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Former Alabama head coach Nick Saban stopped by The Pat McAfee Show and discussed Oregon football’s transition to the Big Ten. The Ducks head coach, Dan Lanning, was a graduate assistant with the Crimson Tide in 2015. Saban spoke candidly about Lanning and his evaluation of his time with Oregon football. “I think [Lanning has] […]

On Saturday night, the biggest Big Ten game of the year will be played in Eugene, Oregon, which is something we couldn’t have said for the first 127 years of the conference’s existence. The 2nd-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes will make the long trip up to the Pacific Northwest to take on the 3rd-ranked Oregon Ducks […]

After a couple of close calls against Idaho and Boise State to start the season, the Oregon Ducks have begun rounding into shape, scoring big wins over in-state rival Oregon State and former Pac-12/current Big Ten foe UCLA in their last two games. Leading the way for the Ducks is super senior transfer quarterback Dillon […]

Oregon football has gotten off to a great start in the 2024 season. The Ducks are 3-0 and getting ready for their first-ever Big Ten game on Saturday. Oregon will take on UCLA and dynamic QB Ethan Garbers, who could be a problem for the Ducks on defense. Oregon football’s head coach Dan Lanning shared […]

After an underwhelming first two weeks of the season, Oregon football got back on track in Week 3 with a dominant win in the Civil War over rival Oregon State. The Oregon offensive line had been heavily maligned after a pair of disappointing performances in tight victories over Idaho and Boise State, but rebounded with […]

Following a blowout 35-point victory against Oregon State, Oregon football head coach Dan Lanning shared insights highlighting his team’s robust performance and underlining his dedication to maintaining one of the state’s most cherished rivalries. The Ducks’ impressive win, their first in Corvallis since 2018, marked a significant moment both on and off the field. In […]

As the Oregon State football team prepares to face off against the Oregon Ducks in an early iteration of their long-standing rivalry, Beavers head coach Trent Bray is steering clear of any narratives centered around revenge. Instead, Bray is emphasizing the opportunity for his team to showcase their skills on a national platform against a […]

This year’s Oregon football team began as the preseason No. 3 team in the AP Top 25 poll. In the last two weeks, they’ve dropped from No. 7 to No. 9 in the latest poll (No. 8 in our power rankings). They are still 2-0 with wins over Idaho and Boise State. While these early […]

As most analysts expected, the Oregon Ducks are off to a 2-0 start this season, however, head coach Dan Lanning’s squad has had a much more difficult time getting there than expected. The Ducks were 49.5 point favorites in their opening week matchup versus Idaho, but only managed to sneak out a 24-14 win over […]

The Oregon football team looked sluggish in their week one win against Idaho, and they will need to play a lot better this weekend when Boise State comes to town. The Broncos are expected to contend for the group of five College Football Playoff spot, and they are going to give the Ducks everything they […]

Oregon football entered 2024 with monster expectations in their first season in the Big Ten, and the season opener against Idaho was supposed to be a chance for Dan Lanning and company to show off why they’re one of the best teams in the nation. It ended up being anything but that. Oregon had to […]

The Oregon football program finds itself in a unique situation heading into the 2024-2025 season. Gone is their longstanding affiliation with the Pac-12 Conference and in is their new affiliation with the Big Ten Conference, a league that includes former Pac-12 foes Washington football, USC football and UCLA football. The Ducks suddenly find themselves as […]

Oregon football head coach Dan Lanning provided an injury update on some of his starters, including Jordan James and Gary Bryant Jr., ahead of the Ducks’ season opener against Idaho on Saturday. “Lanning said he expects Bryant to be available when the Ducks take the field on Saturday,” Don Smalley of DucksWire.com reported on Monday. […]

Alabama football’s legendary head coach Nick Saban nearly hired Oregon football head coach Dan Lanning. On a recent episode of the Pat McAfee Show, Saban revealed the surprising revelation. After Saban sent Lanning, one of his up-and-coming future head coaches, to a smaller school, a program such as Oregon, Dan fell in love with the […]

The Oregon football team enters the 2024 season as one of the best in the country and a popular pick to finish toward the top of the Big Ten Conference. Oregon has a lot of talent entering the season and they were in the top-5 in the preseason AP poll. The Ducks begin the season […]

The 2024 college football season could present the best Oregon football team in the history of the program. It certainly has the roster to back up that idea. From an offensive perspective, the Ducks should have one of the top units in the country once again, and maybe even a bit better than last year’s, […]

Dan Lanning and his Oregon football team will begin their 2024 season on August 31st at home against Idaho. There are less than two weeks before the Ducks kick off their season, and it is a big one as it is year one in the Big Ten for the West Coast program. Most talk about […]

The month of August is close to halfway gone, and that means that college football season is right around the corner, and aside from that opening Saturday afternoon of action, no moment does a better job of marking the arrival of college football than the release of the first AP Top 25 Poll of the […]

The Oregon football team is expected to be one of the best in the country this season, and returning talent from 2023 is a big reason why. One of those returning players is wide receiver Gary Bryant Jr. Bryant Jr. had a solid first year with the Ducks last season after spending the first three […]

The Oregon Ducks football team is preparing for their first year in the Big Ten, one of college football’s biggest conferences. The university moved into the conference along with former Pac-12 members Washington, USC and UCLA, and officially begins play this fall. Oregon football head coach Dan Lanning has been busy preparing his team for […]

