UPDATED: Georgia NG Kwame Geathers, SS Shawn Williams, Vandy player get half-game suspensions
Geathers
As expected, Georgia’s Kwame Geathers and Shawn Williams were handed down half-game suspensions Wednesday for their actions during last Saturday’s game against Vanderbilt. Commodores center Logan Stewart was also levied a half-game suspension in the wake of the Bulldogs’ 33-28 win this past Saturday in Nashville.
The suspensions of the players were based on NCAA rules and handed down by Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive in consultation with the respective schools.
Williams
“I did have the opportunity to speak to the Commissioner and discuss the incident,” Georgia coach Mark Richt said. “It’s certainly not representative of the Georgia way. I have always trusted the Commissioner’s judgment and understand and accept the decision. We’ll learn as well as grow from this situation and now turn our attention to preparing for Florida.”
Following is the news release from the SEC, which explains its ruling in each instance:
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Upon review of game tapes of the football game between the University of Georgia and Vanderbilt University, played in Nashville, Tenn. on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive has announced that Vanderbilt sophomore center Logan Stewart, Georgia sophomore defensive lineman Kwame Geathers and Georgia junior defensive back Shawn Williams have been suspended for the first half of their team’s next football games.
Vanderbilt hosts Army this Saturday while Georgia plays Florida in Jacksonville on Oct. 29.
Geathers’ action was in violation of NCAA Football Rule 2-32-1-a for fighting. By NCAA Football Rule 9-5-1-b, the penalty for violation of the rule in the second half includes suspension for the first half of the team’s next scheduled game.
On the same play, Stewart’s suspension is the result of a flagrant personal foul which occurred at the 13:09 mark in the fourth quarter. The action is in violation of Rule 9-1 of the NCAA Football Rule Book, which states that a flagrant personal foul offender shall be disqualified.
Williams’ suspension is the result of a flagrant personal foul which occurred at the 2:08 mark in the third quarter. The action is in violation of Rule 9-1-4 of the NCAA Football Rule Book, which reads, “No player shall target and initiate contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless opponent with the helmet, forearm, elbow or shoulder.”
This action is taken in accordance with Southeastern Conference Constitution, Article 4.4.2 (d), which states that a student-athlete may be suspended if it is determined that the student-athlete has committed a flagrant or unsportsmanlike act.
Geathers, a redshirt sophomore from Georgetown, S.C., has started three games at noseguard for the Bulldogs and alternates regularly with junior John Jenkins. He has seven tackles, a pass break-up and a quarterback pressure.
Williams, a junior from Damascus, has started every game this season, including one at inside linebacker. He is the Bulldogs’ third-leading tackler with 34 and has two interceptions, including one against Vanderbilt this past weekend.
Saturday’s game, clinched by Georgia in the final seconds, was extremely emotional. The night ended with Franklin and Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham a shouting match at midfield. The SEC asked for reports from both schools but about that incident but indicated Wednesday that the is being “handled internally between league office and schools,” spokesman Charles Bloom said.
Here’s video of the hit that resulted in Williams’ suspension:
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Mama Dawg
October 19th, 2011
3:14 pm
LSU loses 3 starters for smoking weed.
King Gator
October 19th, 2011
3:14 pm
UGA always plays dirty…..it’s about time they finally got penalized for their dirty antics!!
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They all play dirty it’s the SEC – and by dirty I mean physical, hard hitting, do anything to win on Saturday – that’s what makes the SEC the best conference in the country. Go Gators!
True Dawg Fan
October 19th, 2011
3:14 pm
King Gator
October 19th, 2011
3:10 pm
Figures a Georgia fan would lead with the word “retard”, you guys deserve what you get year after year. I guess that’s all you’ve got left to hold onto, memories of when you were good. Go Gators!
hahahahaha, im sorry is retard to sophisticated for you??? how about moron, is that simple enough for you. Yea and the Gators have been so superb post Tebow era hahahahaha what a joke.
King Gator
October 19th, 2011
3:15 pm
LSU doesn’t lose 19 starters that also smoke weed!
Mad Dog One
October 19th, 2011
3:15 pm
Queen Gay Turd we whiped your a$$ before H.W. ever played for UGA. That said I have been a CMR backer but if he doesn’t back his players & coaches in this sh!& storm then he can kiss my a$$. If he wants to preach take it to church we need a coach that has his staff & players back. As always GO DOGS & GATA
P.S gators eat buggers.
