Patterico's Pontifications

Due to my substandard internet connection, I chose not to watch the video. But, as a Buckeye fan from the 70s till now, I would prefer the Woody Hayes aftermath. Woody was fired. Blount should be expelled. Nuff said.

John Hitchcock (3fd153) — 9/4/2009 @ 11:02 pm

I agree. He go suspended during summer practice for behavioral issues, so this really should be an expulsion…

Scott Jacobs (d027b8) — 9/4/2009 @ 11:03 pm

That looks criminal to me. I understand juries are generally going to be reluctant to convict people of fights occurring during sporting events, and prosecutors generally shy away from filing charges in such circumstances. But this is pretty egregious: a totally unprovoked blow delivered to an unprotected victim (not wearing a helmet).

Patterico (cc3b34) — 9/4/2009 @ 11:04 pm

There was that hockey dealio with the kids a few years ago.

brb

happyfeet (6b707a) — 9/4/2009 @ 11:06 pm

Here is teen rugby player found guilty of manslaughter in death of opponent. That’s not the one I was thinking of.

happyfeet (6b707a) — 9/4/2009 @ 11:08 pm

Well, it wasn’t totally unprovoked. Pretty much everyone admits that the Bronc’s player said something that fell short of “Good game”.

Blount is suspended from even bowl games, but will still practice with the team, and is still on scholarship. He’s lucky I’m not the guy who got to make that call. He’d be out on his ass, having bounced twice after I kicked him out of the program.

Scott Jacobs (d027b8) — 9/4/2009 @ 11:11 pm

I read a poll very recently where most NCAA football players knew someone on their team was juicing. While normal athletic testosterone can do this to a man, steroids were my first thought. I sure as hell hope this isn’t really a problem. NCAA football has replaced NFL and MLB for me.

Juan (bd4b30) — 9/4/2009 @ 11:12 pm

OK, I have no idea if it was provoked by words, but the guy who got socked clearly made no physical moves towards the guy who socked him.

Patterico (cc3b34) — 9/4/2009 @ 11:13 pm

I liked the NFL until it let Vick back in. As it is, I’m picking up a college ball package this season, to make up for the loss of watching my Chargers play.

Scott Jacobs (d027b8) — 9/4/2009 @ 11:14 pm

Celebrating the victory on the Broncos’ trademark blue turf, Hout yelled in Blount’s face and tapped him on the shoulder pad. Before Boise State coach Chris Petersen could pull Hout away, Blount landed a right to Hout’s jaw, knocking him to his knees.

Dana (863a65) — 9/4/2009 @ 11:15 pm

but the guy who got socked clearly made no physical moves towards the guy who socked him.

At least nothing threatening. I certainly don’t count a tap (or even a smack) on a shoulder pad aggressive. Unless he said “Hey dude, I’m going home to bang your mom [shoulder-tap here]”, then there’s no call for the punch.

If that is what he said, a punch was a piss poor way of registering displeasure. 🙂

Scott Jacobs (d027b8) — 9/4/2009 @ 11:17 pm

Here’s the best I can find of the resolution of the illegal cross-check in hockey story where one kid got convicted. Here’s several articles that give the backstory.

I think the sum of it is that we all need to remember what Alyssa Milano says: It’s nice to be important but it’s more important to be nice.

Also, p LeGarrette

happyfeet (6b707a) — 9/4/2009 @ 11:19 pm

Missing out on the Chargers, sans Air Coryell (sp?), is no loss at all. Missing out on the Steelers, now that’s another story. But I agree, Vick should stay a mason’s tender at $10 an hour.

Same disease, different symptom. If you got mad skilz, your madness can be overlooked. And, yes, I’m calling the mere suspension an act of overlooking some goon’s madness.

John Hitchcock (3fd153) — 9/4/2009 @ 11:20 pm

oops. I hit enter too soon but that’s ok we can just leave it there.

happyfeet (6b707a) — 9/4/2009 @ 11:20 pm

Missing out on the Chargers, sans Air Coryell (sp?), is no loss at all.

You shut your dirty, lying mouth.

I’m a KSU fan, so I’m a Darren Sproles fan.

