I've been travelling all day, so I haven't had a chance to comment yet on the news of Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount's season long suspension.
The suspension effectively ends his career, as he was a senior.
It's an ignomious conclusion to his career. The stat line is absolutely horrific.
Eight carries for negative five yards.
And one sucker punch to an opponent after the game.
As I wrote here, what Blount did was reprehensible and unconscionable. You simply cannot do that.
But as ESPN's Ted Miller wrote, let's hope that Blount can learn from this.
There's no question in my mind that this incident will cost Blount. He went from a possible day one draft pick to potentially being an undrafted free agent.
I doubt that he has lost the opportunity for an NFL career because of this punch.
The road to making it to the league has become much harder for him, though. The only film for the scouts to look at is the entirety of the 2008 season and this one sad night in 2009.
Yet if you have talent, someone will take a chance on you.
This will not be the last time we hear about LeGarrette Blount.
Let's hope that in the future, we are only hearing about his positive on the field exploits.
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