Summary
October 19th, 2011
3:16 pm
Here ya go King Gator
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King Gator
October 19th, 2011
3:16 pm
Queen Gay Turd?? folks these are your fans, and you wonder why we so enjoy beating the snot out of Georgia year after year. Go Gators!
TampaDawg
October 19th, 2011
3:16 pm
King Gator, you’re right when it comes to lately UGA not being able to get it together against UF. That’s why I always say, records don’t matter in games with UF, UT, AU, UGA (combination there of). But to say that if they have Brantley, they win might be overdoing it a bit. Brantley is as mediocre as they get. If you guys have a healthy Demps and Rainey, it’s a game for sure. Either one of them is missing and the Dawgs win in a lock.
King Gator
October 19th, 2011
3:17 pm
hahahahaha, im sorry is retard to sophisticated for you??? how about moron, is that simple enough for you. Yea and the Gators have been so superb post Tebow era hahahahaha what a joke.
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We didn’t lose to UCF!
True Dawg Fan
October 19th, 2011
3:17 pm
Yes bc gator fans are the classiest ppl on the planet hahahahahahaha. They never says crude things to opposing fans or anything right??
Mama Dawg
October 19th, 2011
3:17 pm
Ware, Matheau, Simons….breaking…
AltamahaDawg
October 19th, 2011
3:17 pm
That was scales they were smoking.
Boom Boom
October 19th, 2011
3:18 pm
Mike Slive’s got an issue with UGA for whatever reason. What a joke for Geathers to be suspended, I would be under the jail had that happened to me. Keep it fair in the SEC and F- Slive
True Dawg Fan
October 19th, 2011
3:19 pm
King Gator
October 19th, 2011
3:17 pm
hahahahaha, im sorry is retard to sophisticated for you??? how about moron, is that simple enough for you. Yea and the Gators have been so superb post Tebow era hahahahaha what a joke.
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We didn’t lose to UCF!
Really? you didnt?? Dang for some reason I thought you did? Got any other golden nuggets for us? or are you tired of pretending to be a gator you little nerd??
King Gator
October 19th, 2011
3:19 pm
If Georgia could play to it’s potential v. Florida it would be alot closer (W/L record lately), but now it’s mental and that gives Florida the edge most years when it’s even or s/b in Georgia’s favor. Go Gators!
TampaDawg
October 19th, 2011
3:19 pm
King Gator
October 19th, 2011
3:16 pm
Queen Gay Turd?? folks these are your fans, and you wonder why we so enjoy beating the snot out of Georgia year after year. Go Gators!
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Not that we haven’t heard as bad or worse from Gator fans on GEORGIA blogs. I mean, how many times do we have to hear UF fans uttering things like rednecks (takes one to know one), inbred (refer to previous comment), drunks (been to Gainesville many times, one of our games is “Spot the Hammered Dude”) and trailer whatever (yes, there is none of those down here in Florida.
Eaassyy
October 19th, 2011
3:21 pm
congrat 01hawk on having .6 less personal fouls/game than UGA. best stat ever
Mama Dawg
October 19th, 2011
3:22 pm
Don’t blame Mike Slive for enforcing the rules. It makes you look weak and clueless.
01HAWK
October 19th, 2011
3:22 pm
Will be a fight in Florida with 2 of the top 3 teams leading in personal fouls in the SEC.
DawgBreath
October 19th, 2011
3:23 pm
The whole world is against us Dawgs! It’s not fair that the Vandy player got the same exact punishment as our guys. This is just one more case of how the SEC, All Refs, and the MEDIA hates UGA.
True Dawg Fan
October 19th, 2011
3:24 pm
Mama Dawg
October 19th, 2011
3:22 pm
Don’t blame Mike Slive for enforcing the rules. It makes you look weak and clueless.
Dont comment it shows how stupid and uninformed you are
True Dawg Fan
October 19th, 2011
3:25 pm
DawgBreath
October 19th, 2011
3:23 pm
The whole world is against us Dawgs! It’s not fair that the Vandy player got the same exact punishment as our guys. This is just one more case of how the SEC, All Refs, and the MEDIA hates UGA.