Scott Jacobs (d027b8) — 9/4/2009 @ 11:23 pm

There should have been a couple of smileys in that reply to John. I hope he understands the spirit in which it was meant…

Scott Jacobs (d027b8) — 9/4/2009 @ 11:25 pm

When I saw just the punch:

I can understand how someone who just played a hard game can screw up and punch someone. I think it’s still a tough call, even though it’s way beyond acceptable conduct. Sporting events, including the immediate aftermath, are different from normal life.

When I saw him dragged off the field like he’s a deranged nutcase:

That dude has a serious issue and this ain’t cool.

Juan (bd4b30) — 9/4/2009 @ 11:26 pm

Scott, you already told me you want to get my daughter drunk on your dime. Of course I value nothing you say.

. . .

I can read playful banter fairly decently, I think. And I read your post as playful banter.

John Hitchcock (3fd153) — 9/4/2009 @ 11:32 pm

Blount should have just gnawed Hout’s pinkie off instead of punching him. At least that seems to be acceptable to the community based reality in this country.

daleyrocks (718861) — 9/4/2009 @ 11:34 pm

Scott, you already told me you want to get my daughter drunk on your dime

You misunderstood, sir…

I meant your dime. Besides, I’m too smitten with PFC Pico. 🙂

Of course I value nothing you say.

This remains, however, a good policy to hold to. 🙂

Scott Jacobs (d027b8) — 9/4/2009 @ 11:53 pm

Is this girl 3 months old? It should take at least ten dimes to get her drunk.

Juan (bd4b30) — 9/5/2009 @ 12:01 am

At least you’re PC enough to be smitten by a hippy-named daughter of an androgenously named human-type substance.

John Hitchcock (3fd153) — 9/5/2009 @ 12:15 am

I will not stand to see the woman I love spoken of in this manner!

I will see you, suh, at dawn!

Scott Jacobs (d027b8) — 9/5/2009 @ 12:24 am

Watch the first seconds of the video. Hout slaps the shoulder pad of Blount(who was walking by mindig his own business) to get his attention and then taunts him by yelling in his face after Blount suffered an embarrassing loss. Yes, it is obvious Blount lost control at that point but I bet that little punk Hout will think twice before taunting a guy who can knock him out with one punch.

Blount is out for the season, his senior season, so that is the end of his college career. I think Hout should be punished for instigating this as well as Hout physically and verbally provoked Blount who could not control his temper.

Hout showed extremely poor sportsmanship as well, although not to extent of Blount, in case some think I consider the two actions equal.

It’s like some punk flicking you in the nose after already beating you when you are most vulnerable and upset.

Brett (5f9a26) — 9/5/2009 @ 12:24 am

Can we wait at least till September 23? It will be autumn then. I would hate all the other hippy-named girls thinking you’re defending their honor.

John Hitchcock (3fd153) — 9/5/2009 @ 12:28 am

I think Hout should be punished for instigating this as well as Hout physically and verbally provoked Blount who could not control his temper.

Trash-talk is part of the game. If you can’t handle getting smack-talked without hauling off and hitting the guy, a) you likely should be in playing organized sports and/or b) try to not get your asses kicked. They don’t talk so much trash when you win.

Scott Jacobs (d027b8) — 9/5/2009 @ 12:31 am

Dude, you keep talking about her dad like that, and I suspect she’ll take care of you for me.

She is trained in how to use an assault rifle. I’m pretty sure I don’t actually need to defend a damn thing. 🙂

Scott Jacobs (d027b8) — 9/5/2009 @ 12:34 am

In some ways I agree w/ the UofO tailback: he was touched AND taunted. I wouldn’t put up with that. On the other hand, he wore his mask (and therefore was a sissy ala Red Sox Varitek against A-rod) and the Boise State guy did not have one on.

JB2 (8a32c3) — 9/5/2009 @ 12:37 am

Dude, he was touched on his SHOULDER PAD… If he can’t take that, he’s the biggest sissy I ever met.

Scott Jacobs (d027b8) — 9/5/2009 @ 12:44 am

Trash-talk is part of the game. If you can’t handle getting smack-talked without hauling off and hitting the guy, a) you likely should be in playing organized sports and/or b) try to not get your asses kicked.

