Boise State beat Oregon 19-8 last night, and it was nowhere near that close.
Right after the game, Oregon running back LaGarrette Blount went on a rampage that started with a solid pop to the jaw for Boise State defensive end Byron Hout:
Yeah, isn’t this just what you want to see?
Now before it gets buried in the chorus of all of the nasty things that should happen to Blount (and I’m not saying nothing should; just trying to keep perspective here), let’s note that Hout wasn’t the victim of a drive-by here. He clearly claps Blount on the shoulder and says something, and I’m sure from the look on his face (and his coach trying to get him away, pre-punch), that it wasn’t “good game.”
Bob Davie, just after hyperventilating out of one side of his mouth about the symbolic handshake to start the game, then inexplicably defends Hout’s taunt by saying it was a response to an earlier (off-field) taunt Blount made.
Well, fine. But trash-talking in the press isn’t trash-talking on the field to a just-downed opponent. A punch in the face was obviously the wrong response to it, but there’s little doubt to me that Hout was being a jackass.
LaGarrette Blount deserves suspension, and I’m sure he’ll receive it. But if I’m Byron Hout’s coach, he receives some extra work next practice, along with a few choice words about what it means to win with class.
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Act a fool and you get what’s coming to you.
Blount will be lucky to play another down of football this year. Cold-cocking a mouthy DE for trash-talk is one thing, but going on the rampage after was scary. I think he even started swinging at his own teammates.
Blue turf + Trash talk + Sucky PAC-10 = bad. Q.E.D.
Man, can you guys even fathom the outrage if he’d punched a dog?
My dog would whip his ass, but that’s cause she wears a Bama collar.
FEAR LORD SABAN!
Lord Saban?
Been there done that, got the ring to show for it (well the team, not actualy me ;-).
The $64 question is can he win won at Bama? Beleive it or not, even being an LSU and Auburn fan, I would rather Bama win it than ANY other non-SEC team (and probably more than TN, GA and certainly AR and SC.) Well, maybe not Southern Miss cuase I went there too but that one would be a real long shot.
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Enjoy Les Miles.
Really slapped the crap out of Washington.
Hey, a little respect. U-Dub was really strong last season. None of that strength translated into a single win, but that’s details…
Two weeks of Sisters of the Poor and then we get the Hogs. Roll Damn Tide!