Murphy: Suspend BSU’s Hout For Game

Look, Blount bears the majority of the blame for the events of Thursday night. He sucker punched (Byron) Hout (shown in red in 2007 as a Lake City Timberwolf) after the trash talking, then shoved a teammate, then tried to attack hostile Boise State fans and finally had to be dragged off to the locker room to avoid doing any other damage. First-year Oregon coach Chip Kelly rightfully suspended Blount, a senior, for the rest of the season. There is no comparison between the transgressions, nor should there be an equivalency in their punishments. But Hout played a role, too - and that’s why he should sit for the Broncos’ next game. Boise State coach Chris Petersen, who has not hesitated to hand out punishment when necessary, said Hout would be disciplined internally - read: punishing conditioning at ungodly hours - but not suspended. The WAC will not publicly punish Hout either, commissioner Karl Benson said Friday. “Byron’s mistake wasn’t as extreme as LeGarrette’s,” Petersen said, “but he was still wrong”/ Brian Murphy , Idaho Statesman. More here .

Question: Do you agree with Statesman columnist Brian Murphy that former Lake City High football star Byron Hout should be suspended for a game for his postgame taunting of LeGarrette Blount?