Brandon Spikes
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Florida Gators beat Vanderbilt, but it's a struggle...Monday when his eye-gouging play was replayed thousands of times on YouTube. Meyer then faced criticism when he suspended Spikes for just the first half. The national reaction was so negative that Spikes and Meyer decided Wednesday to... In this article: Gators, Brandon Spikes, Urban Meyer, Percy Harvin, SEC, Louis Murphy, and Tim Tebow |
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Florida-Times Union | November 02, 2009
Florida suspends Brandon Spikes for first half of Vanderbilt game
...2, 2009 Florida coach Urban Meyer has suspended middle linebacker Brandon Spikes for the first half of the upcoming home game against Vanderbilt as punishment for an on-field incident during last Saturday's victory over Georgia. Video...
In this article: Urban Meyer, Florida, Southeastern Conference, Georgia, Mike Slive, and YouTube
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UF's Spikes suspended for gouging UGa player's eyes
...YouTube on Sunday. UF coach Urban Meyer announced the suspension - a tactic he rarely employs - on Monday morning after watching the video and speaking with Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive and Spikes. "I don't condone that...
In this article: Urban Meyer, Tim Tebow, Georgia, Southeastern Conference, Charlie Strong, Florida, Gators, and YouTube
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Palm Beach Post | November 03, 2009
Gators' Brandon Spikes' eye-gouging attempt goes viral, and nets him a suspension
...goes viral, and nets him a suspension GAINESVILLE - Soon after Florida's big win over Georgia on Saturday, Gators linebacker Brandon Spikes became a YouTube sensation-for all the wrong reasons. TV cameras caught him trying to gouge the...
In this article: Urban Meyer, Tim Tebow, Gators, YouTube, Florida, SEC, Google, Georgia, and Dog
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Athens Banner-Herald | November 04, 2009
Spikes suspension extended to full game
...surfaced on YouTube on Sunday. Meyer announced the suspension - which he rarely does - on Monday morning after watching the video, speaking with Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive, and Spikes. Meyer said Spikes' actions were...
In this article: Urban Meyer, Georgia, Tim Tebow, Florida, and YouTube
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SEC fines Florida Gators coach Urban Meyer $30,000 for criticizing officiating
...gouge the eyes of Georgia running back Washaun Ealey. The glare of the spotlight intensified when Meyer decided to suspend Spikes for only a half against lowly Vanderbilt (2-7, 0-5 in SEC). The next day Spikes announced his decision to sit out...
In this article: Urban Meyer, Gators, Southeastern Conference, Mike Slive, Tim Tebow, Georgia, Florida, and ESPN 2
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Boston Globe -- Today's paper A to Z | November 05, 2009
Officially, it’s a mess
...anyway). But it wound up on YouTube and became an issue. Coach Urban Meyer at first said that he would bench Spikes for the first half of the game against Vanderbilt tomorrow night. But some backlash prompted Spikes to announce that he was...
In this article: Urban Meyer, Florida, Big Ten, YouTube, Iowa, Georgia, Hoosiers, and Mike Slive
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Florida's Brandon Spikes to sit out entire Vanderbilt game
" Meyer suspended Spikes for the first half of Saturday's game against Vanderbilt after a video of Spikes allegedly trying to gouge the eyes of Georgia running back Washaun Ealey at the bottom of a pile surfaced on YouTube on Sunday.
In this article: Urban Meyer, Florida, Georgia, Tim Tebow, and YouTube
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Atlanta Journal Constitution | November 02, 2009
Eye-gouging attempt lands Spikes half-game suspension
...of UGA's Washaun Ealey (24). Coach Urban Meyer suspended Spikes on Monday, two days after the defensive captain apparently attempted to gouge the eyes of Georgia running back Washaun Ealey in a 41-17 victory. Spikes issued this statement...
In this article: Urban Meyer, Tim Tebow, Florida, Georgia, Southeastern Conference, Gators, NFL Draft, and Mike Slive
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Bleacher Report | November 06, 2009
Brandon Spikes And Fake Outrage
...is the level of outrage that I have to conclude is nothing but fake. When I search "Brandon Spikes" on YouTube the top two videos are of the "incident". One is 23 seconds long the other is 17 seconds long. Apparently, that's...
In this article: Mike Golic, Buddy Ryan, Bobby Bowden, Michael Jordan, YouTube, Gators, Tom Osborne, ESPN, and Michael Irvin
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Brandon Spikes (born September 3, 1987 in Shelby, North Carolina) is an American football linebacker for the Florida Gators. He is considered one of the best linebackers in college football and is expected to be a high draft pick in the 2010 NFL Draft.
- Birth Date:
- September 03, 1987
- Birthplace:
- Shelby, North Carolina
- Career Highlights:
- * 2008 First Team All-American
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