Video: Florida Player Caught Eye-Gouging
Eye-gouging is considered such a foul, filthy act that it’s banned by even our most blatantly combative exercises, including mixed martial arts and pro wrestling.
Sheriff Urban Meyer of the Gainesville PD isn’t as concerned, apparently.
Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes was caught on film purposefully jamming his fingers through the facemask of Georgia running back Washaun Ealey on Saturday in an effort to rip at Ealey’s eyes. Read more here.
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buckeyenut68
Urban Meyers & the SEC need to deal with this swiftly. they both have basically so "who cares,it's only football". granted there are times when things happen accidentally or there is an incidental facemask & that should be dealt with accordingly.then there are times like this. it was obvious what he was doing.it's hard to get your hand in there & you could tell his whole hand was in the facemask.what he did was premeditated. he should be removed for the remainder of the season & bowl game. the SEC should take after the Big Ten. they will review all unsportsmanlike calls & any other questionable matters. if they dont feel the refs &/or coach dealt with it properly they will hand down their own punishment.they ordered a 1 game suspension for OSU player Kurt Coleman for a helmet-to-helmet.you could tell by replay it was accidental but they felt since it happened at the end of the game he wasnt punished enough & they thought it was premeditated.tell me how they knew that? they couldnt.this particular player has played for 4 yrs & has had a minimum calls against him.now what the Florida player did was obvious premeditated. he needs to be removed!
d'Raven
He should be banned an sent to jail, directly, if convicted of such a heinous act.
Janie
This player should be arrested for simple assault.
Woody B
The video was removed before I got a chance to see it, but from the way most of you saw it, it must have been nasty. And just to think, this is supposed to be a riole model for younger kids. The coach doesn't get off either--he showed weakness as a leader in the miniscule punishment. Tje rest of the players now know they can get away with the same sort of behavior.
SierraBear
This is not an isolated incident...it is time to wake up and smell the coffee. Please investigate this article.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/the_sociopathic_epidemic.html
CommonSense4u2
lol... whomever wrote that article needs to take english writing 101... that article was all over the place and offered no conclusions or analysis to any point it was making except for saying it's the leftist fault....lol
Alabama Rick
That's disgusting!
bidnsux2
ja, meyer show some class? a classless mfer can't show class
KIRK
SO WHAT. MOE DID IT TO LARRY AND CURLY ALL THE TIME. I THINK THE GUY SHOULD HAVE WORN A VISOR OR TAKE UP BIRD WATCHING IF HE DID'NT WANT TO GET A BOO BOO.
Ja
Way to go Meyers. This guy deserves to be removed from the team. Sit out a half against Vanderbilt. Big move on your part. If it had been before the SEC championship he would have had to sit out what? Maybe the team meal? I live and breath SEC football and this is wrong. Show some class Meyers. What if he had done permanent damage to the young mans eyes?
Russell
Al Gore and Obama Nobel Peace prize winners.
If history keeps repeating itself,
I expect Spike's to win the Heisman trophy!
Brandon was just repeatly showing the other team that the Gators are #1!
georgia girl
This was such a dangerous thing to do and Florida is going to ignore it. I guess we shouldn't wonder why our youth behave the way they do. Look at the role models we give them.
saltydizzle
what makes you think florida is going to ignore this....just cause he only got suspended for a half of a game doesnt mean he is not going to be punished further internally. spikes is prolly running until he pukes at 5am before practice the first few days of each week which is much more of a punishment then suspending him for 2 or 3 games. Give urban meyer some credit here he has an idea and has been around long enough
American13
Some of you are blowing this out of proportion. There is no reason to be calling him a "thug" for something like this. Second I take it half of you don't know the game of football. Stuff like this happens all the time and has ALWAYS happened. Eye gouging, poking, biting, pinching, trying to break fingers occurs in these pile ups more than the average person knows. I think a proper punishment should be at least one or two games suspension simply because he was clearly caught red handed and to the degree he was doing it, nothing else. But geeze some of these comments really make a lot of you appear ignorant. And some of you say this is why you don't like football? Okay, sure, go watch Soccer like the wimpy Europeans. Just my opinion.
