and i can see both the chubby dude call him N***** and also the aformentioned "chair" guy…it clearly looks like he’s gonna come up on him and try to lay that thing on him. also, big time kudos to the boise state staff for instilling the discipline in their players not to go apeshit after the haymaker. that was pretty impressive looking back on it. frankly i am not so glum about the game as i am the possibility of tj ward being gone for the year and blounts actions. anything less than a 4 game suspension and i will be dissapointed in CK MB and the whole "institution."

considering that a lot of recent incidents with the team (the past 6 years or so) have come from them.

and Ill say it again. Blount’s actions after the punch were worse than the punch. Personally I hope he isn’t gone for the whole season. He is a young kid and this could be his whole future. This is coming from someone who has made mistakes and also from someone that probably would’ve thrown a punch also. How cool was Petterson after the punch?

because that was my opinion last night. after a night to sleep it off, maybe that’s harsh? i don’t know.

A commonly shared opinion is that Blount went after the fan because the fan used the N-word. My question is this: do racially motivated comments make this any more understandable? Personally, I say no. LeGarrette knows that going after is a fan is out of line. He’s lived through the Artest Melee and seen the backlash both in the media and in the punishments handed out. It can’t even be an option anymore for professional athletes.

i’m not defending or condoning him in any way. but i can see how after the first incident why he would have a shorter fuse as he continued to walk off the field. i wouldnt be surprised to see him tossed, nor would i lose sleep over it, nor will i ever cheer for a blount TD again. but i would rather see him learn from this, whatever wistful thinking that is, and hell, its one game, purdue is facing a seething team, and then from there remember we’re still tied for 1st in the pac 10.

At least he used good form when he landed the punch. There’s a lot of you out there that can’t seriously say that you wouldn’t have reacted the exact same way given the situation.
A Clemson blogger’s take: http://www.block-c.com/2009/09/04/this-handshaking-stuff-has-to-go/

And why is a Clemson blogger chiming in? Because we brought back fighting in football.

The things he did afterward are what warrant extraordinarily severe punishment. And for what it’s worth, he had such a great angle on Hout’s jaw because Chris Peterson was already digging into Hout for being a jackass. Oregon’s coaching staff made a much, much later appearance in this fiasco.

I think that the punch to the other player could be punished be a 5ish game suspension, but, couple that with his going after the fans afterwards and almost inciting a riot, then resisting all the way off the field as he was detained by the police/coaches on national tv and I say he should be cut from the team. We’re better than that and anything less than expulsion wouldn’t send a strong enough signal that his behavior has no place in college sports. He’s not a professional athlete on contract, but rather, it is a privilege for him to be able to play for and represent his school. Currently, I think he has embarrassed anybody who calls themselves a Duck fan and given the program a black eye. Whenever Duck football is brought up for at least the next year, this is going to be the thing that the rest of the country remembers. If I was Phil Knight, an incident like this might make me reconsider writing those fat checks to the school’s football program. Also, are you seriously worried about this guy’s future? I would be more worried about his future if he was given a multi-million dollar NFL contract. You think he acts out and is hotheaded now? Let’s see what happens when he is given the invincible feeling of having a million bucks in the bank. I foresee a future Michael Vick-type scenario.

I voted for kick him off the team.

Because I don’t want him to be there in 3 weeks.

Then again, considering he rushed 7 times for -5 yards maybe I should vote “promote to QB!”

but yeah i mean i go back and forth on this one. frankly the only thing i’m sure of is that i will never cheer a legarrette blount anything ever again.

So Chip Kelly Now as to decide what to do with Blount. As a new HC, and disciplinarian, this decision is going to lay the ground work for how he polices his program. He has said he is going to be very strict, and was a little in the spring. But this is for all the marbles, and I think he is going to bring the Hammer down.

I hope he suspends him for the majority if not all of the season but does not pull his scholarship. Let him at least finish school, he clearly needs it.

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/16982129

Does anyone know if Hout can press charges?

The dude was talking shit and he got laid the fuck out. Im glad our team at least has some attitude. Sportmanship is outdated and overrated.

It’s hard not to sympathize with Blount a little bit. He just got his ass handed to him on national television. He personally played terribly. Then someone comes into that maelstrom of emotions and slaps you on the shoulder pads and throws a verbal jab at you (if it was racist, that’s awful, if not, still over the line).

The coaches ask these guys to play one inch out of control. That’s a fine line, and anyone who competes hard in anything knows that most people can’t just turn it off seconds after the game ends. It stays with you for awhile. It needs time to dissipate. Blount wasn’t given that time, and he went from one inch out of control to completely out of control.

What he did was inexcusable – the punch, the altercation with his own teammates and the fans, etc. But I understand completely why he went off. He allowed his emotions to get the best of him. I sympathize.

The Ducks are in a tough spot. Blount needs to be punished, but I have a feeling that any punishment more than a couple of games and the guy might not come back at all anyway (physically and mentally). I don’t think he deserves to be suspended for more than 6 games. But I think suspending him for that long will make him lost for the rest of the season anyway.

Tough spot. I don’t know what the answer is.

