North Carolina-Duke may be the best rivalry game in college sports, so it makes sense that many celebrities come out of the woodwork to see the matchup live. However, it was pretty surprising to many tuning in to see Nebraska’s head football coach, Bo Pelini, five rows behind the Duke bench wearing a Duke shirt:

Nebraska FB coach Bo Pelini at UNC/Duke, grinning from ear to ear (cc @yahooforde) twitpic.com/c3ic12 — CJ Fogler (@cjzero) February 14, 2013

But there appears to be a pretty reasonable explanation for Bo’s Duke fanhood — his son is a Duke fan, and was sitting next to him in a Blue Devils jersey. So no need to start the “Bo Pelini to coach Duke football” rumors.

Nebraska coach Bo Pelini says his son is a Duke fan (he’s here wearing a jersey) and the game is a birthday present. @danwolken — David Glenn Show (@DavidGlennShow) February 14, 2013

So Bo Pelini gave his son tickets to UNC vs Duke for his birthday? Hmm guess when he’s 16 that Benz will be nice #BenefitsofBo #Huskers — munford_n_sons (@NateMunford) February 14, 2013