Nebraska's Ndamukong Suh faces in-house discipline for crash

By ERIC OLSON, AP Sports Writer Comments 2
Published: November 3, 2009

In this photo taken on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009, University of Nebraska nose tackle Ndamukong Suh (93) goes after Florida Atlantic's William Rose (46) during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Lincoln, Neb. In his weekly news conference on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, , Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini said his team's defense against Florida Atlantic was soft.(AP Photo/Dave Weaver)

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska coach Bo Pelini says star defensive lineman Ndamukong (en-DOM-uh-ken) Suh (Soo) has been disciplined for getting a ticket for negligent driving — not for a violation of team rules — as a result of his ramming three parked cars with his sport utility vehicle.

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Pelini said at a news conference Tuesday that the nature of Suh's discipline would be kept in-house.

Suh told police he swerved to avoid hitting a dog or cat crossing the street when his 2003 Land Rover hit the first of the cars on a narrow street in Lincoln early Sunday.

Suh had alcohol in his system, but he tested well below the legal limit.

Pelini has a zero-tolerance policy on alcohol-related offenses. But the coach says Suh was not drunk and that the crash was an accident.