ImJustSayin
I live in FL. and this is a disgrace! What if he had blinded the other player for life? And this is not PRO ball it is College football. Brandon most certainly IS a thug for this type behaviour. I am ashamed of the Gators for not taking a more aggressive stance against this. If it could legally be done, I would like to see the win being ceded to GA.
Life and Education is much more important than a football game.
lost plate
Yeah, well, your opinion stinks!
Z
He should be punished because this should not be allowed and no one should get away with this whith a slap on the wrist. Take him out of the game for the rest of the year and if he did any damage he should pay for the health bills and maybe more . He should not get away with this. If anything like this happens again make it worde the next time.
Rod Majors
And ACORN has what to do with football? Oh, I forgot, it is a black player so it's OK here.
BudMeister
Meyer and the SEC should ban Spikes for the rest of the season, bowl games included.
Lourdes (I'm not PC)
This is why I don't like football.
Rod Majors
Not seeing the connection between ACORN and football. Care to elaborate?
ImJustSayin
Thuggery...
Drew42
Why is this guy still on the team?? much less still in the school? oh ya, it's Florida
Calm 'n' Sense
Wow! He should be drafted into the NFL right away; why waste good talent!
ImJustSayin
well considering the Eagles took Mike Vicks, maybe they will take him.
Rod Majors
Wow, you guys sure are funny....not.
ipwnU@life
i believe he should be out of that place for good! take out brandon spikes so FSU might win against them :P sorry for being so mean but i am a nole fan!!! GO NOLES!!!
LA_USMC
No, the coach only giving him a half game suspension makes the team look bad.
Navy(Retired) Oathkeeper
He didn't do anymore than alot of others, like this is the first time. It's just being made a BIG deal because he is on the #1 Gators. " GO GATORS "
Jim in JAX
So assault is OK with you if your team wins? What goes around comes around. How about if a Bama player does the same thing to Tim Tebow? Is that OK with you, too?
bidnsux2
it's florida, would you expect any thing else?
Paladin
It's FLA-GA and that's a war. Now his NFL draft status will go up.
DS
He was just showing the young man that the Gators were #1!
Warman
But he used more than one finger and he repeatedly jabbed them in there. jus saying
John-USMC-OathKeeper
There is little to no real value nor honor training on the palying fields anymore. It's all about winning, the coach and what "coach" can get for the team and not get caught, vis., girls, cars, money, etc. IF(and i say this very cautiously) IF, i was to encourage any governmental takeover of anything, it would be the entirety of the sports field and regulate the hell out of it and put buttholes like the face-gouger out of anything resembling pro-or amature sports for life for that one stupid, senseless but potentially life-altering act.
NoleFan
He's a Gator. What do you expect?
ipwnU@life
GO NOLES!!!
wakeuppeople
The coach should cut him loose, that should be the end of it. He won"t, these guys get away with too much.
bidnsux2
jimmyjon, shouldn't you be trying to find another earth shattering scoop on Cheney ?
amelia
Hope he is banned for life! He is not a good enought person to play with Tim Tebow!!!
Jimmy Jon (Oat Keeper)
Tebow is a d-bag.
hurtzallot
Good God people! Have none of you ever played football collegially? I've seen a player get his finger bitten off, happens ALL the time, give it a rest. It just so happens this guy gets caught. Serve his 1/2 game suspension and carry on. My goodness making a mountain out of a molehill.
uwewood
Says alot for Florida football, when you have to do that to win. Banned from football for life.
California has failed
He should be fired.
jim240-natural gas- the only clean alternative fuel
if he is not banned from ncaa sports for life-rush's statement about the bloods and cripts is then valid.
college sports are clean as the driven snow-no room for this guys actions. they were intentionally.
Delores CH WV
I AM SO SURE THAT THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE WILL GIVE HIM AN AWARD FOR PLAYING SO WELL FOR MONEY THEY GET FROM HIS PLAYING ABILITY!
ImJustSayin
Our mayor just made a deal to give them even more money and "perks" to keep this particular game here.
concerned4u.s.
He was caught, enough said. If the officials don't do anything, believe me other teams will throughout the season.
Russell
If Spikes would be white this would be consider a hate crime.
Band him from college sports.
Jimmy Jon (Oat Keeper)
Your stupidity is showing.