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Football coach Chip Kelly loves it. Athletic director Mike Bellotti loves it. Anyone and everyone who loves Duck football seems to love it.

So what’s the problem? Why are the University of Oregon’s feathers ruffled by a comical rap music video called “I Love My Ducks” that’s been flying through cyberspace since Monday like a certain Duck on the back of a Harley?

Blame it on the Duck himself.

“There is a misconception that the athletic department is opposed to the video,” UO athletic department spokesman Dave Williford said. “And that’s not true. We’re opposed to the Duck being in the video. It’s a great piece. We just would like the Duck removed from the video, then we don’t have an issue.”

The 3-minute, 36-second video that UO seniors Jamie Slade, Brian McAndrew and Michael Bishop posted on YouTube on Monday is an ode to their beloved Pac-10-leading Ducks that are two wins from securing just the fifth Rose Bowl berth in school history.

But the marketing arm of the UO athletic department asked the students to take it down earlier this week because the Duck mascot appears repeatedly in it, and the rights to the mascot are a copyright of the Walt Disney Co. - an agreement between the UO and Disney that dates back to at least the early 1940s. The Duck, after all, is based on Donald Duck.

Read the rest of the Disney Duck story HERE.

Find out more about the history of the Donald Duck mascot HERE.

The official video has been taken down, but people have been sending it on YouTube anyway. Here’s the video:

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