TomVH: QB Zeke Pike Update: 7on7 Incident
If you weren't aware, there were tweets and stories going around that Kentucky QB Zeke Pike was ejected from the 7 on 7 tournament for apparently throwing the football at the ref. That of course sparked conversations and controversy over what happened and why he did it. I thought I would give you Zeke's take on what happened.
It was really blown all out of proportion. They give you a play clock and it was 4th down, our team didn't get set and get the play off in time. They blew the play dead and called turnover on downs. I tossed the ball towards the ref who blew his whistle just giving him the ball. He cought the ball and then the other ref threw his flag and threw me out. It was pretty ridiculous but I just took it, not much I could do. I mean it wasn't worth arguing over, and then we have people tweeting and saying all this nonsense making me look bad.
It seems strange that no one else has gotten Zeke's take on this incident, but there you go. He also told me that he will be back up to Michigan quite a few times after spring recruiting, and reiterated that they will be in the top group.
Phew!!!!!!!!!! What a relief!!
The MgoCommunity can now comfortably return to watching TMZ and reading Us Weekly.
Zeke, everyone that is a michigan fan wants you to come here. So please come!
I remember when Brett Favre did this in an NFL game and hit the ref in the head. Not a big deal if that's how it went down.
Although his account of it is "just tossed the ball to the ref" he probably added a little heat to it out of frustration. Still not that big of a deal but yeah.
I am a transplant to the Cincinnati area and have heard many things about Zeke. Its funny that someone mentioned Ryan Mallett earlier because that is exactly the comparison I made this year when I saw him play. This type of incident isn't the first, second, or third, just the most recent. He was thrown out of a playoff game this past year, got into a screaming match with his coach on the sideline, etc. I'm not sure he fits as a Michigan Man, I for one will be pulling for him to go somewhere else.