Cincy-Xavier Fight: Both Sides Dropped the Ball on Suspensions
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Fight: Both Sides Dropped the Ball on Suspensions  As you no
doubt have heard by now, Saturday's matchup between heated
rivals, the Xavier Musketeers and the Cincinnati Bearcats, ended
in a benches-clearing melee, featuring pushing, stomping, trash
talking, and punching.  Was this fight a disgrace? Yes. Could it
have been prevented? Probably, but that's not why I'm writing
this article.  No, instead I feel a need to talk about the
mockery that is the suspensions handed out by both universities.
The day after the fight, it was announce that Cincinnati had
suspended Yancy Gates, Cheikh Mbodj, and Octavius Ellis for six
games, as well as suspended Ge'Lawn Guyn for one game. Xavier,
on the other hand, suspended Dez Wells and Landen Amos for four
games, Mark Lyons for two games, and stay Tu Holloway for one
game.  Clearly both universities don't understand the severity
of the actions these