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THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: From the Pac-8 to the Pac-10 to the Pac-12 to the Pac-2

| July 14, 2024 1:10 AM

While we raked leaves in our yard on fall Saturdays in the late 1960s in Salem, Ore., we listened to Oregon State football games on the radio. 

One day, we learned one of our neighbors knew Dee Andros, aka the “Great Pumpkin” and OSU football coach, which elevated our neighbor to hero status in our eyes. 

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