NFL teams making Brandon Spikes answer for Ealey eye gouge
Former Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes faced an obvious question from potential employers at the NFL Combine.
The Gainesville (Fla.) Sun says the question went like this:
“Why did you try to gouge a player’s eyes out?”
The player, of course, was Georgia freshman running back Washaun Ealey.
And Spikes’ answer to the NFL teams that asked the question?
“I told them it’s the SEC, Florida-Georgia is a big rivalry,” Spikes said, according to the Sun. “There were a lot of emotions going on. Both sides were taking shots at each other. But that’s why I suspended myself. That’s not the way the game is supposed to be played.”
The apparent attempted eye-gouging –- cameras caught Spikes sticking his fingers inside Ealey’s facemask — occurred during Florida’s Oct. 31 victory over Georgia. Spikes was suspended for one half of the following game by Florida coach Urban Meyer, and the player extended his own suspension to a full game because, he said at the Combine, “I didn’t want young guys to think that was the right way to play the game.”
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Reality Check
March 2nd, 2010
12:10 pm
It always makes me laugh when I see UGA Grads questioning UF academic standards. You may want to do a little research first. UF>UGA.
dawgrific
March 2nd, 2010
12:12 pm
by the way, I don’t defend thuggish/stupid actions by my team, I get angry, and I want it stopped, but you idiots and your classless coach make it seem alright
dan
March 2nd, 2010
12:13 pm
to hmmmmm…..
Don’t know about you but my eyes are about an 1 inch from my mouth. All you have to is pull Spikes hand down a tad and bite his fingers. Or you can grab his wrist, and pull his fingers back until they snap. I can assure you it that it’s very doable, not to mention painful. If I could demonstrate for you I would.
As for Richt owning up to the endzone dance, perhaps I should have said that I wanted Richt to say that he his glad that he did it instead of apologizing for it. It clearly worked. Preparation is what won the game, but the endzone dance no doubt gave the Dawgs the juice they needed to finish the Gators off. I think if you’re going to take a rivalry to another level, then you need to get your team ready to play at that level every year. That’s all I’m saying.
No Excuses
March 2nd, 2010
12:14 pm
Reality, UGA isnt even in the prestigious AAU; UF and Vandy are the only SEC schools.
No Excuses
March 2nd, 2010
12:15 pm
dan I agree with you about Richt owning up to the celebration. He said he didn’t want the whole team to go out but the TV cameras clearly showed him laughing and approving on the sideline. He is a lying hypocrite.
Underachiever.
March 2nd, 2010
12:16 pm
I think the real question is why can’t spikes finish the drill? Tried to poke eyes out and failed on national tv. Go back to the film room and watch some 3 stooges tape.
2 Possibilities for Tebow?
March 2nd, 2010
12:30 pm
1) Tebow did a 38 inch vertical in combines. No use for a QB, but how about a Mascot for a football team??
2) Back up to Matthew Stafford, in case Stafford gets hurt.
Tebow Job as NFL Mascot?
March 2nd, 2010
12:31 pm
There are some rumors out there that Tebow has a back up plan to be an NFL mascot if he doesn’t make a team.
uga121
March 2nd, 2010
12:32 pm
All these gator fans on here whining because we knocked spikes helmet off need to shut their pie hole! If spikes would cut his disgraceful hair and look like someone other than a hood rat his helmet would fit correctly and would not be flying off his head everytime someone hit him.
Dawglasville
March 2nd, 2010
12:33 pm
No Excuses, Reality Check- US News Rankings- Vandy 17, UF 47, UGA 58. You are not in the same league as Vandy. Neither are we. We all went to very good schools, didn’t play football, and should be doing other things with our time than this. I will have to admit, this is infectious.
takedowndawg
March 2nd, 2010
12:33 pm
no excuses, and the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU)is important in the recruitment and SAT scores of potential athletes for the SEC in what way????? Are you o.k. or do you need a physicians help?
dawgfan
March 2nd, 2010
12:48 pm
Florida is the dirtiest and most classless program in the SEC. They talk more jive and do more showboating in one game than most team’s do in an entire season. We have to respect their many wins, but we do not have to respect the way the conduct themselves both on and off the field. It is quite telling that Spikes even thought he could get away with the eye gouging incident. SEC refs have let these punks get away with murder the past two seasons. It might as well be written in stone in the rule book that excessive celebration penalties do not apply to the Florida Gators. If AJ Green so much as glances at the crowd its 15 yards. If Tim Tebow does a Gator Chomp or Dustin Doe showboats in to the endzone its just competitive young men caught up in the emotion of the game. Its absolutely laughable. Its no wonder that the punks on Florida’s football team think they can get away with anything. They can.
