[gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Gators suspend Spikes a half game for eye gouge [Barlis]
Does anyone know of or have a photo of Brandon with his eye patch torn off, or getting the saline squirt after he was poked in the eye? By the way, isn't there a distinction between being poked in the eye and getting one gouged? I'd think the gouge would get behind the eyeball to physically pull it out of the skull, and a poke would be a poke. I'll have to check my medieval torture manuals. From what I've seen, it looked like a poke, not a gouge. -Zeb On Nov 2, 2009, at 11:29 PM, Darlene Goodfellow wrote: 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. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Gators suspend Spikes a half game for eye gouge [Barlis]
I believe Brandon thought his glasses needed cleaning and was just trying to be helpful. It was very unfortunate that he wasn't wearing glasses though. Seriously, this is being blown way out of proportion by egomaniacal sportswriters. They had to have something to talk about this week, I mean afterall, no one was eating a hotdog on the sidelines. This game was dirty from the word go, there were punches, late hits, spitting, gouging, etc. This one got caught on video, the others didn't. If it was really as bad as it looked, I can assure you Georgia would have paraded Ealey out in front of the media to show his 'gouged' eye. I do agree with Ken that Georgia should step up and suspend their player who intentionally took a cheap shot at Tebow. To me that one was worse, Tebow was out of the play, the play was winding down and the pup comes and cheap shots Tebow. Talk about inviting injuries, if you don't call that, then don't complain about anything else in the game. Ken K MNGator _ From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Vega Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 9:30 AM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Gators suspend Spikes a half game for eye gouge [Barlis] Does anyone know of or have a photo of Brandon with his eye patch torn off, or getting the saline squirt after he was poked in the eye? By the way, isn't there a distinction between being poked in the eye and getting one gouged? I'd think the gouge would get behind the eyeball to physically pull it out of the skull, and a poke would be a poke. I'll have to check my medieval torture manuals. From what I've seen, it looked like a poke, not a gouge. -Zeb On Nov 2, 2009, at 11:29 PM, Darlene Goodfellow wrote: 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. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Gators suspend Spikes a half game for eye gouge [Barlis]
You shouldn't have to go that far back in history. A. Leon Polhill, Gator Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves. From: John Vega zebu...@gate.net To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Sent: Tue, November 3, 2009 10:30:00 AM Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Gators suspend Spikes a half game for eye gouge [Barlis] Does anyone know of or have a photo of Brandon with his eye patch torn off, or getting the saline squirt after he was poked in the eye? By the way, isn't there a distinction between being poked in the eye and getting one gouged? I'd think the gouge would get behind the eyeball to physically pull it out of the skull, and a poke would be a poke. I'll have to check my medieval torture manuals. From what I've seen, it looked like a poke, not a gouge. -Zeb On Nov 2, 2009, at 11:29 PM, Darlene Goodfellow wrote: 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. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[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 photohttp://reprints.gainesville.com/cgi-bin/fotobroker.cgi?c=latest.htma=op_by_line=containsby_line=W.b=photo_dbs=t=show=3-4 * 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 barl...@gvillesun.com 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. The incident can be seen here on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cISxU8Crulw --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[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. The incident can be seen here on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cISxU8Crulw --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
