What's even worse are the quotes from Miami players after the game.... And notice how nobody good from Miami was ejected, when a few FIU starters were. I thought Merriweather was swinging a helmet?!?! ESPN report.
Dang. Sorry. After bench-clearing brawl, Miami polishes off FIU Team Stat Comparison MIAMI (AP) -- South Florida's newest rivalry has already overheated. Miami beat Florida International 35-0 Saturday night in a game marred by a wild brawl in the third quarter that had fists flying, helmets swinging and even crutches being used as weapons. In all, 13 players were ejected -- eight from FIU, five from Miami, and each will likely face one-game suspensions. Officials from both conferences, the Atlantic Coast and Sun Belt, are expected to review the game tape to determine if additional sanctions are necessary. "It was something that neither of us wanted," Miami coach Larry Coker said. Kyle Wright had three touchdown passes for the Hurricanes (4-2), who set a season-high for points against a Division I-A opponent. Lance Leggett had two touchdown catches for Miami. It was the first meeting between the programs, whose campuses are 9 miles apart and have rosters almost entirely filled with players from Miami-Dade and Broward counties, the two largest in South Florida. Tensions were high throughout the night, with several occurrences of heated words being exchanged after plays ended. But those verbal jousts were nothing compared with what happened with 9:00 left in the third. "It was a great game," FIU quarterback Josh Padrick said, "until 9 minutes left in the third quarter." James Bryant caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from Wright, then drew a 15-yard flag for unsportsmanlike conduct. After making the catch, he appeared to point at the FIU (0-7) bench, then took a theatrical bow toward the stands. "It's not our fault," said Miami's Kenny Phillips, who had an interception. "Whatever it was, it wasn't us." Moments later, Jon Peattie kicked the extra point and the melee began; replays showed an FIU player crashing into Miami holder Matt Perrelli. Pushing among players quickly turned into punches, both sidelines quickly emptied and several fights broke out. "I have no idea how it happened," FIU coach Don Strock said. The brawl lasted about five minutes, and it took officials several more minutes to sort out the penalties. More than two dozen uniformed police officers came onto the field, trying to end the fights, and at least one incident of fan fighting broke out in the Orange Bowl stands. "Shocked, anger, both, all the emotions," Coker said when asked what he felt watching the melee. "College football doesn't need it, FIU doesn't need it and certainly we don't need it. It's just not the way we wanted this game to unfold. Obviously we're very happy with the win but we didn't want the altercation." Police officers, including some wearing helmets, continued to surround the perimeter of the field for the remainder of the game. Florida International's ejected players were wide receiver Chandler Williams, defensive backs Lionell Singleton, Chris Smith and Marshall McDuffie Jr., fullback John Ellis, linebacker Mannie Wellington, tight end Samuel Smith and defensive end Jarvis Penerton. "Whatever penalty is handed down, especially from us, we're going to make it the most severe," Strock said. "We don't condone that. It's embarrassing." The ejected Miami players were offensive linemen Derrick Morse and Chris Barney, running back Charlie Jones, and cornerbacks Carlos Armour and Bruce Johnson. "This won't be a big negative on the University of Miami," Coker said. "I'll put it that way." Wright said "there was a little bit of talking back and forth" in the 2½ quarters before the fight, but said he didn't envision a scenario where tensions would get that high. But he added that he believed FIU was the side primarily at fault during the fight. "It's something they started," Wright said. "And our guys finished it. ... They're going home with a 35-0 loss and they're 0-7." Police did not immediately announce if any fans were arrested. A holding area was set up at the Orange Bowl to detain anyone ejected and Miami Police had between 80 and 100 officers at the game, officials said. Shortly after the game, new FIU athletic director Pete Garcia -- who left his associate AD post at Miami this past week to join the Golden Panthers -- issued an apology on behalf of the university and its president, Mitch Madique. Garcia added that he would evaluate what happened before deciding whether to continue the rivalry. "They were gracious enough to grant us these games," Garcia said. "They didn't have to and this is how we repay them. I don't care whose fault it is. At FIU we don't condone this kind of behavior." Wright was 14-of-22 for 117 yards for Miami, which won its season-best third straight game. Leggett (seven catches) and Sam Shields (five) each had 77 receiving yards for the Hurricanes. Chris Zellner also had a touchdown catch for Miami, and Derron Thomas' 11-yard TD run late in the fourth quarter capped the scoring. Miami's defense held FIU to 114 yards in recording its first shutout win since Sept. 18, 2004 -- a 48-0 win over Louisiana Tech. Julian Reams had 21 carries for 45 yards to lead FIU. Josh Padrick completed 12 of 25 passes for 86 yards for the Golden Panthers. The teams are scheduled to play again Oct. 6, 2007 at the Orange Bowl.
okay, i saw it on espn at first, and was kinda disgusted with the video. but watching it live from the link provided, i enjoyed it thanks to the announcer. that dude had me ROLLING@@!~!@!
lol, you're not that far off it was Lamar Thomas, an ex-Thug U player himself. at some point in time, he had charges filed against him for assault against his pregnant fiancee
That's sick. That commentator is a dumbass ... and Miami should have to forfeit a game for what they did on the sidelines after the brawl. They acted like they were proud of what happened. I try to keep most things in perspective ... but that whole thing, especially on Miami's side, was disgusiting.
