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Pac 10 commish says Blount would have to be reinstated by conference

By Chris Dufresne
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Not so fast, Oregon.

In response to Oregon Coach Chip Kelly saying Friday he might lift the season-long suspension of senior tailback LeGarrette Blount, the Pacific 10 Conference released a statement saying any reinstatement would have to come from the league office.

Here’s the statement from Pac-10 Commissioner Larry Scott:

The University of Oregon may appeal to the Conference for a reduction in the original disciplinary actions taken against LeGarrette Blount. The power to reinstate rests with the Conference, and if and when the university decides to make such an appeal, the Conference will take the matter under advisement and make a decision.

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Blount was suspended for the season after he punched Boise State player Byron Hout at the conclusion of Oregon’s season-opening loss in Idaho.

-- Chris Dufresne

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Chris Dufresne

Chris Dufresne was the Los Angeles Times’ national college football/basketball columnist from 1995 to 2015. He also covered skiing at the Winter Olympics and wrote extensively on most sports. He is a multiple national award winner and was named 2011 California Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Assn. A Los Angeles native, he started at The Times in 1976 as a truck loader and literally worked his way up (two floors to be exact).

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