The Stomp, Version Two
Yesterday’s Gator Bowl held many things, but I’ll leave full coverage to more ambitious analysts than I. I’ll focus on The Stomp. As a die-hard Cat fan, the first thing I thought was Christian Laettner! Let’s go back to 1992 and perhaps the most famous college basketball game in history.
What most people (but never Wildcat fans) forget is that Christian Laettner should never had the opportunity to shoot that miraculous overtime shot because. like Marcus Vick, he purposefully stomped on a downed opponent and deserved to be ejected. As an aside, I found this interesting quote from one of Laettner’s teammates concerning the event.
So, in the 1st quarter Jimmy Williams bumped a ref and was correctly ejected. So how is stomping on the leg of the guy who just tackled you “Ok”?!? In all probability, Louisville shouldn’t have lost to Virginia Tech. Vick should have been likewise ejected. The camara’s caught it. His quarterback coach saw the deed. He shouldn’t have been in the game to lead his team to a 4th quarter comeback. Just the same way that Laettner wouldn’t have been present to help Duke beat Kentucky.
So where’s the Instant Replay? Isn’t that what it’s for… to correct errors? I doubt it will be reviewed, but why should some action on the field be reviewable and other action not? I feel for you Card fans.
Update 1/7: So now he’s been kicked off the team for “numerous legal transgressions and his unsportsmanlike conduct in the Toyota Gator Bowl.” Turns out he’s one of them there bad apples.
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Good call. I didn’t get to see the game because of work, but I saw that stomp on the highlights, first on the local news, and then on ESPN where they ripped Vick for doing it.
It ticked me off bad. Not just the blatant disrespect, but because the way Dumervil’s leg was positioned, it could have taken Dumervil out of the game, if not tore an ACL or something.
Vick’s a punk.
I saw Vick’s stomp on the ESPN highlights, also. That was an ugly moment. I really hope the fellow that was stomped on isn’t injured because of that. Grrrr…
I certainly would not want Dumervil to suffer any injury but the primary point of my post to to shed some light on the fact that this kind of stuff happens all the time and it’s against the rules. I would love to see these offenders punished justly. In the end, we want a winner who deserves it. After all, isn’t that why we play?
And yes, Vick is a punk who deserves none of the endorsement deals of his big brother. There. 8^P
He just got kicked off the team. Go Hokies!
Yeah, I just read that! Good for them, taking a stand against punk-like behavior.