The McKenzie River comes crashing down from the Cascades, merging with the mellow Willamette a short walk from the University of Oregon campus. Everything is green from the almost incessant rain in a state with two seasons – winter and August.
The school’s legacy stretches from the LSD-inspired writing of one-time Oregon wrestler Ken Kesey to charismatic but ill-fated Steve Prefontaine, to the deep pockets of a spindly legged distance runner from the 1950s named Phil Knight.
Eugene, a tie-dyed city that was counterculture before counterculture was cool, is an unlikely home for a college football powerhouse.
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