SEC announces punishment for Dan Mullen, Florida-Missouri following weekend brawl
Following this weekend’s ugly incident in The Swamp, the Southeastern Conference has made its decision on the punishment that needed to be dealt out.
If you somehow missed it, Florida and Missouri were involved in a midfield brawl just as halftime began in Gainesville on Saturday night.
Here is how the SEC decided to hand out discipline following the incident:
For Florida, Mullen has been issued a reprimand by the Southeastern Conference and fined $25,000 while Florida defensive lineman Zach Carter and linebacker Antwuan Powell will be suspended for the first half of the Georgia game. They were both tossed out of the second half of the Missouri game.
For Missouri, the SEC Office has issued a half-game suspensions for Missouri linebacker Chad Bailey, offensive lineman Dylan Spencer and defensive lineman Markell Utsey for fighting action during the altercation.
Here is the statement issued by Sankey:
“There is no place in college football for the kind of incident that took place at halftime of the Missouri at Florida game Saturday night. Everyone involved is responsible for meeting sportsmanship standards throughout each game. Running on the field to confront a game official, the gathering of teams in an on-field confrontation and student-athletes throwing punches are all disappointing at any time, but even more so as we work to support healthy competition during a pandemic.”
The incident started after Kyle Trask was hit late during a Hail Mary attempt as time expired at the end of the first half. Things were escalated when Dan Mullen ran out onto midfield and starting screaming but it’s unclear exactly who the Florida coach was directing his anger towards.
It was at that point that the brawl started.
Florida’s
Missouri’s Tre Williams, were ejected from the game following the fight.Here is what Dan Mullen had to say about the incident during his postgame press conference.
“I didn’t see (the hit on Trask), I was watching the play down the field to see if there was pass interference on the play or if we made the catch. Then guys were like, ‘Hey,’ – I was told (the hit on Trask) was late and our guys are going to defend their quarterback. And I think our guys started to do that… I didn’t see what was going on, I didn’t see the hit, I was told afterward that our guys thought that was the case but obviously it wasn’t — from the officials’ point of view.
“We went out there trying to get our guys off the field because it was getting testy, you know what I mean? We have a big game next week and it kept growing and growing and we’re trying to push guys back and unfortunately, getting in the middle, trying to get the officials in the middle, trying to get them in the middle, get us in the middle, their team off our team… really unfortunate situation. Not something we condone, obviously. It’s not something you want to see in the game at all.”
Here is what Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz had to say about the incident during his postgame press conference.
“I was watching, my eyes were on the ball,” Drinkwitz said. “We played the ball, the ball was knocked away, and I started running in, and saw one of their coaches on our hash yelling at our guys and then I saw more of their players join in. We got to keep our guys from joining in, we got to keep our guys from the sideline.
“It’s an ugly scene for football, it’s an ugly scene for college football, and I’m not proud of it, and I don’t know who started it, but we’ve got to figure it out, we’ve got to get it fixed.”
Both programs issued a joint statement on Sunday following the incident:
“The actions at the end of the first half of last night’s game do not reflect the values of our football program or University. We are committed to healthy competition and good sportsmanship. The clean play without incident in the second half is how we expect to represent both institutions and the SEC. We believe both programs will use this moment to learn from so that future incidents like this do not happen.”
Florida is set to play Georgia in Jacksonville this weekend while Missouri is on a bye this week.
Seems fair. Move on now
No no Sparky, do not talk common sense. We must revel in this for much much longer and hold onto to our animosity. In today’s world, consequences are never severe enough. We must never forgive human beings for human error.
That’s what USCjr fans did last year when they lost to us last year
Ok fair enough Mr2Bits. Done, and done….
Haha thanks! Love what you did with that Oxford comma placement btw.
There are dozens, and dozens of UGA fans who are totally baffled by your Oxford comma comment. It’s going to keep Corch busy all evening.
Lol.
LOL
You know, all that Louisiana schooling and aryting…
More or less as expected for Florida. The surprise is that 2 additional Missou players got suspended after further review who weren’t originally ejected from the game. Not sure if the missed targeting call on the underlying play that started all of this is being addressed separately or at all.
Lets GO, Florida played better without Carter and Powell in the 2nd half of the Missouri game. Florida gonna be fired up for the rest of the schedule. Florida by 3 TD’s.
What targeting?
Oh boy here we go.
I didn’t think it was that hard of a question? Is that you’re best answer?
Look. I was there. About 40 feet away, with a number of Missou fans sitting around me. We HEARD the crack of the helmets hitting each other and everyone around me flinched. There was forceable helmet-to-helmet contact and he was unabated to the QB from at least 7 yards away. You can frame by frame it on ESPN if you want – their helmets are on a level plane and Trask’s head rocks backwards. If that had been one of our LBs nailing Bazelak I’d be saying the exact same thing. I’m not calling “dirty” or any of that nonsense, I understand these guys are moving at full speed trying to make bang bang plays and it happens. But it was clearly targeting and the player should have been/should be ejected for a half.