You know guys, it's one thing to see things on television; it's another to see it live. What the story says and what the video doesn't show is what some of you think ended up in terrible quotes. Well the players were absolutely correct; FIU instigated this whole thing. And maybe that announcer was unprofessional, but you know what, he was absolutely right. You don't start **** on someone else's turf because you don't know how to play defense. And the jumping on the sideline is what the team does before games when they meet up...Coker was talking to them on the sidelines and they were getting pumped up again before heading back out their. The Miami team got so much energy out of this and as they came back to the sideline after order was maintained, they were getting the crowd pumped up even more. This Miami team (and the past couple of years) has lacked leadership, intensity, passion, and desire; you go to the games at the Orange Bowl and the old Miami dominance is no longer there. This event is the spark that the team will feed on for the rest of the season; if you want to be disgusted at Miami football as a whole, then fine, but you can't blame it all on Miami. Like Rece Davis said, FIU will go under the radar with this incident, but they deserve the majority of the blame for the incident even getting to that point. They haven't won a single game and they feel entitled to act like a bunch of jackasses as a means of venting frustration. Now I'm not defending the action of the brawl, but this is defintiely something that will motivate this team. Unfortunately 19 and 26 took it upon themselves to act like morons when others (6, 81 as examples) were doing their best to maintain order. In fact 81, Campbell, had 4 or 5 FIU guys trying to bring him down (and even punching him in the back of the head), yet Calais stood strong. Having seen the entire brawl live, I can tell you that FIU players were doing a lot more punching, kicking, and overall acting immature. That's why their FIU players -- too dumb to make it at Miami. Miami has cleaned up its act from what it used to be; it ain't THUG U no more...at best thug u[/SIZE. It's all reputation, and that's what Miami has for their image in the past; that helps tremendously, for instance, with recruiting because I'll say this: the facilities at The U are far inferior to most top-tier football programs and that's a shame. But these days Miami isn't full of criminals and convicts -- that's FIU. ========== My thoughts: I can't say it enough; even with the disciplinary issues, this event is a positive for the success (not image/reputation) of the football program. Also, the amount of cops showing up was ridiculous; it took a good 10-15 minutes to get everything in order on the field, while a couple of drunken idiot FIU fans were getting in a fight (and subsequently arrested). The brawl came at a time when excitement was lacking. Oncr it occurred, the entire stadium was roaring; the atmosphere was electric -- no one sat the rest of the game. Unfortunately FIU fans are mentally ill; after their asses got served to them, a bunch of fans proceeded with an "unranked" chant, to which I informed them that their own Panthers are still winless.
link Coker: At least eight Canes to be suspended for brawlAssociated Press 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. The fight Saturday night came during Miami's 35-0 win 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
wow, i'm speechless that someone would actually come to the defense of either side in this disgusting display of action. was FIU wrong? YES. did they instigate the ordeal? YES. does that mean Miami has a free reign to act like complete jackasses and thugs? does it give them the right stomp on players, throw punches, and swing helmets? NO. don't sit here and tell us that miami is no longer full of thugs, when you see over a dozen miami players brawling on the football field. and then after the game, you have players rationalizing their bafoon-like actions by saying, "we didn't start it." you're not 7 years old anymore, there is NO EXCUSE for reacting to the situation by fueling a riot. there is NO EXCUSE for either school in this incidence. there is NO PLACE for this in sports, much less college sports.
LMFAO, MR. Mooch it doesn't matter what FIU did, they very wellmight be a trashy program, however the amount of WWE style foot-stomps and general willingness to escalate displayed by Miami is pretty much indefensible.
What FIU did was no worse than what Haynesworth did to the Cowboys. But I guess those are real pros. I'd hope that most teams when confronted with idiocy would know how to behave. If Miami were normal, there'd just be a personal foul call on FIU and that player would have been ejected and the game would have gone on....maybe some shoving. But for a full riot to break out?....While I don't absolve FIU of any responsibility, Miami's reactions were very low class. And the announcer said that the Miami team should wait until after the game and meet the FIU guys in the parking lot to finish the fight. LOL. When keeping it real goes wrong. "Don't be f'n with our place holder biatch! This is my house."
