Excellent Article On Boise St. vs. Oregon Ending

[GP1]

ArticleExcellent article that was written about the ending of the BSU vs Oregon game last night. I have to say, the Great GP1 is rarely shocked by anything, but he is shocked this morning. This kid should be removed from the team today. It isn't like Oregon didn't deserve some trash talking from BSU players after the game. They were awful. When you are awful, you deserve all of the crap the other team throws at you.How does this story end? My prediction. The following steps will happen:1. Oregon throws him off the team.2. Player transfers to junior college 3. Player transfers after one year at JC to desperate D-1A program.4. ESPN runs touchy-feeley (sp?) story on player two years from now on how he has changed his life.5. After college career, player is arrested for domestic violence.6. Player is forever remembered in reruns of Fox Sports Most Shocking Moments.

[Bleacher Bum]

So, you're saying that one day he'll end up playing against the Zips for the Wagon Wheel?

[g-mann17]

What really happens...1. Oregon issues touchy feely statement2. Anger Management3. Sits out on "one game suspension". (conveniently against low tier Non Conference opponents)4. Stays with team and plays out the rest of the seasonIf OSU can justify keeping someone who beat the piss out of people at a bar, than Oregon can justify keeping a guy that threw one punch.

[Captain Kangaroo]

If you run some smack at an opposing player after the game, you run the risk of getting punched in the face.

[GP1]

I just saw the replay on ESPN. They don't show it in the video, but the THUG from Boise St. probably did deserve to get punched in the face. Not because he ran his mouth, but because he hits the Oregon player on the shoulder and then runs away like a scared little girl. If you're going to talk trash, look the guy in the eyes while you do it.At the end of the day, the Oregon player should be kicked off the team. It was disgraceful what he did.If Boise State wanted to make a statement, they would suspend their player for a couple of games for his role in this situation as well. That kid's hands are not clean in this whole mess and if the message the NCAA is trying to promote is sportsmanship, this kid falls well short of the mark the NCAA is trying to establish.

[GP1]

So, you're saying that one day he'll end up playing against the Zips for the Wagon Wheel?

Only if winning the Wagon Wheel involves tossing a little orange ball through a little orange ring..... In a few years, the average Can't State football player will not be tall enough to punch a normal sized adult in the face.

[Zipmeister]

I just saw the replay on ESPN. They don't show it in the video, but the THUG from Boise St. probably did deserve to get punched in the face. Not because he ran his mouth, but because he hits the Oregon player on the shoulder and then runs away like a scared little girl. If you're going to talk trash, look the guy in the eyes while you do it.At the end of the day, the Oregon player should be kicked off the team. It was disgraceful what he did.If Boise State wanted to make a statement, they would suspend their player for a couple of games for his role in this situation as well. That kid's hands are not clean in this whole mess and if the message the NCAA is trying to promote is sportsmanship, this kid falls well short of the mark the NCAA is trying to establish.

I saw the replay on ESPN (also watched it live) and they showed the Boise State player giving the UofO player a congratulatory tap on the chest/shoulder area while telling him "good game." He did not run away after doing this, but did drop like a bag of rocks after getting clocked. I thought it was a really good punch: did not telegraph it, excellent placement to the side of the chin, good follow through.

[Zip Watcher]

Watched some of this game on TV last night .. missed the end, so I didn't see the punch live.What struck me about this game was the atmosphere .. the place was jammed. Fans into the game, a real home field advantage for the Broncos. I'm thinking this is a big home game for them, BCS team in town .. huge crowd, sellout .. BSU is on the fringes of being a BCS program while playing in a lower league. I also figure while I'm sitting there that in a state capital, biggest school in the state sports wise .. this must be a crowd of about 50k.Not so.Attendance: 34,127Very interesting to me.

[johnnyzip84]

Watched some of this game on TV last night .. missed the end, so I didn't see the punch live.What struck me about this game was the atmosphere .. the place was jammed. Fans into the game, a real home field advantage for the Broncos. I'm thinking this is a big home game for them, BCS team in town .. huge crowd, sellout .. BSU is on the fringes of being a BCS program while playing in a lower league. I also figure while I'm sitting there that in a state capital, biggest school in the state sports wise .. this must be a crowd of about 50k.Not so.Attendance: 34,127Very interesting to me.

Well capacity is 32,000, so that's about all you can squeeze into Bronco Stadium. The 34,127 was a record crowd there (Wiki Link). They have plans to expand to 50,000.Wiki Link

[GP1]

I saw the replay on ESPN (also watched it live) and they showed the Boise State player giving the UofO player a congratulatory tap on the chest/shoulder area while telling him "good game."