Well if you heard their helmets crack then the Ref sure would have. But here are the facts, he didn’t go for the head, he didn’t go low and try and blow out the kid’s knees, and there was no launching or anything that could be considered targeting. It was a bit late and could have got a flag for that but he met and shoved him down from his chest for pete’s sake. Nothing malicious about it. You Florida fans have gone awfully dam soft, dam fast over this.
Right because the refs missed the call in general but if the helmets hit they would have made the call. Lol ok
@ben: I said it could have been flagged for being late, but there’s nothing, zilch there with regard for targeting. That’s just a weak reach by the Florida fan base, like real weak.
I agree it is weak and though I haven’t rewatched the play to see if it was targeting most UF fans aren’t saying it’s targeting. But it’s just as weak to say it’s targeting as it is to say the refs would have called that if it was targeting
@ben: Understood, but now we’re just getting into hypotheticals trying to project what the ref’s would or wouldn’t have done if something that didn’t happen, happened. I get it, but no thanks.
Honestly didn’t look like targeting, Jeffcoat moves his helmet to the right of Trasks helmet just before contact and makes the effort to lead with his shoulder and arms. IMO a good clean hard hit *IF* it wasn’t 2 steps too late. Should’ve been a personal foul and replay down.
Yeah, there’s no way he heard their helmets hit like he says. It’s pretty clear they just didn’t hit head on like that.
I’m gonna take allawgator at his word that he heard something. But it was probably the BOOM from all the air leaving the stadium after the late hit and impending tussle.
Booches, I personally didn’t see it. People sitting below me said the crack was indeed the helmet to helmet. There’s a difference when it’s helmet to shoulder pads.
one step
I’ll see your 1 step, and raise you half a step. 1 & 1/2 steps.
Since when is shoving someone in their chest, targeting?
It’s simply astounding, these Florida fans think he went all Javon Wims on Trask, it’s pathetic. I actually don’t think they know what targeting is.
REGAURDLESS OF WHAT TARGETING IS OR ISN’T… I KNOW WHAT A BEAT DOWN IS AND MISSOURI GOT ONE!!! TAKE THE “L” AND MOVE ON!!!
I actually did not think there was any targeting, so I just went back and looked at it again. Full speed you can’t see it; it looks like Trask gets hit in the chest, but if you look at the hit in slo motion, the rusher leads with his head and you can see helmet to helmet contact.
Nash, there was head to head contact. Actually, there was a crack sound at impact that could be heard in the stands. I personally didn’t hear it. I was focused on the end zone and the interference. Several people said that it was targeting sitting below us.
That’s complete bullsht, you guys just keep getting softer and softer here, I guess out of desperation to convince yourselves it had to be a dirty hit because, well that would make all you guys feel better. Unfortunately there wasn’t anything dirty about it, late maybe, but not dirty in any way.
Complete bull-manure. If rushers start pulling up any earlier than that, quarterbacks will just run off and leave them, laughing all the way
Booches nobody is getting soft. Gators are stating personal views. If you don’t see that, then you’re anger is turning into ignorance. Good luck with that BS.
He got shoved in the chest and you guys are crying for targeting. I thought this was the SEC? Gator fans are soft as fk evidently.
Gators fans, let’s move on.
I don’t want to argue if it is targeting or not. Missouri has already got what they deserved(a loss) for that play. Our QB did not get hurt. SEC did not give us harsh punishment. Good, Move on to Georgia game
That’s fair and balanced IMO. Let’s move on to the cocktail.
Really? Only $25k for inciting a brawl is fair? For perspective, last week they fined Lane Kiffin $25k for a tweet…
Yeah cause Jeffcoat standing in front of the entire Gator team flexing after his late hit had nothing to do with inciting the brawl, right, it was all Mullen’s fault? It’s quite hilarious how delusional Tiger fans are about this whole scenario and yet somehow you had more players punished. Go figure!
He was fined for “inciting a brawl.” He was fined for accosting the refs.
* wasn’t
Kiffin had several warnings before the 25k fine. The fine was not just for the tweet, but failing to heed whatever warning the SEC had done. So comparing the two fines is not the same.
Like the rest of this conference, Sankey has no balls.
Do not feed the troll.
My apologies, but there’s a reason they sometimes call the truth, brutal. Some just can’t handle it.
Just like Missouri fans won’t let this go and complain all season long about it
My comment wasn’t even about Florida, it was about Sankey. But thank you Nostradamus.
Yep, truth sometimes hurts. The truth is Mizzou was involved in a fight by bringing a chippy attitude into the swamp. Got their butts kicked on the field and in a fight.
@Marsh: Truth is Sankey talks a tough game just to have his balls shrivel up and fall off because the FLA/GA game is next week. Let’s not sugar coat this.
Booches, correct me if I’m wrong.
1) Mark Stoops grabbed a referee and screamed at him. Nothing, no fine or suspension.
