Beerball Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 won't play in first half of next game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 What do you expect, he's a Gay-tor. Meyer will give him a "Stern talking to" His loss will be especially devastating against that powerhouse- Vanderbilt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cugalabanza Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Suspended for just a half?! That's sickening. He should be banned for life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Suspended for just a half?! That's sickening. He should be banned for life. What a joke. I agree... What a strange video... There he is reaching in a digging at somebody's eyes like he is reaching into a cookie jar. He did say somebody gouged at him... Oh really... Nice defense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebug Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Punk. Just a punk who happens to play football, there are many of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartshan-83 Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 The guy he gouged thinks the suspension is too harsh. Doesn't think he should be suspended at all...interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magox Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I don't know about you guyz, but I'd like to have that eye gouger on my team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PushthePile Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I don't know about you guyz, but I'd like to have that eye gouger on my team. Yup, me too. The first thing I thought of was how far could his stock fall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatcrayonz Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Good thing he didn't talk with Deion Sanders or they'd ban him for life. You gotta love the NCAA's efforts to be more crooked than the NBA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLiveRalph Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Not a huge Jim Rome fan, but I was in my car at lunch and agreed with his take on this issue. He basically called out Urban Meyer, and stated that he'd have respected Meyer's decision in one of two ways: If Meyer basically said, "Football it is a physical game, there are extracurricular activities out of the referee's line of sight on every play, and things will happen. Georgia-Florida is a big conference rivalry game and sometimes players on both sides take that to an unfortunate extreme. Brandon did that, and I have spoken to him regarding the incident, and that is the end of it. He will not be disciplined further." OR--- "Brandon's actions are unacceptable. That is not how we play football at Florida, regardless of opponent or circumstances. Brandon has been disciplined internally, and will be suspended for the upcoming game on Saturday. Our program does not play that way, and this is a message that we will not play that way." Meyer completely muffed this by saying, "Yeah he did do something illegal and stupid and dirty...But it happens...Those of us who've played football understand...Suspended for one half." What a joke. How is that even considered a "suspension"? For what it's worth, Mike Golic, who spent plenty of college and pro days in the trenches, was appalled by how aggressively Spikes was gouging for the eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cugalabanza Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I really don't get how people are willing to accept this as ok. He tried to gouge his eyes! When Marcus Vick did his foot stomp, it was a huge deal. Yes, I know he already had a ton of issues and it was a last straw situation. But that stuff is nuts. That's not football. That's assault. And eye gouging is much worse in my opinion. Am I crazy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLiveRalph Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I really don't get how people are willing to accept this as ok. He tried to gouge his eyes! When Marcus Vick did his foot stomp, it was a huge deal. Yes, I know he already had a ton of issues and it was a last straw situation. But that stuff is nuts. That's not football. That's assault. And eye gouging is much worse in my opinion. Am I crazy? That's why Rome took such issue with Meyer's lame explanation of "those of us who have played the game blah blah blah..." and issuing the half-game suspension. Rome was saying, "You don't need one second of football experience to realize that the play was ridiculously dirty and he was intentionally trying to injure a runner who was already tackled." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phlegm Alley Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I remember watching the play unfold live and I couldn't believe that the refs didn't catch it at first. I think the first half of the next game suspension is a little lenient, and he is a player that I wouldn't want to have on the team that I root for. If caught, it is an automatic 15 yard penalty and probably ejection, which hurts the team more, because Spikes is a really good player on that defense. Then there is the possibility of suspension, which hurts your team even more. Then there is the possibility that there is permanent damage to the guy that you're trying to assault. The situation is then amplified because everyone now knows that he is a dirty player, which won't do him any favors around the league. Meyer should have suspended him for a game or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopsGuy Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 I really don't get how people are willing to accept this as ok. He tried to gouge his eyes! When ultimate fighting first came on the scene in the early-mid 90s, they had very few rules. In fact, I think they had 3 things that were forbidden: (1) No strikes to the groin. (2) No biting. (3) No eye gouging. MMA has cleaned up its act quite a bit, but even the most brutal sport we've seen in the last 30 years would not put up with what this young man was doing. If the refs had seen this, he would have been ejected from the game. He should get a full game suspension. Since the Gators next opponent is Vandy, I'm surprised Meyer isn't taking the opportunity to make a statement. This is pretty weak. Oh and crayonz is right on the Dez Bryant comparison. The NCAA is garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 I remember reading about a "football" player named John Hopoate down in Australia who was caught multiple times... um... doing free prostate exams on players from opposing teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cugalabanza Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 I remember reading about a "football" player named John Hopoate down in Australia who was caught multiple times... um... doing free prostate exams on players from opposing teams I'm not clear on the rules of Aussie football. How many points to you get for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLiveRalph Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Another interesting tidbit to this story that I noticed when I saw some highlights: The tough guy Mr. Eye Gouge Spikes wears a visor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Another interesting tidbit to this story that I noticed when I saw some highlights: The tough guy Mr. Eye Gouge Spikes wears a visor! Spikes says he was eye gouged during the game... He wears a visor?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLiveRalph Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Spikes says he was eye gouged during the game... He wears a visor?? There was a scrum during the game where Spikes's helmet got ripped off, that's probably what he's referring to, as he tries to justify why he was the 4th guy in on a tackle and made a conscious decision to try to blind somebody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acantha Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 There was a scrum during the game where Spikes's helmet got ripped off, that's probably what he's referring to, as he tries to justify why he was the 4th guy in on a tackle and made a conscious decision to try to blind somebody. As a player on the field, the justification was there. As a disciplinarian (coach), it just doesn't matter. I think it should have been a 2 game suspension. But the 1 gets the point across to a player that has never been in trouble and has been a team leader for 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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