Brandon Spikes (Florida) attempts to gouge out eyes of Georgia RB

So Dez Bryant gets suspended a whole season because he lies about an innocent meeting with Deion Sanders, but Spikes sits half of a game for intentionally sticking his fingers through an opposing player's helmet (while he's defenseless on the ground) in an attempt to poke his eyes out?

Huh?

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I don't want to be Mr. judgmental, but to me that's a

suspended for the rest of the season type thing. Nothing came of it, but if he blinded the guy or injured the guy, then I don’t see any other way around it. As Golic said, that’s worse than what LaGarret Blount did.

by LantermanC on Nov 2, 2009 9:06 PM PST reply actions

Interesting take.

I agree. Blount reacted in the heat of the moment with a punch. Eye gouging is much more deliberate.

Bird Law in this country isn't governed by reason.

by Tyler Jorgensen on Nov 3, 2009 11:54 AM PST up reply actions

THis stuff happens all the time, he just got caught.

Not that I’m making an excuse for him, it’s awful, and he should be suspended. Not for the season though, maybe a game or two. As far as I’m concerned, Blount didn’t do anything wrong, and should be playing. Bryant, should be reprimanded, no suspension.

The latter two examples are a definite example of NCAA getting too heavy-handed with these kids.

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by Wayward Llama on Nov 3, 2009 4:23 AM PST reply actions

it does happen all the time

but it shouldn’t. Blount should have been suspended but not for the season. Spikes was potentially blinding someone with his eye gouge. That is more serious than a punch to the face.

I have used the eye gouge before and if done right is very effective. Spikes shouldn’t be playing at all for the rest of the year.

This is a perfect example of the NCAA refs protecting the undefeated teams, like all the other penalties and missed calls in the IOWA game. Pure BS from the NCAA.

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by durteehawk on Nov 3, 2009 10:18 AM PST reply actions

Complete and utter bullshit

How do you suspend a guy for half a game over the intentional blinding of a stricken opponent when Blount was suspended his senior year for a punch?

This Gator team has no class.

"Its not that I can't read and write, its just that I don't like to read and write."
-Charlie

by ninjasocks on Nov 3, 2009 11:03 AM PST reply actions

Suspending a guy for a half seems bizarre to me.

It seems a lot of Gator alums are embarrassed by the thing, which shows how bad the act was because usually fans are blinded by their faith in their players.

by LantermanC on Nov 3, 2009 11:56 AM PST up reply actions

Pun intended?

by thebyron on Nov 3, 2009 1:13 PM PST up reply actions

Nope, haha, didn't even notice my choice of words there.

by LantermanC on Nov 3, 2009 1:47 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah, its not the fact that eyegouging occured that bothers me so much

Its that it was so blatant and so publicized but the coaches didn’t really punish the player for doing it? You want your guys a little nasty, but there’s no way you can abide blatant and heavily publicized dirty play by one of your star players. A half-game suspension against 2-7 Vandy shows that the coaching staff cares more about winning than any sense or appearance of class.

"Its not that I can't read and write, its just that I don't like to read and write."
-Charlie

by ninjasocks on Nov 3, 2009 2:31 PM PST up reply actions