Winning is everything for Urban Meyer and the University of Florida.

It’s the only logical excuse I can come up with for why Meyer suspended star linebacker Brandon Spikes for one half for eye gouging Georgia running back Washaun Ealey last Saturday.

The video started hitting the web after the game as it went unnoticed by the announcers during the contest.

Punching a player after the game like LeGarrette Blount did is one thing.

But trying to poke a guy’s eye out is another and it’s a total joke that Meyer is only suspending Spikes for one half.

“I don’t condone that,” Meyer said. “I understand what goes on on the football [field], but there’s no place for that. We’re going to suspend Brandon for the first half of the Vanderbilt game. I spoke with him. That’s not who he is. That’s not who we are. He got caught up in emotion.”

I would never expect a player to bench himself, but if Spikes were truly sorry, he would sit out the entire game next Saturday against Vanderbilt.

TAGS: Brandon Spikes, Florida, NCAA Football, Urban Meyer

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