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Pac-10 approves reinstatement of Oregon’s LeGarrette Blount

By Chris Dufresne
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The Pacific-10 Conference today approved Oregon’s request to have tailback LeGarrette Blount reinstated for the rest of the season.

Blount was originally suspended for the season by Oregon Coach Chip Kelly after the running back punched Boise State player Byron Hout following the Ducks’ season opening loss on Sept. 3.

‘After a thorough review of the situation, I am convinced LeGarrette Blount paid a significant and appropriate price for the mistakes he made on the field, and that he has learned important life-long lessons,’ Pac-10 Commissioner Larry Scott said in a statement.

Blount has been reinstated immediately, meaning he can play in Oregon’s home game this week against Arizona State.

Oregon (7-2) is coming off a 51-42 loss at Stanford but will claim the conference’s Rose Bowl bid if it wins its last three games against Arizona State, Arizona and Oregon State.

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-- 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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