I no sooner posted that and ESPN reports he's been suspended for the season. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4446898 I've been coaching jr. high sports for the last few years...... Football & basketball, & know firsthand that even at that young age...... There's a lot of trash talk that goes on during the game. I've heard Blount was talking a $hit ton of trash during game week, as were some of the other Ducks...... and I imagine he was even more on the field. I had the game on last night, and watched all the replays last night immediately afterward. Definately looked like Hout spun around real quick & said something, probably smart a$$, while smacking Blounts facemask, then spun back around resuming his conversation. Since Blount was walking the other way when it happened, it took a sec for him to redirect & light Hout up. There wasn't anything pussy about him waiting a few seconds 'til Hout's back was turned....... It was immediate retribution as soon as he processed what'd been said/ his facemask smacked, & he could get at Hout. Blount was, I'm sure, uber pissed about the egg on his face from just getting waxed by Boise 2 years in a row even though he/they'd been talking about "payback" all week, and I'm sure Hout's shit hit him while he was stewing & set him off. All that taken into consideration...... I just don't know what Hout could've said that was any worse than all the $hit I'm sure was bein' said on the field. Then Blount compounds the problem by going after one of the fans who was taunting him too, and having to be drug off the field by security, coaches, & police And all this during the first game in the NCAA's much publicized new "handshake" era?!? They're not gonna take that black eye to their reputation lightly. Plus.... Oregon's gonna wanna jump out front on this so they don't look soft to the NCAA & incur "the wrath" Dude's done..... You knew they were gonna drop the hammer on him