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Oregon's Harris gets 118 mph speeding ticket


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Oregon cornerback Cliff Harris is known for playing fast and now he can add driving fast to his repertoire.

The All-American was caught driving 118 mph is a 65 mph zone on Interstate 5. To make matters worse, Harris was driving on a suspended license.

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$1100 is a pretty steep ticket! :o

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Rental car. Hmmm ... how is a 20-yr old with a suspended license able to rent a car? :blink:

Hmm, around here that gets you jail time, not to mention an impounded car. Getting a rental car impounded that you can't get out is gonna cost a few bucks, I imagine.

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Rental car. Hmmm ... how is a 20-yr old with a suspended license able to rent a car? :blink:

They don't/can't check to see if someone has a valid license or not. Show an idea or credit card and you're good to go, unless you are of middle eastern descent then they might look at you funny.

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forget the fine, 118 mph in a 65 mph zone is the equivalent of "reckless driving", a 1st degree misdemeanor in every state. Add the driving w/ a suspended license and this is a great case to follow whether the judicial system's double standard for star football/basketball players comes into play.

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Reports now that the car was rented by female UO employee who is saying she gave it to a friend of Harris' to use, with the friend paying her the rental amount. She is saying she didn't know Harris would be driving it or that he had suspended license.

canuck, that would be go straight to jail in TN, but not AL, unless AL has changed the law in the past decade, which it should. It would be citation(s) in AL for reckless driving & driving suspended. I wonder what kind of car it was?

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The car being driven by Oregon cornerback Cliff Harris when he was caught driving 118 mph on a suspended license early Sunday morning was rented and paid for by a university employee, a school spokesman confirmed to ESPN's Joe Schad on Monday.

Spokesman Dave Williford said the person is not part of the athletics department, but is an employee of the school. Oregon State police say Harris, 20, was pulled over after an off-duty trooper spotted him about 4:35 a.m. PT Sunday on Interstate 5 south of Albany, Ore. An on-duty officer clocked Harris and pulled him over.

Harris was cited for driving with a suspended license and exceeding the speed limit in excess of 100 mph. Police had said Sunday he was driving a rental car.

The employee told KEZI-TV 9 in Eugene on Monday that she had given a licensed friend of Harris permission to drive the car after Harris' friend paid for the price of the rental in full.

"So, I rented the car for my own purposes on Friday. Cliff Harris and his licensed friend, who showed me his license, asked to borrow it and paid me the full amount in cash that I paid for the rental," the woman told KEZI-TV 9, adding that she has documented proof that the friend's payment matches her payment to the rental company.

"I do have a copy of my bank statement, showing two deposits Friday of $180 and $120," the woman told the station.

The woman told KEZI-TV 9 that she had become a friend of Harris over the past few months, but says she is not related to Harris in any form.

She told the station that at the time she agreed to loan Harris' friend the car, she was unaware Harris would be driving the car. She also said that he was unaware if Harris' friend was an Oregon football player.

KEZI-TV 9 reported Monday that there were two other members of the football team in the car with Harris when he was pulled over.

Williford told Schad on Monday that the Pac-10 office has been alerted to the incident, but that no determination has been made as to whether Harris received an extra benefit or preferential treatment from the employee.

Williford said the school acknowledges the possibility of a potential violation and that if a violation is determined, the school will formally self-report the violation to the conference.

Harris excelled as a sophomore last season at cornerback and on special teams. He had six interceptions and set an Oregon record with four punt returns for touchdowns.

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Wow why would you ever give a rental car to a friend to drive that is asking for it. If he did that in GA he would still be in jail!

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on a related note.

Even at 118 mpg, he still wasn't able to catch Auburn's Michael Dyer or Onterio McCalebb.

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on a related note.

Even at 118 mpg, he still wasn't able to catch Auburn's Michael Dyer or Onterio McCalebb.

Funny...I almost titled the thread "Oregon's Harris still trying to catch Dyer" :lol:

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Well, everybody that watched them play an SEC team knew they weren't the fastest team in the country on the football field. They had to get that title back somehow.

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Well, everybody that watched them play an SEC team knew they weren't the fastest team in the country on the football field. They had to get that title back somehow.

But they were PAC 10 12 fast...

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1. What a DA

2. Is this teacher sleeping with him?

3. I mean really..hey teach let me borrow your car, oh ok for a small fee it's yours...REALLY???

4. Oh I didn't notice all the attention he gets because he's a football player, I mean I had no idea he was a fottball player

5. What if he totaled the car, oh no big..Lucy I think someone has some explaining to do.

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Seems pretty obvious that he wanted to avoid detection by getting someone else to rent the car for him, and then paying them for it.

pretty amazed that he reimbursed the university employee at all. But what did he need the car for ? I've not followed the story closely enough to see what's been said. Was he just jonesin' for some speed ? And needed to get out on the open road ?

Curious.

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on a related note.

Even at 118 mpg, he still wasn't able to catch Auburn's Michael Dyer or Onterio McCalebb.

not running a 4.79 40...

slooowwww

WOW! I would have never guessed he would run the 40 that slow?!?!? He sure made some good plays in the NC game.

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WOW! I would have never guessed he would run the 40 that slow?!?!? He sure made some good plays in the NC game.

+1

He looked a lot quicker than that on the field...

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