
Originally Posted by
haggis
No joke. The VRI is on contract with the NCAA so all the teams/coaches/officials/etc. all stay there for the games for both Eugene and Corvallis. It was weird working the breakfast shift at 5AM and seeing the rivals in street clothes.
Dennis Erickson came in way before we opened the doors for the players and got the paper and sat alone at a table. I asked him if he wanted coffee, and he said "No, do you have any Diet Cokes?"
Since Eugene is a Pepsi town, we only offered guests Diet Pepsi. He said that he hated Diet Pepsi, so I told him that they have Diet Coke in the employee lounge. He gave me $6 and told me to bring him 6. He drank like 3 in the 25 minutes he was there at 5:30 in the morning.