Not kind of funny... VERY funny...Hout got one shotted...and he deserved it... Blount should have just kept walking...but with emotions running high, 19-21yr old kids it is not a stretch to see how these things happen...they aren't emotionless robots.... That being said, what transpired after the punch was more troubling for me.... 2-3 game suspension is my prediction.....
Blount should be kicked out of college football. Hout should be benched for a game or two by his coach.
the rationalizations for the punch are hilarious. papa this has NOTHING to do with the streets, this has to do with a game. for whatever reason the lines between games and real life are blurred. how many NBA fights happen where there are punches thrown but no legal action is taken. hout was wrong in what he did but that is normal happenings on a football field. punching a guy in the face is not normal and there is no excuse for what blount did. it isn't the worst thing to ever happen but it sure as hell is funny (as was UO's performance).
There is no way that the Boise State kid spun Blount around, he tapped him as his shoulder and then a second later Blount turns himself around. You're acting like Blount got physically assaulted and responded in turn - the kid touched his shoulder and trashed talked to him. Considering UO has a history of big trash talking before, during, and after games I can't really take this complaining about other teams doing it to them seriously. Blount made a dumb mistake after he got embarrassed (due to his pre-game trash talking and bad performance) by some trash talking - that's all there is to it. No one deserves a punch to the jaw for some trash talking, especially when the puncher started the trash talking in the first place. Blount should get his two game suspension, learn from this experience, and move on.
While I agree that he wasnt spun around, or assualted. I think it was more than just a tap to like get his attention, I think it was as hard as an insult like slap in the face, but done on his shoulder.
I agree. Your defense after the first quarter did a pretty respectable job considering the absolute egg the offense laid and the amount of time the Ducks D was on the field. Your big concern right now, as you said, has to be the O-line. If they don't shape up you have big time defenses in the P10 like USC, OSU, even Cal that are going to swarm them and put Masoli on the ground a lot. That is no good at all. You know that USC front seven has to be chompin' at the bits for the Halloween game if the o-line does not improve. I think it will with time, but that will be a big test. Do you think Masoli was just rattled and out of sync because the o-line couldn't hold it together long enough? That was not the type of performance I was expecting out of him. Perhaps the jinx of the SI cover.
If Blount is kick off the team because of the punch then the two players they showed at the beginig of the game hitting each other in the head should be suspended also. i think it was number 1 for BSU and Oregons Jeff Maehl. Also after watching the replay agin i did see the chair Blount was talking about it was one of those folding bench seats but he never used it in a threatining way.
I suppose that could be. It's hard to tell in that situation because emotions were running high and the Boise kid was running by when he tapped Blount. Again though the real kicker for Blount in terms of possible punishment is he didn't just react after that tap and clock him, he waited for a few seconds while the kid trash talked then he clocked him.
I think it was a mixture of both, The O-line didnt help Masoli at ALL. So he started throwing to his first read almost all the time, A lot of that I think had to do with him knowing he didnt have much time back there, as there was a Defensive lineman back there almost immediately every snap. I think the O-line will get better and have more cohesion, but I dont think they will be as dominant in the last few years though.
If you watch the last play that chumpwasn't the only person to get in blounts face to trash talk him.
So you admit the Boise player initiated physical contact. Blount wasn't even looking at the douchebag, yet the Boise guy goes out of his way to slap Blount on the shoulder and taunt him. Blount is either going to be kicked off of the team or serve a lengthy suspension, but Hout made the initial douchebag moves and certainly is no victim.
Waving folding chairs while screaming at opposing players must be a Boise thing? Perhaps it's a tradition there, but I could certainly see why a player would view that as a threatening gesture.
I like how you are like "ADMIT THE BOISE PLAYER" as if this is some criminal investigation of the message board variety. I havent seen one person who has said that the Boise State kid didn't tap Blount on the shoulder pad (read shoulder pad, not face, not back of head, didn't turn him around, didn't physically harm him) and then talk some trash. But your suggestion that he SPUN BLOUNT AROUND is laughable. Blount turned himself around, Blount didn't react to the tap right away, and he listened to the guy trash talk; then he cold clocked him in the jaw when the kid was turned to the side getting chewed out by his coach. Just because a guy acts like a douchebag and talks trash doesn't mean he deserves to be cold clocked in the jaw. If that was true then Soda would be set up in one of those carnival booths to get clocked by Beaver fans all year long. There is an extreme difference between some tapping of shoulder pads, some chest bumping, and taunting to hitting someone straight in the jaw. The idea that Blount was justified and the Boise State kid deserved it for some talking some trash and tapping him on the shoulder is mind-boggling. Let Blount get his two game suspension, let him learn from the mistake, and let him take responsibility. Don't baby him, don't try to validate his punching a kid in the jaw, and don't exaggerate what the Boise State kid did in the first place - nothing can be learned if that happens.
So if Hout was a "douchebag" for touching him on the shoulder and mouthing off, then what is your terminology for Blount?
Arguing with Papag is like getting on a merry-go-round..... you go round, and round, and round, and round.......
Reports that Chip Kelly suspended Blount for the year - really unfortunate and I feel bad for Blount; kid made a dumb mistake but it shouldn't cost him this much. So many people, especially in sports, get second chances after big mistakes (I don't consider Blount's offseason mistakes big) and I feel Blount should have received one here as well. Does he get another year of eligibility because the suspension is the entire year? Can he transfer to another program and gain this year back? I feel sad for the guy - he could have had a future in the NFL, and I hope he still gets a chance. At least for Oregon LaMichael James (that's his name, yes?) looked good in his reps last night.
I think it was the right move for the Ducks -- and here is why. You have a new coach and he can not be easy on his players right now. You better believe that the players will definitely work their asses off to get ready for the next game. If Belotti was the coach, maybe the suspension might have been shorter. In the end, the Ducks are doing what is best for them, not necessarily what is best for Blount. The game was a black eye on the university. Now without Blount, maybe it takes a little pressure off Chip Kelly. The ducks may not be as expected to do big things and maybe CK can ease into this job a little easier. I do feel a little bad for Blount, but he was out of control and has no one to blame except for himself. Hopefully he gets a chance somewhere else, but I think the Ducks made the right decision here. My 2 cents from the outside looking in. I think an NFL team might still take a look at him either as an UDFA or late round pick.
