The Punch

Although, to be fair. OWW on the Condotta blog is right; Blount was being taunted. Even still, it’s no way to handle it.

Sure there was a little taunting and there always is…but you don’t sucker punch somebody in the jaw on national TV for retaliation.

You might have noticed Chris Petersen getting all over Byron Hout just before the punch was landed.

If you are a Husky fan you had to like what you saw on the TV screen last night from beginning to end. If you are a football fan you had to come away with a feeling of digust for the way Oregon team handled itself after the game.

Well said. Blount is an embarrassment to all of college football, not just Oregon (although the embarrassment is worst at Oregon).

Every college player has to learn how to handle taunting. It’s going to happen at every single away game, and on the field at every single game. You’ve got to learn to just put your head down and get back to your locker room.

Excuses are for Losers. There is no excuse for the Punch and what he did on his way to the Locker Room. A program that looks out of control with a new Head Coach. There were other things happening with Oregon last night.

An Oregon loss is something to celebrate at any time! To see Blount do what he did was reprehensible, and reminiscent of Aaron Brooks clocking Ryan Appleby in 2006. It is pathetic how so much of the Oregon Ducks’ family act alike, from their players to their fans.

You gotta give it to Boise State for not going crazy after Blount’s punch.

And like bigdawgdaddy commented, something bad is brewing down in Eugene. Gotta love it… just leave that pathetic crap out of it, Oregon.

will Phil Knight stay with Chip Kelley?

One and done or maybe two?

Blount shot off his mouth pregame so he should expect to get it handed back to him post game when his prediction didn’t come to fruition.

Speaking of “The Punch”, if you want to read how devastating a punch in a sporting event can be, you should read John Feinsteins book, which is titled The Punch: One Night, Two Lives, and the Fight That Changed Basketball Forever. He does a decent job of describing the long term effects on both Kermit Washington and Rudy Tomjanovich. (The books not worth buying though, get it from your library.)

Jeepers- I’ve been trying to decompress from what I witnessed last night. And I’ve been trying to get caught up with all that has been said about “the punch”. I firmly believe that the University of Oregon should step in and say Blount is no longer a member of the football team, scholarship revoked, and escorted to the nearest bus station out of town. But let’s dive into this a little deeper…

First of all Chip Kelly has no business on Oregon’s sideline as head coach. Every viable moment the camera was on Kelly, the dude never looked comfortable in his own skin. You could literally smell the tension oozing out of your television- YES, there was that much tension.

Kelly’s halftime interview? Kelly painted a picture informing the television-viewing audiance that it was all about Oregon and nothing about Boise State. First of all coach, let me give you a little advise.

1) When things aren’t going your way- give props to the opposition. It tells the audiance that you respect your opponent. After you state that, then you can tell the audiance that we (meaning ducks) that we’ll make some halftime adjustments.

Kelly came off as smug and arrogant in his halftime interview- something that I could sense from the entire team.

2) While on the sideline and while acting as head coach, act like you are coaching from time to time. All I saw was Kelly standing their watching the action w/ a bit of a frown on his face. No chatter to the mic, no communication with anyone on the sideline. It was as if the guy was frigid- he didn’t do anything and didn’t say anything. Coach, coach!

Oregon looked slow- I think this has been well-documented and I completely concur. Oregon didn’t look ready to play and certainly do not have any playmakers. The were confused, appeared as if they didn’t know their assignments and completely clueless as to what was going on around them. In my eye this team looks dreadful in every phase of the game. Not one duck had a good night of doing anything!

Never, never, and NEVER do you take a loss personal. Oregon went into this game with a bad taste in their mouths. To a point that they lost focus of playing the actual game. Oregon had two agendas going in. One, get a win over a top 20 team. Two, serve up a can of ass whipping as Blount spouted off. Note to the Chipper: keep your team cool and collected. Focus on the bigger prize. In the end Oregon played like the way they were taught. Kelly is smug and arrogant and showed very little class to BSU [see halftime interview] and his players did the same. Kelly has a lot to learn about in terms of coaching a FBS college football team. You can’t simply hide behind the Xs and Os.

