Oregon player suckerpunches Boise player after game

[gt02]

One year is about right, I think the punishment is deserving of the offense. However, from listening to Chip Kelly and ESPN talk about this nonstop for the last 24 hours, Blount seems to be a troubled kid. Chip wants to keep him in the program to help teach Blount discipline. I wouldn't have been opposed to a season long suspension that would allow him to play in the bowl game. That would've sufficiently punished him but at the same time perhaps motivate him to stay with the football team and learn some discipline.

 

[GTSurgery]

It's BS that nothing further is going to happen to the Boise kid. They just had the WAC commissioner on ESPN and he said Boise is not going to further punish him. That is garbage.

I don't condone the punching, but the Boise player almost deserved it. That was a trash move.

Had the Oregon player not punched the Boise kid I wonder if people look at the Boise kid differently. The fact that he got decked seems to be blinding people. He's in the same class as the kid who decked him if you ask me and should have to sit out a game or two if you at least. The Oregon kid definitely deserves what he's getting.

This makes me hate Boise even more.

Honestly, what other punishment should he get. He'll run in practice without a doubt. But he just got knocked the f*** out on national tv being a douche bag on one punch. That kind of embarrassment doesn't go away for a long time.

 

[gt7282c@prism]

I saw a little of it, my thoughts. Oregon player suspended for the year.

You certainly called that one. But really from a PR standpoint, Oregon didn't have much choice. I haven't heard if Hout is out any games for taunting though. My guess is not.

 

[getwrecked]

One year is about right, I think the punishment is deserving of the offense. However, from listening to Chip Kelly and ESPN talk about this nonstop for the last 24 hours, Blount seems to be a troubled kid. Chip wants to keep him in the program to help teach Blount discipline. I wouldn't have been opposed to a season long suspension that would allow him to play in the bowl game. That would've sufficiently punished him but at the same time perhaps motivate him to stay with the football team and learn some discipline.

C'mon. The guy has been in the program for three full years and he hasn't learned any discipline. The best thing you can do for him? Throw him off the team, erase his name from the books and hire somebody to kick his a**. That's what he needs.

The only, and I mean only justifcation for retaliation is if you must defend yourself. Yes, the Boise kid put his hands on Blount, but he let go and was walking away when Blount hit him. Blount was not defending himself.

Although I think you are the better man if you don't engage in the trash talking -- I can understand the Boise kid letting Blount have it a bit after what Blount said about them - but there is NO excuse for touching him. I agree the Boise kid should get a suspension - maybe 3-4 games.

JMHO

 

[TechFan4Life]

the boise player said, "good game bitch"
he deserved it

no - the last word boise state guys said what "buddy" not "bitch". look at it again. something to the effect of "good game buddy" or "good luck next time buddy". Definately not "bitch". Blount was just ticked and decked a guy who was might have been trying to be an @$$ but could have been offering words of encouragment. The guy is a thug... gone for the season - the rest of college football is better for it.

 

[theShaft]

Well, they way I grew up, I think a punch should get you one game, maybe two b/c it's televised. Blount's a douche but he's getting railroaded and the PAC-10 is trying to save face. If it's that big a deal let the Boise player cold clock him without notice and call it even. I mean really, if you want to call these kids 'men', then let them act like it. Duke it out!

It's football, not politics. I don't think there's too many liberal, whiny bastards following football, although if I was the Boise player, I'd file 'hate crime' charges just to **** with with the NAACP!

BTW, I hated Vick as a QB, but I think he got screwed as well!

 

[The Jacket]

If I were the coach, punching the player that taunted him would get him a suspension for a couple of games, because he was provoked. Going after the fans, another game - again because he was provoked.

But I would absolutely kick him straight off the team for essentially punching his own teammate, who was trying to help him, two times. (I say essentially, because it was that full-force, open-handed punch that is always done when the person is wearing a helmet.)

 

[gthog61]

It's football, not politics. I don't think there's too many liberal, whiny bastards following football, although if I was the Boise player, I'd file 'hate crime' charges just to **** with with the NAACP!

That made me chortle

 

[GiveEmHellJackets]

BTW, I hated Vick as a QB, but I think he got screwed as well!

Agree with all you said except that part. I have to object to any hint at a comparison between Vick and this idiot kid at Oregon. Michael Vick was not "screwed" by anything except for his own ego and stupidity. The guy didn't just lose his temper and abuse one or two dogs; the guy owned and operated a dog-mutilating business which was an illegal gambling operation, and then tried to lie about it to cover his ass. Even putting the cruelty to animals part of it aside, he made a decision to take a risk by running an illegal business over a very long period of time. He knew it was illegal and chose to say, "efff the law, efff the government, I'm doing it anyway, I'm Ron Mexico and I do what I want." Any person who decides to engage in a prolonged, elaborate and organized illegal activity for several years is volunteering to take on the risk of getting caught. (Its a lot different than losing control for a few minutes after a football game.) Vick should also have foreseen the consequences of being caught, including wide publicity, outrage, and involvement by Federal agencies. Bret screwed Bret on that one.

 

[Yukonwreck]

Are you a U(sic)GA fan? This is the kind of stuff I would expect them to say. Players talk trash all the time, but most have enough class to shrug it off and walk away. Was the Boise State player in the wrong? Probably so. Taunting was cheap. Was Blount in the right for hitting him? Hell NO!! Blount is going to get kicked off the team and probably charged with assault. Attacking players, fans, your own teammates, and security guards = unacceptable in any sense. This guy is a worthless, classless human-being. I'm sad for Oregon.

there is no class in college football west of the Mississippi. And the Mountain West is the bottom of the barrell in that regard. The Pac 10 is a close second.

 

[gth816f]

If I were the coach, punching the player that taunted him would get him a suspension for a couple of games, because he was provoked. Going after the fans, another game - again because he was provoked.

But I would absolutely kick him straight off the team for essentially punching his own teammate, who was trying to help him, two times. (I say essentially, because it was that full-force, open-handed punch that is always done when the person is wearing a helmet.)

I think this is what got him the season; not punching the guy who taunted him, but going absolutely ape**** the rest of the way, on the fans and his own teammates.

Kind of like Vick; it wasn't so much the dogfighting that screwed him, it was the subsequent lying to police, lying to Goodell, getting caught with a marijuana bottle in the airport while on probation, etc. If he had just come out and apologized from the beginning there's no way he gets two years in jail.