It’s the punch heard ‘round the college football world…Oregon senior RB LeGarrette Blount DROPS (literally) Boise State defensive end Byron Hout following Oregon’s 19-8 loss to Boise St. on Thursday night (Sept 3rd).
As you can see at the start of the video, Hout slapped Blount on the shoulder pads and mocked him on his team’s loss (before the game, there had been serious trash talk exchanged between Blount and other Boise St. players in response to last year’s game, where Boise St. thrashed Oregon…Blount was adamant that “we owe them a butt whoopin’ from last year”, or something…so when Hout approached him, Hout probably said something like “SOOOOO….how’d that whole butt whoppin’ thing work out for ya, hah?”)
WHATEVER he said, Blount didn’t like it. As the video shows, he even had to be restrained from jumping on some Boise St. fans while he was being dragged out, kicking and screaming, by the Oregon coaching staff and stadium security.
Reaction from the team and the Pac-10 was swift…Oregon coach Chip Kelly suspended Blount for the entire season. While Blount’s suspension includes bowl games, he will remain on scholarship and will continue to practice with the team.
Meanwhile, Hout won’t be suspended at all for taunting Blount. Boise State spokesman Max Corbet told The Associated Press in an e-mail that Petersen “planned to spend time with Hout this week to help him learn from what happened.”
Does this seem fair? If Blount is gonna be suspended for the whole year, thus ENDING his football career, should Hout also have to face SOME form of discipline for provoking the whole thing in the first place?
What do you think?
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