Immediately after last night’s game between Georgia and Vanderbilt, a 33-28 victory by the Bulldogs, a skirmish broke out between some of the coaches and players on both sides. Hours later, details about how the whole event unfolded are still pretty fuzzy, but there was a verbal altercation between Vandy coach James Franklin and Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham.
“I went to find Coach Richt and didn’t find him, so I found one of his assistant coaches and it didn’t go well. We’re not going to sit back and take it from anyone,” Franklin said afterward.
Today, Georgia coach Mark Richt addressed the altercation.
“We all know that we want to do things a certain way and we want to be able to keep our poise throughout the ballgame, too,” Richt said. “I just think tempers were hot. It was a very heated ballgame, a very close ballgame, a very emotional ballgame for everybody. It was just a situation where I’m sure words were spoken and all that kind of stuff.
“When you look at the big picture, it certainly wasn’t a pretty scene, but it really could have been a lot worse than it was. I thought coaches on each side and even some players did a good job of just trying to keep the peace and get everybody off the field without anything really horrible happening.”
Asked if he or the SEC would take any disciplinary action against any players involved, Richt followed up with “I have no idea. Right now we’re just going to start watching Florida film and put this other game to rest tomorrow. I’ve not been contacted in any way on those issues, and hopefully we won’t.”
(Tip of the cap: Athens Banner Herald)