It really shows that Silve thinks that UGA has a better shot at beating the West Champ then FLorida. Gotta keep his undefeated team and spot in NC.
Mtn Dawg
October 19th, 2011
3:26 pm
They call him ‘MIKE SLIME’!
King Gator
October 19th, 2011
3:26 pm
TampaDawg-
I agree with you, which is why I try not to let it degrade to that level in my posts or when I’m at the games. Plenty of that nonsense to go around for both teams. Go Gators!
King Gator
TampaDawg
October 19th, 2011
3:26 pm
Mama Dawg
October 19th, 2011
3:22 pm
Don’t blame Mike Slive for enforcing the rules. It makes you look weak and clueless.
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Enforcing the rules? Nice come back tech fan. If Kwame was going to get a suspension for “fighting” he should have fought the guy and got his money’s worth. The other kid getting the same suspension is a horrendous decision and illustrates the problem with the lack of knowledge about what is going on during the game. And the suspension of Williams? Really? That one boggles the mind.
Blind Homer's Odyssey
October 19th, 2011
3:27 pm
True Dawg Fan
October 19th, 2011
3:12 pm
I love how there are so many people coming on here and saying we have no class. Have you read your own posts???? Get over yourselves. Alabama, Auburn, Florida, LSU, USC, UT, MSST none of which have any more class than UGA.
Every single school outside of maybe Kentuck, Ole Miss, and Vandy before UGA game, has had issues like this. So dont come on here and act all innocent and that UGA is the Devil. It just shows how ignorant and stupid you are.
And to the redneck comments, guess what??? We are all in the South East, everyone has rednecks.
So once again all you ignorant retards should think before you post.
A nice cogent defense of fans with no class. Speaking of class, which one were you in? Are you indeed a true dawg, or simply a true dawg fan?
Mama Dawg
October 19th, 2011
3:27 pm
True Dawg Fan
October 19th, 2011
3:24 pm
Mama Dawg
October 19th, 2011
3:22 pm
Don’t blame Mike Slive for enforcing the rules. It makes you look weak and clueless.
Dont comment it shows how stupid and uninformed you are
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You just showed EVERYONE how ignorant you are. READ the Article. IT STATES THE RULE.
Un-Tank
October 19th, 2011
3:28 pm
I guess if Kwame’s career was ended on the play the SEC would notify him of his suspension while he was laid up in the hospital.
Kendell Jones
October 19th, 2011
3:28 pm
Georgia going back to Florida again next week to play the gators. Playing the gators in Fla always gives them an aedvantage. They travel a maximum of less than fifty miles to get to Jacksonville. Ga. travels about two and half times that far every year. Lets get this series on a home and home basis.
Dallas
October 19th, 2011
3:28 pm
1- Why doesn’t Slive just give Florida the game, seriosuly, the anti UGA bias is at all time high. I wonder how many “flags” will be thrown on UGA this year in the UGA-UF game? 10? 15? 20?
2- Greg McGarity just isn’t helping this team. First, he can’t get AJ Green’s 4 gamesuspension reduced last year when Alabama got Darius’ reduced to 2 games. Now, he fails to get these 2 PLAYERS clean in the BIGGEST GAME OF THE YEAR? Seriously?
TampaDawg
October 19th, 2011
3:28 pm
Got that right King Gator. That crap gets old. And then we get Tech fans on here trying to post their freaking GPA and SAT scores as if that is the overall secret to success in life. Not sure there are many wealthy people walking around with engineering degrees from GT.
True Dawg Fan
October 19th, 2011
3:29 pm
Mama Dawg
October 19th, 2011
3:27 pm
True Dawg Fan
October 19th, 2011
3:24 pm
Mama Dawg
October 19th, 2011
3:22 pm
Don’t blame Mike Slive for enforcing the rules. It makes you look weak and clueless.
Dont comment it shows how stupid and uninformed you are
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You just showed EVERYONE how ignorant you are. READ the Article. IT STATES THE RULE.
And you just once again showed you are clueless about the game of football and how the SEC works. Keep being Naive retard
gdawginkalamazoo
October 19th, 2011
3:31 pm
King Gator, yes congrats on a tremendous run against us in the 90’s and this decadeand just about everybody else too. I hope we have some fight in us by the you guys even the series up. You are getting very close to doing that.
