Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini served as a spokesman, of sorts, for defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh Tuesday, answering questions about Suh's Sunday morning car crash that totaled one car and severely damaged three others.

Pelini said he instructed Suh not to answer any questions about the accident "so he could concentrate on football." Suh's Tuesday session with the media was full of queries about Oklahoma and teammate Jared Crick – not his ticket for negligent driving, received after, according to a Lincoln Police Department accident report, Suh swerved to miss a “small dog or cat” and slammed into three parked cars on different sides of the street.

Suh was over at a friend's house, Pelini said, when he woke up and proceeded to drive home. He immediately called Pelini after the accident, which occurred at 2:20 a.m. Pelini said Suh “handled it the right way” but would get some measure of internal discipline – but no suspension - for the ticket and being out that late.

“I understand why he was up that late, but that was probably the thing that disappointed me most...you leave yourself open to bad things that would happen.”

Even though Suh had been drinking, Pelini said, his blood-alcohol content .035 was well below the legal limit of .08. Pelini said he has a “zero tolerance” for drunkeness.

“He was far from drunk,” Pelini said. “I know exactly where he was and what he did that night, and this doesn't fall into that category. I deal with those issues on a case-by-case basis. If somebody gets drunk and gets in trouble, that's a different case.”

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