Coaches say spitting incident closed
Nebraska coach Bo Pelini and Mizzou coach Gary Pinkel both said the case was closed on charges that a Nebraska player spit on Chase Daniel during Saturday’s game.
“We communicated with Missouri, and investigated and addressed the allegations and at this point it’s a moot issue,” Pelini said.
Asked if there was any truth to what Daniel’s charges, Pelini replied: “It’s a lot of ‘he said-he said’ — you know what I’m saying? I don’t think either coaching staff was really aware of it and we did our investigation and it’s over.”
Asked if it ever became clear which player was accused, he said: “It was a little bit gray.”
Pinkel said, “We’ve communicated with Nebraska (Sunday), and as far as I’m concerned from a Missouri standpoint, it’s a dead issue. I’m not going to comment on it.”
Daniel and the MU players meet the media this afternoon in Columbia. If they have any more to say, we’ll let you know.
It’s just amazing that on a football field full of players, officials, coaches, and media NO ONE ELSE SAW THIS HAPPEN. That is the amazing thing. All signs are pointing to a fabrication.
— Tim
8:30 pm October 6th, 2008…. Tell me why that is a classy thing not to name the player - to me that’s so high schoolish - “I’m not going to rat out”. B.S. - You lay down an accusation like that you better man up and disclose the perpetrator. It’s too bad becuz he just kicked the crap out of Nebraska, the first Mizzou QB to go into Lincoln and win since Jimmy Carter was President - that’s what he should have been talking about. He made it up and if you can’t infer that from both coaches’ comments - you’re a moron.
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Check it out and decide for yourself. Quit being fans and start being analytical.