Bo Pelini accuses Michigan State of clapping to disrupt Nebraska's offense
Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini accused Michigan State's defense of disrupting the Cornhuskers' offense by clapping at the line of scrimmage during Saturday's loss, according to ESPN's Mitch Sherman.
During the Big Ten coaches' teleconference Tuesday, Pelini said that the intentional disruption was something that he planned to talk to the league office about.
When asked about Pelini's claims, Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio said the Spartans use different ways, including hand motions and clapping, to move their defensive front:
Dantonio, on Pelini clapping claims, says MSU does it to shift D-linemen. "We have the opportunity to move our people any way we want.'
— Mitch Sherman (@mitchsherman) October 7, 2014
After hearing that Belini planned to bring the claim to the league office, Dantionio had some choice words for Nebraska's center, who just so happens to be Pelini's nephew:
Dantonio suggested that Nebraska's center ought to look at the quarterback instead of relying on him to call for the football.
The fact of the matter is if the Spartans did intentionally try to disrupt Nebraska's timing by clapping, they should have received a dead-ball penalty:
Rule 7, article 5, section A3 would be the rule relevant to the Pelini/Dantonio debate: pic.twitter.com/9hCSwSPiqX
— Lori Schmidt (@LoriSchmidt) October 7, 2014
We don't expect "Clapgate" to end anytime soon.