No suspension for Alabama's Raekwon Davis

[BMF]

This is an absolute joke. He didn't get ejected, not even sure it was a penalty. It's going to be "handled internally". Joseph gets ejected and misses the entire 2nd half for a BS call....Houston gets booted for a "targeting" penalty. But you can punch a player 3 times and knee him in the head and get....nothing? Only at Alabama.

Nick Saban explains how Raekwon Davis punishment will be handled after meeting with Greg Sankey

Nick Saban explains how Raekwon Davis punishment will be handled after meeting with Greg Sankey

Alabama DL Raekwon Davis made headlines for the wrong reasons in the Crimson Tide’s 39-10 win over Missouri Saturday. The ESPN broadcast showed Davis throwing punches at Mizzou OL Kevin Pendleton. Davis was flagged, but not ejected.

On Monday, Alabama coach Nick Saban addressed Davis’ actions.

“I visited with Commissioner [Greg] Sankey about Raekwon’s actions,” Saban told reporters in his weekly press conference. “We will handle that internally. We will have him do some things. I think it should affect his playing time in the future.”

After the game, Pendleton told reporters that the two had already moved on.

“We moved on,” he said. “He’s a talented player. He wished me the best of luck this year. There’s no hard feelings.”

Davis also issued a public apology this weekend via his Twitter account.

Alabama travels to Knoxville, Tenn. this week to face rival Tennessee. The Third Saturday in October clash is set for a 3:30 p.m. ET kickoff with the game airing on CBS.

 

[MADGator]

This is an absolute joke. He didn't get ejected, not even sure it was a penalty. It's going to be "handled internally". Joseph gets ejected and misses the entire 2nd half for a BS call....Houston gets booted for a "targeting" penalty. But you can punch a player 3 times and knee him in the head and get....nothing? Only at Alabama.

Now THAT kid needs some anger management classes.

Saban’ll give him the ‘ol Booby Bowden punishment.

I don’t know who heads up the SEC ref’s office but that dude should be hanging his head this week.

 

[bradgator2]

Davis went full Gern.

 

[GatorInGeorgia]

Yeah, complete BS. How is it we’re always getting effed being on the receiving end of bad calls by refs and the likes of Bama, UGA & FSU seem to always catch a break?

 

[TN G8tr]

This should not surprise anyone!

 

[AuggieDosta]

Well to be fair, Alabama players are very civil beasts who hang their Anger Management completion certificates in their lockers. They exude composure that is typical of Championship winning teams. I'm sure he was not punching that defenseless player but was instead congratulating him on a solid blocking form.

 

[deuce]

Bama is the SEC!

 

[Bayougator]

The words "no suspension" and "Alabama" are married together, forever intertwined.

 

[InstiGATOR1]

The UAL "Politicians" strike again, I guess. Or could it be that the SEC did not suspend him since he should be suffering enough punishment by embarrassment as we all know he punches like a girl now?

 

[Bayougator]

The UAL "Politicians" strike again, I guess. Or could it be that the SEC did not suspend him since he should be suffering enough punishment by embarrassment as we all know he punches like a girl now?

That's almost as bad as punching like a man and throwing like a girl:

 

[jaywalker72]

We are talking about a conference who is HQ'd in the state of Alabama and thought that Birmingham was a neutral site for their championship. No surprises here. It is funny how the national media doesn't seem to raise an eyebrow, either, however. They probably think of all look the same, anyway.

 

[Gatormb]

The words "no suspension" and "Alabama" are married together, forever intertwined.

It's why Bobby used to "Pray for a misdemeanor". Nobody ever missed a game.

 

[alcoholica]

If he tears his ACL it won't hurt my feelings