Exactly. Just to recap this whole episode:

1) Blount put up some bulletin-board material saying that Oregon owed Boise State an “ass-whipping.”
2) Blount proceeded to rush 8 times for -5(yes, that’s NEGATIVE five) yards in the game.
3) Boise State kicked the tar out of Oregon.
4) Hout pops off to Blount, who has a history of behavioral problems and had a horrible game to boot.
5) Blount sucker-punches Hout and knocks him on his butt, then proceeds to do the Carmelo Anthony “quickly back away from the guy I sucker-punched” dance.
6) Blount then goes cuckoo, shoving and slapping his teammates before heading to the locker room.
7) On the way in, he then goes after some Boise State fans who are razzing him, and has to be dragged off the field by security.

I don’t know about a felony charge, as Patterico muses, but he should have been expelled at the very least. He’s damn lucky he only got suspended, as he’ll at least get to hold on to his scholarship and (hopefully) get his degree.

Oh yeah, and Hout should be suspended for at least a couple of games for being an unsportsmanlike prick and inciting the whole thing to begin with. Both of them are freakin’ douchebags, Blount just more so because he acted like a child instead of a grown man and couldn’t handle it when he and his team choked.

Another Chris (f29ad3) — 9/5/2009 @ 12:50 am

For the record:

a) you likely should be in playing organized sports

Should have read:

a) you likely shouldn’t be playing organized sports

Scott Jacobs (d027b8) — 9/5/2009 @ 12:58 am

Brett, being a trash talking football player is not something to punish. Yeah, it was poor sportsmanship. Sportsmanship is supererogatory. But the punch itself is not that hard to understand. It’s the insanity afterwards that makes me want this guy off the field.

Juan (bd4b30) — 9/5/2009 @ 1:03 am

Watch the first seconds of the video. Hout slaps the shoulder pad of Blount(who was walking by mindig his own business) to get his attention and then taunts him by yelling in his face after Blount suffered an embarrassing loss.

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I think Hout should be punished for instigating this as well as Hout physically and verbally provoked Blount who could not control his temper.

Taunting happens in football all the time (I’ve heard mother jokes, sister jokes, mother and sister jokes…). Typically, it happens during the game with the idea of breaking your opponent’s concentration. The best response is to ignore it, then if your team wins, let the taunting player have a taste of his own medicine. We can only speculate why Hout taunted Blount at the end of the game. Likely, it was to avenge some slight that occurred during the game. Regardless, a verbal action (especially in an environment where such antics are common) does not justify a violent response.

If Blount can’t handle it (as millions of other have and do), he should never have been allowed the privilege of wearing the uniform. As for Hout, he was already in the process of getting a “talking-to” by his coach when Blount sucker-punched him.

BTW: A player that can dish-it out but not take it, is the punk — not the other way around.

Pons Asinorum (39c941) — 9/5/2009 @ 1:17 am

While I was constructing my masterpeice, commenters: 26, 29, 30, & 32 all beat me to the punch ! Didn’t mean to pile-on or plagiarize 🙂

Pons Asinorum (39c941) — 9/5/2009 @ 1:22 am

Blount is definitely a Democrat. He can dish it out, but can’t take it.

ROA (e2e9ec) — 9/5/2009 @ 1:49 am

Blount’s punch wasn’t the worst thing. The backing away taunt dance was pretty cheesey, followed by the crying temper tantrum while being hustled into the locker room was just bizarre.

Dude ain’t playing with a full deck. That means he shouldn’t be playing on a football field. I think a year suspension might be too lenient, but it’s something.

What do Oregon’s student conduct rules say about fighting? Because those should be in play here, as well as any rules that affect student behavior on the football field.

KingShamus (fb8597) — 9/5/2009 @ 4:47 am

Well, I agree with most of what has been said, but I would also say if you want to tempt a fight after a game, you should be ready to take it on.

I’m not sure I would call it a “sucker punch”, except to the degree you go and provoke someone then turn your back on him makes you a sucker.

Don’t know if Blount was taunting in return as he was backing away, or showing a bit of sense extricating himself from the situation while remembering not to turn your back to the guy you just provoked. As far as leaving his helmet on, it was already on and I doubt he thought about it.

