Gholston Suspended by Big 10
http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/102011aaa.html
Oct. 20, 2011
Park Ridge, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference office announced that it will impose a one-game suspension on Michigan State University football student-athlete William Gholston for violating the Big Ten Sportslike Conduct Agreement during Michigan State’s game against Michigan on Oct. 15, 2011.
The Big Ten determined that Gholston’s actions at the end of the third quarter of the Michigan contest violated Big Ten Conference Agreement 10.01.1.A.1 - “Striking or attempting to strike or otherwise physically abusing an official, opposing coach, spectator or athlete.” The conference office also publicly reprimanded Gholston for his actions.
The Big Ten Sportslike Conduct Agreement states that “It shall be the responsibility of each member university to ensure that all of its students and all individuals employed by or directly associated with it comport themselves in a sportslike manner when representing their university, especially at intercollegiate athletic contests.”
The Big Ten Conference considers this matter concluded and will have no further comment.
October 20th, 2011 at 8:34 PM ^
God forbid you should ever punch somebody in the helmet... That's just dangerous.
October 20th, 2011 at 8:36 PM ^
That'll get you suspended. Anything else...OK per the B1G.
October 20th, 2011 at 8:44 PM ^
Silly Big Ten.
October 20th, 2011 at 11:30 PM ^
Into his nuts.
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<br>BOOM, Mean Machine'd.
October 20th, 2011 at 9:07 PM ^
FREE TOM!!!
October 20th, 2011 at 9:16 PM ^
Stop overreacting to the facemask twist, people. It was a stupid, dirty thing for Gholston to do. We understand. It happens in football. He got a 15-yarder for it (along with his late hit). His team was punished on the field for unnecessary roughness. Denard didn't get hurt.
Let it go. Yeesh.
October 20th, 2011 at 10:06 PM ^
Denard was hurt. He got up from that pileup rolling his head. That play hurt his neck. I was there. I saw it. There's a brief moment of it on the telecast too.
And then, Denard was much more seriously hurt by the personal foul committed by Marcus Rush.
If "Denard getting hurt" is one of your criteria for suspension, the Rush foul qualifies.
October 21st, 2011 at 7:24 AM ^
Yeah, it was nothing? To me it was the most serious thing the Danto-drone did. I feel sorry for the kid really. He was encouraged to act that way and most likely rewarded. It's no wonder why Greg jones goes undrafted. Who wants to invest money or stock in people that have no character or honor?
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October 20th, 2011 at 9:18 PM ^
One game? WTF? That kid should sit for at least 3 games!! One game for throwing a punch, and two games for twisting Denard's helmet while he was defenseless. Smdh, Gholston better have his head on the swivel next year!!!!
October 20th, 2011 at 9:35 PM ^
Look at the UM weenies crying! You lost the game boys! Why don't you put your pull-ups back on and keep trying not to wet your pants!
Bo would be throwing up if he saw you pathetic excuses for UM people. I remember back when UM was a respectable oponent who whooped MSU's ass every year. What happened? Where did those fans go? The fans who used to applaud Lloyd for not suspending players for Gholstonesque play. Has the entire fanbase been wussified?
October 20th, 2011 at 9:37 PM ^
The Game is in November. We haven't lost it yet. We lost A game.
October 20th, 2011 at 9:39 PM ^
Weenie? I don't think someone has been called a weenie since, like, 1952. You're just a prick.
October 20th, 2011 at 9:40 PM ^
I slept with your wife.
October 20th, 2011 at 11:29 PM ^
Tip her?
October 20th, 2011 at 9:52 PM ^
comes before the fall. Just remember that. In the mean time, stroll on back to either Mlive or RCMB or wherever mouth-breathers like you come from.
October 20th, 2011 at 9:37 PM ^
I dont think that what the players did was really all that out of the ordinary. Its a pretty heated in state rivalvy that i would expect some dirty play in. Ill bet Michigan was doin some of the same stuff, we just didnt get caught. I Ghoulston should def. be suspended for the punch to Lewan and flagged again for the Denard facemask thing, but its really nothing i wouldnt suspect. I hope
October 20th, 2011 at 9:40 PM ^
we crush ohio state even if we lose every game left on the schedual BUT ohio...GO BLUE*
October 20th, 2011 at 10:14 PM ^
"A momentary loss of composure." 6 personal fouls, hitting Denard late 3 times and knocking him out of the game, trying to twist his head off while he's laying under a pile, taking someone down with an arm bar, and throwing a punch is NOT a "momentary loss of composure." Dantonio is a totally classless hypocrite. A 1 game suspension for the crap Gholston pulled is a JOKE considering the suspensions that have been handed down for actions that weren't anywhere near as bad.
October 21st, 2011 at 9:55 AM ^
I think we're all assuming that a football coach, in this case Dantonio, wants to be a molder of young men because that has always been the standard at Michigan. Every Michigan coach in his own way has stated that part of his charge as the football coach is to help these young men become responsible, mature adults.
But I don't think Dantonio feels that's part of his job description. If one of his players gets in trouble, he seems to grudgingly deal with it. He is not proactive in his attempts to help his players grow as young men. And that's the difference between him and other coaches. I don't think we can expect more than that. It just isn't there.
October 20th, 2011 at 11:34 PM ^
The punch is automatic. It'd be nice if the helmet twist got something, but it was never going to. The other stuff just happens. So we can shelve talking about it...till next year.
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<br>Oh, and Gameday...they can talk about it all day long.
October 21st, 2011 at 2:19 AM ^
What bothers me about the mixed reactions regarding Gholston(and Rush)'s actions is that we have a very specific standard that we can compare this kind of play to: Conboy/Tropp's attack on Steve Kampfer. The Kampfer incident was a clear attempt to cause injury by at least Tropp, and both offending players were booted from the MSU team as a result of that incident. Here, we have 3 actions of Gholston showing the intent to injury, where two of those actions (the punch and helmet twist) occurred after the whistle and one of those actions (the helmet twist) was premeditated. For those of you readers that think the one-game suspension is either adequate or as much as can be reasonably asked, ask yourself how you felt after watching Kampfer get suckerpunched in the back of the head followed by a slash to the neck. And that was in a game that Michigan was winning handily against MSU, meaning this issue is entirely score-independent.
October 21st, 2011 at 8:40 AM ^