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LOOK: Florida’s Duke Dawson lucky to avoid ejection after ‘slapping’ LSU receiver
By Cody McClure
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Florida’s Duke Dawson was deservedly penalized on Saturday against LSU.
Dawson, a defensive back for the Gators, slapped LSU wide receiver Russell Gage across the face (well, facemask) after a play in the second quarter.
Sometimes things get heated out there, but this was a pretty dumb play.
The officials caught the “slap” and flagged Dawson, but LSU also ended up being penalized for the retaliation. Thus, it was a double unsportsmanlike conduct on the play.
Dawson probably got lucky on this one. It certainly could have warranted an ejection from the game.
LSU led the Gators 10-3 at halftime.
Here are a couple of different looks at the unsportsmanlike slap:
Slap pic.twitter.com/dOPjn6uQbO
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) October 7, 2017
“What did the five fingers say to the face?”
“SLAP” pic.twitter.com/DYPD9hr1MV— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) October 7, 2017
Cody McClure is an SEC Football Writer for Saturday Down South. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he also co-hosts a midday sports radio show for FOX Sports. Cody previously worked for Athlon Sports.