While Blount needs to held responsible for his actions, in their role as “parents in absentia”, rather than expel him I think Oregon should keep him in school and try to get him some help. While in many ways big-time college sports is much more like the pros than high school, it isn’t the pros and they owe more to their players than rewards as long as they are producing on the field.

When in college their was a guy in the dorm who was a barrel of nitroglycerin when he drank, which he did anyway, and they didn’t expel him (right away anyway) even though I think he was a bigger threat to those around him. He was being monitored by the dean of students, though.

MD in Philly (d4f9fa) — 9/5/2009 @ 5:16 am

According to an interview with the coach yesterday, Blount gets to keep his scholarship.
And the clip starts about 2 seconds too late. The Boise player definitely slapped Blount’s shoulder pad and said something right before he got punched.

kaf (525681) — 9/5/2009 @ 6:28 am

My Ducks! My dear, dear Ducks!

What a truly sad start to college football.

Dencouch (935f74) — 9/5/2009 @ 6:29 am

Whatever it was the Boise player said, it was bad enough and loud enough for the Boise St. coach to hear from several yards away and make a move towards his own player to get him under control. Again, no excuses for Blount, but I don’t have much sympathy for the Boise St. player.

MD in Philly (d4f9fa) — 9/5/2009 @ 6:48 am

Blount was out of control before Hout taunted and touched his sholder. I recorded the last half of the game and watched Blount playing. He seemed frustrated that the ball was not thrown to him enough. On the last play, the ball was thrown over his head. In the few seconds, after the game, Blount was throwing punches at his own teammates.

No way of knowing if he is ‘on something’ or not, but he was a walking timebomb and it didn’t take much to set him off.

I don’t see what value it would be to have him practice with the team. He’s not exactly imbued with team spirit.

Uniblogger (d4e1e6) — 9/5/2009 @ 6:50 am

Wouldn’t want my kids to be on the same campus as that guy.
He thinks he gets to do that stuff.
There are only so many scholarships allowed a school.
Keeping this clown on scholarship means they don’t get another guy who could, you know, play the game.

Richard Aubrey (c644ec) — 9/5/2009 @ 7:18 am

Perhaps Blount can go straight to the NFL and let the big boys show him how it’s done.

PatAZ (9d1bb3) — 9/5/2009 @ 7:22 am

As a former college football player, I’ve seen worse DURING the game. The Boise St. player’s taunting was enough to draw the ire of Coach Petersen. Even after Haut got up from the turf, the coach was still reaming him out about his behavior.

The punch didn’t get him suspended, the stupidity afterwards did. Fighting his own teammates, security, other fans, having to get carried off the field by 3-6 different people. THAT’S why he needed to go. It also would put others of equal immaturity on notice.

As for the punch being called a sucker punch? Please. If you walk up to someone running your yap, you at least better keep your head on a swivel. You can’t stand there and rub it in, but then be incredulous when someone lowers the boom on you. No sympathy for neither player…. Excellent straight right though.

Chris G (e23641) — 9/5/2009 @ 7:41 am

The only problem for Blount was that it was captured on video tape.

