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quote that appeared in Monday’s Washington Post newspaper attributed to former Husker linebacker Cody Glenn was a surprise to some Nebraska officials.
After being drafted in the fifth round by Washington on Sunday, Glenn told The Post that he was suspended for NU’s final two regular-season games last year and the Gator Bowl because he had scalped tickets — which would be an NCAA violation.
That was a revelation to many.
“It was news to us too,” said Josh White, Nebraska’s assistant athletic director who handles NCAA compliance issues. “I don’t think it’s the case. ... I think Cody was trying to represent himself better.”
Glenn didn’t immediately return phone messages.
“I got caught up selling some tickets that I wasn’t supposed to be doing,” Glenn told The Post. “Coach Pelini did what he had to do.”
Husker head coach Bo Pelini has been mum on the reason for Glenn’s suspension since it happened in November. Asked for comment on Glenn’s quote, Pelini referred through a spokesman to his statement he had given on Nov. 11 when Glenn was initially suspended.
That statement read that Glenn had been suspended indefinitely from the Husker program for a violation of team rules. The statement concluded that “Coach Pelini has said that he, the remainder of the coaching staff and players will have no further comment on this matter.”
Gary Bargen, who, like White, is a Husker assistant athletic director for compliance issues, was attempting to reach Glenn but hadn’t talked to him about the matter as of early Monday afternoon.
“I have to talk to him again but we have never been informed that there were any NCAA violations at all,” Bargen said of ticket scalping.
Washington head coach Jim Zorn told The Post the organization thoroughly investigated Glenn’s suspension before drafting him.
The Journal Star is in the process of trying to reach the organization for comment.
quote that appeared in Monday’s Washington Post newspaper attributed to former Husker linebacker Cody Glenn was a surprise to some Nebraska officials.
After being drafted in the fifth round by Washington on Sunday, Glenn told The Post that he was suspended for NU’s final two regular-season games last year and the Gator Bowl because he had scalped tickets — which would be an NCAA violation.
That was a revelation to many.
“It was news to us too,” said Josh White, Nebraska’s assistant athletic director who handles NCAA compliance issues. “I don’t think it’s the case. ... I think Cody was trying to represent himself better.”
Glenn didn’t immediately return phone messages.
“I got caught up selling some tickets that I wasn’t supposed to be doing,” Glenn told The Post. “Coach Pelini did what he had to do.”
Husker head coach Bo Pelini has been mum on the reason for Glenn’s suspension since it happened in November. Asked for comment on Glenn’s quote, Pelini referred through a spokesman to his statement he had given on Nov. 11 when Glenn was initially suspended.
That statement read that Glenn had been suspended indefinitely from the Husker program for a violation of team rules. The statement concluded that “Coach Pelini has said that he, the remainder of the coaching staff and players will have no further comment on this matter.”
Gary Bargen, who, like White, is a Husker assistant athletic director for compliance issues, was attempting to reach Glenn but hadn’t talked to him about the matter as of early Monday afternoon.
“I have to talk to him again but we have never been informed that there were any NCAA violations at all,” Bargen said of ticket scalping.
Washington head coach Jim Zorn told The Post the organization thoroughly investigated Glenn’s suspension before drafting him.
The Journal Star is in the process of trying to reach the organization for comment.
