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JUST LET IT GO

By Alyssa Roenigk

Thursday, September 18, 2008

The voice inside Dennis Dixon's head will not shut up. Don't make a mistake. Don't make a mistake. It's 11 a.m. on a dreary Tuesday morning, one of only two days per week that the quarterback for fifth-ranked Oregon toughs out an hour of class. He graduated in June, the first in his family to do so, after three-and-a-half years of 16, sometimes 18, credits a term. So this semester, with sociology degree in hand, he is dedicating himself to his final season of football, no distractions. Wel ...

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