Punch-out

By now, hopefully everyone has seen the footage of Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount punching out Boise State's Bryon Hout after No. 14 Boise State beat the No. 16 Ducks 19-8 on Thursday night.

If not, click above and you can watch it several times before ESPN confiscates it.

I have a few thoughts on this incident:

It didn't look as if Hout was congratulating Blount on a nice game with the shoulder pad slap. Without being on the field, or being able to read lips, my guess is Hout said something to the effect of, "How you like Boise now, chump?"

Despite his probable lack of class after an important win for the Broncos, Hout didn't deserve to get sucker punched.

Even still, it was a punch that was better than what you see in most boxing matches these days. And Blount dropped Hout like a sack of potatoes ... which seems appropriate, given the game was in Idaho.

As if punching out an unsuspecting opposing player weren't enough, Blount tried to take on every Boise State fan in the place and had to be basically carried into the locker room by security personnel, as well as Oregon players and staff.

Once subdued, Blount was, for some reason, allowed to talk to the press. "I will never lose my head again. I should have handled that situation a lot better than I did."

No kidding.