Lincoln, Neb. ? Nebraska coach Bo Pelini’s hard line with the media Wednesday morning seemed to be softening by nightfall.

Irritated by some media members’ reporting methods, Pelini announced he was cutting off access to players and coaches for three days.

But in a phone interview with the Associated Press on Wednesday night, the mercurial third-year coach said he might relent and allow access sometime before Saturday.

“I don’t want this place to be Fort Knox,” he said. “That’s not my nature.”