Alta Bob (e53677) — 9/5/2009 @ 8:16 am

It was a decent punch.
Too much reach and no real power… quick though.
Boise player should be suspended for being an ass on national TV. He was being restrained by his coach already and should be made an example of.
I also agree that if you want to yap your mouth and be touching people you are taunting keep your eyes open. If he doesn’t hit you, his mom may come down out of the stands and hit you with a 15 lbs purse.
I’ve been in some pretty vicious post game fights at adult semi pro soccer matches.
The leagues back then were dominated by ethnic teams, largly hispanic, but you’d get Greeks, Armenian’s Iranians, Guatemalan’s, Honduran’s, El Salvadoreno but mostly it was angry Mexicans ometimes be the only white guy out there and some days I should have worn a target instead of a number.
I got in a fight talking trash (in spanish) because this washed up ex pro Mexican league dude was whining to the ref after I knocked him off the ball and he’s slid onto this little patch of asphalt that was about three yards of the sideline….. their sideline though.
He spits on me, it was 10AM on a Sunday and I am getting pelted with Budweisers from the “fans” (in cans thankfully, bottles don’t have as much give) The guy goes to kick me and I grab his foot and drive a punch through him and to the ground. Then I disappeared in a punching kicking stomping group of angry Michoacanos… which is actually easier because they all want to get their kicks in so they get in each others way.
I’ve been stomped before, but I gotta say the the heel cleats on a soccer boot really leave an nice memory.
The only thing to do was to just grab legs and pull a couple of them into the pile as a shield, then get the poor guy under me and sort of noogie his face until the pile broke up.
One of my teamates just walked around the mob shoving people onto the pile which was helpful.
Later he pulled me out from under the heap by looking for the white guy legs and grabbing my feet…. I thought I was getting pulled out for another round so I put my fingers in that poor guys nostrils and held on but then I lost my grip.
At some point the cops got there and I sort of floated off to the side got our coach and a few others to walk me to my truck and I drove myself to the hospital for stitches.
I was suspended for the rest of the year for causing a riot.
The police started to require security guards at the games after that (didn’t help)

Blount ruined his draft chances.
He lost a lot of money making potential and even the CFL looks like a long shot…
If the Oregon coach is weak, he will reinstate Blount for the USC game… citing anger and impulse counseling etc.

SteveG (97b6b9) — 9/5/2009 @ 8:28 am

Blount clearly has issues and deserves suspension.

But Hout deserved the shot he got. Maybe next time he walks away without taunting the opponent.

Hate to reference Rudy T but he was an ass too.

HeavenSent (01a566) — 9/5/2009 @ 8:57 am

Another Chris you said it better than me. I fully agree with you and Juan. I’m not sure why some here think I fell Blount is without falt. I stated Blount is far more at fault and responsible for his own actions. Blount is paying a heavy price for his actions and he deserves it.

My point, which I apparantly did not make very well, was that Hout took a cheap shot at Blount and couldn’t handle the repercussions of provoking him. Hout deserves to be made responsible for instigating this.

Blount’s actions, especially after the initial strike, show he is truly out of control…all his ranting and raving. I get that. He’s gone!

I know crap happens during the game. But that is different. During the game you can pop the guy back on the next play. After the game is over that is a whole different story.

It is like kicking a guy when he is down after you beat him down and he is no longer moving. That is cheap and cowardly. During the fight (ie, during the game) all bets are off but when you leave the field it is over and Hout decided he needed to taunt Blount and push him around in his defeat. Hout is a punk too!

Brett (5f9a26) — 9/5/2009 @ 9:49 am

I’d need to know just what Hout said to Blount. If he just fed Blount Blount’s own words (predicting that Oregon would give Boise State an “ass whippin'”) by saying, “How ’bout THAT for an ass-whippin?”, then I think that doesn’t deserve punishment, even if it’s not sportsmanlike.

If Hout went further, then maybe he should sit a game or two.

Mitch (69e416) — 9/5/2009 @ 10:11 am

Bofe dem should say they’re sorry.

Hout: I’m sorry.

Blount: I’m sorry too.

Hout: You wanna play Xbox?

Blount: Sure!

happyfeet (6b707a) — 9/5/2009 @ 11:34 am

Hout deserves to be made responsible for instigating this.

For trash-talking?

Hout was being held to account by his coach — that lecture was interrupted by Blount’s punch (apparently, Blount had his feelins’ hurt).

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Brett, I think everyone here agrees that what Blount did was wrong, including you and I. Most also appear to think that Hout bears a degree of responsibility. Since the root of this whole thing starts with trash-talking, perhaps there should be some discussion on the relevance of when it occurs: before or during the game versus after the game.

Trash-talking before or during the game is a selfish act that inspires the other team. Coaches from HS to Pro use newspaper clippings of trash-talk from the opposing team, display them in the locker room, and often refer to the comments throughout the week of practice, prior to the game. Coaches admonish their players not to trash-talk — to maintain discipline and think of the team before themselves. Coaches are renowned for the “save it for after the game” paradigm.

