Nebraska coach Bill Callahan probably wouldn't mind if he never had to play Oklahoma again -- and not because he's 0-2 against the Sooners. For the second straight year, it seems that Callahan has gotten himself into hot water after playing OU.

This time it's his actions -- not words about supposed copulating hillbillies in Norman -- that have caused a stir. TV cameras picked up Callahan seemingly making a throat-slashing gesture after arguing with an official following Oklahoma's final touchdown of the game.

During Monday's Big 12 Conference coaches' teleconference, Callahan said that he was frustrated, but denied making a throat-slashing gesture at the offical or anyone else.

However, this smells like one of those issues that could be on the verge of blowing up. Generally speaking, when a member of the media who works on the "news" side of the newsroom makes his or her way into the sports arena, it's not a good thing for a football coach. That's exactly what happened Monday with a female reporter I've never hard on the call before asking Callahan if he thought he was setting a bad example with his alleged throat-slashing gesture.

While making any kind of threatening gestures should be considered inappropriate, this really shouldn't be that big of a deal. Still, I'm guessing there's a good chance that the bunny-hugging liberal media types will get ahold of this and try to portray Callahan's gesture as the decline of society as we know it. Surely it will be suggested that Nebraska's football coach is someone condones violence or something of that tone. Of course, probably not a one of them has ever played football or understand the emotion of the game.

Maybe this will all blow over -- or it will be on SportsCenter by 6 p.m. tonight. I'm guessing the latter.

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