This could be interesting...

[biobengal]

A video of the incident obtained by "Outside the Lines" shows Kramer trotting across the practice field before appearing to push Graves to the ground with a two-handed shove to the chest. Graves fell backwards after the contact.

Graves filed a police report with Pocatello police on Sunday after his family retained Alabama attorney Don Jackson.

The best part:

Since the incident, Graves said, he has suffered from neck spasms and has not been cleared by the team's medical staff to resume participating in practices or games.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I was humiliated at the moment. If I retaliate, I could lose my senior season. If I didn't do anything, I would look like a punk. It was a no-win situation.

Too late...

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[BTOBY312004]

Neck spasms and can't be cleared. Seems a little excessive for only falling backwards as seen in the video? Hmmm

 

[spartan]

Derek Graves is a massive pussy

let me repeat: Derek Graves is a massive pussy

one more time/slight variation: Derek Graves is the biggest pussy to ever walk the face of the planet

 

[notabengalalum]

Looks like asking what happened there ought to be one of the first questions for tomorrow night's Coaches Show!! hno:
Maybe a question about the veracity of the "we're going to lose anyway" comment supposedly made before the Nebraska game could be asked as well.

 

[IFBengalfan98]

Sorry Guys, unacceptable behavior by a Head Coach.

 

[homegrown]

Is this something Kramer could lose his job over?

 

[BTOBY312004]

Question could be what money game do we have to play next year to pay the settlement this kids lawyer is going to negotiate! Which is more unacceptable- the coach pushing him down or this obvious attempt at getting paid by lawsuit?

 

[bhumble]

Is this something Kramer could lose his job over?

Yes
Ask Bobby Knight

 

[letuknow]

Is he a football player or Bengal dancer? He's way past looking like a punk

 

[sasquatch]

Go to other boards and on twitter, and people from all over are saying it's no wonder ISU is so bad when you have players like Graves.

Not defending Kramer, he shouldn't have shoved him. But this is frickin' full contact football. That little shove gave the kid neck spasms, but he never had any problems in games at Air Force or Nebraska?

Seriously, as I began to watch the video, I expected to see Kramer come barrelling over and knocking Graves over at full force. He didn't. He stopped, got in his face, and gave him a shove, probably telling him to hit the showers.

I seriously wouldn't give Graves a dime, and I have a hard time believing the Poky police will press charges over that.

 

[tuffgong]

What a joke. Soon the Rev. Jesse Jackson and honorable Al Sharpton are gonna be in Poky looking for heads to roll. This is an all-out dumpster fire waiting to explode. Derek Graves, please leave.

 

[biobengal]

The ESPN comments are funny, so are the facts: lawyer hired, back spasms, Graves worrying about being a punk. It's just so comical... but the ultimate results, I fear, will have serious consequences for Kramer, ISU football, its fans and current players.

Two things are true: Kramer was wrong and Graves is a

 

[Webcaster]

That fall would be a foul in the NBA ha ha ha ha

 

[letuknow]

Here are some of the comments from ESPN

The medical staff should gently remove his tampon and see if that gets him cleared to play

What is worse is that he is embarassing his teammates as much as himself. I suspect practice may not be all that much fun for him for awhile ... not to mention the locker room.

Seriously?!?! He had pads and a helmet on! Try getting hit in D-1 you little b.itch!!!

 

[Bandit]

Hmmm! I see a lot wrong here. Clearly, Kramer is in the wrong and so was Bobby Knight, except that Bobby tried to choke his player and Kramer mearly shoves his. It should go away, but we all know that these are the very things that Attorney's love. How many whip lash cases have been won like this. The one thing that is the hardest to prove is how much pain someone is in. I can already see him with a neck brace on, perhaps a back brace, and a perscription for Percocet(probably not spelled right). :twocents:

 

[up for the challenge]

Coach Kramer is an old school type of coach and the players know that going into his program. He is all about building a winning program, making sure the players are performing in the classroom, and enforcing disciplinary actions to players when needed.

 

[Spazdog.07]

:lol: I have been telling you stupid ISU fans Kramer IS NOT A GOOD PERSON! Don't worry he will have an EXCUSE for this one also. Good job...tuffguy...turning this into a racial iss :thumb: ue...

 

[Sniper]

I think Kramer was just showing him how to block, and did a good job of it.

 

[E5Bengal]

Winning issues, APR issues, Booster Issues (still waiting on a NCAA ruling right?), this is a issues that ISU doesn't need right now. If they didn't have video my guess is that the thing wouldn't go anywhere due to the push not looking like much, players and coaches would have had the Coaches back in the interviews. But since ESPN is going to run with this it will probably get legs. Definately doesn't look harmful. But it is still a Video of a coach pushing a student on campus.

I wonder if Coach will go all "It aint intermurals, Go play intermurals" like dan hawkins in his next Press Conference.

 

[biobengal]

Winning issues, APR issues, Booster Issues (still waiting on a NCAA ruling right?), this is a issues that ISU doesn't need right now.

IMO, the whole culture at Idaho State needs a thorough examination: Vailas, Tingey, etc..