I voted for multiple game suspension. His actions were inexcusable. But I also don’t want to see the kids life totally implode. It’s a bad, bad situation for all involved. Either way, he’s screwed as far as the NFL is concerned.

Any idea what the Boise State player said to him? Thanks I’ll hang up and listen.

Well what’s the big deal, sounds like he was just doing the guy a favor. Jeeezzzz

into a steaming pile of crap

Look guys. We are still very young into this whole situation. There has been a ton of speculation about race, what was said, what wasn’t said, etc. Outside of pundits that are making a buck over being sensationalist, there is no proof at this point that race played a factor. We need to let the investigation take it’s course and stop inserting things that aren’t there. We’re only going to get ourselves worked up without all of the facts.

Blount made a mistake, a BIG mistake, several big mistakes. How that will be handled can be debated but let’s debate what we know…not what people are inserting into it just to stir the pot. If there is information that comes out, link it up. If you are making conjecture, great. If something is unknown or ongoing, don’t try to pass rumor off as fact.

Couple quick comments:

1) I voted for multiple game suspension. Watching SC this morning Brent Musberger argued in favor of a 2-3 game suspension. I tend to agree with that. A suspension for the rest of September is perfectly appropriate, and if properly delivered and maintained, could give Blount the chance to redeem himself throughout the course of the season, while also observing the fact that you just cannot do what he did, particularly with the way he treated his own teammate and the fans. I think part of the question is, how sincere was his contrition? At least to me, watching the post-game interview, it appeared heartfelt. Your thoughts?

2) One writer on OregonLive.com has suggested that Kelly does not have the respect/control of his football team. For those who know more about the issue, is that accurate/inaccurate? I’ll shut-up now.

The unfortunate thing in all this is that while we should be asking bigger questions about our team as a whole, all we are talking about is Blount.

If it means dismissal, or suspension just do it and move on for the good of the team.

Blount decking that guy is just a distraction, and with or without him our team needs to move on. Unfortunately this is going to be the only highlight film anyone sees of the ducks for the next who knows gow long. My main concern is that the Ducks have much bigger problems than the “Blount issue.”

The truth is that the Oregon Ducks are not going to win ANY games this year if they can’t figure out how to block and tackle. That’s what this game came down to blocking and tackling, its as simple as that.

Hopefully coach Kelley brings punishment swiftly and gets his team ready by next week, the last thing they need is this crap hovering over them like a dark cloud.

It has nothing to do with the fact that my team plays you in 2 weeks. A two week suspension would suffice for that.

The fact that Oregon’s new president and the PAC 10’s new commissioner were present for the game might feed fuel to the political fire.

The Boise State player showed poor sportmanship and deserved a smack in the mouth. If he had stopped their I would have voted for a suspension of a game or two.

Latter he shoved his own team mates who were tring to calm him down and then proceeded to allow himself to get riled up by the heckling fans. Frankly those fans deserve a shot to the jaw too, and one day they likely will. Karma works eventually.

The fact that it took stadium security to forcably remove him to the locker room is where the line was crossed. That an I hear this is not the firstbehaviour problem he has had.

I wish him luck on the UFC circuit. Watchout, he might bit off your ear.

Rooting for oregon all my life I always thought things like this happen on other teams. I always looked at our team as one of the “good guy” teams. All hats off to BSU they beat us down. That loss make me embarrassed to be a Duck fan. What happened after the final whistle does.

I think since he was provoked it should be a 1 game suspension but I think it will be multiple to send a message.

Also Todd McShay said that Blount went from a 2-3 rounder to a UDFA next year. I think that is a load of cr*p since it is still the first game and if he goes on and has a great year he could go back to the 2-3rd round

The loss DOESN’T make embarrassed to be a Duck fan, what happened after does.

i say give him a 2-3 game suspension and lets see what Lamichael James can do when he gets more than 2 carries

Byron Hout, far from the innocent victim that some are portrayng him to be, undoubtedly deserved to be decked.

Nobody deserves to be decked and that is why there are laws against assault. you can explain it anyway you want but there is absolutely no justification for that type of behavior.

This is what I am hoping for. After having a while to think about it and reading a lot of different perspectives from people, I think it is too soon to give up on this kid. Give him one more chance to redeem himself.

Too bad for Blount that he didn’t cherish his golden opportunity more highly, nor understand more fully how quickly everything could be taken away. Now he must live with the consequences. The Oregon program shouldn’t be expected to excuse Blount nor offer additional chances just because he seems uniquely poised to lose more than most of us can even imagine. Instead, he becomes an object lesson for all who follow. That’s sad, but fair, and for the greater good.

I’ve always thought that Bellotti has been a bit too forgiving and open to offering second and third chances (mostly for well-meaning and good-hearted reasons) to players who deserved no such consideration, and not protective enough of the greater reputation of the program. He’s the king of second chances. Now he must weigh again the interests of the player against the integrity of the program and university. That punch has already given Oregon a huge black eye. One hopes he doesn’t allow the injury to fester for years.

Letting Blount go isn’t simply the most expedient resolution, it’s absolutely the correct thing to do.

By the way, I haven’t been this embarrassed to be a Duck since they hired the dropout.

And deservedly so.

He just made an ass out of your guys program on national tv.