As a Dawg fan I was loving it! Oregon looked awful and the nation was watching. Wonder how pimp daddy phil thinks this will effect his Nike stock? Blount is a thug and should be incarcerated. If Oregon slaps him on the wrist- watch out! The Pac 10 was watching and Blount will be targeted. Talk is cheap Mr. Blount- play.

As a parent of a former NCAA football player, I would ask that criminal charges be filed against Blount. If nothing happens, this guy is getting a free ride. He thinks he can do it again without nothing happpening. except for a slap on the wrist. Blount is out of control and should be criminally prosecuted.

From anh_sc79’s fanpost over at Conquest Chronicles: "It may be offending to Duck and Beaver fans, but lately, almost every freaking year, those clowns from the State of Oregon get humiliated on the National TV early in the season during an OOC game and then play their minds off against SC or other ranked Pac-10 team and destroy the credibility of the conference.

As far as “the punch”- that has nothing to do with Chip Kelly. Now, Blount’s running and stats for “the game”- that has everything to do with Chip Kelly. The punch to the Boise St players face wasn’t a sucker punch, he had it coming and should have expected it. (don’t do the crime if you can’t do the tme) Who cares that the BS player had his mug turned, that’s HIS FAULT! You wanna bring it, bring it and be prepared. There are no rules in taunting and fighting, this I know very well. That punch, and I’m not condoning it in any way, shape, or form- came from the player’s (Blount’s) disposition and propensity for violence, and has nothing to do with his coach or coaching, PERIOD!

He shouldn’t have thrown that punch, he deserved to be taunted. But, mess with fire. . . .?

Where were the Oregon coaches while this was going on?

Why did they allow there players to stick around on the field?

Yes, the BSU player was probably taunting first, and this kind of behavior should be called out and condemned. But the punishment should be meted out by his coach. It will say a lot about Chris Petersen’s program in how he deals with this.

Tough guy act by Blount? As soon as he throws the sucker punch, he dances backward to get away from any retribution. And all that stuff on the way to the locker room? Like a kid on the playground: “Hold me back before I kill ’em.” He’s an agitator who disappears when the shooting starts.

It’s good that the entire nation gets a glimpse of the kind of Duck behavior that fans here have been seeing for years. It’s a reflection on the institution, and their response will and should be scrutinized.

And what about the figurative punch thrown by Bellotti at Chip Kelly? That might be the cheap-shot of the night. An AD criticizing his coach’s game plan to the media? UO might as well create an interview pool of coaches who have worked under Al Davis.

I think it was pretty tame and I think you would be exagerating to say it was mean spirited. Get your players off the field after a game…it is simple as that.

Clearly the punch has taken the headlines away from the game. In the first half it was all Boise State. Sure BSU shot themselves in the foot a few times with not being able to cash in. But the score and stats at the half were astonishing to say the least.

The 2nd half? Now I wasn’t there and it seemed as if the game got real sloppy. How did the game get so sloppy? I think BSU got a little chippy w/ Oregon’s chippiness and both teams lost focus of playing the game error-free.

What do I take from this game? In regards to Oregon please see above comments. In regards to Boise State? I don’t think they are BCS material- made way too many critical errors. Their offense was inconsistent and QB play was up and down (mostly down). The BSU player that taunted Blount? I’m willing to bet that he gets suspended from the team for an undeclared amount of time. Peterson is a class act and will take action for the taunting behavior. I can’t say for sure if Blount will be discplined- that team looks like a rogue bunch if ever their was one.

Wonder what our new Pac 10 commissioner, who was in attendance thought of all this? Is anyone wondering why our new commissioner was at this game? Is he there scouting out expansion? Makes you wonder. The Pac 10 will eventually be Pac 12 and with Mr. Commissioner in attendance at this game, I think he may be looking at Boise State as a legit target for expansion.

Bad day to be a duck! WOOF!!!

There was the “Pick” now the “Punch” a Oregon Program definitely going in the wrong direction. Everytime we have left Autzen Stadium for a UW – U of O Football games, fans have want to fight us. It is a culture that Oregon has developed and nothing has been done about it. Now it has taken the face of the football program. Oregon…how does it feel to have College Football Nation coming down on top of your heads???
As Husky Fan and Supporter I am LMFAO. As College Footballl Fan…what happen was shameful!!!