Oregon suspends Blount for season

#27
#27
Bassmanbruno said:
You can thank his HC for his stats tonight - pretty sure it wouldn't have mattered who was running the ball in Oregon's backfield - nice reasoning though. And since when were the players from Miami in that brawl proven NFL players? For instance - Merriweather or however his name is spelled? Dude was also stepping on peoples faces - Blount threw a punch.
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Yeah, someone did take Merriweather. I don't know that it should make it better but at least he wasn't the only one going crazy. I'm not sure who started the brawl but everyone was involved. I guess I don't know if that should make it any better. Let's not forget the team that drafted him though. He was going to be drafted no matter what but people were surprised he was taken that high after everything that happened. The Patriots take every problem child they can find. Randy "I smoke too much pot to care" Moss. Corey "I'm selfish" Dillion. Rodney "Cheap Shot" Harrison. Speaking of shot... he also shot up HGH. The coaching staff cheated themselves. It's amazing they can even keep their team in line.

I do agree that it didn't matter who was running the ball for Oregon. It's just that we've heard about him showing up out of shape the past two seasons. He seems to be a worse version of Lendale White. He may very well get drafted late but missing this season will make it hard. I just think about Clarrette and Williams. Sitting out a season destroyed their careers.
 
#28
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The_Orange_Pearl said:
Haha. Fair enough then. I think if anyone of us were Hout, it would have been hard for us to keep our mouth shut. Hout, a defensive player just got done shutting down the guy who said he was going to whoop their a**. I would probably say something or laugh at them also. What I wouldn't expect is for them to punch me in the face. I mean, the game was over. Blount had his chance to give Boise State their a** whooping and he didn't. He didn't need to go swinging at the guy. Just my opinion... I mean, it's not like this was random people talking crap at a bar. You talk trash in football and if you can't back it up during the game then it's your problem. Now losing his senior season is his problem. :p
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I agree. When you score a touch down, keep your mouth shut. When you win, keep your mouth shut. You don't have to say anything when you win. The Boise guy should have kept his mouth shut and left it on the field. He didnt have to say anything. They just won. So he shouldnt act surprised he got his jaw jacked. Blount got his butt whipped on the field so that should have taught him to keep his mouth shut in the future.

You think anyone is going to "pop off" to Kiffin after the UF game based on his preseason comments? I like Kiffin but some of the trash he has talked is going to be painful for us UT fans if he cant back it up.
 
#29
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The_Orange_Pearl said:
Haha. Fair enough then. I think if anyone of us were Hout, it would have been hard for us to keep our mouth shut.
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no it really isn't that difficult. Your team just had a big win over another team and you should go celebrate with your team. Seeking out and taunting another player is stupid. So stupid you might just get knocked out over it
 
#30
#30
Chris Peterson should have used his Tom Cruise voodoo magic and Matrixed the punch.

I fault both players. Blount was running his mouth in the papers and before the game during the handshakes.

Gerry Cooney talked trash after the game. You saw Peterson grabbing Cooney and yelling at him right before he was put to sleep with the Billy Blanks Tae-Bo shot.

Where's Wheaton and the other Duck fans?
 
#31
#31
And I have a feeling that Boise State DE said a little more than Blount said pre-game to the papers - and I bet it wasn't as nice or as generic... more personal I'm sure - and it was face to face so quite a difference.

Guess I don't play Oklahoma State for saying their not going to shake the Georgia players hands this week - keeps junk like that out of the way.
 
#32
#32
I agree 100% with suspending him for the season. That kind of behavior definitely should not be tolerated. He made Oregon look really bad last night...
 
#33
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The_Orange_Pearl said:
I admit I wanted him suspended for the season or kicked off the team but I almost feel bad for him. I guess it's the price he has to pay for making that mistake.
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I don't feel bad for him. Maybe it will change his life for the better. It was a very stupid move and I don't believe for a second that he regrets it. He feels bad now that his college playing career is over. I do believe that.
 
#34
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Voldaddy said:
Where's Wheaton and the other Duck fans?
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None of the OSU/UW/WSU/Pac-10 fans around here are even making fun of it. Everybody around here just feels bad/embarrassed for UofO from this.

