Okay, we've officially heard enough about the whole Todd Grantham "choke" signal to Florida Gator kicker, Chas Henry. So, this post won't lengthen the controversy any further by rehashing the whole furor and analyzing it to death.
That said, you have to ask yourself the question: why is everyone so mad? Seriously, why the hate and lashing of Georgia's defensive coordinator for being in the moment and expressing what everyone else was secretly thinking: "miss it, dammit, miss it". It seems like a whole lot of nothing and if some Florida network had not decided to share it with the world, would we know? Would we care?
No doubt there are many coaches who are as animated as Grantham and, no doubt there are many of them who have, in the heat of the moment, said or made a gesture towards the other side that no one cared for but, unless you were there, you likely didn't know about it.
The funny thing about all of this is everytime Georgia plays Florida now, people are looking for some way to stick Georgia with some kind of negative. If it's not dancing in the end zone, then it's allegations of a dirty player (Washaun Ealey) provoking eye-gouges from defensive players.
No one seemed all that upset when Urban Meyer took multiple timeouts at the end of the blowout game in 2007 or, as "The Senator" points out, did the Gator chomp toward Georgia Bulldog fans as he ran off the field this past Saturday.
Get over yourselves!
Was what Todd Grantham did wrong? Yes, he should be more careful how he expresses some of his emotions. However, to act like he actually did choke somebody on the field is comical—he was caught up in the moment and made a mistake—period.
Honestly, you can't please the haters. Either they are jumping on Mark Richt for not having enough emotion or not enough—go figure.
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