http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/player/15335 Recent articles about Brandon Spikes en-us The media has had a field day with the Florida Gators and Brandon Spikes and now Spikes’ suspension has been extended to a full game: “A lot of the negative things out there really weighing heavy on his heart right now and so as a group we decided the best interest [is] just for the team [...] Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:49:14 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_Suspension_Extended_to_Full_Game/1504367 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_Suspension_Extended_to_Full_Game/1504367 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_Suspension_Extended_to_Full_Game/1504367 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/8/08879582d268d7b867c5c866ab7d3e90c64c0016/small/FedEx_BCS_National_9630.jpg As connoisseurs of disingenuous sports patter, we've decided to head off the public relations firms and get to the athletes in question first to acquire their excuse laden mea culpas full of self serving rationalization and pettiness.  Doing this week's honor?  All-World Florida Gators linebacker Brandon Spikes.  This past Saturday, Brandon ... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:08:17 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/This_Week_In_Half_Hearted_Apologies_Brandon_Spikes/1503369 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/This_Week_In_Half_Hearted_Apologies_Brandon_Spikes/1503369 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/This_Week_In_Half_Hearted_Apologies_Brandon_Spikes/1503369 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/6/468fb5d945acb52929f84e3bbf8cf8662816ec29/small/Georgia_v_Florida_4e26.jpg Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes has had his suspension for apparently trying to gouge the eyes of a Georgia running back increased to a full game. Coach Urban Meyer says it was in the best interest of the team for Spikes to serve a full-game suspension when the top-ranked Gators play Vanderbilt on Saturday. Meyer had faced some criticism for only suspending his All-American linebacker for only the first half the Vandy game. The Southeastern Conference accepted the original punishment. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:29:17 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Florida_increases_Spikes_39_suspension_to_full_game/1501477 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Florida_increases_Spikes_39_suspension_to_full_game/1501477 By JOHN P. WISEOne Great Season STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Florida's tough-guy linebacker Brandon Spikes demonstrated a sensitive side Wednesday night when he announced he'll sit out the entire Vanderbilt game Saturday, according to published reports. YOUR THOUGHTS: Does Spikes' Decision Make Meyer Look Bad? Coach Urban Meyer's decision Monday to suspend Spikes for only the first half of the No. 1 Gators' next game caused quite the backlash in College Football Nation... Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:18:25 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_Wont_Half_Ass_Vandy_Suspension/1501558 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_Wont_Half_Ass_Vandy_Suspension/1501558 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_Wont_Half_Ass_Vandy_Suspension/1501558 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/3/03b5e20546419a8fc370b9d84998ec74c5bb09e9/small/92588013.jpg Ben Volin of the Palm Beach Post reports that Florida Gators linebacker Brandon Spikes says he should sit out entire Vanderbilt game for his actions in last Saturdays game against Georgia. Florida has also confirmed that Spikes will serve a full game suspension Saturday against Vanderbilt. In a video on the website Youtube, Spikes is seen attempting [...] Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:55:01 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_to_serve_full_game_suspension/1501214 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_to_serve_full_game_suspension/1501214 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_to_serve_full_game_suspension/1501214 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/3/03b5e20546419a8fc370b9d84998ec74c5bb09e9/small/92588013.jpg There's been a lot of debate about Brandon Spikes' cat scratch fever on Washaun Ealey, but there's one point on which everyone seems to agree. Both Georgia and Florida play extremely dirty football and that's they way they like it. Ealey himself came out yesterday and said that Spikes did not deserve to be suspended (an entire half!) for reaching under Ealey's helmet to gouge him in the face. After all, Ealey had his eyes closed! What could possibly have gone wrong? Beside... Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:30:58 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Cheap_Shots_Thats_Just_The_Way_Georgia_and_Florida_Play_Football/1499327 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Cheap_Shots_Thats_Just_The_Way_Georgia_and_Florida_Play_Football/1499327 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Cheap_Shots_Thats_Just_The_Way_Georgia_and_Florida_Play_Football/1499327 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/3/03b5e20546419a8fc370b9d84998ec74c5bb09e9/small/92588013.jpg by Michael David SmithFiled under: Florida, GeorgiaFlorida linebacker Brandon Spikes committed one of the dirtiest plays of the year on Saturday when he tried to gouge the eyes of Georgia running back Washaun Ealey, and after video of eye poke was seen by hundreds of thousands of people on YouTube, Spikes was suspended for the first half of Florida's next game. But now Florida fans have struck back with a YouTube of their own that they say shows it was Georgia that made the game dirty.Flo... Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:45:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Florida_Fans_Strike_Back_on_YouTube_Say_Georgia_Started_Cheap_Shots/1497409 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Florida_Fans_Strike_Back_on_YouTube_Say_Georgia_Started_Cheap_Shots/1497409 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Florida_Fans_Strike_Back_on_YouTube_Say_Georgia_Started_Cheap_Shots/1497409 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/5/6/56f530ad4bfb4d299f036f0851d4ac6e0cafa83c/small/Georgia_v_Florida_130e.jpg Brandon Spikes: The Florida linebacker’s eye gouge is the talk of the SEC so far this week. Here’s Joe Henderson of the Tampa Tribune pontificating on the half-a-game suspension: “Meyer gave a proportional response. It’s a two-bit punishment for a two-bit offense, and that’s just as it should be. Given the same situation, no coach [...] Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:45:57 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_Reaction_From_Shoulder_Shrug_to_Controlled_Outrage/1493467 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_Reaction_From_Shoulder_Shrug_to_Controlled_Outrage/1493467 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_Reaction_From_Shoulder_Shrug_to_Controlled_Outrage/1493467 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/3/03b5e20546419a8fc370b9d84998ec74c5bb09e9/small/92588013.jpg Brandon Spikes was suspended for a half by Florida coach Urban Meyer today for eye-gouging Georgia running back Waushaun Ealey in the third quarter of the Georgia-Florida game on Saturday. Why did Spikes do it? Perhaps because he was eye gouged himself by Georgia fullback Shaun Chapas in the first quarter of the same game, along [...] Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:10:02 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_Was_Gouged_By_UGA_Player_First/1485456 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_Was_Gouged_By_UGA_Player_First/1485456 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_Was_Gouged_By_UGA_Player_First/1485456 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/5/6/56f530ad4bfb4d299f036f0851d4ac6e0cafa83c/small/Georgia_v_Florida_130e.jpg Florida coach Urban Meyer has suspended Brandon Spikes for the first half of Saturday's game against Vanderbilt after the star linebacker attempted to gouge the eyes of Georgia running back Washaun Ealey in a 41-17 victory. Meyer says Spikes was retaliating after getting his eye poked earlier in the game. Spikes is fourth on the team with 42 tackles and has three sacks. He decided to return for his senior season instead of entering the NFL draft. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:12:32 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Florida_39s_Spikes_must_sit_for_a_half_for_eye_gouging/1485041 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Florida_39s_Spikes_must_sit_for_a_half_for_eye_gouging/1485041 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Florida_39s_Spikes_must_sit_for_a_half_for_eye_gouging/1485041 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/3/03b5e20546419a8fc370b9d84998ec74c5bb09e9/small/92588013.jpg For that, Brandon Spikes, you get this punishment meted out by Urban Meyer, via the Palm Beach Post's Ben Volin:Urban suspends Spikes for the first part of this weeks Vandy gameUm. That's it? Could you define "first part" for me, Urbie?Urban decided to suspend Spikes for a half after speaking with SEC office this morningThat's better? I guess? It's still pathetic.Michigan's Jonas Mouton earned a one-game suspension from the Big Ten for a rabbit punch earlier this... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:34:40 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_Suspended_For_First_Half_of_Next_Game_for_Eye_Gouge/1484839 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_Suspended_For_First_Half_of_Next_Game_for_Eye_Gouge/1484839 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_Suspended_For_First_Half_of_Next_Game_for_Eye_Gouge/1484839 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/6/a/6a3729601c61efc0e0c0a510fbca09d64cf79ed3/small/spikes.jpg Sporting News staff reports Video that appears to show Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes gouging the eyes of Georgia running back Washaun Ealey will be reviewed Monday by the SEC, ESPN.com reports. Spikes was not flagged for the incident that occurred during the Gators' 41-17 win over the Bulldogs on Saturday, but the CBS replay clearly shows Spikes' hand going through the top of Ealey's facemask while the running back is in the bottom of a pileup. Florida coach U... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:08:09 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/SEC_to_review_alleged_Spikes_eye_gouging/1484524 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/SEC_to_review_alleged_Spikes_eye_gouging/1484524 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/SEC_to_review_alleged_Spikes_eye_gouging/1484524 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/d/e/de146bf6b082a013f75a608ca3d1e21051c5a4f4/small/Charleston_Southern_v_ff2b.jpg If Georgia's Washaun Ealey didn't want his eyes gouged out by Florida's Brandon Spikes, then maybe he shouldn't have worn a helmet that allows for pesky weaknesses like "vision." A few people who weren't working on the CBS crew for Saturday's Georgia-Florida game noticed Spikes giving Ealey the business at the bottom of a pile in the third quarter. The referees were also oblivious as no penalty was called, despite the fact that Spikes was not exactly subtl... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:30:29 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_Will_Blind_You_If_He_Has_To_Update/1484933 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_Will_Blind_You_If_He_Has_To_Update/1484933 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_Will_Blind_You_If_He_Has_To_Update/1484933 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/5/6/56f530ad4bfb4d299f036f0851d4ac6e0cafa83c/small/Georgia_v_Florida_130e.jpg If Georgia's Washaun Ealey didn't want his eyes gouged out by Florida's Brandon Spikes, then maybe he shouldn't have worn a helmet that allows for pesky weaknesses like "vision." A few people who weren't working on the CBS crew for Saturday's Georgia-Florida game noticed Spikes giving Ealey the business at the bottom of a pile in the third quarter. The referees were also oblivious as no penalty was called, despite the fact that Spikes was not exactly subtl... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:30:29 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_Will_Blind_You_If_He_Has_To/1484379 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_Will_Blind_You_If_He_Has_To/1484379 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_Will_Blind_You_If_He_Has_To/1484379 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/f/c/fcf19458f647df7ed74e81e7ada73107f13285ea/small/GettyImage.ashx_url_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f90583532.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d77BFBA49EF878921CC759DF4EBAC47D034AACFA41B38DF259965F2196B3F30BFCF5EFAB86D45A95A.jpg I would like to say this is not what Florida Gator football players are taught.  The running back for Georgia was not seriously injured but with the attention this is getting you would have thought he was blind.  Tim Tebow was poked in the eye earlier in the game as well but no one is [...] Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:57:42 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_Eye_Gouge_Against_Georgia/1484162 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_Eye_Gouge_Against_Georgia/1484162 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Brandon_Spikes_Eye_Gouge_Against_Georgia/1484162 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/d/e/de146bf6b082a013f75a608ca3d1e21051c5a4f4/small/Charleston_Southern_v_ff2b.jpg