Reasons to not be supportive of the Florida Gators

Jim · #1 2 Weeks Ago

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...yhoo&type=lgns

Wow, trying to blind a player and the Gators basically laugh it off. Coach and player are probably asking, "Hey, did we win?. We did !!! Then f**k 'em".

NCT · #2 2 Weeks Ago

Meyer suspended Spikes for half of the Vandy game.

GatorGrad · #3 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by Jim

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...yhoo&type=lgns

Wow, trying to blind a player and the Gators basically laugh it off. Coach and player are probably asking, "Hey, did we win?. We did !!! Then f**k 'em".

Who laughed it off? Spikes has been suspended for the first half next week, and my guess is that he won't play at all...and he shouldn't IMO. That was disgraceful no doubt. That said, he obviously lost his cool in the heat of the moment in a very emotional game. He is a senior and this is the first time he's ever pulled a stunt like that. He claims to have had the same thing done to him earlier in the game and got his hair pulled after his helmet came off. He let his emotions get the best of him. Also, check out this late cheap shot hit on Tebow well after a hand-off:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDvFbD7wIAg

No flag or suspension from that play. It was a chippy game with some cheap shots on both ends. Spikes just got caught. Doesn't mean he doesn't deserve to be punished, just saying that he wasn't the only one in the wrong. Lord knows what goes on underneath those piles in any given football game.

Blue Hen · #4 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by Jim

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...yhoo&type=lgns

Wow, trying to blind a player and the Gators basically laugh it off. Coach and player are probably asking, "Hey, did we win?. We did !!! Then f**k 'em".

Dunbth factor...low classness...winning at all all costs..... hard to pull for the Gators, although Tebow is admirable.

ZOOMBAG · #5 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by GatorGrad

Who laughed it off? Spikes has been suspended for the first half next week, and my guess is that he won't play at all...and he shouldn't IMO. That was disgraceful no doubt. That said, he obviously lost his cool in the heat of the moment in a very emotional game. He is a senior and this is the first time he's ever pulled a stunt like that. He claims to have had the same thing done to him earlier in the game and got his hair pulled after his helmet came off. He let his emotions get the best of him. Also, check out this late cheap shot hit on Tebow well after a hand-off:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDvFbD7wIAg

No flag or suspension from that play. It was a chippy game with some cheap shots on both ends. Spikes just got caught. Doesn't mean he doesn't deserve to be punished, just saying that he wasn't the only one in the wrong. Lord knows what goes on underneath those piles in any given football game.

Players that wear their hair like that DESERVE to have the sh!t pulled out by the roots..... If he doesn't like his hair pulled, cut the crap off.

GatorGrad · #6 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by ZOOMBAG

Players that wear their hair like that DESERVE to have the sh!t pulled out by the roots..... If he doesn't like his hair pulled, cut the crap off.

If you're trying to tackle a player carrying the ball, sure...the hair is fair game to pull.

But not as a defender by an offensive lineman after your helmet comes off IMO.

NCT · #7 2 Weeks Ago

The cheap shot on Tebow was certainly cheap and deserved a flag, maybe more.

But man, it looks like Spikes lost his keys in Ealey's helmet. I may be wrong, but to me, that went waaaay beyond "chippy".

And Tebow's having apparently "excused" Spikes's conduct with his own complaints about the game changed my mind about his character in one statement. I guess he's an Old Testament Christian.

Blue Hen · #8 2 Weeks Ago

NCT, I feel exactly the same way...kinda crushed about Tebow's statements.

Also , had trashy punk Spikes actually blinded the Georgia kid, Meyer probably would have suspended him for 3 quarters vs Vandy.
Look at the difference in 'class' between Oregon's Chip Kelly and UF's Urban Meyer regarding stupid, thugish player behavior.

Jim · #9 2 Weeks Ago

So Spikes claims to have had it done to him ... earlier in the game? ... and did he complain or squint or yell out in pain? I don't recall. And if it did occur, was it the same player who commited the foul? The gators are assuming the role of the criminal Miami Hurricanes when under Jimmy "The Prick" Johnson.

kocurt · #10 2 Weeks Ago

Like I have been telling you guys. The MAJOR programs and LANDMARK football teams do it with class. They have classy coaches, classy players, and they hold the players accountable when they step out of line. Heck, Bob Stoops basically threw away a shot at the national title to keep his team in line. In the SEC? Not so much. Its a 'win at all costs" league that focuses on money. Corruption is rampant there and the fact that the premier upstart team (UF) does not seem to understand what happened and more importantly what SHOULD happen, just illustrates my point. They just dont get it. A BLATANT and INTENTIONALL attempt to permanently damage and maim a player deserves HUGE punishment. But this is the SEC and UF, they wont let a little thing like ethics, morality, and what is RIGHT get in the way of a few $ and a win. Meyer went from one of my favorite coaches (when he was at Utah) to one of those guys on the level of Pete Carroll or Jimmy johnson. Thug U really IS back. Its just called Florida now.