MSU to announce Gholston suspension tomorrow
Apparently Mark Dantonio will hold a press conference tomorrow and will announce the suspension of William Gholson (number of games unknown). This per my friend in the athletic department.
Confirmation of at least the press conference "addressing Gholston situation" on twitter:
October 17th, 2011 at 8:52 PM ^
October 17th, 2011 at 8:43 PM ^
Obviously one occured during the game and one happened after. But a punch is a punch. Right? If you add Gholstons other attempts to purposly injure players with dirty plays shouldn't his punishment be more than the one or two games that most are calling for. Not that he will get that. Just curious why the consensus for Blount was "throw him out of football", while it seems like people would be content with a one game suspension. I know that mouton got a game (should have been more imo) but that was before the Blount incident.
October 17th, 2011 at 8:47 PM ^
Blount punched a kid who wasn't wearing a helmet. Totally different.
October 17th, 2011 at 8:51 PM ^
merely a deterence to Gholson. You think he would have restrained himself if Lewan's helmet had fallen off while they were on the ground?
October 17th, 2011 at 9:03 PM ^
We can only speculate. If that had been the case, then yes, gone for the season. But with a helmet on, it's just not the same thing.
October 17th, 2011 at 9:06 PM ^
Is the intent of the punch any different?
October 17th, 2011 at 9:15 PM ^
Listen, I'm no defender of Tom Gholston. Truthfully I find the facemask twist to be FAR worse. It's just that punching someone with a helmet is a cheap shot and frankly stupid, punching someone without a helmet on can break their orbital or jaw. I'm just saying the Blount punch and the Gholston one are objectively different and don't call for the same punishment.
October 17th, 2011 at 9:26 PM ^
The Blount punch also occured after the game was over. I think it's different in the heat of the moment on a guy with a helmut who you just got in a scuffle with, but after the game is well over on an exposed guy's face is way too much.
October 18th, 2011 at 8:39 AM ^
Blount went after a fan after he punched the one guy, had to be seriously restrained and dragged into the locker room.
October 17th, 2011 at 9:26 PM ^
A punch to the throat (which is where he punched him) can be much, much worse than a broken bone.
October 17th, 2011 at 10:26 PM ^
1) Denard Beheading Attempt.
<br>2) TL arm breaking attempt.
<br>3) punching a lineman in the neck.
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<br>Dude's an asshole. I think a fitting punishment would be for him to have to be on field for every offensive and defensive play for the game (NTTG) next year. I'd like to see it, and I think our players would too.
October 17th, 2011 at 9:51 PM ^
...that Mouton's punch happened with helmets on, and hit the ND player under the jaw. Coach Rodriguez indicated in the press conference following the game that Mouton would not be suspended by the team - it was Delany & Co. that later imposed the one game suspension.
October 17th, 2011 at 9:04 PM ^
edit: delete
October 17th, 2011 at 8:45 PM ^
It makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside knowing what is cooking at MSU. Dantonio is doing the taxpayers a favor by keeping watch over this football program, otherwise there would be overcrowded prisons.
October 17th, 2011 at 8:47 PM ^
October 17th, 2011 at 8:49 PM ^
1. Ski mask taken away
2. No suspension for Wisconsin. Dantonio feels playing Wisconsin's OL is punishment enough
3. No practice
4. Absolutely no ripping other players face masks for 1 full game
5. Must not punch a Michigan player during the M-MSU game for the rest of the year
October 17th, 2011 at 8:49 PM ^
For the press conference.
October 17th, 2011 at 8:50 PM ^
Why do you think they are announcing tomarrow? The brain trust is gathering in the war room to come up with the sneakiest punishment possible, which will allow him to miss nothing and not actualy be a punishment. Kind of like winstons 180 day "suspension". At least hoke said he was redshirting stonum, dantonio suspended sims for the year and redshirted him without saying anything.
October 17th, 2011 at 9:30 PM ^
I think that suspension might be my favorite Dantonio suspension.
"I got it....let's let the state of Michigan suspend him and we will take credit for it. Maybe no one will notice he will be in jail."
October 17th, 2011 at 8:53 PM ^
Did we hold a press conference specifically to announce that Mouton was suspended for 1 game? Did Illinois do this when they suspended their player?
Maybe it's the optimist in me speaking, but maybe we are looking at a harsher suspension than we expected?...
NAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
October 17th, 2011 at 9:12 PM ^
With Mouton, it was unexpected. It was a new pollicy/action plan enforced by Delany. And if memory serves me, Delany hit us with it on a Thursday, with little or no time to do any reps with a replacement for Mouton.
Remind me who the Illinois player was.
Kurt Coleman (OSU) got suspended for a helmet-to-helmet play versus Illinois. By comparison, that was ordinary football, a little aggressive, and the Conference announced it as soon as they had reviewed that film.