And how in the hell did Spikes get away with it? It was right there in plain view for all the world to see. Unbelievable.
I think this is the year that Meyer’s arrogance finally catches up to him. Good luck with that leave of absence bro. Nobody else in the SEC is on a leave of absence. We’ll see how it works out for you. New QB. An entire defense gone. Maybe not the best time for a leave of absence, but I’m certainly not complaining.
No Excuses
March 2nd, 2010
12:52 pm
dawgfan Florida dirtiest and UGA most penalized; why all the penalties? Oh I forgot the refs hate uga. Leave of absence? He is better on leave than Zook was when he worked 13 months out of the year and UGA was the Zookers bitch. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaahahahahhahahah.
just sayin
March 2nd, 2010
12:54 pm
You dog boys better quit worrying about Spikes and concentrating on keeping Nick Satan from stealing all of your top High School players.
takedowndawg
March 2nd, 2010
12:57 pm
no excuses, see a doctor. You are a out of control like a run-away-golf-ball down a mountain hill! You can’t seem to stay on subject. ADD or AD. Take your medication for the good of all!
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gdawginkalamazoo
March 2nd, 2010
1:24 pm
The Gainesville (Fla.) Sun says the question went like this:
“Why did you try to gouge a player’s eyes out?”
or the other question that the reporter was afraid to pose face to face:
“Are you stupid?”
Q
March 2nd, 2010
1:28 pm
Why is a Gaytor fan trying to equate penalties as being the same thing as breaking kids jaws and stalking girls??
Pete
March 2nd, 2010
1:30 pm
No sense in worrying about Saban. The state of Georgia has always supplied both Alabama schools, along with Tennessee and most Carolina programs. Nothing has changed.
I follow the GATORS
March 2nd, 2010
1:32 pm
There were cheap shots from both sides. That one was just caught on a close-up camera. UGA has been doing that type thing for years. They love to point the finger at the other side. But they’re just as guilty.
Urban Meyer
March 2nd, 2010
1:35 pm
Gee, you guys STILL talking about this??? Now I’m working on the 2011 Georgia game plan. I will affectionately call THIS one “6 out of 7″. Carry on….
Demps
March 2nd, 2010
1:35 pm
“We just got embarrassed for the second year in a row so we have to find something to complain about. Ok, we will go with Brandon Spikes.” – UGA fan
Jeff
March 2nd, 2010
1:42 pm
Hey Gator Nation- Typical WHO still owns the series…..JERK!
Joe
March 2nd, 2010
1:47 pm
here is hoping and praying that Spikes loses out on an NFL career becuase Slim and dirt like him dont deserve to be part of something as classy as the NFL. Players like him play for teams known to be classless….ala Florida
Froggy Dawgy
March 2nd, 2010
1:58 pm
What was the outcome of that game, did UGA get the W?…………I can’t remember.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IQShWogLzw&feature=related
Eric A Dawg Fan
March 2nd, 2010
1:59 pm
Payback this coming season when the Dawgs new Defensive Coordinator has the Dawg’s Defense give the Gators a dose of their own medicine. They don’t have to play the game dirty. They will just beat the crap out Gators Offense.
Joe
March 2nd, 2010
2:04 pm
I am so glad teblow came back from his injury…if he had not, we would have missed his going away party in Atlanta- where he cried like a big baby….wonder if Mommy was there like on the commercial during the super bowl. what a full of themselves family.
Will Meyer Return in 2010?
March 2nd, 2010
2:12 pm
If Tebow & Spikes get drafted in the 1st round, anything really IS possible.