When Dan Lanning was introduced as the head coach of the Oregon football team in December 2021, he made it perfectly clear that in his mind, this job with the Ducks was by no means a stepping stone to something bigger or better. In Lanning’s mind, he had just landed one of the premier coaching […]

The proliferation of the transfer portal and the ability for collegiate athletes to make money off of their own Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) has predictably been a major game-changer to all aspects of college sports. Young athletes capitalizing on their own popularity is and will forever be a great development, but my goodness, it […]

It is not the first time that an insanely talented MLB Draft selection also happens to be a football player. In fact, this instance has happened almost every decade since the inception of both leagues. But, Oregon baseball star Bryce Boettcher might be embarking on a different journey compared to Patrick Mahomes, Kyler Murray, and […]

The Denver Broncos are far from a contender at this juncture. Head Coach Sean Payton has a lot to work with in year two with the storied franchise. The Broncos have had a busy offseason already and it could get even busier as the team’s three best possible trade targets were named. Courtland Sutton shared […]

The Oregon football team had a good year last season as they ended up finishing the regular season 11-1 and they were a win in the Pac-12 title game away from going to the College Football Playoff. They ended up losing to Washington, but the future still looked bright for the Ducks under head coach […]

Since Dan Lanning arrived in Eugene, he has been building something special. Oregon football was already a top-tier program in the country, but Lanning has shown no drop-off from former head coach Mario Cristobal, who left to join his alma mater at Miami. Part of the reason for Lanning’s success with the Ducks is his […]

Oregon football is scheduled to take its talents to the Big Ten Conference this upcoming season, and Coach Dan Lanning and the Ducks are preparing for battle with an excellent offseason recruiting haul so far. The Ducks ranked sixth in the country among all NCAA football teams in the 2024 Rivals.com recruiting rankings. Coach Lanning […]

With the way the college football world is constantly changing, a second year in a program can be instrumental to a head coach. A second year not long ago was still part of the rebuilding process for most teams. But with things like NIL and the transfer portal, teams can now become College Football Playoff […]

The 2024 Oregon football team is poised to make a significant impact in their new conference, that being the Northeast based Big Ten. Having the return of head coach Dan Lanning is the catalyst for this sense of optimism. Whether actually offered or not, Lanning’s decision to spurn the allure of the Alabama job, which […]

The college football world has been on a media rollercoaster through the past week. Oregon football head coach Dan Lanning was one of the few names in the conversation to replace Nick Saban as Alabama’s next head coach. An Oregon evening anchor, Brandon Kamerman spoke on the potential move for Lanning, giving insight on the […]

Oregon football head coach Dan Lanning’s phone probably started lighting up as soon as everyone picked their jaws off the floor once they realized that Nick Saban was indeed retiring from coaching Alabama. It was probably a collective assortment of tweets, direct messages, texts, and phone calls. Whether he answered any of them then or […]

Dan Lanning has confirmed that he will be remaining with Oregon football, with no interest in pursuing the head job vacated by Nick Saban at Alabama. But that doesn’t mean he won’t praise Saban for the influence the retiring coach had on Lanning’s career. Lanning was a graduate assistant on Saban’s 2015 staff at Alabama, […]

There are just some things you can never prepare for, no matter how certain they are in life, even something as seemingly menial as the greatest college football coach of all time, Nick Saban, retiring from the Alabama football job after 17 years. How do you prepare for something like that, though? Alabama football and […]

Soon after Nick Saban retired from Alabama, rumors began swirling that Oregon football’s head coach, Dan Lanning was in Tuscaloosa meeting with the program. However, that was quickly debunked on Thursday morning. Now, Lanning drops a humbled response after being tied to the Crimson Tide job. During a visit with The Pat McAfee Show, the […]

Nick Saban shocked the entire college football world on Wednesday when he decided to retire as the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide. That of course resulted in rumors quickly swirling about who could replace the legend in Tuscaloosa, with Oregon football HC Dan Lanning emerging as a potential candidate. However, he won’t be […]

With Nick Saban shockingly retiring as the head coach of the Alabama football program, Dan Lanning and other names have been floated as potential replacements, and it might be an expensive hire, regardless of who is picked. Dan Lanning of Oregon, along with Kalen DeBoer, Dabo Swinney, James Franklin and Mike Norvell have already been […]

To say that college football is changing is an understatement. Now, arguably the greatest head coach of all time, Alabama football’s Nick Saban, is retiring, per Chris Low of ESPN. Nick Saban is retiring, sources tell ESPN. He won six national titles at Alabama. — Chris Low (@ClowESPN) January 10, 2024 This will undoubtedly send […]

With Nick Saban shockingly retiring, the big question now for Alabama football is who’s going to replace the legendary tactician as their next head coach. Interestingly, there are already a number of names that have popped up and being linked to the job. Since new of Saban’s retirement emerged, a couple of reports have since […]

Dan Lanning is blood-hungry after falling short of a College Football Playoff National Championship. He is starting off his recruitment run with a strong start with the Oregon football squad. Dillon Gabriel is already a tough quarterback to face but he is now getting a more lethal backup from UCLA who goes by the name […]