2) Lane Kiffin sent twitter ablaze with nonsense and complaining. Nothing, no fine no suspension. On the second go around he fined him.
3) Dane Mullen went crazy in a game vs Vanderbilt (2018) and had a heated verbal exchange with Mason. Nothing, no fine or suspension. On the second go around (this past Saturday), he was fined.
Yeah, and 4) auburn sux
Lol classic response when you have nothing.
Haha
I thought it was pretty funny too. Insulting an opposing team is always a sign of “I have nothing else go say”
Oo12, here’s what I got to say, Cam “laptop”Newton. You happy now?
Again proving my point that you have nothing..
Also that happened at UF if you don’t remember. Aaron Hernandez, enough said.
I’m glad they nailed Utsey. He was swinging away like a madman out there.
So obviously there needs to be a new rule: when the officials miss a personal foul call to end a half, each team will be led to their respective locker rooms in single file while the officials get an earful from the aggrieved coach.
It’s so simple, it’s gotta work.
Unfortunately the individual that could have prevented this didn’t throw a flag.
Unfortunately the person who could have prevented this didn’t leave the field and just head to the locker room. Fixed it for you and hopefully Mullen has learned a lesson here.
Why Yes you did fix it, Florida came out in the 2nd half firing on all cylinders and will take that energy all the way to the end. Have fun at the toilet bowl this year.
Florida is in the same heap of “not good enough” the rest of the SEC East has been in forever. Have fun not making yet another playoff birth you donks talk about making year after year and again being “not good enough.” k?
All your natty trophies couldn’t weigh down a mosquito
And all your excuses for not being good enough year after year could read like a novel. Can’t wait to hear this years version.
@Booches continues to bash our team and coach but like many UGA trolls has a weird infatuation with the Florida Gators. He post here more than on his own teams board. Classic troll. The proof is all over our boards.
@Mister2Bit: Here you are balling your eyes out over a public forum. When did Florida fans get so soft? You guys are the whiniest fcks in college football. “Ohh Trask got hit too hard no fair!” It’s fking football grow a pair you pu*sies.
lol. The infatuation continues.
That doesn’t make you sound any less whiny over Trask getting hit too hard Satuday
lol you have trolled so hard you are mixing up the people you have argued with. lol I have never said anything about the hit.
Lmao, now the backpedaling starts. Figures.
lol I cannot believe you are a mom real person. Must be someone hired by SDS to keep the boards going. I haven’t said one thing about the hit. Anyone can review all my post. Your getting old troll. Dementia has set in.
An actual*
It’s a public forum, cry me a river.
There is a clear difference between crying and making fun of your poor troll jobs.
I’ll let you be, you sound like you are getting irritable. You have had a long day of work.
Good idea, you’ve literally said absolutely nothing and are getting nowhere here, other than just making the thread look longer.
Booches must be running for president. He spins every which way, talks forever, says nothing, insults people and at the end of the day is in the same place.
Why travel so far to go nowhere? Guess it’s a Mizzou thing.
Go Gators!
@Marsh: It just feels natural here. Like how my bowels naturally need a toilet to sht in, my mind needs a Florida Gator page, with Gator fans. Lol
Everyone has a point. The refs job is to officiate the game. They did a poor job on alot of fronts. The head coach dose have a responsibility to defend players, but also to lead by example. Was the shot late? We all know the answer. Did dan run on field in an unprofessional manner? Again, farily easy to see. Was it handled correctly? 2 guys out one whole game for gators and looks like a few more missu players got caught throwing hands and are out as well. The coach get hits with a fine. What else do you people expect? This seems like pretty text book discipline. For the record he either feels bad for his acions or doesn’t, but thats for him as a man to decide. The fine is merely a way to express wrong doing not break him financially. Now on to UF/GA.
I’m not making excuses here for Mullen, but the refs let this get out of hand. Mullen was angry by the missed calls late in the first half. Did you see him holding up 4 fingers and then 5 fingers due to the offensive PI, the defensive holding, etc.? Even the ex-GA QB calling the game admitted the officiating was bad.
The refs needed at least one makeup call somewhere. Missing a late hit (targeting or not, dirty or not) was the last straw for Mullen.
He shouldn’t have reacted like that, but the terrible officiating across the SEC needs to be called out here too.
I agree, the officials have made some terrible calls.
If the penalty is called, then the players would have regrouped and running another play would have settled the issue.
Best GA
BEAT GA
Missouri fans STILL mad hahaha
Mullen, what a bad liar.
In two earlier UF games, Florida-hater Greg McElroy said during the broadcast that two penalties called on late hits on Trask should not have been called because Trask is so big and strong. What an ass. So Trask can be hit late until he sustains a season-ending injury? Does that rule apply to Alabama quarterbacks too or only Florida quarterbacks? The refs in the Mizzou game clearly think it applies only to Florida.
At least Mullen didn’t tweet his turf rage. Bad tweet = $25k. On field riot =$25k. Seems just.
grators whine, mad man lies, sec falls in line. well done, fu.