It was interesting to see some of Florida fans responses. One standard response was “he was going for the football”. Which is ludicrous. The other is “Dont think you havent done it before to UGA, its FOOTBALL.” Of course, thats silly two: two wrongs dont make a right and i found no examples of a UGA player eye gouging a running back. Oddly, it was hard to find florda fans that just said it was wrong and he should be penalized for it.

No less than SB Nation’s own Alligator Army writes the following (emphasis mine):

In a dark arts kind of way, Spikes going for the eye gouge is hilarious. (When I first saw the video, I thought he was going for a strip. I am a huge homer.) He might get suspended, since college players can’t just pay a $10,000 fine and move on. But, if you had to pick out a guy to commit a dirty act at the bottom of the pile, how far do you go before you get to Spikes? Isn’t he the first pick? I mentioned on Saturday that he brings an extra level of aggressiveness, and that has a dark side too. That Spikes would try to do something in a rivalry game and retaliate is almost acceptable, until the possibility of the whole “blinding a guy” thing is considered.

Yeah, you know, I’m a big homer, so I probably would think it was hilarious (in a “dark” way) if Rennie Curran were to attempt to permanently maim an opposing player just because he was jakked up during a game. It’s really understandable, and even somewhat justifiable, you know, until I realized that the other guy might be permanently maimed. Then I might have second thoughts about it.

(Actually, this analogy doesn’t work. If Rennie Curran had done what Brandon Spikes did, he would have been immediately ejected from the game and probably suspended for the rest of his career by the NCAA before the game was over.)

I hate Florida.