To: SC Swamp Fox
Thanks for the ping, SC Swamp Fox, but let's get real. Who really cares about the brawl at Clemson today except the PC crowd? Probably 20 of the 22 players on the field at the time the brawl occurred would have been either (a) unemployed, (b) working at Wendy's, or (c) in Iraq fighting and killing "evil" with the potential of getting his head blown off/cut off,
if he didn't have an athletic scholorship. Yes, I know the benches emptied and there were more than 22 players on the field.
Don't I like football? I love football, and am a rabid Tiger fan with 2 Clemson grads in my household!
To: Sandylapper
A lot of people do care about the brawl (or any brawl) as each time it happens society inches one step closer to a scenario where we solve all issues with violence. As for the game, I watched most of it and at the beginning the announcers were praisingn the SEC officials crew as "letting them play" but you could see they needed to take control. One of these days I would like to see these refs do what the soccer refs sometimes do, stop play, pull both teams to the middle of the field, and lay the law down. From that point on, you toss every single mouthoff.
Several years ago, two SC high school teams had a brawl in Rock Hill, SC. Several players were banned for the year and both teams were ineligible for post season. With the money at stake, that won't happen with the NCAA. But then again, these are two 6-5 teams so missing out on the Humanitarian bowl would not be a big sacrifice.
105 posted on
11/21/2004 4:39:31 AM PST by
doosee
(Those who ignore history are bound to repeat it.)
To: Sandylapper
two SC high school teams had a brawl in Rock Hill, SC
The QB of the suspended Marlboro Cty High School team, Syvelle Newton.
107 posted on
11/21/2004 5:05:27 AM PST by
doosee
(Those who ignore history are bound to repeat it.)
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