He screamed, cursed, stomped, pointed and roared at the men in the striped shirts. But after the costliest of Nebraska's school-record 16 penalties, a dubious roughing-the-passer call that helped give Texas A&M a go-ahead field goal, NU head coach Bo Pelini glanced briefly to the heavens, as if to ask the pigskin gods: Are you done yet?
The Huskers' faint hopes for a BCS national title berth certainly are, as they lost 9-6 to the Aggies in front of a school-record 90,079 fans at Kyle Field in College Station. Nebraska (9-2 overall, 5-2 in the Big 12) committed 16 penalties – including several personal fouls – for 145 yards. Pelini himself picked up the second unsportsmanlike conduct penalty of his career for appearing to call the side judge a name. Officials flagged A&M – normally one of the nation's most penalized teams – only twice.
“You guys can make your own deductions,” Pelini said afterward. “All you gotta do is look at the numbers.” - NE StatePapers.com
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Pelini needs to respect the refs and the refs need to respect the game- neither happened at Texas A&M.
Nevertheless- Aggies got the w and thats that.
If Nebraska had shown up on O. they could have won that game because except for drives kept alive by penalty Aggies looked weak.
Bottom line is was all flags on NB and none on aggies- most one sided thing i have ever seen - still no excuse for losing the game.
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