The SEC has announced the punishments to the Florida Gators and Missouri Tigers following the brawl that took place during Saturday’s game, according to multiple reports.
Florida head coach Dan Mullen is being fined $25,000 and Florida defensive linemen Zachary Carter and Antwuan Powell will be suspended for the first half of this Saturday’s game against Georgia.
Missouri linebacker Chad Bailey, offensive lineman Dylan Spencer and defensive lineman Markell Utsey will also be suspended for the first half of the Tigers next game, which is November 14th and also against Georgia. Missouri has a bye week this weekend.
The Gators have had several positive COVID-19 tests and were playing their first game since October 10th where they lost to Texas A&M.
The brawl happened just after the final play of the first half of Florida’s 41-17 victory over the Tigers.
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Fight Night in Gainesville.
A brawl broke out at halftime of the Florida-Missouri game after Kyle Trask took a hard, late hit pic.twitter.com/CjZCxNmjz8
— College Football HQ (@TheCFBHQ) November 1, 2020
Missouri defensive lineman Trajan Jeffcoat had a questionable late hit on Florida quarterback Kyle Trask which started it all. Dan Mullen completely lost his cool, screaming at officials over the possibly dirty hit.
“There is no place in college football for the kind of incident that took place,” said SEC commissioner Greg Sankey in a statement. “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.”
Great news for the Dawgs, bad news for the Gators and Tigers.
Saturday’s matchup between No. 8 Florida (3-1, 3-1) and No. 5 Georgia (4-1, 4-1) is set to kickoff in Jacksonville at 3:30 ET on CBS.