Eugene Spin: The SmurfTurf Sucker Punch

((HT: KBCI-TV/2News Boise))

John Canzano of the Oregonian thinks that LeGarrette, bluntly, must go...

The rub:
...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 Bronco Stadium.

Blount punched Boise State's Byron Hout in the face on the field after the game.

Then, Blount put a fist to the helmet of Ducks' teammate Garrett Embry, who was trying to play peacemaker. And what we have here is a low moment that can not be greeted with tolerance.

Blount left the field struggling with two police officers and two stadium security guards, and with Ducks assistant Scott Frost being towed along. There was a hostile brush with a Boise State fan, too.

In the end, there was chaos and volatility all around this team, courtesy of Blount.

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?

Here's Blount's side of the argument, thanks to our friends at KVAL-TV in Eugene...


And here's the broadcast from the four-letter...
Mark Jones and Bob Davie were in the booth for this one...
((HT: ESPN))

Mark Jones, you're right...
There is no excuse...