Oregon suspends RB LeGarrette Blount for season (including bowl games)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 9/4/09 | Anne M. Peterson - ap

[NormsRevenge]

EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon suspended running back LeGarrette Blount on Friday for the remainder of season for punching Boise State defensive end Byron Hout. As Boise State began celebrating on their famous blue turf, Hout yelled in Blount's face and tapped him on the shoulder pad. Before Broncos head coach Chris Petersen could pull Hout away, Blount landed a right to Hout's jaw, knocking him to his knees.

Blount also had to be restrained by police officers from fans heckling him on the way to the locker room after No. 16 Oregon's 19-8 loss Thursday to the No. 14 Broncos.

Blount's suspension includes any bowl games. Coach Chip Kelly said Blount will remain on scholarship.

Hout will not be suspended for taunting Blount. Boise State spokesman Max Corbet told The Associated Press in an e-mail that Petersen planned to spend time with Hout this week to help him learn from what happened.

[dfwgator]

Guy should be in jail, that was flat-out assault.

[Jeff Head]

Amen...and that could still happen. Blout could still decide to press charges. But this is a start and I am glad it was for the entire season. It is exactly what this guy deserves, if not for the rest of his collegiate career.

[Michael.SF.]

SAHPRISE SAHPRISE SAHPRISE!

[RayChuang88]

I'm not surprised. What Blount did was horrible, especially we have tape of him hitting a member of his own team, nearly getting into a fight with the fans, and nearly getting into a fight with stadium security!

[Drango]

and their uniforms suck...

[behzinlea]

I don’t have any sympathy for Blout. No sympathy for either one of them.

[Michael.SF.]

if not for the rest of his collegiate career.

It just might be. He is a JC transfer and has one season already at OSU, so this could be his last year of eligibility.

[behzinlea]

I don’t have any sympathy for Blount. No sympathy for Hout either. Big mouths in heated settings tend to be magnets for big fists.

[Jane Austen]

Stupid of Blount, and in front of cameras! I heard he had mouthed off before the game.

[max americana]

Actually Hout was a moron for taunting. He asked for it...he got it.

BUT Blount deserved it. Plus he didn’t man up by removing his helmet and backpedalling.

[Michael.SF.]

Actually Hout was a moron for taunting

One might assume that you never played organized football, taunting occurs in virtually every game.

[MamaB]

Good. That was the worst display of sportsmanship I have ever seen. He should be charged and sent to jail. What he did was assault on another person.

[rockvillem]

Yeah - no sympathy for either. Hout was classless in victory and Blount was classless in defeat. So much for sportsmanship.

[dfwgator]

Exactly. It’s probably pretty tame compared to what you hear on an NFL field on every play.

[Duck Fan]

“Yeah - no sympathy for either. Hout was classless in victory and Blount was classless in defeat. So much for sportsmanship.”

I totally agree and I’m glad that Blount is gone.

[max americana]

Oh I get it, we all need to play peewee football to get your point.

[Publius Valerius]

Actually Hout was a moron for taunting. He asked for it...he got it.

Had Blount not run his mouth after last year's loss to Boise State, Hout probably wouldn't have said anything. He said it to Blount, not anyone else. He said it to Blount for a reason.

[crazyhorse691]

Coach Chip Kelly said Blount will remain on scholarship.

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Cool, suspended with pay. Not to bad for a player that has more fire after a game than during.

[Jeff Head]

Come on. Blount had indicated that the Ducks were going to give the Broncos a well deserveed A** Whoopin, and he announced it to the press a few days before the game.

As it turned out, Blount was shutdown and the Ducks were manhandled.

The Bronco player, Hout, popped Blount's shoulder pad and tols him, "How about that for an a** whoopin", which Blount responded to with a sucker punch when Hout looked the other way.

No comparison...no comparison whatsoever.

And it reflects in the action. Hout will not be suspended at all, Blount is suspended for the rest of the season...his last season, BTW.