I don’t mind one man punching another but I just haven’t seen anything to make me think Blount had much if any justification in this incident. He talked trash, sucked donkey balls in the game, and had it thrown back at him. If you can’t handle a remark like that then 1) don’t make predictions/trash talk and 2) don’t run for negative yards.

Heard Peterson, Boise State head coach, on the Dan Patrick show and he said there would be some punishment for Hout. Peterson seemed to handle it well and talk about the right things in the interview. Said it was a heat of the moment incident and that he hoped both sides would learn from it – he would be talking to his team about winning graciously. Had Peterson had any ties at all the the southeast I would have loved for him to have ended up at Clemson.

@ Daniel and ichase – fair enough, i retract my “man” comment. i was just a little heated.

Beautiful knockout though, can we agree on that? It wasnt a sucker punch though. Hout pulled a bitch move and did the chirp and turn. Not Blount’s fault that Hout didn’t have his guard up.

If you could punch a guy in sports everytime someone talked shit to you, every fucking game in NFL would be a goddamn brawl. Anyone ever heard the shit talking that goes on between NFL WR’s and CB’s? The stuff said in those conversations would make George Carlin blush.

And now we are making assumptions on what the fans did or didn’t say? I’ve read a lot about the incident today and haven’t seen any reports of anything racial slurs being said (though of course it doesn’t mean their weren’t words said by the fans). There is a time and a place for one man to punch the shit out of another man – this was not that time for Blount. The consequences of his actions seemingly far out weigh any satisfaction he may have gotten or justification for the incident (caveat – if Hout called him a “ninja” then Blount in my eyes reserves the right to go get a tire iron of his car to beat Hout with).

As far as shaking hands before a game, that’s fucking RA-tarded. Football players are almost expected to be in a semi-kill mode before the game and now we want these same guys to go from banging their head on a locker to shaking hands with the enemy before the game? After the game is the time for handshaking and what not on an individual basis. Go out and congratulate your opponent or walk on into your locker – individual choice. 99% of the time this scenario works out as both teams competitors normally are exhausted and have found some mutual respect from their “battles” on the field.