Oregon’s LeGarrette Blount Suspended For Punching Byron Hout
In an ironic move, Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount has been suspended for the entire season for punching Byron Hout in the face after Oregon’s 19-8 loss at Boise State. I say ironic because Blount had dealt with anger management and behavior issues before. This season, players and coaches were praising him for his maturity and how he was a changed man. I will never understand why athletes do this. Sports are about team versus team. Yet so many players act like it is gang versus gang. The point of the athletic competition is to win the game, not beat up, taunt or prove higher testosterone levels to opposing players.
I say good riddance he got suspended. Teach players that it is not ok to be a thug in college sports. Pro sports may glorify it, but college sports should not. The players aren’t even paid for crying out loud. College athletics is not and should not be about some kind of lifestyle or money, because it is only about the sport. Hopefully other college football players see that and keep their cool.
Another ironic aspect here is that both teams met at center field for a ceremonial pregame handshake to show good sportsmanship. The thing about sportsmanship is that it is easy to show if you aren’t losing. Nothing worse than a sore loser. Now Blount has the whole season to think about his outburst and rigthfully so. You know what they say, if you can’t be a good example, you’ll just have to serve as a terrible warning.
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This is completely asinine…
Before, during, and after the WHOLE game, Boise State’s Kyle Wilson (#1) was messing with everyone very openly, pushing, shoving, and perhaps even kicking… all on camera.
I was waiting for the flag to be thrown on him, but nothing…
And then when it’s all over some BSU genius is heckling an over-sized Oregon running back and gets it on the chin, haha. What did he have to heckle for? They just won, for goodness sake!
The punch was not warranted, but still, I definitely don’t think it deserving of a full, season-long suspension! Please, give me a break; Boise State had something coming with the way they were being unsportsmanlike as well!
The “perfect” end to the ultimate crappy game…
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Oh please. You’ve never taunted someone after you beat them? Bull crap. Winners brag and taunt because they won and because they can. If you lose, deal with it, don’t punch people. During a game you can talk all you want, its football, Both sides were talking, shoving and everything else. Blount deserves to be gone forever, did you see his tantrum?