Thanks for your first hand view of the THUG getting clocked. It's amazing what will get defended on this board depending on what people look like.So here is your story. After shaking hands with everyone else, this UofO player just happened to have this reaction to the "tap" on his shoulder. Not only does the player from UofO respond, but there is a coach right next to them who responded in shock as well when the THUG said "good game". Riiiiight. The THUG made a b-line straight for the UofO player, said what he said and then tried to sneak away. Obviously, he didn't sneak fast enough. I'm sure when the swelling goes down and his teeth are repaired (did anyone notice the tooth flying out as he crumbles to the ground?), he will be able to tell everyone what he said.....assuming he can remember it of course.Here is probably what happened. The UofO player ran his mouth publically for a week up to the game and then had a horrible game in which his team was beaten. The THUG from BSU decides, "Look, 20 of my teammates will be around me and I'm going to say something. This guy stunk up the field tonight and I'm going to let him know it". From this point forward I will stop referring to this THUG as a THUG and just call him glass-jaw. Glass-jaw runs up to the UofO player and says (while striking the guy in the shoulder), "Run your mouth now chump" or something along those lines. Then glass-jaw earns his nickname. Hilarity ensues. The end.Glass-jaw is not some innocent victim in this story.

[GP1]

Dead Spin agrees with the Great GP1.

[Captain Kangaroo]

Dead Spin agrees with the Great GP1.

...only after GP1 agreed with the Great Captain Kangaroo.

[Zipmeister]

Actually Blount (who was kicked out of the Ducks first practice this year for hot-headedness) didn't really shake the hand of the guy he was supposed to during the pregame good sportsmanship handshake ceremony at mid field, stunk up the field during the game, and after the game was fighting with his own players most of the way across the field where he happened upon the unsuspecting and completely innocent BSU student/athlete. If you think about it, if you had spent the previous week running your mouth about how you were going to run all over Boise State, then gained a whopping 5 yards for the whole game, and then some cracker tells you "good game" you might take it personally. I still think the kid has a future in the UFC.

[UADavid]

Punk from Oregon runs mouth before game, punk from Boise throws it in his face, Oregon player melts down. It doesn't matter what was said, you can't do this, ever! The Artest impersonation after the punch was far worse, in my opinion, and will cause him to get a much longer suspension than the sucker punch. They both hurt their teams but the Oregon player hurt his team even more. He will be suspended and he was a big part of their running attack last year. Didn't look like a tooth, doubtful he said good game, and he didn't "hit" the Oregon player on the shoulder. That's how I saw it.

[Zip Watcher]

Watched some of this game on TV last night .. missed the end, so I didn't see the punch live.What struck me about this game was the atmosphere .. the place was jammed. Fans into the game, a real home field advantage for the Broncos. I'm thinking this is a big home game for them, BCS team in town .. huge crowd, sellout .. BSU is on the fringes of being a BCS program while playing in a lower league. I also figure while I'm sitting there that in a state capital, biggest school in the state sports wise .. this must be a crowd of about 50k.Not so.Attendance: 34,127Very interesting to me.

Well capacity is 32,000, so that's about all you can squeeze into Bronco Stadium. The 34,127 was a record crowd there (Wiki Link). They have plans to expand to 50,000.Wiki Link

My observation centers on the capacity of Bronco Stadium vs. the Info .. they're not sitting on a gold mine of 50K paid attendance to accelerate their rise to the top levels of the FBS. They've only been D1-A / FBS since 1996. It is the only game in town, I get that.But if it can happen there .. it can happen here. The Zips stadium is better .. for both the fans and players. B) Go Zips!!

[johnnyzip84]

Watched some of this game on TV last night .. missed the end, so I didn't see the punch live.What struck me about this game was the atmosphere .. the place was jammed. Fans into the game, a real home field advantage for the Broncos. I'm thinking this is a big home game for them, BCS team in town .. huge crowd, sellout .. BSU is on the fringes of being a BCS program while playing in a lower league. I also figure while I'm sitting there that in a state capital, biggest school in the state sports wise .. this must be a crowd of about 50k.Not so.Attendance: 34,127Very interesting to me.

