Suddenly this morning, more speculation popped up in the blogs about what Boise State’s Byron Hout said to LeGarrette Blount last Thursday. Here’s the likely reason why:
A Twitter account hosted by someone named E.J. Prince generated that Tweet last night.
So far, only one blog has mentioned that actual Tweet as the reason for the emergence of the n-word talk. But the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES suddenly is back to the subject this morning, citing a five-day-old piece in the OREGONIAN.
Coincidentally, TBL and MDS at AOL is also back on the story today. (MDS tells me his post was not based on seeing the aforementioned Tweet.)
Besides the OREGONIAN, the only other previous source of n-word speculation came from the SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE on Sept. 4.
Most interesting to me in all of this isn’t the subject matter. It’s that Twitter is causing main media and blogs to investigate stories further without, in some cases, citing the original source (Twitter) for that additional interest. I think over time that may change, much like how main media now increasingly cites blogs.
And while we’re on the subject of Hout vs. Blount, it doesn’t appear Hout will receive any meaningful punishment, which appears to suit the IDAHO STATESMAN editorial board just fine.
2:01 pm on September 9th, 2009
weak
2:15 pm on September 9th, 2009
sounds like one of those stupid rumors that gets started at a party where everybody is drunk and talks crap.
plus, what about Blount possibly lying about the N-word just to make himself look the victim? after-all, he looked like an a**hole at the end of that game and lost his season.
AND, before the season long suspension was given, the coaches and AD talked to Blount. there is no way they would have suspended him for that long if the N-word was used.
so far, based of the evidence, this is just a stupid made up rumor.
can the boise player sue for slander? because this is a serious allegation be made.
2:47 pm on September 9th, 2009
What a crock….But they constantly use the “N-word” when they’re “Trash-talking” each other ????
As a full-blooded Mandarin, have you any idea what I’ve been called on a field of play ??? And the cheap shots that I’ve taken and not complained to ref about ???
After University, I played with a Portugese Club Farm Team in Central Park, NYC against Stade Breton…..The very tall, fast, but gangly Winger that I was covering, I toyed with hard….when you touch and trap the ball, you have possession, and any nasty moves made on you are considered Foul….Three times I trapped his advance, and bent over so that he went flying over the top…..His Foul…..When he finally got so frustrated that he came at me with fists and legs flailing ( never landed a clean blow), I fell down on the Pitch laughing my ass off…..
What surprised me, and I did learn something that day, was that 8 of my Team Mates, Hatiatians and Jamaicans that hate each other, a Venezuelan friend, two Nigerians, a Ghanan, and two South Africans, and a Boston Norwegian University roomate and teammate attacked this French Breton kid while I was still cracking up rollling around and laying all over the grass….
Know what all the Black Players were shouting ????
Hey Whitey, Don’t you ever touch one of Our Brothers like that ???
As I was getting up, still laughing at his pitiful efforts, I realized…..Hey, they don’t consider me White or Black….maybe I’m just a Team Mate…..or, an “Other”…..
We didn’t win that game; their Midfield was excellent, but I definitely learned a lifelong lesson about Race Relations that day…..
2:52 pm on September 9th, 2009
Wow, that’s hella weak. Stop the fake race accusations. It makes blacks look bad who are actually hate crimes.
3:13 pm on September 9th, 2009
blount never said that and didn’t use it as excuse. bro admitted his mistake.
somebody needs to hold hout to account. trash talking after a certain point is just not cool.
3:23 pm on September 9th, 2009
somebody needs to hold hout to account. trash talking after a certain point is just not cool.
…but suckerpunching a guy for something he said (I heard it was “Now you owe us two asskickings”) is just fine? How about going after the crowd?
Trashtalking is part of every sport, particularly football. If you get physical after the game ends because of words and act the way Blount did, you get kicked off the team.
4:36 pm on September 9th, 2009
willybee - You type well for an orange?
10:13 pm on September 9th, 2009
Spin doctors Blount stil punched the guy. Dump his stupid a** regardless.
2:16 am on September 10th, 2009
Ya he called him a ‘nihilist.’ Nasty.
You believe a dude with a tweet avatar with him in a low budget porn movie.
8:55 am on September 10th, 2009
Willy,
Your novel is boring.
9:53 am on September 10th, 2009
Hey alan…..one of my favorite Dance Partners called me, “Yell”, short for “Yellow Type”…..been called “Gook” , like so many times, though I served My Country so much in the late ’60’s and early ’70’s like you can’t believe…..Call me anything you dare…..I’ve only twice been called late for Dinner…..
Still will not deter me from Mission.
1:42 pm on September 10th, 2009
Great. I’m sure the guy runs up with all of those people standing around and then proceeds to tap his shoulder and drop a yelling n-bomb. And by the way, there was a Boise State coach standing right there.
This story is crap. Please also stop trying to justify Blount’s reaction. I don’t give a damn what the guy said, it isn’t justified. Both parties acted foolishly, but they were not equally foolish. Blount needs to be a bigger man after running his mouth for weeks and then getting embarassed on the field. Hout’s only transgression was a singular showing of lack of class. There is no rational equivocation.
4:52 pm on September 10th, 2009
Could have been worse, could have called him a “Porch Monkey”!
6:44 pm on September 10th, 2009
No matter what trashtalking there is, there is no reason to punch a guy out. He deserves the suspension and hopefully his NFL career is over and he has to learn what it means to actually work for a living. Being on his college football team and living the life of a superstar made him feel untouchable and he’s about to get a reality check.
10:07 pm on September 10th, 2009
Blount started the week before the game saying they owed Boise “an ass-whooping”. My first thought when I saw the altercation live was that Hout said something to the effect of “I guess you owe us two now!”. Which would have been good trashtalk. Had Blount not said anything, than Hout saying anything would be uncool.