LINCOLN — Nebraska coach Bo Pelini said Tuesday that Ndamukong Suh was facing some “in-house” discipline but applauded the way his senior defensive tackle dealt with a weekend accident.

“I thought he handled it the right way, and very responsibly,” Pelini said. “He's fully prepared to take care of the damages and all that.”

Pelini received a middle-of-the-night call from Suh after his vehicle struck three others around 2:20 a.m. Sunday in central Lincoln. Suh was cited on suspicion of negligent driving after he told Lincoln police he swerved to avoid an animal in the road.

“I was just glad he was OK,” Pelini said. “But he explained to me exactly what happened.''

Suh told Pelini he was returning to his downtown apartment after falling asleep at a friend's place. The team had returned to Lincoln about nine hours earlier after its 20-10 win at Baylor. According to Lincoln police, his blood-alcohol level was below the legal limit of 0.08.

Pelini said any disappointment in Suh stemmed from his All-America candidate being out at such an hour, even though he understood why. Pelini said you leave yourself open for “things to happen” when out at that time.

Pelini told Suh not to field questions about the matter.

Tough evaluations

As hard as Cody Green graded himself, it might not have matched what he got from his old high school coaches who made the trip from Dayton, Texas, for the Baylor game.

Dayton offensive coordinator Jeff Nations told him to take better care of the football. While Nations didn't give him any compliments face-to-face, he later sent a text message to Green saying he was proud to be his high school coach.

Green said he called Dayton head coach Jerry Stewart later Saturday and Stewart said, “You know what ... you choked that second half.”

Green was used to Stewart's tough evaluations but laughed and said, “C'mon, Coach, it's my first game.''

“He goes, ‘Yeah, I know, you did a pretty good job,'” Green said. “Then he called the next day and he goes, ‘You know what, I watched the film, I analyzed it, and it wasn't that bad, but you can do better.' And he just hung up on me.”

Landry's 17 TD passes

While the Oklahoma-Nebraska game is expected to feature freshman starters at quarterback, the Sooners definitely have the more accomplished of the two.

Landry Jones has 17 touchdown passes, a half-dozen more than any other freshman at the Football Bowl Subdivision level. The redshirt freshman from Artesia, N.M., has replaced Sam Bradford twice after Bradford shoulder injuries, the second of which finished the Heisman Trophy winner for the season.

Pelini said it isn't fair to compare Jones to Bradford, but Pelini called Jones a very good player who executes the OU offense.

“Pretty tough shoes to fill, but I think he's done remarkably well,'' Pelini said. “He has the offense clicking right now.”

Jones has thrown for 1,657 yards.

Former juco receivers

Cameron Kenney was chasing Brandon Kinnie a year ago in the Jayhawk Conference, but for now he's putting up the better numbers in the Big 12.

Kenney has 16 receptions in six games for Oklahoma, including a touchdown. Kinnie has five receptions for 42 yards for Nebraska.

Before signing with NU, Kinnie led the Jayhawk Conference with 62 receptions for 845 yards and 10 TDs in his only season at Fort Scott (Kan.) Community College. Kenney finished with 40 catches for 560 yards and five scores for Garden City (Kan.).

“We were going at it a lot for the best wide receiver in the Jayhawk,'' Kinnie said.

Burkhead's status

Pelini gave the first update in a while on Rex Burkhead, saying the freshman I-back could maybe return for the last game of the regular season and “obviously for sure for the bowl game.” Nebraska plays Colorado on Nov. 27.

Burkhead has been out since suffering a broken bone in his right foot during an Oct. 12 practice.

‘Be relentless'

Nebraska offensive coordinator Shawn Watson said the Huskers will need to be relentless and physical to succeed Saturday night against the Oklahoma defense.

Watson used Texas as an example, saying the Longhorns “kept battling, kept battling, hung in there and made some plays” in a 16-13 win over the Sooners.

“There were two heavyweights on the field and they just kept duking it out,” Watson said. “You've got to be relentless. You've got to stay in there and keep swinging.

“This will be a game like an NFL game. It's going to be a physical, hard-knocking football game.”

— Rich Kaipust