Justice was done, though. His off-season issues contributed to this as well. Chip Kelly did make a good decision, and hopefully this will help him maintain control of the team. Good message to send to his team and to the rest of the NCAA. Blount's punishment is that he only has to sit out games. He will still be allowed to practice with the team, maintain his scholarship and stay at the University to finish his degree (he's academically a senior as well) with all the resources every other student athlete at the university has. Hopefully he will wise up at least a little and stick around. Who knows, if he continues to practice well and decides to finish his degree, I could see him being a late-round draft pick.

In spite of all this, he still has a bright future if he so chooses.
 
#35
#35
Total BS. He deserves a suspension, obviously, even a lengthy one. Suspend him five or six games if you want. But damn, that Boise player had it coming.

Britton Colquitt gets only half a season for multiple DUIs, but this kid loses his whole senior season for taking a swing at a guy who was taunting him right in his face? Christ, let's just put a dress on these guys. This is football, not AYSO soccer.

This is a new head coach staring at his own coaching failure and making a scapegoat out of a kid who overreacted to being taunted. It's crap.
 
#36
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Vercingetorix said:
Total BS. He deserves a suspension, obviously, even a lengthy one. Suspend him five or six games if you want. But damn, that Boise player had it coming.

Britton Colquitt gets only half a season for multiple DUIs, but this kid loses his whole senior season for taking a swing at a guy who was taunting him right in his face? Christ, let's just put a dress on these guys. This is football, not AYSO soccer.

This is a new head coach staring at his own coaching failure and making a scapegoat out of a kid who overreacted to being taunted. It's crap.
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I agree - I thought him almost attacking the fan was worse than punching that douchebag - of course he had already lost all composure at that point. How many games did the Miami/FIU players get? Or what was the Clemson/USCjr player's punishment after their flat out huge brawl.

Whole season is pretty severe for that.
 
#37
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If I were to guess, I don't think punching Hout was the entire reason for a full season suspension. 2-3 game suspension would be sufficient to send a message.

More than likely, what happened afterwards merited the whole season.
 
#38
#38
Going after the fans, no matter what they said, was probably enough for the rest of the season even if only a few games would have come from the punch. Plus, he had already been in trouble with the team this year. I think they went pretty easy on him. Guys get released from scholarships all the time. He wasn't. He will be fine. And most likely an NFL draft pick if he keeps in shape.
 
#39
#39
Vercingetorix said:
Total BS. He deserves a suspension, obviously, even a lengthy one. Suspend him five or six games if you want. But damn, that Boise player had it coming.

Britton Colquitt gets only half a season for multiple DUIs, but this kid loses his whole senior season for taking a swing at a guy who was taunting him right in his face? Christ, let's just put a dress on these guys. This is football, not AYSO soccer.

This is a new head coach staring at his own coaching failure and making a scapegoat out of a kid who overreacted to being taunted. It's crap.
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Thank you. I agree completely.

CardassianVol said:
Going after the fans, no matter what they said, was probably enough for the rest of the season even if only a few games would have come from the punch. Plus, he had already been in trouble with the team this year. I think they went pretty easy on him. Guys get released from scholarships all the time. He wasn't. He will be fine. And most likely an NFL draft pick if he keeps in shape.
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They haven't disclosed much rationale for it. But, even Artest only lost a partial season. There are all kinds of examples of worse crimes getting lighter penalties.

As a Duck fan, the injustice of Kelly's decision hurts me a lot more than the loss to BSU. Blount is a good kid who made some bad decisions under duress.
 
#40
#40
Uh - now I'll be happy to defend Blount by saying his punishment was too harsh - but you're pushing the envelope there wheaton by saying he's a "good kid" who just made some bad decisions that night.
 
#41
#41
Why would that be pushing the envelope?

As a fan of the program, I'm pretty sure that I've followed the details of his story, interviews, etc. more closely than most. He flew off the handle that night. Lot's of people have done worse things at that age but otherwise turn out to be all right.
 
#43
#43
ridiculous. blount's been a thug his entire time at oregon. one in a long line of oregon players that no other pac-10 program other than ASU would touch.
 
#44
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wheaton4prez said:
Why would that be pushing the envelope?