Trash-talking after a game is no better, but it is football and it is in the game (apologies to the video game maker). Just because a player chooses to “save it for after the game” hardly makes it “cheap and cowardly”. Classless and unsportsmanlike, yes.

Maybe Hout is a punk too, but keep in mind that if Blount trash-talked before or during the game, Hout managed to keep himself in-check and showed greater discipline and did not lose his cool or embarrass his team during the game (he save that for afterwards). Technically wouldn’t that make Blount a triple punk: one for trash-talking, two for not backing it up on the field, and three for dishing-it out, but not be able to take it?

If trash-talk is a problem, then perhaps the conference should “outlaw” trash-talking altogether; maybe make the offenders wear dresses and sip tea or something.

Only kind words for all — I mean, we would not want to hurt the other guys feelins’.

Pons Asinorum (39c941) — 9/5/2009 @ 11:47 am

I don’t know about a felony charge, as Patterico muses

I never said felony. Misdemeanor. A simple battery.

Patterico (cc3b34) — 9/5/2009 @ 12:17 pm

I had an exchange with an LA Times sportswriter who thinks Hout is equally at fault. When I raised the issue of trash talking (I too would like to know what Hour said), he came back with the analogy of shouting fire in a crowded theater. Where does the Times get these guys ?

Blount invited this by trash talking before the game.

Mike K (4baa9f) — 9/5/2009 @ 12:29 pm

If Hout went further, then maybe he should sit a game or two.

An article said that Hout would be spending the next week with the coach, so he can come to understand how his behavior wasn’t appropriate…

I’m thinking that will be more than hell enough for the guy…

Scott Jacobs (d027b8) — 9/5/2009 @ 12:29 pm

feets – Maybe Blount and Hout shoyld both start keeping personal journals to record their thoughts about their behavior. That is the modern PC way, I think.

daleyrocks (718861) — 9/5/2009 @ 12:38 pm

journaling rocks. A lot of times I think commenting works a lot the same as journaling.

I’ve never felt this centered my whole life.

happyfeet (6b707a) — 9/5/2009 @ 12:44 pm

feets – Plus chicks dig guys what journal. Trust me, you don’t want to cross swords with me on this.

Start journaling and you turn into a chick magnet. Gettingin touch with your inner misogynist, neanderthal, racist, ear mongering-self is magic!

Just don’t leave the real journal lying around. Leave the fake one with all the sensitive touchy feely crap.

daleyrocks (718861) — 9/5/2009 @ 12:49 pm

war mongering, not ear mongering

daleyrocks (718861) — 9/5/2009 @ 12:50 pm

Comment by happyfeet — 9/5/2009 @ 11:34 am

Does the fact that my mind flashed to this gag make me a bad person?

Scott Jacobs (d027b8) — 9/5/2009 @ 1:06 pm

Warning… that video is probably pretty offensive if you can’t take a joke. It also likely hits a couple of the NSFW markers.

Scott Jacobs (d027b8) — 9/5/2009 @ 1:07 pm

Happyfeet(#50)- that was funny. LOL!

Brett (5f9a26) — 9/5/2009 @ 2:06 pm

I’m thinking the Boise St. Coach wouldn’t have wanted to read the riot act to his player for a simple, “So who kicked who’s a–?”. I could be wrong, though.

MD in Philly (d4f9fa) — 9/5/2009 @ 5:05 pm

I don’t know what Hout said but Boise State Coach Chris Petersen strikes me as a coach who might chew out a player for any kind of taunting. Petersen has described his role as coach as an obligation to “actually teach the game to somebody and how you are supposed to conduct yourself.” He looks for assistant coaches who have “high character, low ego, and high output” and he views his team as blue collar underdogs:

COACH: As your program continues to grow more successful, heightened media coverage can help inflate players’ egos. What steps have you and your staff taken to maintain emphasis on the team instead of the individual?

PETERSEN: One of the things that has been the profile of the kind of student-athlete we have recruited here has been a little bit of that underdog mentality. It kind of feels like people overlooked him. We really like that edge and that mentality. One of the first things we did after we won the Fiesta Bowl is we didn’t allow any Fiesta Bowl champion gear in our weight room. Our strength coach said, “We’re not going to wear any Fiesta Bowl shirts here. That’s over and done with. We’re back to square one and it’s time to get our blue collar focus going. We have to earn everything we get. Nothing is going to be given to us.” That has to come from the coaches and we preach that a lot.”

