To make one thing clear: There is absolutely no love lost between this Omaha reporter and Pelini, BUT he does have a great point.
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You can blast Bo Pelini for his behavior in the final minute of Youngstown State-North Dakota State. But I'm want to focus — just for a moment — on a different angle to Saturday's meltdown: the actual result of the game.
I don't recall seeing a head coach essentially give up on his team the way Pelini did after the pass interference call (which was the right call!). NDSU has first-and-goal at the Youngstown 6-yard line. The Bison run on first down and get stuffed with 1:14 left.
Pelini should've called timeout. Any coach with his head on straight would've called timeout. There's absolutely no risk for the Bison in running clock. The team that needs to preserve clock is Youngstown. Pelini didn't do it. NDSU milks the clock, then scores on second-and-goal with 35 seconds left.
Then, of course, he committed two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties when his team only needed about 40 yards to reach field-goal range, tie the game and save the season.
Over the past 36 hours, there's been a lot of talk here and across the country about Pelini's latest meltdown. But imagine being the quarterback or a wide receiver or an offensive lineman. You should've had a minute left to go tie (or win) the game.
Instead, your head coach basically blacked out.
http://www.omaha.com/huskers/blogs/mad-chatter-huskers-hawkeyes-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness-how/article_bcd42778-8c8d-11e5-9916-bbad54c028db.html