As a fan of the program, I'm pretty sure that I've followed the details of his story, interviews, etc. more closely than most. He flew off the handle that night. Lot's of people have done worse things at that age but otherwise turn out to be all right.
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Perhaps you choose to overlook it but his previous problems have been documented.

And as for your statement that others have done much worse, are we talking college or pro players here? If we are talking college football players then I would dare say this is about as awful an on field fight as I have ever seen. He was out of control and when he was given the opportunity to take a step back and gather himself he decided he would much rather go after fans.

I feel sorry for the kid to the extent he has very possibly thrown away a shot at being very successful in college as well as possibly in the NFL. I agree he was provoked to a certain extent but if you can't handle yourself while representing your school while wearing a uniform you probably don't deserve the uniform.
 
#45
#45
Bassmanbruno said:
Because the guy has been pretty far from a model student athlete during his time at Oregon.
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Because he missed off-season practice and had low grades he is a bad kid?

droski said:
ridiculous. blount's been a thug his entire time at oregon. one in a long line of oregon players that no other pac-10 program other than ASU would touch.
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Blount was recruited by many schools, including Florida State, Kansas State, Louisville, Memphis and Southern Miss.

Not only were other schools willing to "touch" Blount. Oregon had to compete to get his commitment.

If missing off-season practice and having academic issues makes Blount a thug, every D-1 program in college football has thugs on their team. Fortunately, I think that you misrepresent the typical fan of your program when you choose to denigrate a kid on that basis.

KB5252 said:
Perhaps you choose to overlook it but his previous problems have been documented.

And as for your statement that others have done much worse, are we talking college or pro players here? If we are talking college football players then I would dare say this is about as awful an on field fight as I have ever seen. He was out of control and when he was given the opportunity to take a step back and gather himself he decided he would much rather go after fans.

I feel sorry for the kid to the extent he has very possibly thrown away a shot at being very successful in college as well as possibly in the NFL. I agree he was provoked to a certain extent but if you can't handle yourself while representing your school while wearing a uniform you probably don't deserve the uniform.
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I appreciate your well-reasoned response. But, how can that incident be the most awful fight you have seen? At least a couple times per season there are fights involving half the teams that take a long time to break up. I don't recall anyone getting suspended for a year in any of those cases.

Here's a guy just days later taking a completely unprovoked shot: YouTube - Michigan player punches Notre Dame player 9/2009

No punishment at all that I'm aware of.

Also, the local, unedited footage of the Blount incident looks a lot different than the pieced together ESPN version. The whole thing lasted about 30-45 seconds from the punch to him being off of the field. The ESPN footage shows the same thing from different angles and not in the order that they happened so that it seems like, as you say, he had a chance to gather himself and get composure. You're right that he shouldn't have lunged at the fans calling him the N word, etc. At the same time, I don't think the most popularly viewed footage does justice to how it went down. It makes it look like the ordeal lasted forever.

Again, I'm not arguing that he shouldn't be punished. You're right that he did something wrong by not walking away from the taunt. I'm just saying that the punishment was excessive.
 
#46
#46
You're correct - pretty much every D-1 program in college football has atleast one thug on their team. Blount is one of Oregon's - except he's got even more issues than most it seems.
 
#48
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Bassmanbruno said:
You're correct - pretty much every D-1 program in college football has atleast one thug on their team. Blount is one of Oregon's - except he's got even more issues than most it seems.
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I think the key part of your phrase here is "it seems." I can understand how someone who knows little about the guy and has no motivation to make an objective judgment about his character would see it that way.

droski said:
wow. that's for proving my point. every single one of those programs scrapes the bottom of the barrell for players. oregon = thug u.
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Please. As if Cal has some kind of exemplary history with their players. Let's apply your logic:

Football Player Suspended After Incident At Adult Club - The Daily Californian
CAL PLAYER ARRESTED FOR ROBBING MEMBERS OF CREW TEAM | CollegeFootballTalk.com
Jordan suspended - BearTalk - Cal Sports Live and Direct
Cal WR Nyan Boateng Arrested, Suspended -- NCAA Football FanHouse

According to your line of thinking, Cal = drunk, racist, thug U.
:good!:
 
#49
#49
If the cameras weren't rolling this would never have happened. ESPN lucked out with that shot.
 
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