OT: Miami vs FIU "thug" brawl
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Hostile;1090346 said:
And that guy that was swinging his helmet? He'd never play college football again if I were making the decisions.
That said, that brawl looked like one of our weekly "happening" on your semi-pro team. I had my helmet ripped off me in a brawl last year, I took the guy down and did every thing I could to get my fingers into his eyesockets.
I did not succeed.
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thewivil;1090609 said:
I don't know what action should be taken here, but this kind of behavior on a football field is a much different thing than baseball IMO. Baseball is a game where violence is an incidental occurrence during play. It happens occasionally and usually between two or three people at most during play. Football is controlled voilence that occurs continuously during play, and involves all the people on the field.
Simply stated, if this kind of behavior is allowed at all, a football game will degenerate into a brawl every week. In baseball it isn't that way.
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Is this a new recruiting video for Miami?cowboys19;1090331 said:holy crap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0Ef_Ab86_c
clearer video
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=262872390
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I'd kick #24 from FUI out of football along with #26 and #19 from Miami and take away and suspend them from going to any bowls. Then put both teams on probation.
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Coker to suspend at least eight players for roles in brawl
Oct. 15, 2006
CBS SportsLine.com wire reports
CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Miami coach Larry Coker said Sunday that at least eight Hurricane players will be suspended for their role in a sideline-clearing brawl against Florida International.
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The fight came during Miami's 35-0 win Saturday night against Florida International, which plays across town. It was the first meeting between the teams.
Coker said the five players ejected in the fight -- offensive linemen Derrick Morse and Chris Barney, running back Charlie Jones, and cornerbacks Carlos Armour and Bruce Johnson -- would be suspended.
Coker also suspended safeties Anthony Reddick and Brandon Meriweather and fullback James Bryant.
The lengths of the suspensions have not been determined.
"I don't have many bad days," Coker said Sunday. "This is a bad day."
The fight marred what was supposed to be the beginning of a friendly rivalry between two schools with players who grew up battling each other on high school fields in South Florida.
But even after reviewing tape, it's impossible to say when tensions began escalating -- although Coker said there was an incident during pregame warmups where an FIU player collided with a Miami player. He declined to identify which players were involved.
There were many instances of heated words being exchanged from the game's opening minutes, especially after FIU's Chandler Williams -- one of the eight Golden Panthers who would later be ejected -- dived helmet-first at prone Miami defender Kenny Phillips following a first-quarter interception.
But later, unsportsmanlike turned into unruly -- or worse.
Bryant pointed at the FIU bench and bowed to the crowd after catching a touchdown pass with 9 minutes left in the third quarter -- which earned his suspension, Coker said.
"He needs to get the message," Coker said.
After the Miami extra point put the Hurricanes up 14-0, pushing and shoving broke out among linemen. Moments later, FIU's Chris Smith wrestled Miami holder Matt Perrelli to the ground and punched him in the chin.
With that, the fracas was on.
FIU's Marshall McDuffie Jr. charged in and kicked Perrelli in the helmet. Miami lineman Derrick Morse jumped onto the Smith-Perrelli pile, FIU's Lionel Singleton followed suit and threw a punch toward the head of the Hurricanes' Calais Campbell -- and benches began to empty.
Several players appeared to throw punches, including Miami's Bryant, DajLeon Farr and Ryan Hill, and Meriweather was seen attempting to stomp on FIU players.
Reddick charged across the field, helmet raised high over his head, and slammed it into FIU cornerback Robert Mitchell.
Florida International's ejected players were Williams, Singleton, Smith, McDuffie Jr., fullback John Ellis, linebacker Mannie Wellington, tight end Samuel Smith and defensive end Jarvis Penerton.
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Coker to suspend at least eight players for roles in brawl
Oct. 15, 2006
CBS SportsLine.com wire reports
CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Miami coach Larry Coker said Sunday that at least eight Hurricane players will be suspended for their role in a sideline-clearing brawl against Florida International.
Advertisement
The fight came during Miami's 35-0 win Saturday night against Florida International, which plays across town. It was the first meeting between the teams.
Coker said the five players ejected in the fight -- offensive linemen Derrick Morse and Chris Barney, running back Charlie Jones, and cornerbacks Carlos Armour and Bruce Johnson -- would be suspended.
Coker also suspended safeties Anthony Reddick and Brandon Meriweather and fullback James Bryant.
The lengths of the suspensions have not been determined.
"I don't have many bad days," Coker said Sunday. "This is a bad day."
The fight marred what was supposed to be the beginning of a friendly rivalry between two schools with players who grew up battling each other on high school fields in South Florida.
But even after reviewing tape, it's impossible to say when tensions began escalating -- although Coker said there was an incident during pregame warmups where an FIU player collided with a Miami player. He declined to identify which players were involved.
There were many instances of heated words being exchanged from the game's opening minutes, especially after FIU's Chandler Williams -- one of the eight Golden Panthers who would later be ejected -- dived helmet-first at prone Miami defender Kenny Phillips following a first-quarter interception.
But later, unsportsmanlike turned into unruly -- or worse.
Bryant pointed at the FIU bench and bowed to the crowd after catching a touchdown pass with 9 minutes left in the third quarter -- which earned his suspension, Coker said.
"He needs to get the message," Coker said.
After the Miami extra point put the Hurricanes up 14-0, pushing and shoving broke out among linemen. Moments later, FIU's Chris Smith wrestled Miami holder Matt Perrelli to the ground and punched him in the chin.
With that, the fracas was on.
FIU's Marshall McDuffie Jr. charged in and kicked Perrelli in the helmet. Miami lineman Derrick Morse jumped onto the Smith-Perrelli pile, FIU's Lionel Singleton followed suit and threw a punch toward the head of the Hurricanes' Calais Campbell -- and benches began to empty.
Several players appeared to throw punches, including Miami's Bryant, DajLeon Farr and Ryan Hill, and Meriweather was seen attempting to stomp on FIU players.
Reddick charged across the field, helmet raised high over his head, and slammed it into FIU cornerback Robert Mitchell.
Florida International's ejected players were Williams, Singleton, Smith, McDuffie Jr., fullback John Ellis, linebacker Mannie Wellington, tight end Samuel Smith and defensive end Jarvis Penerton.
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