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Gators, Hurricanes get into fistfight on Bourbon Street

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    "Minor verbal confrontations" aren't supposed to leave people covered in blood.

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    By EDDIE PELLS
    AP Sports Writer
    December 28, 2000


    NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Players from Miami and Florida scuffled on Bourbon Street on the first night both teams were in New Orleans preparing for the Sugar Bowl.
    Two of those involved were briefly detained by police. No charges or reports were filed, but several Florida players and Miami coach Butch Davis acknowledged the fight broke out about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night.
    ``I wouldn´t really say it was a fight,´´ Florida offensive lineman Kenyatta Walker said. ``It was just a little pushing match.´´
    Davis described it as a ``minor verbal confrontation.´´
    The welt below defensive lineman Alex Brown's eye said differently.
    Brown, Reche Caldwell, Gerard Warren, Jabar Gaffney and Andra Davis were among the Florida players involved, according to an eyewitness account from a reporter for the Orlando Sentinel. The reporter couldn't identify any of the Miami players.
    The Sentinel reported about 40 players were involved in the fight. Davis said he thought only about ``a half dozen´´ Miami players were involved.
    The Sentinel reported that Warren and an unidentified Miami player were handcuffed and detained at the police station for about 30 minutes, before police shuttled them back to hotels. Davis said no Miami player was detained.
    ``We didn´t have one single player taken into custody,´´ Davis said. ``Every one of our players made curfew last night. Nobody did anything that would lead to disciplinary action.´´
    Warren declined comment. Florida coach Steve Spurrier had a scheduled news conference Thursday afternoon.
    Sgt. Paul Accardo of the New Orleans Police Department confirmed a fight broke out about 11:15 p.m. in the French Quarter and two individuals were detained. He wouldn't release their identities.
    He said no injuries were reported and no complaints were filed, so there was no need to file a report.
    ``We don´t document every fight that occurs on Bourbon Street,´´ Accardo said. ``Particularly when there were no injuries and no one´s coming forward claiming to be a victim of anything.´´
    Brown and Davis said the matter was overblown and hoped the Sugar Bowl wouldn't suffer.
    ``I think it brings the game down a little bit,´´ Brown said. ``But it´s two wonderful teams, wonderful programs standing there growling. We´ve still got to come out here and play no matter what goes on the next couple days. Hopefully, nothing will come out of this. Hopefully, everybody will still be able to play.´´
    Brown said Spurrier hadn't handed down any punishment as of Thursday morning, ``but I´m sure we´ll have a meeting about it.´´
    Florida linebacker Travis Carroll emerged from the fight with his shirt stained with blood, the Sentinel said.
    ``It´s a bitter rivalry,´´ Carroll said. ``This just heats it up a bit.´´
    After the players began scuffling, police cars raced down Bourbon Street to scatter the crowd and a portion of the street was sealed off, the Sentinel reported. But a few minutes later and a few blocks down the street, the players re-converged and the fight began again.


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