Suspended for a half against Vandy? :mj07: Urban Meyer is POS and that punk should be suspended for the season. What a joke of a program... Win at all cost.
Brandon Spikes is a scumbag
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Meyer is getting blasted by everyone in the sports press for the half game suspension. All the ex NFL commentators are saying that eye-gouging does NOT happen in pileups.
Florida?s punishment of Spikes doesn?t fit crime
Dan Wetzel
By Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports 6 hours, 37
Eye-gouging is considered such a foul, filthy act that it?s banned by even our most blatantly combative exercises, including mixed martial arts and pro wrestling.
Sheriff Urban Meyer of the Gainesville PD isn?t as concerned, apparently.
Photo The SEC says it accepts Florida?s first-half suspension of defensive captain Brandon Spikes for an eye-gouging incident last week.
(Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes was caught on film purposefully jamming his fingers through the facemask of Georgia running back Washaun Ealey on Saturday in an effort to rip at Ealey?s eyes.
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It was about as ugly and unbecoming of a play as there is in football.
For the act, Meyer will bench his star linebacker for the first half of the Gators? game against Vanderbilt.
Repeat: one half. That penalty isn?t a joke, although the man dishing it out is acting like one.
There is almost no excuse for Spikes? conduct. None. It was a dirty play and one with serious ramifications. There?s a reason violently poking your fingers at someone?s eye is a zero tolerance offense. The other guy can go blind. He has no ability to protect himself.
Football is an emotional, violent pursuit and acts like this happen more than the camera catches. ?I don?t think that we did anything in that game that they didn?t do,? quarterback Tim Tebow told reporters.
That?s the excuse of a child though. The other-guy-does-it-too is never a justifiable defense. It wouldn?t even matter if Ealey had provoked him (the two had been jawing prior to the incident).
Spikes is the one who got caught.
Meyer ought to be man enough to know this, which is why his decision to dole out such a light punishment is more pathetic than Spikes? original sin.
UF athletic director Jeremy Foley or SEC commissioner Mike Slive should?ve stepped in and issued a real suspension.
?I don?t condone that,? Meyer told reporters Monday of Spikes? play.
Gee, really, you don?t condone it?
?We?re going to suspend Brandon for the first half of the Vanderbilt game,? Meyer said. ?I talked to him, that?s not who he is. I love Brandon Spikes, the team does. We?re going to move on. He has our full support.?
Florida is begging for an adult to lead them. Meyer isn?t it when it comes to player conduct. He may be a heck of a football coach, great recruiter, perhaps even devout family man and charitable person.
It doesn?t change the fact this was a craven decision.
This is a sport, unfortunately, where you don?t need to run a program the right way to earn massive fame, fortune and support though. A large proportion of Gator fans wouldn?t care if Ealey?s eye had been damaged. It?s like that with every college team.
Dan Wetzel
By Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports 6 hours, 37
Eye-gouging is considered such a foul, filthy act that it?s banned by even our most blatantly combative exercises, including mixed martial arts and pro wrestling.
Sheriff Urban Meyer of the Gainesville PD isn?t as concerned, apparently.
Photo The SEC says it accepts Florida?s first-half suspension of defensive captain Brandon Spikes for an eye-gouging incident last week.
(Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes was caught on film purposefully jamming his fingers through the facemask of Georgia running back Washaun Ealey on Saturday in an effort to rip at Ealey?s eyes.
Stories Resonating on Yahoo!
More From Dan Wetzel
* Alabama's Cody mounts Heisman campaign Oct 24, 2009
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It was about as ugly and unbecoming of a play as there is in football.
For the act, Meyer will bench his star linebacker for the first half of the Gators? game against Vanderbilt.
Repeat: one half. That penalty isn?t a joke, although the man dishing it out is acting like one.
There is almost no excuse for Spikes? conduct. None. It was a dirty play and one with serious ramifications. There?s a reason violently poking your fingers at someone?s eye is a zero tolerance offense. The other guy can go blind. He has no ability to protect himself.
Football is an emotional, violent pursuit and acts like this happen more than the camera catches. ?I don?t think that we did anything in that game that they didn?t do,? quarterback Tim Tebow told reporters.
That?s the excuse of a child though. The other-guy-does-it-too is never a justifiable defense. It wouldn?t even matter if Ealey had provoked him (the two had been jawing prior to the incident).
Spikes is the one who got caught.
Meyer ought to be man enough to know this, which is why his decision to dole out such a light punishment is more pathetic than Spikes? original sin.
UF athletic director Jeremy Foley or SEC commissioner Mike Slive should?ve stepped in and issued a real suspension.
?I don?t condone that,? Meyer told reporters Monday of Spikes? play.
Gee, really, you don?t condone it?
?We?re going to suspend Brandon for the first half of the Vanderbilt game,? Meyer said. ?I talked to him, that?s not who he is. I love Brandon Spikes, the team does. We?re going to move on. He has our full support.?
Florida is begging for an adult to lead them. Meyer isn?t it when it comes to player conduct. He may be a heck of a football coach, great recruiter, perhaps even devout family man and charitable person.
It doesn?t change the fact this was a craven decision.
This is a sport, unfortunately, where you don?t need to run a program the right way to earn massive fame, fortune and support though. A large proportion of Gator fans wouldn?t care if Ealey?s eye had been damaged. It?s like that with every college team.
Rarely do we agree but this time we do... this shit happens probably 15 times a week but doesn't get caught by cameras.
finger in eye!!!
finger in eye!!!
