Not since Kermit Washington broke Rudy Tomjanovich's face has a punch made such waves in the sports world (besides boxing, MMA and Woody Hayes).

Oregon senior running back LeGarrette Blount has been suspended for the season after giving Boise State DE Byron Hout "a rap on the Jack Johnson" following the Ducks' opening loss to the Broncos Thursday night.

In Blount's defense, the bad blood has been boiling between these teams since last year and Hout's postgame trash talk deserved to be checked.

That said, did Blount's punishment fit the crime?

It was a cheap shot – no doubt – but the entire year?

A player can beat up a girl at a campus party, get arrested by the police and still make practice the next day. These crimes, which outweigh smacking some doucher upside the head, go unpunished most of the time because they happen off the field and outside of the public eye.

But when Blount landed a snap right hand square on the Hout's glass jaw (he went down like a sack of potatoes), it was in front of a national audience – not to mention Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott, who was in attendance Thursday. Besides giving Hout's jaw that annoying clicking sound, the punch was a black eye on the NCAA's recent push on sportsmanship.

My favorite scene from the postgame melee was the when Blount was leaving the field in front of a crowd of BSU faithful.

There is an older gentleman in a white polo who channels the spirit of 2PAC, points at Blount while mouthing the weapon of choice of classic college football hecklers everywhere.

That guy's wife must be so proud – and so is his high school chemistry class. I wonder if he'll get an unfair suspension too?

Anyways, back to the argument: Should Blount be suspended for the entire year?