LEGARRETTE BLOUNT: Oregon Football Player Punches Out Byron Hout After Game (VIDEO)

LeGarrette Blount, Oregon's troubled running back, shocked the football world last night with a blindside attack on an opposing player after the Ducks' upset loss to Boise State.

Blount, who was suspended earlier in the year, went ballistic, sucker-punching Byron Hout after he knocked his pads and seemingly talked some trash. Hout momentarily fell to the ground as Blount continued his rampage, taking a swing at a teammate and going after fans in the crowd. Coaches and players on both teams tried to restrain Blount, and were only finally able to get him off the field with the help of security and police.

While some are calling for Blount's suspension, if not banishment, from the team and sport, others are asking what exactly Hout said that caused such a scene.

Blount apologized for his actions today, saying:

I just apologize to everyone that was watching this. I just apologize to all of our fans, all of Boise's fans. I lost my head. ... A few guys wished me a good game, a few guys pushed me and I just kind of lost my temper.

Any disciplinary action has yet to be decided, but you can believe that it will be severe.

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Comments

[k6007]

What a genius!!
Let me guess, his major is astropsych­omicrorock­etscience, right?

[HoneyBunches]

He was removed from the team 15 hours after the incident. The University of Oregon was very fast in their response

[Cafiredancer]

Wow, kinda makes for looking like a soar loser. Or MAYBE he was just tantalized by the blue turf :)

[EdwardTx]

It is funny how the media can manipulate public perception of an incident. This mish mash tape is not in chronological order. It's as I first heard it on the radio. The Oregon player sucker punched the Boise State player. But when you actually view the incident in chronological order the story is different. Even the announcers on this tape are guilty of downplaying what precipitated the punch.

Under Texas law, the Boise State player assaulted the Oregon player. Plain and simple. It is clear from the actions of the Boise State coach that he knew his player was wrong. If Hout had only taunted Blount with words-even though it still would have been unsportsma­nlike-that would have been an entirely different situation. The minute he placed his hands on Blount (or as AP says "tapped him on the shoulder pad") the line was crossed. What is worse is apparently Blount's anger management issues are well known. That makes Hout's actions all the more intentionally provocative.

That being said, Blount has serious issues. The punch was bad enough. But fighting his own teammates and trying to get at Boise State fans? That's just ridiculous. Maybe all those years of coddling him as they do all athletes and overlooking (until recently) his anger issues did more harm than good. Ya think?

[valhalladad]

I think you've never played organized sports. Using your tortured, excuse me, enhanced interrogation technique, logic, you would prosecute all every football player who smacks his team mate on the behind. Patting someone on the shoulder pads to say 'good game' is and has been part of the sport from 5th grade on. At least in the '60's we understood a little something of sportsmanship. Now when a player perceives that he has been 'dissed' we are treated to response after response of nonsensical excuses for a thug's behavior.
Your other point of the puncher being coddled is probably spot on. I'd bet this isn't the first time he's lost his temper in this manner.

[ImissBush]

IF
u watch the whole tape in slow motion
u'll c a 2nd gunman on the gassy knoll

[doctorwang]

"on the gassy knoll"

I didn't know that Limbaugh had attended the game.

[ImissBush]

well now u do

hence the term
pigskin

[justice123]

Hey in all fairness the entire tape needs to be shown.

Hout threw the first punch knocking Blount in the shoulder blade unrelated to the play.

Blount should sue Hout.... that was the unprovoked assault and battery..Blount's punch was self defense....

Only charges that would hold would be against the Boise player....their coach saw it thats why he wasn't
indignant like you folks here...He needs to step up and defend Blount or at least say the media is bias and his player should be suspended for the season too.

[hawk22]

The tape doesn't show anything like that. Did it happen during the actual game? The commentators don't say anything about it.

"Hout threw the first punch knocking Blount in the shoulder blade unrelated to the play"

Do you mean shoulder pad? Hard to hit a guy wearing pads in the shoulder blade.

