Mr2Bits
Gator Fan
If they suspend him, it should be for the FIU game.
i heard meyer was going to deal with it him self.
^^ You really think that will move Spikes out of the first day of the draft??? I know some NFL teams will love that footage.
To say its part of football and happens all the time is no excuse. A lot of things" just happen all the time" and it doesn't make it right. It was a dirty play no if and or buts about it. The fact it was caught on camera and Spikes is really trying to get at his eyes is so distasteful. What if he actually got to his eyes and done some real damage do we excuse it cause " its part of the game". That type of behavior has no place in football. To purposely try to hurt another player in that way is just pitiful. I'm sure he was full of emotion and all, and that's why I can forgive him but he needs to be punished in some way. He is our leader on defense and needs to set positive examples to our young linebackers. Can you imagine if he actually got to his eyes and possibly ended this young mans career. What would we be saying then?
half a game suspension. what you all think?
I would have suspended him for the entire Vandy game, but that's just me.
Either way, I think this issue must be addressed somehow.
In my opinion, this was worse than what Spikes did.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edDTmix6vWs&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Dockett was never suspended for that AND Graham was injured.
That was the same punishment Meyer gave Tony Joiner for breaking in somewhere plus he lost his captain spot. I think Meyer should have taken given Spikes captaincy as well.
He's the leader on a football team, not a Boy Scout squad. Another thing is if you let a drug addicted, pot smoking, wife beating, or loser athlete guide your actions and mold your transition to an adulthood, then you have bigger problems. That is reason # 5,327 that America is f***ed up--we choose the wrong heroes to look up to! Let your kids watch Spikes, but for cryin' out loud, teach them to find better role models. Football is about violence. It's about collisions. It's about men beating the $#*& out of other men to move a stinking ball a few yards at a time--it's not about teaching our kids when it's okay to gouge out someone's eyeballs! If Spikes blinded the other player I'd say, "Well, sucks to be you. That's part of the game. Next time, don't f*** with a 260-pound dude that knows how to hit...and eye-gouge."
Meh. Don't care. If it shuts up the pansies decrying Spikes as a chid murdering dog raper, then fine, suspend him for half a game.
In a perfect world, each Gator would be a shining example at all times. I'm a realist. I just want half the Gators to stop fumbling the damn ball. If he kicks babies at night, I can live with myself.
Beat me to it ShortBus..........here's what the victim had to say... http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4619952
ORIGINSome 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.
“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 talking trash back and forth.”