Lots of dirty things go on in those piles, and Spikes obviously was upset about what happened to him. However, I think Spikes and the Gators are very fortunate that the Georgia player (apparently) wasn't injured. Can you imagine the outrage if the situation were reversed and that was a Georgia player trying to poke Tebow in the eye--and Tebow was actually injured as a result?
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Shane Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > *Gators suspend Spikes a half game for eye gouge* > > > > Brian W. Kratzer/The Gainesville Sun > > *Buy > photo<http://reprints.gainesville.com/cgi-bin/fotobroker.cgi?c=latest.htm&a=&op_by_line=contains&by_line=W.&b=photo_db&s=&t=&show=3-4> > * > > Brandon Spikes digs his hand inside a Georgia helmet during the third > quarter of the Florida-Georga game at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium > Saturday Oct. 31, 2009. > > > By Jeff Barlis <[email protected]> > Gainesville SUN Staff writer > > Published: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 12:27 p.m. > Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 12:27 p.m. > > > > > > Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes was suspended for gouging the eye of > Georgia tailback Waushaun Ealey on Saturday in Jacksonville. Coach Urban > Meyer on Monday announced the suspension, for the first half of Saturday's > game against Vanderbilt. > > "I don't condone (what Spikes did)," Meyer said at his weekly news > conference. "There's no place on the field for that. We're going to suspend > him for the first half of the Vanderbilt game. That's not him. But we love > Brandon Spikes and the team is going to support him. > > "It's hard. I just spoke with him not too long ago. We're Florida and we > expect certain things. ... I did speak to the (SEC) commissioner. > > "I wanted to move on and then I saw it and said, 'That's not right.' " > > The video evidence shows Spikes gouges the eye of Ealey. The incident can > be seen here on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cISxU8Crulw > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