I may be missing something here but what he did is WRONG regardless of the "it happens all the time" excuse. Then to have his coach slap his wrist instead of standing up and taking a stand on dirty play is IMHO as bad if not worse than the poke in the eye in the first place.
finger in eye!!!
I may be missing something here but what he did is WRONG regardless of the "it happens all the time" excuse. Then to have his coach slap his wrist instead of standing up and taking a stand on dirty play is IMHO as bad if not worse than the poke in the eye in the first place.
Every ex NFL player I have seen has said "No way, it does NOT happen everyday." In fact it never happens. Golic said in all his years of playing he never even heard of someone intentionally sticking his hand through the facemask. Same thing echoed by Strahan, Ditka, Griese, Millen and more. According to them, it doesn't happen everyday. Has nothing to do with it being Florida. There is no defense for what he did.
You have to be joking.
What if he actually popped out the dudes eyeball? Would that be ok?
Just because this kind of thing has happened before does not make it right.
I think it is getting all this coverage because of the joke of a suspension.
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FWIW
FWIW
Some thought that Florida Coach Urban Meyer was too lenient in the suspension he gave to linebacker Brandon Spikes for trying to gouge the eyes of Georgia running back Washaun Ealey Saturday.
Not Ealey.
He said this afternoon that he doesn?t even think that Spikes should have to sit out the first half of the Gators? game against Vanderbilt Saturday.... Read More
?That didn?t really matter to me,? Ealey said. ?That?s their decision. I think he shouldn?t have gotten suspended at all. We were just out there playing football.?
The SEC accepted Florida?s discipline of Spikes for his action after a play in Florida?s 41-17 victory. The incident has received national attention and much criticism.
Ealey said Spikes didn?t get to his eyes.
?I had my eyes closed,? Ealey said. ?He really didn?t gouge my eyes. ?I was just trying to get up as fast as I can.?
Ealey even posted an update on his Facebook page to let friends know that he was fine.
?I just said that my eyes were OK,? He said .?It was 20-20. He didn?t really get my hands close to my eyes.?
The game had its share of personal fouls and chippy moments between the teams.
On Georgia's second drive, Spikes used his helmet to hit Ealey on the helmet after
a Georgia penalty. Ealey pushed Spikes back and poked his hand under the chin strap of Joe Haden
CBS cameras also caught Nick Williams blasting Tebow late long after he handed the ball off on a running play.
?It was just a lot of emotion in the game,? Ealey said. ?We were out there fighting. It was a big rivalry game. Everybody was
FWIW
Some thought that Florida Coach Urban Meyer was too lenient in the suspension he gave to linebacker Brandon Spikes for trying to gouge the eyes of Georgia running back Washaun Ealey Saturday.
Not Ealey.
He said this afternoon that he doesn?t even think that Spikes should have to sit out the first half of the Gators? game against Vanderbilt Saturday.... Read More
?That didn?t really matter to me,? Ealey said. ?That?s their decision. I think he shouldn?t have gotten suspended at all. We were just out there playing football.?
The SEC accepted Florida?s discipline of Spikes for his action after a play in Florida?s 41-17 victory. The incident has received national attention and much criticism.
Ealey said Spikes didn?t get to his eyes.
?I had my eyes closed,? Ealey said. ?He really didn?t gouge my eyes. ?I was just trying to get up as fast as I can.?
Ealey even posted an update on his Facebook page to let friends know that he was fine.
?I just said that my eyes were OK,? He said .?It was 20-20. He didn?t really get my hands close to my eyes.?
The game had its share of personal fouls and chippy moments between the teams.
On Georgia's second drive, Spikes used his helmet to hit Ealey on the helmet after
a Georgia penalty. Ealey pushed Spikes back and poked his hand under the chin strap of Joe Haden
CBS cameras also caught Nick Williams blasting Tebow late long after he handed the ball off on a running play.
?It was just a lot of emotion in the game,? Ealey said. ?We were out there fighting. It was a big rivalry game. Everybody was
First of all, making disciplines or reactions on things because what "might have happened" or "could've happened" isn't a way to persue things.
Second of all, if the kid was from New Mexico State, it would've gotten its pub, then died over after a couple days. Because it's Florida, it's the reasons why it's overblown. To ignore that is pretty dumb...
You are right that if it was New Mexico State, it would have died down. But it would be the same if was a player for Tenn, Ga, Aub, Bama, USC, Oregon, Mich, Ohio St, Fla St, Miami, Notre Dame, Boise, UCLA, W. Va, Va Tech, Pitt, Tex, Okla, Tex Tech and many many others. If the coach of anyof those teams suspended the offending player for only a half game, that would keep it going. To say that Fla is getting unusual scrutiny is illogical.
Yeah your right we should let him continue to try and gouge someones eyes out, when he finally succeeds then its time to suspend him for a half.
That's not my point and your twisting my words. My point was that you can't base decisions off of could've and would've. Only on what actually happened.
I would've won the mega millions if i hit the numbers
I could've won the mega millions if i hit the numbers
but i didn't
but he didn't
He shove his hand into the opening of the guys face mask for what reason then?
Its obvious he tried to gouge his eyes, whats so hard to get about this?
His intent was to harm the guy in an illegal way.
Are you saying he accidentally did this?
Whats your point here.
Using this logic would mean that we couldn't accuse, convict, sentence, etc. people for attempted robbery or attempted murder. This is moronic.
The guy did something wrong, got caught and has a punishment. Unfortunately, the punishment wasn't enough because FLA is untouchable...
