William Gholston caught in the act – Will the Big Ten suspend him?

I found it interesting that Chris Spielman found it necessary to defend Michigan State head coach, Mark Dantonio, as not being a dirty coach during the broadcast of the Michigan/Michigan State football game. I believe this occurred right after William Gholston was caught on camera violently wrenching Denard Robinson’s head at the bottom of the pile (I’ll have to double check to be sure when his comments were made during the game).

I guess Spielman felt it imperative to say something as Michigan State had 6 personal foul penalties during the game. At least two were on William Gholston – one for roughing the passer and one for punching an opposing player in the head/head gear. Urban Meyer openly wondered on two occasions why Gholston was still in the game after the punching incident. Spielman had no response for this.

Dantonio’s decision to put Gholston back out in the game after the two personal fouls suggests that he supports and encourages dirty play by his players. Dantonio left Marcus Rush in the game after he drew a 15 yard Roughing the Passer penalty for body slamming Denard Robinson with less than 5 minutes remaining in the game (which was reminiscent of the cheap shot taken on Mike Martin during the 2010 game resulting in a lower leg injury that hampered him for the rest of 2010).

I think former OSU players and coaches must generally support one another despite how egregious their actions are. Dantonio defended Tressel despite Tressel’s cheating and lying. Spielman must have felt that he had to return the favor by supporting Dantonio’s dirty style of play.

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