TampaDawg
October 19th, 2011
3:31 pm
Mama Dawg, it can state the rule all they want, that doesn’t mean that’s what happens, it just means they have to have some black and white text to justify their actions of suspending players. I guess you just take everything the media says at face value and you certainly take everything the SEC office says at face value. Now get back to work, the Varsity is getting busy now.
Mama Dawg
October 19th, 2011
3:32 pm
Get back on that hind teat and stop whining.
True Dawg Fan
October 19th, 2011
3:33 pm
Mama Dawg
October 19th, 2011
3:32 pm
Get back on that hind teat and stop whining.
Prime example of why women dont know sports. Thanks for that!
Summit Dawg
October 19th, 2011
3:34 pm
This is football, isn’t it?? ……or Tiddly-Winks????
LkB
October 19th, 2011
3:34 pm
What a JOKE– Slive is nothing more than an idiot.
Mama Dawg
October 19th, 2011
3:35 pm
True Puppie and Tampa YBOR Dog,
You both are upset because our asst. coach and players showed little to no control and it is being replayed daily.
gdawginkalamazoo
October 19th, 2011
3:36 pm
Kendell, we have the lead in the series which has mostly been played in Jacksonville. It isn’t the location, it is the team playing against UF. Granted Spurrier is a very good coach who ripped most of the league while he was at Florida. Meyer was great with Tim Tebow. But the rest of the games we lost we didn’t want it as bad as the other guys. Just have to man up and play better.
Location has nothing to do with it IMO. Of course you are entitled to your opinion and I respect that.
daslicksta
October 19th, 2011
3:37 pm
Which half of the game is the suspension for and do they get quiet time for the other half?
Dirtyred
October 19th, 2011
3:37 pm
WOW, micro-management at it’s best. Why is the SEC sticking their nose into personal fouls. Dude, that’s part of football!
Native Atlantan
October 19th, 2011
3:40 pm
@Dirtyred you’re an idiot
Neither clipping someone in back of the leg or punching someone in the face have any part in football.
gdawginkalamazoo
October 19th, 2011
3:41 pm
I would like to take this time to thank ESPN. IF not for the Muschamp cussing article today, Grantham probably would have been suspended for the UF game. By pointing out Muschamps similar behavior they couldn’t very well suspend Grantham without suspending Muschamp for cussing out the refs. Thank you ESPN.
RICHTANDMCGARITYAREWIMPS
October 19th, 2011
3:41 pm
My name says it all…….
TampaDawg
October 19th, 2011
3:42 pm
Mama Dawg
October 19th, 2011
3:35 pm
True Puppie and Tampa YBOR Dog,
You both are upset because our asst. coach and players showed little to no control and it is being replayed daily.
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First, Ybor is a freak show and I wouldn’t head that way without good reason. Second, I think I am ore upset over a disguised troll named Mama Dawg coming on here just to stir the pot that she is smoking with a weak analysis of the situation. Williams shouldn’t have been suspended because the play doesn’t fit the flagrant foul rule. Geathers getting the same suspension as a guy who played the little sissy role and instead of just playing football man to man, he tried to take out a guy for a long long time.
DAWG with two bags over head
October 19th, 2011
3:42 pm
Slive is slime! I guess if you play for AU or UF you just get a pass. If UGA’s involved he throws the book. Shameful.
AltamahaDawg
October 19th, 2011
3:46 pm
jorts
RICHTANDMCGARITYAREWIMPS
October 19th, 2011
3:48 pm
We will never be on the same level playing fields as long as Mark Richt’s candy crack is our head coach. Do you honest to God believe this would have happened with Alabama or Auburn or Florida. This would have been a non issue that would have been “handled internally.” We do nothing at UGA but eat our own, and at the slightest bit of controversy, Mr. Goody Two Shoes Richt calls the frigging SEC office and politely allows UGA to fall on the sword. He will not stand up for his players or his coaches because he is a passive poontang. We need someone with a sac to be our leader, not a puss like Richt. If I were Grantham, I would kick mr spray tan Richt in his vagina!! Jus saying
Vandy candy coach
October 19th, 2011
3:50 pm
Look out Gators we play you on 11/5 and we are not going to take it anymore!! Watch your mouth and your back!!