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The ending of an SEC game turned ugly on Saturday night after Florida’s quarterback<\/a> took a knee, yet was still hit.<\/p>\n

Graham Mertz kneeled to officially ice unranked Florida’s 29-16 win over No. 11 Tennessee<\/a>. However, it wasn’t the occasional knee, as Mertz tried to waste some clock first (it was 4th and 16, and there were nine seconds left).<\/p>\n

But nonetheless, members of Tennessee’s defensive line still tried to burst through the trenches.<\/p>\n

When it really became clear that Mertz was set to kneel, defensive lineman Omari Thomas made contact with the quarterback.<\/p>\n

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It looked as if Thomas was going for a tackle at first, but realized at the last second it wasn’t a good idea. Despite throwing his hands up in order to stop himself, it was too late.<\/p>\n

Thomas made contact, Mertz fell to the grass, and the Gators offensive line was not amused.<\/p>\n

Two Gators went up to Thomas to confront him, and another lineman, Damieon George Jr., shoved the Volunteer.<\/p>\n

After that shove, Florida’s Micah Mazzccua and Tennessee’s Kamal Hadden squared up, and they each appeared to swing at one another.<\/p>\n

There was more pushing and shoving in a nearby pile.<\/p>\n

George was initially flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct, and Thomas for targeting.<\/p>\n

PLAYERS FROM COLORADO, COLORADO STATE GET INTO PREGAME SKIRMISH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The brouhaha occurred near the Florida bench, so there was an awful lot of blue trying to separate players from one another.<\/p>\n

Trevor Etienne<\/a> ran for a career-high 172 yards and a touchdown, and Montrell Johnson scored twice in the Gators’ victory.<\/p>\n

The Volunteers have now lost 10 straight games in The Swamp, last winning in 2003.<\/p>\n

Florida hosts Charlotte next week, while Tennessee, who figures to drop in the polls, will host UTSA.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/punches-thrown-end-florida-tennessee-game-contact-gators-quarterback-kneel <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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