I vote for dismissing Tillery from the team.His conduct was unsportsman like to the extreme.On the street he would be guilty of assault.
Not that this excuses what Peppers did, but what Peppers did is certainly not the worst thing I have ever seen:
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I vote for dismissing Tillery from the team.His conduct was unsportsman like to the extreme.On the street he would be guilty of assault.
Holy shit! When did that happen??? And what happened to the Nebraska player?
Let's not forget LaGarrett Blount punching the Boise State guy I think? Regardless I agree with the sentiment that we need mean nasty guys but what Tillery did is not playing nasty within the confines of the game. That kick to the head on Ware turned my stomach. With unknown head Injuries the last thing you do is move the head. Let alone to do so disrespectfully on an obviously unconscious person.
Not disagreeing with the rest of your post about Peppers going too far, but just to be clear the OSU fan in question was not "shoving" Peppers or being obnoxious. He had his back turned to him and wasn't aware he was in Peppers path. This is the best breakdown I've seen of it so far:
I vote for banishing you.
Your general misunderstanding of the basic premise of football, which is aggressive desire to destroy your opponent, shows me you lack the foundation this fanbase needs to return to prominence.
We need men that beat the Germans.
Not the kind that waved the white flag, like the French.
Mr. Tillery can be reconciled. But we need nasty meanness.
I vote for dismissing Tillery from the team.His conduct was unsportsman like to the extreme.On the street he would be guilty of assault.
It's a joke that you see this as nasty meanness and a return to prominence.
So I'm going to assume you're actually joking.
We need men who destroy with their bare hands combat-style, and the opponent can't do jack shit about it.
Not passive aggressive cheap baggery the equivalent of pulling hair and flinging sand in the eyes like a Kickboxing puss.
Like I stated above, I didn't mind the personal foul for stepping on the lineman. That shit happens every play on the line. Whether you see it or not I can assure you.
The kick on the player out of conscientiousness I do not condone.
I played on the defensive line and I can promise you, it's a battle with pinching, fish hooking, eye gouging, etc.
I'm gonna assume you didn't play football if you don't already know that.
If Tillery kicking a possibly unconscious dude intentionally in the head is the least of your worries regarding him, you need help.Of all the things that bothered me immensely about Jerry Tillery this season, his on the field antics yesterday at USC were the least of them. Tillery, who underachieved so much of this season and who lacked any signs of life, actually showed some fight in him Saturday. Not productive and not respectful, and i wouldn't want him behaving like this all the time, but our players need a little nasty in them and need to actually be bothered by the disgraceful efforts and execution they displayed this season. Now if Tillery can control that rage and put it toward something positive on the field next year then he might wind up being the player we all expected him to be.
His punishment fit the crime in both incidents. He didn't kick him...his foot literally grazed Ware's head as in "get up". If I didn't see the play I would swear he curb stomped the kid by how some of you are reacting. It was unsportsmanlike, but it wasn't as diabolical as some of you think either. He got chewed out, he got a flag, it's over...move on
I mean, I vote he stays home from the bowl game...
Wait. Err.
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Does last year count?
Like I stated above, I didn't mind the personal foul for stepping on the lineman. That shit happens every play on the line. Whether you see it or not I can assure you.
The kick on the player out of conscientiousness I do not condone.
I played on the defensive line and I can promise you, it's a battle with pinching, fish hooking, eye gouging, etc.
I'm gonna assume you didn't play football if you don't already know that.
They can walk across my thick ankles all day. I'll trade that all days for the blindside hits I used to take as a MLB and shotgun/long snapper. Spearing was legal on centers in my day and had my bell rung more than once by a few future pros. Groin shots are also a lot worse.
kid has really upped his game this year. tons of effort and his motor is high