Zach Reckman was suspended in much the same way. Both were announced by the Conference; no team press conferences, just announcements.
October 17th, 2011 at 9:35 PM ^
This is a regularly-scheduled presser. MSU does all their press conferences on Tuesdays.
October 17th, 2011 at 8:54 PM ^
I can only assume that Dantonio suspends him from all of his classes this week and maybe even into next weeks study halls.
October 17th, 2011 at 8:57 PM ^
If so, then he gets off with time already served.
October 17th, 2011 at 9:07 PM ^
Zing!
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October 17th, 2011 at 8:55 PM ^
Dantonio is going to announce that when the inevitable happens, and Gholston has to spend time in jail, he'll have to catch his own ride to the practice field.... and will not pass Go.
October 17th, 2011 at 9:11 PM ^
...what about the 200?
October 17th, 2011 at 8:57 PM ^
he went to Ohio State, he also wouldn't collect his $200 after passing go
October 17th, 2011 at 8:56 PM ^
Rightfully deserved. Bye Bye Gholston
October 17th, 2011 at 9:04 PM ^
Dantonio apparently is doing the right thing...but if he doesn't his hand is forced to. Wish he would have released this Sunday instead of waiting to see public opinion with neutral blogs calling MSU "ThugU."
October 17th, 2011 at 9:07 PM ^
Common. I mean who amoung us hasn't punched somebody in the neck in an attempt to break their windpipe and then tried to tear a defenseless opponent head off their neck by using a facemask as a weapon?
He who is without sin cast the first stone here.
October 18th, 2011 at 1:40 AM ^
Steals from you, steals from me...
October 17th, 2011 at 9:09 PM ^
3 practices.
BKfinest it.
October 17th, 2011 at 9:11 PM ^
here's the link to the meltdown http://michiganstate.247sports.com/Board/93/MSU-to-address-Gholston-at-Tuesday-Press-Conference-4944534/1
October 17th, 2011 at 9:16 PM ^
wow....i just read the first few and they're priceless to say the least. Here's my personal favorite....
"If what was rumored to have been said to him is true, I don't blame him for the punch. I'll go along with what Dantonio says should happen, because he's always doing what he feels is best for both the kid and the program. However, if true, he should have follwed up with a body slam and a couple of kicks."
October 17th, 2011 at 9:19 PM ^
truly do represent their fans well.
October 17th, 2011 at 10:10 PM ^
"It's the total pussification of football"
October 17th, 2011 at 10:54 PM ^
"You could argue that Big Will was diving into the pile when his hand landed on Denard's face mask and his momentum carried him to twist the facemask."
This one is so ridiculously absurd. It pleases me.
"They say that Dantonio is classless and wouldn't suspend him. Then when Dantonio does suspend him it's only because he knows that the B1G would have suspended him for 3 games and Dantonio is trying to cheap out of it. Really a bunch of piles of shit on that board."
I feel honored for being mentioned in their posts.
October 17th, 2011 at 9:23 PM ^
"You don't compromise your ability to win the toughest game on your schedule to teach one player a lesson about sportsmanship."
We did. Against Ohio. I guess that's why the two fanbases will never understand one another.
October 17th, 2011 at 9:31 PM ^
at the high school I'm an assistant wrestling coach for, we have BOOTED some of our most key wrestlers off the team for various infractions. Didn't stop us from winning state championships despite it (actually, one year it did, but this past year it didn't).
October 18th, 2011 at 9:40 AM ^
I wasn't thrilled to see the Denard facemask, headsnap stuff. Will needs to learn to keep that stuff "in the pile" .. not on the fringes where the cameras can see it. If a suspension teaches him that, so be it.
So, to add to their prison motif, they go by the Dirty Dozen philosophy that the mistake was "you let someone see you do it..."
October 17th, 2011 at 9:16 PM ^
Now that the one game for which anyone pays any attention to them is over, why not?
October 17th, 2011 at 9:17 PM ^
He should probably be given one of those pokey things and have to clean up the swirling trash heap that is Spartan Stadium. This of course will last well into the 2012 season.
October 17th, 2011 at 10:16 PM ^
Do you really think giving him a trash poker thing is so good idea? He might end up spearing a bystander!
October 17th, 2011 at 10:33 PM ^
Then I guess waterboarding is the only other approach
October 17th, 2011 at 9:19 PM ^
ha.lol.#
October 17th, 2011 at 9:24 PM ^
a name, Tom.
October 17th, 2011 at 9:56 PM ^
RACIST!!!
jk
October 17th, 2011 at 9:26 PM ^
that could easily be a Bucknuts thread .... pathetic people with a pathetic coach ...absolutely classless RCMB's.
Go Blue!
October 17th, 2011 at 9:30 PM ^
Oh no, I hope Gholston isn't having car problems!
/all other good jokes have already been used.
/perfect set-up for OSU jokes