Well capacity is 32,000, so that's about all you can squeeze into Bronco Stadium. The 34,127 was a record crowd there (Wiki Link). They have plans to expand to 50,000.Wiki Link

My observation centers on the capacity of Bronco Stadium vs. the Info .. they're not sitting on a gold mine of 50K paid attendance to accelerate their rise to the top levels of the FBS. They've only been D1-A / FBS since 1996. It is the only game in town, I get that.But if it can happen there .. it can happen here. The Zips stadium is better .. for both the fans and players. B) Go Zips!!

A packed Info will certainly hace a "big time" feel to it. The hardest part of the Boise St emulation is the success on the field (FIFTY straight home wins!!). There's no better time to start than tomorrow.

[UADavid]

Watched some of this game on TV last night .. missed the end, so I didn't see the punch live.What struck me about this game was the atmosphere .. the place was jammed. Fans into the game, a real home field advantage for the Broncos. I'm thinking this is a big home game for them, BCS team in town .. huge crowd, sellout .. BSU is on the fringes of being a BCS program while playing in a lower league. I also figure while I'm sitting there that in a state capital, biggest school in the state sports wise .. this must be a crowd of about 50k.Not so.Attendance: 34,127Very interesting to me.

Well capacity is 32,000, so that's about all you can squeeze into Bronco Stadium. The 34,127 was a record crowd there (Wiki Link). They have plans to expand to 50,000.Wiki Link

My observation centers on the capacity of Bronco Stadium vs. the Info .. they're not sitting on a gold mine of 50K paid attendance to accelerate their rise to the top levels of the FBS. They've only been D1-A / FBS since 1996. It is the only game in town, I get that.But if it can happen there .. it can happen here. The Zips stadium is better .. for both the fans and players. B) Go Zips!!

A packed Info will certainly hace a "big time" feel to it. The hardest part of the Boise St emulation is the success on the field (FIFTY straight home wins!!). There's no better time to start than tomorrow.

Of course, as hard as it will be to get that home win tomorrow, I"m all for it!

[johnnyzip84]

Of course, as hard as it will be to get that home win tomorrow, I"m all for it!

Rough crowd! You do realize I was just using the home win streak as an EXAMPLE of Boise St's "winning" ways. Besides, Cap'n and company are going to be making so much noise that Happy Valley WILL be the Zips home tomorrow

[UADavid]

Of course, as hard as it will be to get that home win tomorrow, I"m all for it!

Rough crowd! You do realize I was just using the home win streak as an EXAMPLE of Boise St's "winning" ways. Besides, Cap'n and company are going to be making so much noise that Happy Valley WILL be the Zips home tomorrow

I do, hence the wink! No harm, no foul.

[UADavid]

Actually Blount (who was kicked out of the Ducks first practice this year for hot-headedness) didn't really shake the hand of the guy he was supposed to during the pregame good sportsmanship handshake ceremony at mid field, stunk up the field during the game, and after the game was fighting with his own players most of the way across the field where he happened upon the unsuspecting and completely innocent BSU student/athlete. If you think about it, if you had spent the previous week running your mouth about how you were going to run all over Boise State, then gained a whopping 5 yards for the whole game, and then some cracker tells you "good game" you might take it personally. I still think the kid has a future in the UFC.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/boxs...id=200909030112Just looked at the box score and it shows Blount had eight carries for -5 yards. That includes a ten yard gain! He had no where to go but off.

[skip-zip]

If you run some smack at an opposing player after the game, you run the risk of getting punched in the face.

That's just about my take on it. Punching someone is stupid.....but by no means did it appear unprovoked, according to the footage.

[UADavid]

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news...p&type=lgnsOregon running back suspended for the season. I'm surprised so many ZN members think this was somehow justified. Was he provoked, yes, was there trash talk, most likely. If this had been a Can't player hitting a Zips player doing the same thing, would you all think it was justified? This action should never be justified or tolerated and I'm impressed with Oregon for doing the right thing. Now will Boise suspend Hout for his part? Time will tell. I would suspend him two games for his lack of sportsmanship and intelligence.A longer story now says Hout will not be suspended. He gets a chit chat with the coach. That's disappointing.

[ZachTheZip]

Yeah, the Boise guy might have deserved to be hit, and the Oregon guy might have gotten off with a couple game suspension if it was just that. But he was about to go Ron Artest on the crowd before the security guys took him away.AK-Rowdies: can you get inside an opposing players' head to the point that they try to attack you? We could sure use the TV time it would create.

[zip37]

Z Watcer, I surely hope it happens here, but not with a '500 coach. Sorry!

[InTheZone]

One word comes to mind after watching that video...Typical.