There won't be a lot of defenders out there for LeGarrette Blount, said Pete Fiutak in Fox Sports. Blount, a football player for the University of Oregon, sucker punched Boise State's Byron Hout after Oregon's embarrassing loss in the first game of the season. Emotions were high and Blount is only 22 years old, so the Blount punch shouldn't be allowed to "ruin his life"—but everyone will probably agree he should be kicked off the team (watch the LeGarrette Blount punch).
That would be a good start, said John Canzano in The Oregonian. Blount apologized, saying it will never happen again, but first-year Oregon head coach Chip Kelly needs to make an example of him to show that such "cheap" and "disgusting" behavior won't be tolerated. But the Ducks running back should also "be arrested and charged with assault."
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