cf44022a.html

 

[Nicknam4]

 

[knapplc]

Enjoy.

 

[buckeyemania11]

some of the pictures on that site are just a tad bit weird and creepy.

 

[Buckskin86]

Bo Pelini on Arkansas connection: it?s ?kind of ludicrous?
Posted by Ben Kercheval on April 11, 2012

Gus Malzahn stated simply he was the coach at Arkansas State.

Skip Holtz called the connection flattering.

Nebraska coach Bo Pelini, on the other hand, was not as giddy to have his name connected to the now-open job at Arkansas. Or, maybe he was just being Bo. Either way, Pelini essentially dismissed the idea that he would be the next coach of the Razorbacks.

?You talking about the Arkansas thing?? Pelini asked when the topic came up. ?Actually, I didn?t even know my name got thrown around. I don?t even know how that stuff happens.

?I?m here and I?m happy to be here.?

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http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...on-arkansas-connection-its-kind-of-ludicrous/

 

[colobuck79]

I'm here and I'm happy to be here.

How would you ever know if Bo was happy?

 

[Buckskin86]

Pelini's first four years at NU leave him hungry for more
By Sam McKewon
WORLD-HERALD BUREAU

LINCOLN ? In the course of a three-hour football game, Nebraska coach Bo Pelini goes through a gallery of emotions and gestures. He'll crouch. He'll fist-pump. He'll hug. He'll stalk the sideline. He'll come up close to a player and whisper praise in his ear. He'll screw his face up into a pigskin-drawn portrait of disbelief. He'll rage against the bad breaks and self-inflicted mistakes.

Amid that gamut of emotions, Pelini will strike a different pose. A statesman's pose. He will pull his arms behind his back, clasp his hands, stand perfectly still and point his prominent chin down in contemplation. At the start of practice, Pelini sometimes turns this stance into a walk, ambling between the rows of stretching players.

In this image, calm and deliberate, Pelini most looks like the CEO that nearly $3 million per year, a coaching legend of an athletic director and a football-mad state require him to be. The CEO that, over his first four years as NU's leader, the 44-year-old said he's learning to become.

?I continue to grow into it,? Pelini said. ?I'm a lot more comfortable. I'm a football coach, and I like to coach football, but I know the job is more than that.?

Pelini's companion over his first term? Change. Constant change. Some of which Pelini created. Some of which was foisted upon him.

**** Change in staff, as Pelini has replaced six assistant coaches and both of his coordinators. His current bunch, featuring five assistants younger than 42 years old, could be his favorite.

?I like the way they compete,? Pelini said. ?It's a fun place to go to work.?

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http://www.omaha.com/article/20120825/BIGRED/708259812/1101

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