Brandon Spikes was suspended for a half by Florida coach Urban Meyer today for eye-gouging Georgia running back Waushaun Ealey in the third quarter of the Georgia-Florida game on Saturday.
(One of two times UGA pulled off Spikes helmet during a play)
Why did Spikes do it? Perhaps because he was eye gouged himself by Georgia fullback Shaun Chapas in the first quarter of the same game, along with getting his helmet ripped off and hit in the head by helmeted Bulldog Josh Davis after the play.
How come there’s been no talk of disciplining those Georgia players after that incident?
The video of the Spikes-Ealey gouging was on YouTube as early as Saturday night. This new video hasn’t come to light, at least publicly, until today. Thanks to blogs, the YouTube video of Spikes gouging Ealey soon hit the main media, and forced Meyer to address it.
Will Georgia Coach Mark Richt now address his own player, Chapas, gouging Spikes earlier in the game? We’ll see after practice in Athens today.
Video of Spikes getting gouged after the jump.
2:49 pm on November 2nd, 2009
I don’t see UGA’s player doing it.
I keep watching it and waiting for it……
3:04 pm on November 2nd, 2009
Doesn’t Spikes wear a visor? Unlikely he was eye gouged.
3:18 pm on November 2nd, 2009
looked like he took a shot in the side of the head. unintended shot from a blocker. looked like he was feeling out his head, not his eye.
3:42 pm on November 2nd, 2009
A visor does nothing for hands UNDER the facemask. It may not have been intentional but it’s definitely there.
3:44 pm on November 2nd, 2009
Spikes doesn’t use his chinstrap half of the time. A hard hit will take off the helmet easy. No excuse for what he did.
4:16 pm on November 2nd, 2009
Where is it there?
At no time do I see him gouging his hands into the helmet?
Is this site TRYING to find some way to justify what Spikes did?
4:59 pm on November 2nd, 2009
The eye gouge on Spikes may have been unintentional, but the hands were clearly in his face, which is a personal foul to begin with. In any event, the eye gouge is less dangerous than the intentional facemask that whipped Brandon James head around earlier in the game. I don’t see anybody asking for suspensions on that.
6:44 pm on November 2nd, 2009
It happened pretty fast, and it’s hard to tell if it was done on purpose. It definitely did happen, unless you have Rich Rod eyesight.
What Spikes and Chapas did was dangerous, intentional or not.
7:32 pm on November 2nd, 2009
Georgia sucks bull poop.
9:35 pm on November 2nd, 2009
ya whoever thinks they see something just has orange and blue glasses on i mean cmon anyways what spikes was just stupid and should be suspended by the SEC for a while i mean that may be worst then what the kid from orgeon did
11:12 pm on November 2nd, 2009
First one sure looked incidental and Spikes’ was obviously 100% on purpose… even digging his nuckles in. Kind of makes you wonder when they will get the thugs out of football and make it a gentlemans game like it was 40 years ago. I guess the first step would be to get rid of Miami football all around.
11:37 pm on November 2nd, 2009
LMAO dont hate on miami just cause they put the best product out weve cleaned up our act and been clean for a while now
6:42 am on November 3rd, 2009
Orange & blue glasss? Nope…I’m a ‘Nole fan. I’m not justifying anything just pointing out that hands were definitely in his (spikes) face.