Suspension coming for Florida's Brandon Spikes? **UPDATED**

Florida needed to finally put up a big showing, after struggling offensively the past few weeks. And they did, beating Georgia 41-17. But theres no excuse for what the cameras caught in the middle of the third quarter:

If you didn't notice it, watch #51, Brandon Spikes. Specifically watch his right hand.


I know a lot of dirty things happen in the pile in football, and I know a lot of trash talk was going back and forth in this game. That is no excuse for what is clearly a player trying to injure another player. Spikes clearly reached into Washaun Ealey's facemask and gouged at his eyes, clearly with the intent to injure him. If he had succeeded, an eye injury could cause permanent damage, and even end a player's career. In 1999, Orlando Brown of the Cleveland Browns was hit in the eye by a penaly flag thrown by a ref. He missed three years and never fully regained his vision. For a player who is a freshman and just beginning his football career, like Ealey is, this could have been a quick career ender. Spikes should get suspended the rest of the year, at the very least.

**UPDATE** Good videos of this will probably keep getting taken down, so if this one disappears, just click here.

**UPDATE 2** Spikes has been suspended for the first half this week against Vanderbilt by head coach Urban Meyer. The SEC has accepted this punishment and will not take further action.