In a move that resembles Tom Osborne’s nationally-criticized college media blackout even more than the recent Governor’s office fiasco, Nebraska head football coach Bo Pellini has banned the DN from covering the team’s football practice sessions because of this editorial. DN sports reporter Jonathan Crowl was escorted out of today’s practice by NU Media Relations Director Keith Mann.
For another reminder of what got TO in hot water more than a decade ago, here is an Editor & Publisher article on the controversy erupting around Osborne’s decision to ban the DN from practice for coverage that he didn’t like.