Oregon head football coach Dan Lanning brought the heat for his Ducks ahead of the team’s anticipated Saturday bout with Colorado.
While the Buffaloes have been the story of the college football season so far, Oregon is ranked No. 10 compared to Colorado’s 19 and has a Heisman contender on the roster in quarterback Bo Nix.
To fire his guys up before the day’s big game in Eugene, Lanning blasted Colorado as nothing but hype and said that it’d be the Ducks who would set the tone on the field.
Some of Lanning’s barbs at the Buffaloes included:
“[Oregon is] rooted in substance, not flash… Today, we talk with our pads.”
“The Cinderella story is over, men. Right? They’re fighting for clicks, we’re fighting for wins. There’s a difference.”
“This game ain’t going to be played in Hollywood. It’s going to be played on the grass.”
"They're fighting for clicks, we're fighting for wins" pic.twitter.com/GomdTF43yR
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) September 23, 2023
Ouch. Colorado head coach Deion Sanders has become famous for his very methodical theatrics to fire up his team, and it looks like Lanning wasn’t afraid to get in on the moment, too.
As the team had a 35-0 lead at halftime, it looks like Lanning’s speech must’ve worked for something.
Y’know, to be fair to Colorado, Lanning is basically doing the same thing Sanders is doing (with a filter that it’s the exact opposite approach) on ESPN cameras, but welcome to college football. As they say in wrestling, it’s all a work.
Feature image courtesy of ESPN.
CFB fans had some strong reactions to Lanning's speech.
“YEAAAAH” – a bunch of people who are about to reshare this on social media 😭😭😭 https://t.co/homYH71SFy
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) September 23, 2023
“Now let’s go run out there in our 4,346th uniform combination and show them why we’re above doing things strictly for attention.” https://t.co/TOSRErOuR1
— Danny O'Neil (@dannyoneil) September 23, 2023
A lot of youth football coaches will be stealing this the rest of the year. https://t.co/JRSAFEDiwM
— Robert Flores (@RoFlo) September 23, 2023
this coach saw the opportunity for love of the fame this weekend and said IM COMING OUT WIT ALL THE BANGERS LMAOOOO https://t.co/DQPK1lvAlB
— Shohei Ohtani Stan Account (@AndyKHLiu) September 23, 2023
Hater of the year. I have no choice but to respect it https://t.co/iHeyrwbR0r
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) September 23, 2023
obviously Oregon is smoking Colorado right now but boy does Deion live rent free in these dude’s heads https://t.co/TFypvSPCNj
— Jordan Zirm (@JordanZirm) September 23, 2023
the two different media company strategies https://t.co/vG1FFeWYO8
— Hector Diaz (@iamHectorDiaz) September 23, 2023
school and program famously not known for flash or media attention, the Oregon Ducks https://t.co/mXP165sWvv
— panthers fan (@BrosephSZN) September 23, 2023
Coach says for clicks knowing cameras are on him…😑 https://t.co/ctmKdXxGup
— Saul Bookman (@Saul_Bookman) September 23, 2023
The coach of Oregon football claiming they are substance over flash is wild. https://t.co/vcUsnURBA9
— H. José Bosch 🇵🇷 (@HJBosch21) September 23, 2023
unlike zach johnson, dan lanning was not worried about the sanctity and sacredness of the team room https://t.co/VnAxV7tvco
— Paolo Uggetti (@PaoloUggetti) September 23, 2023
Quite a statement of principles…made in front of an ESPN camera. https://t.co/rRml5wEtDJ
— Bryan Curtis (@bryancurtis) September 23, 2023
“Rooted in substance, not flash” is a bit of a stretch when we literally have new unis every week but whatever, go ducks! https://t.co/u3RxmoyY61
— Michaela Gilmer (@michaelajadeg) September 23, 2023
No sunglasses.
0/10
would not try, https://t.co/wFwLGjdg2K— Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) September 23, 2023
College football coaches are the corniest people on the planet. I mean, it's not PJ Fleck levels of bad, but how could any 18-22-year-old not roll their eyes at this? https://t.co/Iuw1BQBDri
— Mark Lazerus (@MarkLazerus) September 23, 2023
Literally every college football media team is doing this. https://t.co/ixqlV1Jwm9
— Danté Stewart (Stew) (@stewartdantec) September 23, 2023
