Blount Suspension YouTube

Blount Suspension YouTube

Legarrette Blount has been given a SEASON suspension for this Boise State Oregon Football punch video. Legarrette Blount’s suspension is for the season, as LALATE and fans had expected. The Boise State Oregon Football punch by Legarrette Blount of Boise State’s Byron Hout was after Thursday’s football game. If you missed the video earlier on LALATE, here it is again:

Blount tolds press Friday:

“I just apologize to everyone that was watching this. I just apologize to all of our fans, all of Boise’s fans. I lost my head. … A few guys wished me a good game, a few guys pushed me and I just kind of lost my temper.”

Kind of?

“I couldn’t have envisioned anything worse than this right here. I tell you what. That will never happen again. I will never lose my head again.” Certainly that will be the case now. “I don’t know what kind of disciplinary action coach Kelly has in store for me, but whatever it is, I’m ready to take it full force”. Blount went at Boise State’s Byron Hout, then went after Ducks’ teammate Garrett Embry (who had tried to stop the events). Then, Blount allegedly conflicted with two police offices, two stadium guards, even Ducks Scott Frost.

Byron Hout

Byron Hout

Oregon football player LeGarrette Blount punched Boise State football player Byron Hout after Thursday night's game, and Blount is, rightly, getting a lot of criticism in the sports media this morning. But Hout deserves a share of criticism, too: He's the one who provoked the incident. Watch the video closely, and you'll see that Blount, dejected after his team just lost, was walking off the field with his head down. Hout then grabbed Blount and shouted something. We don't know what Hout said, but whatever it was, it prompted Boise State coach Chris Petersen to run up to Hout, restrain him, and yell at him. Suffice to say, if Hout had just said, "good game," Petersen wouldn't have reacted that way.

Only after all that did Blount level Hout with a vicious straight right to the chin. Blount's punch was worse than Hout grabbing him, and it was worse than just about anything Hout could have said. But if Hout hadn't provoked Blount, the punch wouldn't have happened. Petersen, to his credit, not only restrained Hout but said afterward, "It was just emotions getting the best of players" -- suggesting that he knew it was players on both teams, not just Blount, who overreacted in the heat of the moment. And it's also to Petersen's credit that after Blount punched Hout, none of the other Boise State players retaliated by punching Blount, which would have made an ugly scene even uglier.

At the end of last night’s Boise State-Oregon game, a frustrated LeGarrette Blount KO’ed Boise State defensive end Byron Hout. I’m posting this for a couple reasons: 1) I’m guessing most didn’t stay up to watch the end of this game, which started after 10 pm; 2) It was pretty much the only thing worth remembering on an otherwise very boring opening night. South Carolina beat North Carolina State 7-3 and Boise State defended their blue home turf, beating Oregon 19-8, a final score I don’t think I’ve ever seen in a football game.