Petersen is a good advocate for Boise State and he even likes that blue turf. I really enjoy his brand of innovative football but I can’t stand the blue turf.

DRJ (3f5471) — 9/5/2009 @ 5:23 pm

Having played D-1 sports, which gives me no moral authority but some hands-on experience, though I find guys like Hout to be d*cks, this is all on Blount. Hell, you cannot imagine the trash-talking during the game. Especially football, which is a game of carefully controlled violence. If you suspend someone for being a douchebag trash-talker, there would be very very very few players available to play.

JD (68664a) — 9/5/2009 @ 5:59 pm

Wow. Really reinforces the whole “college sports build great character” or “of course football is not for losers, it promotes leadership on and off the field”

anyone who loses control of themselves like that is incredibly WEAK. Why not drop the pretense and just let the colleges give the football team heroin and hookers and let them sh*t in the library? The greatest consolation will be in seeing Bount where 95% of college football players end up – overweight, broke and damn near crippled by injuries.

Californio (6c8956) — 9/6/2009 @ 1:43 am

Hats off to UO and the NCAA for saying bye-bye to this chump. They should have taken his scholarship too but I guess the University is hoping he will actually attend classes and get an education now – that is what going to University is really about after all, and not as a farm system for the NFL. This is not an isolated incident – he was disciplined earlier this year for not attending mandatory team meetings – he has a serious chip on his shoulder. Now you can go work at a Sports Authority and talk all the smack you want about the glory days you could have cherished. I agree with other posters here – the BSU player should be disciplined as well – you already did all the talking with your play in the game. No need to smack now. Be the better man and just walk off the field with your head held high at at a good victory. That crap should be worked out back in Pop Warner ball. You know, sportsmanship. Hats off to him (and the other BSU players) tho for not retaliating after he was sucker punched by a sore loser with a chip on his shoulder. To Blount, I would say good riddance, get some help, and have a modest life lived well. I know the reality will be that he will play in the NFL for the Eagles, Raiders, Falcons, or Saints, because teams of this ilk will always take anyone, regardless or your issues.

sickofprimadonnas (6f6e21) — 9/6/2009 @ 7:25 am

Dude needs to be playing pro-ball, where such behavior is tolerated.

exdeadhead (6a2917) — 9/6/2009 @ 9:44 am

I am sure of two things:
1. That animal, even though he is still on scholarship will not earn a degree.

2. He will be in prison…eventually.

RookDick (e9798b) — 9/6/2009 @ 12:08 pm

How does everybody feel about Ben Roethlisberger being accused of Rape. The media has completed forgotten this story. I guess a dogs life is more important than such a inhumane crime being committed against a woman. Anybody remember how Kobe was ridiculed in the media. White mans world.

richard (be0907) — 9/6/2009 @ 12:44 pm

Bill Romanowski attacks his teammate and breaks his left eye socket. I clearly remember the sports media stating how football was a warriors sport and these types of things take place between the lines on the field. No, talk of him committing a crime and for his actions a 3 game suspension and keep in mind this was not his first time attacking another player. He gets to resume his NFL career. But now NFL scouts are saying this young man will not be drafted because of his actions. Sounds a bit hypocritical to me. If we had been judged so harshly in our own lives many of us would not be where we are today in life. Different story when your the person who made the mistake. The most judgmental people are the biggest hypocrites. Wow a world full of perfect people.

richard (be0907) — 9/6/2009 @ 12:57 pm

A large percentage of collegiate athletes don’t earn their degrees. Let’s be honest their not there for education. He may not play football again, but I can guarantee that the player that taunted him will seriously find another way to channel his energies when his team wins. It was a costly punc,h but non the less he got clocked.

richard (be0907) — 9/6/2009 @ 1:02 pm

it’s all cause he be tryin to hold down the white people

j oldham (ccb77b) — 9/8/2009 @ 4:30 pm

Richard – We are all dummerer for having read your drivel.

JD (e4e95a) — 9/8/2009 @ 4:52 pm

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