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Slippery Slope in SEC
So, let me see if I get this straight.
If a coach criticizes the officials for making an incorrect call, he gets an immediate letter of reprimand.
But if a player is caught on tape trying to gouge an opponent's eyes during a game, that's not as urgent to the league office.
That appears to be the case, at least. Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes clearly attempted to gouge the eyes of Georgia running back Washaun Ealey during Saturday's game in Jacksonville.
Today, Florida coach Urban Meyer suspended Spikes for the first half of this week's game against Vanderbilt. Meyer also said Spikes was retaliating after getting poked in the eye earlier in the game.
So Spikes resorts to eye-gouging--considered a dirty tactic even by the low standards of an extremely violent game--and his punishment is having to sit out the first half against the only team in the SEC that's winless in conference play.
That'll teach him!
Oh, and the SEC says it's going to look at the incident at some point today. No rush, guys, it's not like Spikes was going after a vital part of another player's anatomy.
Just his eyeball.
Those totally grow back, right?
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Now John, let's not be so rough on the league. Why, I bet if an officials eyes had been gouged the player would have been ejected immediately and thrown out of the program. But since he only did it to another piece of meat....oops! I mean another player, it's not as important!