Legarrette Blount | Legarrette Blount Suspended

Legarrette Blount,Legarrette Blount Suspended: A big-time coming out party for the new guy in charge and his disciplined, workmanlike team. It was a beautiful, proud performance by the Imperial Stormtroopers from the University of Oregon.



Every pass was caught. Every quarterback read was perfect. The Ducks’ players were in control, focused and sportsmanlike.



They made you proud.



Then, pregame warmups ended and they were disgusting.



It was Boise State 19, Oregon 8. Also, it’s so long to Ducks running back LeGarrette Blount, who should be kicked off the team today for what he did on Thursday at Broncos Stadium.



Blount punched Boise State’s Byron Hout on the field after the game. He also scuffled with fans. Two other Ducks players scrapped with each other. And what we have here is a low moment that can not be tolerated.



Blount left the field struggling with two police officers, two stadium security guards, and with a Ducks support staffer dragging him away. There was chaos all around this team. The Ducks running back should be arrested and charged with assault today for slugging Hout, who wasn’t even looking. Also, Blount should be served up by first-year head coach Chip Kelly as a reminder of everything the program should never become.



It was cheap. It was embarrassing. It was disgusting.



Dress all that ugliness in gorgeous all-white uniforms, rank it in the Top 25, put it on national television, and it still stinks.



What we have here is a real leadership moment.



So what’s it going to be, coach?



Forget that Oregon looked unprepared and confused against the Broncos on offense. Forget that the Ducks didn’t manage a first down until midway through the third quarter. Forget that it was the flattest football performance since BYU flattened Oregon 38-8 in the 2006 Las Vegas Bowl.



The game was a waste of time, followed by a nationally televised melee courtesy of Blount, who pushed one of his teammates who was trying to play peacemaker. And the football becomes secondary today. Which is only to say Oregon compounds the ugly loss if it keeps Blount around a minute longer.



Turns out that you can ride your motorcycle without a helmet on the freeway in Idaho. And that you can outfit yourself in bright orange, walk outside your home here, and blend right in without a hitch. But what you can’t do under any circumstance is simply show up with cooler uniforms and a strut and expect to win, then start punching people because you’re frustrated and agonized.