My Tim Tebow Halloween Costume Contest Winner
After much contemplative consternation, I think we have a winner in this year’s Tim Tebow Halloween contest:
First time I’ve seen a football costume with a “quarterback sack” theme. How delightful.
Was Brandon Spikes Gouged By UGA Player First?
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.
Catches Of The Day: Riley Cooper, Jerrell Jackson
Earlier today I posted video of Jerrell Jackson’s incredible one-hand snatch against Colorado. Just a few minutes later, Riley Cooper also made an improbably single-handed grab for a touchdown against Georgia.
(Jerell Jackson and Riley Cooper: Spectacular)
There’s no doubt that Jackson made the better catch. The angle that he caught the ball was such that there’s very few guys out there with the hand strength to make that grab.
That’s not to discount Cooper’s catch, but the point is, there’s a lot more guys who could’ve converted Cooper’s completion compared to what Jackson’s, which was something out of Cirque de Soleil. Jackson’s played looked like it was out of one of those some recent NFL commercials that were faked via special effects.
Video of the catches after the jump. Read more…
UGA Warms Up In Red Helmets, Switches To Black
Here’s some photos of the black helmets worn today by the Georgia Bulldogs against Florida in Jacksonville. The team actually warmed up before the game in its traditional red lids, but then busted out black for the first time in school history.
(Why is Florida playing Grambling?)
As an alumnus of UGA, I’m not too keen on the change. Suppose it was done for merch and recruiting, but based on the reax I’ve seen, people aren’t all that excited about it.
Knowing how things work in Athens, if Georgia wins today, they’ll break them out again at some point. Loss? Never see them again in our lifetime. Read more…
Tony Dungy: Tim Tebow “Will Be A Great NFL QB”
Tim Tebow probably never wanted to see the day when he’d be lumped in with such damaged goods as LeGarrette Blount, Michael Vick, and - ugh - Jeff Fisher. But here it is and here we are, Tebow: Tony Dungy has come rushing to your aid. Yes, the St. Jude of sports, the patron saint of lost causes and dog killers. Dungy. Accept it.
Dungy’s latest comments came to Dan Patrick this morning when talking about drafting a quarterback for a team with a Top 10 pick. Patrick threw out alternative choices like Sam Bradford, Jimmy Clausen, Colt McCoy, and Jake Locker. Nnnnnope. Because Tebow’s a winner, you see. Winners win games. Oh yeah.
The SEC Is Just a Plain Mess At Referee Anymore
The evidence continues to collect against the Florida Gators’ comeback win against Arkansas this past weekend. While it takes a delusionally paranoid partisan to think that referees this incompetent could actually swing a game in one team’s favor and get away with it, Arkansas certainly received no favors.
(This was a crucial personal foul call. On the guy on the left, of course; it’s not like the Florida player was trying to hit him or anything.)
But as referee calls seem to skew evermore toward the power programs of the SEC, casual fans can’t help but question exactly where the SEC’s priorities lie. Video evidence? Oh, there’s plenty of it.
Migraines To Blame For Harvin’s Erratic Behavior?
Vikings speedout Percy Harvin has about as bad a rep as any rookie who has ever come into The League. From testing positive for weed at the NFL combine to the accusations that he used throughout his college career and even choked out his position coach at UF, safe to assume dude isn’t going to to be getting the benefit of the doubt anytime soon.
Last week he missed practice for the third time this season due to what’s been reported as an illness, which naturally has flushed out skepticism as to his dedication.
But today Judd Zulgad and Chip Scoggins of the MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE presented a possible reason for Harvin’s somewhat erratic attendance: Migraines. Read more…
Why Is SEC Whitewashing Tebow’s Concussion?
Certainly, anybody who was watching football last Saturday afternoon and evening was made aware - repeatedly - of the nasty concussion Tim Tebow suffered at the hands of Kentucky defensive end Taylor Wyndham. We watched the replays, in regular and slow motion, of the back of Tebow’s head crashing into his lineman’s knee, knocking the famed quarterback out cold. That all, y’know, happened.
(ERROR: DOES NOT COMPUTE, DELETE AT ONCE)
Someone may want to tell the SEC that we all remember it, though, because the conference is seemingly on a mission to wipe any and all mentions of said horrific injury (and subsequent vomiting and hospitalization) from the record. It was just a “big hit”; that’s all.
Tim Tebow Injury Update: A ‘Normal’ Concussion
Jeremy Fowler of the Orlando Sentinel just posted the latest info on Tim Tebow’s head injury last night:
(video)
Craig Howard, Tebow’s former high school coach at Jacksonville Nease and close family friend, told the Sentinel he got word from Tebow’s parents that the concussion is “mild” or “normal.”
Howard noted that Tebow would have stayed at the hotel longer if there was serious brain swelling or bleeding, common results of severe concussions.
Tebow is indeed out of the hospital and taking a private jet back to Gainesville today. In Fowler’s post, “hotel” should be “hospital.”
More details are also coming out about Tebow’s experience immediately after the hit.
Video: Tim Tebow Suffers Concussion At Kentucky
Well now I feel awful.
Today I wrote of the disingenuous concern over head injuries in football by fans and media.
But how can you react any differently to Tim Tebow’s concussion at Kentucky today? (Kirk Herbstreit reports on ABC Saturday night that Tebow is being held overnight at a Kentucky hospital for precautionary reasons.)
UPDATE: The SPORTING NEWS reports “Tebow had a CT scan that indicated ‘no bleeding on the brain,’ a source close to the team told Sporting News late Saturday night. The source said Tebow probably had a ‘bad concussion.’”
Video after the jump. Read more…
