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I predict a 2 game suspension... minimum.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/QfnuNUuy-0Y

[I-10east]

Suh probably would still be shoving his head in the turf right now if the other Packers players didn't (rightfully) shove him off. I don't buy that "Suh was only trying to get up" BS.

[duvaldude08]

Yeah I was watching the game. He is one naaaassssty fellow. That was totally uncalled for.

[BridgeTroll]

I predict a 2 game suspension... minimum.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/29/suh-suspended-two-games/

Suh suspended two games
Posted by Mike Florio on November 29, 2011, 10:14 AM EST

APFive days after stomping on Packers guard Evan Dietrich-Smith, Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has learned his fate.

Jay Glazer of FOX reports that Suh has been suspended two games.

Per Glazer, Suh has not been required to participate in anger management as part of his punishment.

Under the league’s process for on-field infractions, a copy of which PFT has obtained, Suh has three days to file an appeal.  A hearing then must be held within 10 days after the appeal is made.

The rules do not specify a deadline for the issuance of a final decision.  If Suh appeals, he’ll definitely be available for Sunday night’s game at New Orleans.  The Lions play the Vikings, Raiders, Chargers, and Packers over the final four weeks of the season.

The appeal will be conducted by Art Shell or Ted Cottrell.  Both have been jointly hired â€" and are jointly paid â€" by the NFL and the NFLPA.  League exec Ray Anderson will appoint one or the other to handle the hearing and make a final and binding decision.

Despite strong criticism from some players that the appeal process is meaningless, punishments meted out by the league office routinely are reduced on appeal by Shell and Cottrell.  In this specific case, a reduction of the suspension from two games to one would provide a high-profile example to all players, media, and fans that the appeal process is not futile.

   

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

I predict a 2 game suspension... minimum.

All the talk about Suh getting suspended.... Probably not gonna happen.

This was me before:



This is me standing corrected:

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Anyone remember Joe Kapp?  Was a QB for the Vikings... Redskins... 



He is still... well... fiesty...

He is the one with the flower...


http://www.youtube.com/v/eowH5IP3FQ8

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

I'm not old enough to remember, but I know of one senior editor who is:

Terry from Junction City, WI

I am critical of your attitude about football fraternization that you expressed. I find it short-sighted, out of touch with the reality of professional sports, and a terrible message to send to young athletes. That being said, consider the outcome of Suh's attitude on the field. In light of the Suh man-crush you expressed, are you re-thinking your attitude on the matter?

Not at all. Football is an edge sport and I like to watch players play the game with an edge for each other. I also expect those players to play the game within the rules and with a discipline befitting a professional football player. Suh didn’t do that and I don’t condone what he did. I like his edge, but he needs to learn how to discipline it. I think controlled intensity is a wonderful message to send to young athletes. It teaches young people how to perform under pressure, when their emotions are at a peak. Maybe more importantly, it teaches them how to behave among adversaries. Terry, it’s a tough world out there. Our young people need to learn how to compete. As an aside to this answer, it would appear that Joe Kapp and Angelo Mosca have kept their edge for each other.

I read this yesterday, followed the google trail and laughed out loud at my desk.

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Here is the back story...lol

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/28/SPO51M5A6L.DTL

JOE KAPP
A fight for the aged on YouTube
John Crumpacker, Chronicle Staff Writer

Until just recently, Joe Kapp probably did not know what a "YouTube Sensation" was.

Now he is one.

A clip of the 73-year-old Kapp decking fellow septuagenarian Angelo Mosca on Friday night at a Canadian Football League banquet in Vancouver, British Columbia, went viral for the utter absurdity of two old codgers stoking a feud nearly a half-century old. As of 7 p.m. Monday, various versions of the video had received a combined total of nearly 600,000 views.

"How does it look? Good or bad?" Kapp asked The Chronicle on Monday after arriving home from Vancouver. "Ed Nemir, the old boxing coach at Cal, would have been proud of that right cross. He kind of wanted me out for the team, but I was busy playing basketball."

When Kapp retaliated with a right cross to the jaw of Mosca after taking what he said was a swiping blow to the face from Mosca's cane - "On his way down I couldn't resist kicking him in the ass," Kapp said Monday - it rekindled a grudge dating to the 1963 Grey Cup between Kapp's British Columbia Lions and Mosca's Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Kapp was quarterback of that B.C. team, later going on to lead the Minnesota Vikings to Super Bowl IV. Mosca, then a defensive tackle for the Ti-Cats, later gained a measure of fame as a pro wrestler.

According to Kapp, Mosca delivered a late hit out of bounds to B.C. running back Willie Fleming, who had taken a pitch from his quarterback in that '63 Grey Cup.

"He was already down. It was a cheap shot," Kapp said. "Here comes Mosca and he hits Willie in the head. I got into his face and cursed at him in two languages, English and Spanish. Willie won't talk to him (to this day)."

During Grey Cup week in Vancouver, Kapp and Mosca were among the guests at a CFL alumni banquet, where Mosca was apparently a willing Hatfield to Kapp's McCoy.

"I was sitting at the table and he's mouthing 'F.U.s' to me," Kapp said. "He was a wrestler, a professional bully."

A master of ceremonies later called Kapp and Mosca to the stage, where Mosca could be heard uttering a profanity to Kapp.

"There was a flower arrangement on the table," Kapp said. "I took the flowers up and started to hand it to him on the stage. I was attempting to make peace with the flower arrangement."

Instead, Mosca pushed the flowers away, Kapp swatted the flowers back at Mosca and the seated Mosca started swinging his cane at Kapp.

"He caught me on the side of the head with his cane," Kapp said. "I threw the flowers at him and got him with the right cross and I think another one to his belly."

Kapp said he apologized after he and Mosca were separated, calling the incident "regretful."

"I'm not proud of it," Kapp said. "I did not start it. I never started a fight in my life. Quarterbacks are supposed to be smarter than that. And I didn't start this one."

What he started was a flurry of views on an untold number of computers once the clip was uploaded to the Internet. Kapp has been many things in his life - college and pro football player, college basketball player, Super Bowl quarterback, college head coach, bit actor, restaurateur - and now he can add "viral video star."

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/28/SPO51M5A6L.DTL#ixzz1f7r69ybD

[I-10east]

^^^+1000 for shutting down that troll laden LA thread.

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

In other related news....

Kyle Orton, please be more like Jake Plummer and tell us how you REALLY feel about Tebowmania.

http://www.youtube.com/v/r8_buda5vWo?

[Dapperdan]

I watched the Minnesota and Denver game yesterday. I am sorry but Ponder looks leap years ahead of Gabbert. There is no getting around that. Even Tebow looked way better. On a side note, it looks like Tebow is starting to throw alot better.

[Keith-N-Jax]

Dan isnt there Denver forum you can post on? This is getting old and annoying now. Whats done is done.

[Dapperdan]

This is a forum called other NFL news, so I figure anything is game in thise one. Don't like it? Don't read it. Lets see how Plain Gabbert does tonight.