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Ex-Oregon OL Doug Brenner Says School Ran Workouts Designed to Have Players Quit

Former Oregon Ducks lineman Doug Brenner—who is suing the school, former head coach Willie Taggart, former strength coach Irele Oderinde and the NCAA for negligence—opened up about his experience within the football program and with the coaches.

"He made it very clear that he was looking for guys to leave so that he could have our scholarships," Brenner said of Taggart on Monday, per John Canzano of The Oregonian. He also said the workouts that led to the hospitalization of him and two teammates permanently damaged his kidneys and left his urine "black like coffee or Coca Cola.