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What was Blount smoking?
Last night, after the much-anticipated season opener between No. 14 Boises State and No. 16 Oregon, the Oregon Ducks starting running back LaGarrette Blount punched Boise State’s Byron Hout, who appeared to taunt Blount during the post-game handshake following Boise State’s 19-8 victory.
Hout might should have not taunted Blount, but taunting is going to happen. But a player can’t respond the way Blount did.
But I can see why Blount would be frustrated. I mean, all week, he was saying how he was going to run all over the Broncos defense. Wow, he sure did that. How about these numbers? Eight carries for negative-5 yards. Wow, good job Blount.
Now, Blount will finish the season under the zero-yard mark, because today he was suspended for the entire season for his post-game actions.
Another thing that bugged me, though, was the Boise State fans chanting “overrated as the game neared the end. Am I wrong, but wasn’t Boise State ranked higher than Oregon? And wasn’t at home. Even so, no matter the situation, Boise should never be chanting “overrated.” They need to act like they’ve been there before, which they have. Boise State is one of college football’s top-tier programs now, and they need to start acting like it.
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