Masoli Dismissed From the University of Oregon for Good

After his arrest for possession and driving without a license. Mr. Masoli has been dismissed from the U of Oregon permanently. A talented guy with a lot of problems. 

The Oregon Ducks Football Circus Starts Up Again...Masoli Cited for Pot

Suspended University of Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli is again in trouble with the law after a Springfield police officer stopped his vehicle and cited him Monday night on charges of possessing less than one ounce of marijuana, driving with a suspended license and failure to stop at a driveway or a sidewalk.

Masoli is scheduled to appear in Springfield Municipal Court on June 24, a court spokeswoman said. All three charges are non-criminal violations.

Masoli, 21, was suspended for the upcoming season in March after he pleaded guilty in Lane County Circuit Court to breaking into a fraternity house.

A UO athletic department spokesman had no immediate comment on Masoli’s latest brush with the law when contacted this morning.

Read more in Thursday’s Register-Guard.

Clown Billboard Depicts Duck Players

Eugene KMTR - Somebody has painted a billboard in downtown Eugene depicting several Oregon Ducks football players in clown makeup.

It’s not clear who put up the board, but it is hard to ignore.

The players images have green or yellow painted noses, teardrops running down their faces and clown-like wigs, all in green and yellow.

The billboard has pictures of Jeremiah Masoli, Rob Beard, Lagarette Blount, Garret Embry, Mike Bowlin and LaMichael James—all players who have had off-the-field trouble this season.

Some passersby who saw the billboard say the players are acting like clowns and they think the billboard sends a serious message.

After seeing the billboard, Frank Gonzalez of Eugene said, “They're giving their team a bad name. It's like that saying, ‘One person can ruin it for everybody.’ I feel like they’ve ruined the whole team."

Three of the players on depicted the billboard; quarterback Jeremiah Masoli, kicker Rob Beard and running back LaMichael James, each pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges. Masoli has been suspended for the entire season next year, while Beard and James were suspended for one game.

Oregon's Masoli Won't Face More Than a Three Game Suspension, Wait and See!

Updated 3:38 PM
Masoli pleads guilty. Kelly suspends Masoli for the 2010 season.
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Proof Masoli won't get more than a slap on the wrist from Oregon coach Chip Kelly and at the most, a three game suspension to stat the season. Why the first three games? Because Oregon plays New Mexico, Tennessee and Portland State as their non-conference games and two of those games are at home against teams that are substantially weaker. By bringing Masoli back for the fourth game it gives Oregon the chance to win the Pac 10 conference title and with potentially only one loss at Tennessee, they can still play in the national championship hunt with no other losses.

What to expect from today's sentencing? How about a plea bargain and a three year probation.

From KEZI in Oregon

Local lawyer Greg Veralrud of Veralrud & Fowler Attorneys, thinks Masoli is looking at probation time. He said the charges can be treated upfront or after probation as a misdemeanor, and he said it looks like that's what the Lane County District Attorney's office will likely do.

Veralrud said the guidelines don't call for a prison sentence if it's your first offense. For Masoli, he has a prior record. Masoli pleaded guilty for robberies in and around San Mateo, Calif. in 2005. It resulted in his expulsion from Serra High and a stint in the juvenile detention center.

However, Veralrud said it has to be significant enough to put him behind bars which might not be the case. Veralrud said probation can still carry some jail time, but it generally means the offender can adhere to the conditions of probation.

Jeremiah Masoli to Be Charged

Is this the end of the Ducks season? Will Chip Kelly play double standard and not kick him off the team? We'll see...

Masoli to be in court this Friday.

Another Oregon Duck Football Player Arrested

By my count this is either number five or six since the fall of 2009. Apparently the inmates are running the asylum in Eugene.

Oregon football: Kiko Alonso cited for DUII
By John Hunt, The Oregonian
February 20, 2010, 2:00PM

Mere hours after Oregon coach Chip Kelly answered questions about his team's slew of off-field troubles, Ducks linebacker Kiko Alonso was picked up for drunk driving.

"If a player doesn’t live up to the standards we have for the football program, then they’re not going to be here,'' Kelly said Friday. "But I’m also not going to follow our kids around every Friday or Saturday night so I can see what happened to them.''

Kelly almost made it through Friday night, but at 2:19 a.m. on Saturday morning, Alonso was stopped at the 7-Eleven on East Broadway in Eugene and cited for DUII.

Alonso, an athletic linebacker who will be a redshirt sophomore this fall, had 15 tackles in 11 games in 2009 and forced one fumble, playing primarily middle linebacker behind starter Casey Matthews. The 6-foot-4, 225-pounder from Los Gatos, Calif., is also a regular special teams player for the Ducks.