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By ANNE M. PETERSON
AP Sports Writer
Oregon coach Chip Kelly was emphatic: Quarterback Darron Thomas was not going to be disciplined simply because he was a passenger in a car driven by a teammate that was clocked at 118 mph.
And, while concerned about an officer’s suspicion that there was marijuana in the rental car, Kelly was standing by Thomas and cornerback Cliff Harris, who was driving.
But the incident was another black eye for Oregon and another in a string involving Thomas, who has so far come out unscathed.
The traffic stop occurred early on June 12, when Harris was pulled over by police in a rented Nissan Altima near Albany, Ore. Thomas was not identified as a passenger at the time.
That changed on Tuesday, when the officer’s dashboard video was released.
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