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Denizens, as we start an Extended Perfect Football Weekend&#153 – that is to say, one that starts on a Thursday and ends on a Monday – I have a story here about UOregon coach Chip Kelly.

Seems a disgruntled UO student, mildly peeved after the dismal performance of College Football’s Ugliest Uniforms&#153 at Boise State Smurf Turf State&#153, asked for a refund from Coach Kelly.&#160 This enterprising Young Skull Full O’ Mush (a little Rush lingo, there) actually sent the Duck coach an invoice for $439.

And the shocking part is this:&#160 Coach Kelly actually paid it.

Plenty of disgruntled fans have said they wanted their money back after an underwhelming performance.

But how many have made that complaint — and then received a check in the mail, signed by the coach?

Tony Seminary did.

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Seminary, an Oregon alumnus from the Portland area, attended the game in Boise. According to the Web site everydayshouldbesaturday.com, he was so unhappy with what he saw, he sent Ducks coach Chip Kelly an e-mail, with an attached invoice for $439 in travel expenses.

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Sure enough, a check for $439, apparently signed by Kelly, arrived in Seminary’s mailbox, according to the Web site. Seminary was so impressed by the gesture, he returned the check to Kelly with a thank-you note, rather than cashing it.

Lot of class showed there by the good coach.

For his part, Seminary declined to cash the check.&#160 Probably a good thing – it’d set a precedent, and Wade Phillips doesn’t have that much money

Let’s go to the PFW.&#160 My Arlington Heights Yellow Jackets open district play tonight against the Wildcats of R.L. Dunbar.&#160 Dunbar, as y’all may know, is a state basketball powerhouse – but they’re fairly decent in football, too, as evidenced by the massive beatdown they gave Heights last year.&#160 I don’t think it’ll be that lopsided tonight, but I still think the ‘Cats win.

Monday, I promised to clear up a little PFW errata.&#160 Those of you who read the PFW Overview saw me say this regarding TCU:

The schedule is a killer early with road games at both Virginia & Auburn – yeah, that Auburn – during the first three weeks. 1-2 is not out of the question.

Here’s the errata:&#160 It isn’t the Auburn&#160 Tigers the 15th-ranked Horned Frogs are playing – it’s Clemson’s.&#160 Which, if you ask me, is probably worse – Clemson, in my view, is fastar than Auburn (and maybe better this year, too).

The Tigers show up in the rankings under the “Others receiving votes” category, but the game’s in Clemson, SC, this weekend – and that means upwards of 90,000 screaming Tiger fans at Memorial Stadium.&#160 The Frogs are a 2&#189-point road dog here – and frankly I don’t think it’s gonna be that&#160 close.&#160 Not after the Texas State debacle, anyway.

A three-game losing streak is staring Turner Gill’s UBuffalo Bulls in their collective face Saturday as they square off against the Temple Owls.&#160 The Bulls won last year at home against the Owls, but they’re also a 2&#189-point road dog this weekend.&#160 Not good.

The fortunes look slightly better for 25th-ranked Nebraska, as the University of Louisiana-Lafayette comes into Lincoln for their annual ass-whipping at the hands of the Cornhuskers.&#160 Bo Pelini can not&#160 be terribly happy after the loss at VaTech last week, and will be taking it out, no doubt, on ULL.

Cowboys Stadium will welcome another national audience Monday night as the ESPN crew of Tirico, Gruden and Jaworski will ooooh and ahhhh, first at the big-ass video board, then at how the Carolina Panthers rip apart the Cowgirl secondary.&#160 Jake Delhomme is supposedly a statue in the pocket – but then again, so was Byron Leftwich.&#160 And the Steve Smith/Muhsin Muhammad receiving combo is slightly&#160 better than what Tampa Bay threw at the ‘Girls two weeks ago.&#160 Look for Carolina to pound another nail into Coach Stay-Puf’s coffin.

10th-ranked Oklahoma is off this week.

We’re back Tuesday for the recap.&#160 In the meantime, Bucky is favored by three at home against Michigan State, which basically means the game’s a toss-up.&#160 The question for HDD this week, therefore, is:&#160 Will Bret Bielema be tossing up his lunch after Bucky lays the expected egg against the Spartans?&#160

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