Did he get off easy?

as you all might have heard, Florida Gators player Brandon Spikes had been caught on video using his hands to basically gauge out an opposites eyes with his hands. It happened this Saturday when Florida played Georgia and people became frantic after seeing the video all over the news. After the event, most people assumed that Spikes was going to get a harsh penalty as was I. Boy were we wrong, Spikes only got suspended half a game and left people with their mouths wide open. This is the second time this year that a player has done something to the opposing team that showed very poor sportsmanship. The first player got kicked off the team and Spikes seemed to get away with a slap on the wrist. I can't seem to understand the scale in which they penalize these players? Obviously they both were wrong and with that said, they both should be punished in the same way. When I saw this on TV, I couldn't even imagine doing that to another human being. I sometimes wonder what goes through a persons head when they do such idiotic things. So I ask you all two questions. Do you think that Brandon Spikes got of to easy and I'd like to hear you reason behind why people do such harsh things knowing that they are probably going to get caught and have shown throughout the country?