I know the Vols fans here are like shark in bloody waters! I have tried to keep a "I don't care what you think" attitude, but deep down I want to gouge out their eyes like my hero". Please know that I say this very sarcastically. As I said yesterday, I believe 150% that Spikes was retaliating against things that they did to him all day. He has never done any thing like this in the past and I truly believe he wouldn't unless he was VERY provoked. JMO....
SHANE GO GATORS! ________________________________ From: Gatornet Admin <gator...@comcast.net> To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Sent: Tue, November 3, 2009 6:49:12 AM Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Gators suspend Spikes a half gamefor eye gouge [Barlis] I'm embroiled in a nasty debate over this on Facebook, and it's getting more frustrating all the time. I'm defending Spikes against a USC(west) fan, a Tennessee fan, a couple of Georgia fans, and even a "so-called" Florida fan who says she is embarrassed by his actions. That question (why hasn't UGA reprimanded any of their players?) even came up there. I'm getting so mad about the one-sidedness (is that a word?) of this subject, I can't hardly keep my cool. Randy ----- Original Message ----- >From: ken...@earthlink.net >To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com >Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 11:58 PM >Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Gators suspend Spikes a half >gamefor eye gouge [Barlis] > >This is infuriating. > >Where are the suspensions on the Georgia side? Until we see something from >them, I wouldn't have suspended Spikes. Why is he the only one to be punished, >especially since he didn't initiate the dirty play? > >To hell with this. As I wrote this afternoon, I hope it does not cause any >dissension or other problems on the team. If I had been out on that field, I >would be asking why my coach isn't standing up for his players. > > >Go Gators!!!! > >Ken B. (NYC Gator) > >Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed ________________________________ >From: "Darlene Goodfellow" <goodfell...@earthlink.net> >Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 23:29:50 -0500 >To: <gatortalk@googlegroups.com> >Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Gators suspend Spikes a half game >for eye gouge [Barlis] > > >Yeah, but for some perspective, one of the regular posters at the Virtual >Swamp works in the athletic department office and here is what she had to say >today about, as she called him, The Gouger: > >"Ok, I gotta weigh in. Just saw The Gouger downstairs and HIS eye is" > > > >bloodshot and puffy. He also lost a chunk of hair and got punched in the face >at least twice. Lots of throat punching went on as well. >Half the team is banged up from extra curricular activity in the pile. >The SEC refs did a poor job of managing this game and Brandon (or the rest of >the team) should never have had to put up with this much abuse before taking >matters into his own hands. Again, I'm not condoning the behavior and I'm >satisfied with the way the athletic department and Spikes have responded but >it's ridiculous to think that Brandon's actions weren't provoked. >----- Original Message ----- >>From: Helen Huntley >>To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com >>Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 7:55 PM >>Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Gators suspend Spikes a half game >>for eye gouge [Barlis] >> >> >>Lots of dirty things go on in those piles, and Spikes obviously was upset >>about what happened to him. However, >>I think Spikes and the Gators are very fortunate that the Georgia player >>(apparently) wasn't injured. Can you imagine the outrage if the situation >>were reversed and that was a Georgia player trying to poke Tebow in the >>eye--and Tebow was actually injured as a result? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Shane Ford <go.ufgator...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>Gators suspend Spikes a half game for eye gouge >>> >>>Brian W. Kratzer/The Gainesville Sun >>>Buy photo >>>Brandon Spikes digs his hand inside a Georgia helmet during the third >>>quarter of the Florida-Georga game at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium >>>Saturday Oct. 31, 2009. >>> >>>By Jeff Barlis >>>Gainesville SUN Staff writer >>>Published: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 12:27 p.m. >>>Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 12:27 p.m. >>> >>> >>>Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes was suspended for gouging the eye of >>>Georgia tailback Waushaun Ealey on Saturday in Jacksonville. Coach Urban >>>Meyer on Monday announced the suspension, for the first half of Saturday's >>>game against Vanderbilt. >>>"I don't condone (what Spikes did)," Meyer said at his weekly news >>>conference. "There's no place on the field for that. We're going to suspend >>>him for the first half of the Vanderbilt game. That's not him. But we love >>>Brandon Spikes and the team is going to support him. >>>"It's hard. I just spoke with him not too long ago. We're Florida and we >>>expect certain things. ... I did speak to the (SEC) commissioner. >>>"I wanted to move on and then I saw it and said, 'That's not right.' " >>>The video evidence shows Spikes gouges the eye of Ealey. 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