Haa haaa haaa!!!!
just sayin
March 2nd, 2010
2:13 pm
Eric A Dawg Fan; Grantham isnt half the coach Van Gorder was and how did he do against the gators?
blue max
March 2nd, 2010
2:15 pm
UGA just cant get over the hump with Richt (no pun). With losses to Vandy and Kentucky is UGA getting their moneys worth with SunTan?
Tebow Job as NFL Mascot?
March 2nd, 2010
2:16 pm
If you draft Tebow, you’re getting a good leaper.
You don’t need to pay a million dollars to have a mascot sitting on your bench for 3 years contributing nothing to your team.
The players will resent him, because he’s not contributing, and if you put him in in 1-2 years with this motion, he’s doomed.
Sorry Tebow, the Mascot job is looking good.
Kyle
March 2nd, 2010
2:19 pm
hey…tebow would make a good mascot…..The team Crier…..
Steve
March 2nd, 2010
2:20 pm
Tebow may have been a great player but everyone will forever remember him crying at the SEC Championship……..what a way to be remembered….Mommies Boy…just like the superbowl ad
Steve
March 2nd, 2010
2:23 pm
King Gator is your typical gator fan- scum
Señora Weeb
March 2nd, 2010
2:23 pm
Spikes is no worse than a lot of other coddled athletes who’ve grown up with an entitlement mentality. By the time they’re in their late teens, these guys have been forgiven so many times that they automatically expect it, and eventually they no longer have a sense of right or wrong.
blue max
March 2nd, 2010
2:26 pm
kyle and steve typical uga fans, mocking someone who owned your asses.
blue max
March 2nd, 2010
2:27 pm
good afternoon patrick
Señora Weeb
March 2nd, 2010
2:28 pm
>>>With losses to Vandy and Kentucky is UGA getting their moneys worth with SunTan?<<<
Answer: NO.
UGA Alumn
March 2nd, 2010
2:30 pm
Just Sayin: Grantham had his team in the NFC Championship game, where was Van Gorder?
blue max
March 2nd, 2010
2:31 pm
Florida fans: Dont fire Ray, Dont fire Ray, Dont fire Jim, Dont fire Jim, Dont fire Mark, Dont fire Mark. Oh well it wouldnt matter anyway. Hire or fire anyone, it wouldnt matter.
Dawglasville
March 2nd, 2010
2:31 pm
Weeb- aren’t you a Tech fan?
just sayin
March 2nd, 2010
2:33 pm
UGA Alumn, Grantham was a D line coach and got fired from his only head coaching stint with the cleveland browns and was your 4th choice. I cant quit laughing. At least Van Gorder hasnt been fired….yet.
UGA Alumn
March 2nd, 2010
2:33 pm
Senora [D]Weeb: By getting smoked in bowl games the last two years is GT really getting their monies worth from Man Boobs Johnson?
blue max
March 2nd, 2010
2:35 pm
UGA alum you guys crack me up. Now tell me who was your first choice, then second, then 3rd, then 4th…………………….
UGA Alumn
March 2nd, 2010
2:36 pm
just sayin: Grantham was the DC at Clevland not the head coach but I wouldn’t expect a Tech fan to know anything about football. Grantham was also the second coach to recieve an official offer from UGA but don’t let the facts get in the way of your smack talking.
blue max
March 2nd, 2010
2:36 pm
UGA alum Man Boobs Johnson? now that is funny.
UGA Alumn
March 2nd, 2010
2:39 pm
Thanks blue max! It’s fun swatting flies
just sayin
March 2nd, 2010
2:39 pm
UGA alum, you make my point. Granthams only DC experience got him canned by the Cleveland Freaking Browns. He didnt call the defense for the boys, he was their line coach which by most in football would least qualify you to be a coordinator. And how did that Defense do against 40 year old Brett Favre? Course one would hope he would be a little better than CMR’s last hire! This is too funny!
just sayin
March 2nd, 2010
2:41 pm
Is the UGA fan base the only one in Major College Football that thinks they will win the NC every year?
UGA Alumn
March 2nd, 2010
2:42 pm
As I recall didn’t GT’s new defensive coordinator get fired from the Great Football powerhouse of Virginia! Careful throwing them stones from that glass house! The Cleveland Browns suck always have and always will so I wouldn’t hold that against TG!