[ImissBush]

yes especially if u run the tape asbackwards...like ur thinkin

[clearwaterclearmind]

i remember back in the day playing as an offensive lineman, that nothing would bring more satisfaction than letting my opponent across the line say any old thing he wanted while i remained stone silent. then, when the snap was called, with skill, focus, and faith in my strength, i'd knock him to the ground with one blow to the chest and move on to block the linebacker knowing a tailback was right behind me and needed the path cleared. the trash talking never lasted more than a few downs. my favorite games are when opposing players respect each others skills and there is no errant talk, just cold focus,dete­rmination, and execution of duties on everyones part. i never saw an advantage to be gained in trash talk, or responding to it.

[Lovealways]

halk22 wrote:

Little girls need to stay out of the man's sports world honey.

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What's this about dude?

[hawk22]

Folks, see how I have displayed for you how easy it is to get in somones head that is unbalanced and insecure and bring out their rage. This is what happened to Mr. Blount.

[retromega]

What is this crap about what did he or she say? When you sucker punch someone it is called assault and battery and IT IS a criminal matter! If Blount is found unable to stand trial for mental reasons than so be it but this should be a legal matter! Not sport's news!

[Lovealways]

Oh please, get a grip.

[hawk22]

There are fights all the time, but the sucker punch does make it different. Interesting to see how far this goes. Ron Artest went up in the stands and he's still playing so my guess is it won't go far.

[HadBetterDays]

Why is it a sucker punch? Bryan through the first blow. He never should have put his hands on Blount. The response should have been expected.

[justice123]

Blount's punch was self defense. The first throw was by Hout the Boise player.....the entire tape shows the truth.

[ImissBush]

yes u can tell blount was actin in fear...i hope ur his defense attorney

[xrockr]

Retaliation is not self defense, and a sucker punch is not the same as an open hand slap on the shoulder pad. The tape does show the truth and you are clearly blind to it.

[Consilience777]

Calm down. Let's not ruin a kid's life for a mistake.

[Lovealways]

Didn't you know, only whites commit mistakes. Blacks and other minorities commit crimes.

[Clay4bc]

you have serious issues of rac ism...please seek help

[hawk22]

If he doesn't learn some self control he's going to ruin his own life.

[Lovealways]

Physician heal thy self.

[sweetest escape]

his coach didn't want to ruin his life which is why his scholarship is still intact and he is still able to practice with the team, to keep his skills up. oh wait, he was a no-show at practice today. i suppose that's somebody else's fault as well.

[OneTop]

Roid rage ......

[walladem]

How many of you watched the game or are you commenting on the clip? or the posts? Just asking...;boys and girls

[hawk22]

why do you ask?

[ImissBush]

he works 4 nielson

[walladem]

I guess it seems easy to comment on the snippet of video (which is what Huffpo) provided
or if people watched the game.. which I did. Some comment on assumptions and others on generalizations. Such as bringing race into it. (didn't see it) I guess, just clarifiering
the perspective...

[pakaal]

It's always heartwarming to see the boys getting out there, having a good time, making sure the kids have good role models.

[ImissBush]

hey think what might have happened if they hadnt shaked hands b4 the game

[ImissBush]

shook ? shaken? i know its not stirred

[FeloniusMonk]

I'm going to be pretty simple here.

I didn't look at the pictures. I don't know who these two young men are or what their cultural heritages are. It doesn't make any difference.

If the player who was blindsided was only trash talking, then the agressor needs to be out of the game permanently and the trash talker for a shorter period. The latter is unsportsman like conduct and the former is battery. There is no excuse anywhere for hitting someone for the words they spoke. Period. Now if there was an escalating physical altercation between both of them, then both of them need to go, in order to demonstrate that sideline fights are totally unacceptable.

And I don't care if one of them may be a potential Pac-10 key player or not, or if it may affect his future career. These are young men who, whether they like it or not (Hear that Barkley) are role models for others. Play hard, play tough. But play the game, and it wasn't MMA day on the field.

[DSOTM]

Suspend him for the entire season, take away his scholarship and let him ponder what his NFL career could have been like while he is washing dishes at Denny's.

[hawk22]

The team already suspended him once and brought him back. He obviously didn't learn his lesson. Doesn't do Oregon's recruiting process any good either with this all over the news.

[hawk22]

Probably should be out for the year. Other opponents will be trying to get in his head the rest of the year and distract the team. If there was ever a sport where you have to put aside your ego and play for the team, its football.

[ImissBush]

u must mean futball