OT - Brandon Spikes' punishment
So Brandon Spikes tries to rip a guy's eyes out and Urban first justifies it and then suspends him for a half against Vandy. The SEC thought it was fair. Strikes me as a complete joke.
It's as if I needed more reasons to hate Urban Meyer, Florida, and the SEC.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4616581
November 2nd, 2009 at 2:57 PM ^
How dare you question the almighty SEC conference, the greatest conference in the one hundred and forty year history of man's inhumanity to man.
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:01 PM ^
Seems light to me. But, maybe I am now conditioned to think everything deserves a game because of the new B10 policy. Either way it was bush league.
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:05 PM ^
I played football for well over a decade and cannot think of any reasonable justification for gouging another player's eye. That is dangerous behavior that is clearly intended to cause maximum harm to another human being, much like Ortmann's groin punch. College athletes cannot be given the message this kind of behavior is acceptable when it could potentially injure another person for the rest of their life just because some guy got pissed about something they did earlier in the game. I can't believe anyone would defend this kind of despicably anti-social behavior.
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:17 PM ^
is that this situation is similar to steroids in baseball, just on a smaller scale. Eye gouging happens much more frequently than the average fan understands and when some gets caught doing it so blatantly, he needs to be punished so others don't do the same.
The guys in baseball that get caught juicing get kicked for 50 games to warn everyone else that MLB isn't playing around(unless of course you are David Ortiz). The NCAA needs to go over Meyer's head and suspend him because that was a deliberate shit-cock move by Spikes.
November 2nd, 2009 at 4:43 PM ^
Linebackers (like Spikes) don't wear face visors unless they have pulled a stunt like this before and are scared of retaliation.
Spikes Cheater Shield
November 2nd, 2009 at 4:56 PM ^
"Eye gouging happens much more frequently than the average fan understands"
Especially if you are a Gator. Florida LB/Pansy Bitch Dustin Doe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uTbMmcLMbc
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:03 PM ^
"Eye gouging happens much more frequently than the average fan understands ..."
Not if you believe Mike Golic (Radio this morning) or Eric Winston (via Twitter). Both said this was bush league and this rarely happens.
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:28 PM ^
I'm not one to believe in conspiracy theories but.....wait thats a lie I love a good conspiracy theory and it's hard to say that the SEC isn't doing everything possible to get Florida and Alabama to the SEC championship game without a loss.
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:34 PM ^
At this point I don't think you can call it a conspiracy. It looks more like good business to me.
sarcasm meter level 10
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:42 PM ^
You're being too hard on Spikes. What happened was, being so close to THE DIVINE PRESENCE THAT IS TIM TEBOW, he was inspired to take the phrase "an eye for an eye" too literally.
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:45 PM ^
a game that Meyer could have used to make a statement to one of his own players (rather his "statements" playing petty tit-for-tat FUs with Mark Richt), he could have sat Spikes for the entirety of this game. It would likely have zero bearing on the outcome.
November 2nd, 2009 at 4:56 PM ^
November 2nd, 2009 at 5:19 PM ^
1. It happens all the time; Spikes' mistake was that he was stupid enough to get caught.
2. If Spikes wore the maize and blue, he would possibly be the board's favorite player this year. He would have a great mgoblog nickname, too, and (of course) his last name would be turned into a verb.
3. If Spikes was here, UM would have at least one and possibly two more victories at this point.
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:23 PM ^
when does purposly trying to hurt somebody acceptible on any level... if he was on our team and did that i would be all over him... and we wouldnt hace 2 more victories....
as bo said.... "the team, the team, the team" 1 player wouldnt do much.....
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:05 PM ^
If Spikes played in the Big Ten, we would call him Robert Reynolds. I hate Jim Tressel.
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:45 PM ^
Can't stand Meyer, he certainly seems to be building quite the track record of wrist slaps when his star players get in trouble.
The worst part is that the only thing standing in the way of a shot at 3 BCS championships in 4 years for him is Saban, who might be even worse. Here's hoping Bama beats Florida in the SEC championship and then Texas (or anyone else) beats Bama for the national championship.
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:53 PM ^
Yeah... oh wait, what about not punishing Mouton or Ortmann?
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:23 PM ^
They both should have been suspended by Rodriguez.
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:28 PM ^
Agreed. I still think if RR had done a similar half game suspension for Mouton, the BigTen wouldn't have had to suspend anyone this season. That particular incident just happened to close to the Blount punch, and RR not acting forced their hand. If he'd done anything, everything would have come up closer to Roses.
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:56 PM ^
That's a Douche Bag? Interestng, nothing like what I imagined. Now how does it work? Doesn't look like much of a putdown, visually doesn't compare to Asshole
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:32 PM ^
Looks like it's in Florida Gator blue too!
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:40 PM ^
Oh yeah much better. I was confused at first, thought "Travel Douche" was a magazine and I tried to E-scribe
EDIT: does not surprise me that someone who calls himself Big Pussy knows more about Douche Bags than me.
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:44 PM ^
Dude, the picture of that couple on the box might be the greatest thing I've ever seen. The unbuttoned, denim shirt paired with acid wash jeans: pure seduction. That trailer-trash top with matching panties: raw sex appeal. Buying a 5-piece contraption to hose down your box after a round of skeevy public-bathroom sex: PRICELESS!
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:52 AM ^
but that travel douche comes with an anal attachment...for that multi-tasking woman on the go.
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:56 PM ^
the other guy would be suspended a game for getting in the way of his finger.
November 3rd, 2009 at 3:09 AM ^
What you're missing is an admiration for the speed in which Spikes eye gouged the other guy. The Big Ten is too slow now days with punches and groin shots
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:40 AM ^
and now we have Brandon Spikes' Eagle Claw....This season has gone to the birds!