I am personally grateful

[westsidefan]

tim's a big boy,he has pads on...

[JOEY'S ALL VOL !!!]

Originally Posted by volinbham

It was a late hit cheap shot on Tebow. Should have been flagged. This type of thing (when caught) never gets a player suspended. However, the coaches should chew his butt out for it being a dumb play and unsportsmanlike.

The eye-gouging was clearly a more serious offense. My distaste with the whole thing is the manner in which Meyer handled it. Spikes at least manned up and admitted it was a terrible thing to do.

To suggest the two are equal so you can play a little gotcha hypocrite game is the same intellectual dishonesty that you claim to combat.

Weak.

This exactly...

but it falls on the deaf ears of the ignorant.

[OrangeDog]

I agree......... Late hit should have been 15 yards

I agree..........the SEC refs have missed and manufactured some calls this year

I agree..........that they have changed the outcome of 2 games (LSU/GA & fl/MissSt)

I agree..........CUM should be reprimanded

I agree..........Spikes should be punished
(even the thugs of the NFL would suspend & fine him for that)

I agree..........LG is a &*%$#@
correction..... LG is a whiney &*%$#@

[volinasheville]

Nice try but not buying it on the hypocrite accusation, you have proven once again that you're just a gator homer who is taking up bandwidth on this board. You and your ilk have been accusing us of talking about the eye gouge thing and blowing it out of proportion all week and there is an enormous difference between fans talking about an incredibly cheap and admittedly premeditated malicious attack and a coach calling someone out on a roughing the passer penalty which didn't get called, especially after St Tebow essentially says that all is fair in war and football.

[VA Vol]

Originally Posted by lawgator1

That's why I am closing in on 20,000 posts here at VN.

or maybe because you base your sad lawyer life on trolling a tennessee message board?
but i guess whatever helps you sleep at night bud.

[GAVol]

Originally Posted by VolDad

It is obvious from the video that Williams was trying to pull up and momentum carried him into Tebow. I applaud the young man for attempting to avoid Tebow.

I agree. Tebow has such great ball skills that clearly he was just confused about who had the ball.

[HawaiiVol]

Originally Posted by GAVol

I agree. Tebow has such great ball skills that clearly he was just confused about who had the ball.

When you're that good with Play Action, you gotta expect those kinds of hits, amirite?

[kptvol]

Originally Posted by GAVol

I agree. Tebow has such great ball skills that clearly he was just confused about who had the ball.

He really honed them in the Philippines.

[tvolsfan]

Originally Posted by kptvol

He really honed them in the Philippines.

[T-TownVol]

Originally Posted by HawaiiVol

When you're that good with Play Action, you gotta expect those kinds of hits, amirite?

Tebow is a Christian

[Tidal Surge]

Williams should have been flagged for an unnecessary roughness personal foul and a 15-yard penalty assessed against UGA. Nothing more.

[KentheOrange]

Rats. We now have dumb & dumber on here.

[bigorange#1]

I thought it was a good clean hit on Teabags

[ttrogvol]

Late hits happen in every college football game.. Comparing a late hit to an eye gouging attempt is just plain dumb.

[MyBloodRunnethOrange]

Originally Posted by lawgator1

YOU (collective VN reference) whined about the eye gouge. YOU (same reference) are dismissive of the late hit on Tebow. YOU (same) defend on grounds Tebow wasn't hurt, while ignoring that Easley also wasn't hurt. YOU (ditto) say Easley could have lost eyesight, conveniently ignoring that Tebow was post concussion and such hits could be very damaging, if not worse. YOU (repeat) claim that Meyer is a scoundrel for not suspending Spikes for the season, that the incident with Spikes is representative of UF players in general, and that SEC officials did nothing about it, while remaining silent as to absence of ANY punishment for UGA late hit on Tebow, no casting of apsersion towards the Dawgs, generally, and no consternation that the SEC has not, on its own, looked into the late hit on Tebow.

I think it pretty obvious what camp of folks is being a wee bit inconsistent here.

Was it a late hit on Tebow? Yes. Should it have been flagged? Yes. What Spikes did is much worse. Not only should he be suspended for the rest of the season, he should also be charged with assault.

With the way the NFL is cracking down on thugish behavior, it will be interesting to see if this hurts him in the draft.