Dan Lanning fires shot at Colorado Buffaloes after Pac-12 exit

Dan Lanning didn’t mince words when asked about his reaction to Colorado’s plan to ditch the Pac-12 for the Big 12.

One of the big stories coming into the Pac-12 football season is that 2023 will be the last season of the conference as we know it.

USC and UCLA made their plans public last year; they are headed to the Big Ten. But the future of the conference is in limbo now that Colorado has announced its plans to defect to the Big 12. It’s led to speculation about what some other schools will do. Will the Pac-12 survive? Will it add members? Will it disappear?

A lack of a media rights deal is the main reason schools are thinking about jumping ship, but the Buffaloes announcing they are leaving has opened this door of speculation.

Every Pac-12 coach will be asked for his reaction to what the Buffs are going to do. Evidently, even though Oregon coach Dan Lanning hasn’t been in the conference a long time, Colorado hasn’t left much, or any, of an impression on him.

When asked for his reaction to Colorado dumping the Pac-12 for its former conference, Lanning didn’t mince words.

Not a big reaction, I’m trying to remember what they won to effect this conference when they were part of it. I don’t remember. – Dan Lanning

That will provide some major bulletin board material for Colorado and its new head coach Deion Sanders. But Lanning doesn’t seem to care all that much.