There is no shortage of things to talk about when covering the Oregon Ducks this week.
After a big win over the USC Trojans, Dan Lanning has had his name thrown into the news cycle with the opening of the head coaching job at Texas A&M, with the Oregon coach emerging as one of the leading candidates. Whether Lanning would ever take the job is a different story entirely, but the possibility has the college sports world buzzing, nonetheless.
On top of that, a great reunion is taking place this week with Oregon traveling down to Tempe to face Kenny Dillingham and the Arizona State Sun Devils. After his single year as the offensive coordinator in Eugene, Dillingham has been able to find some relative success with his alma mater.
On Monday night during his weekly press conference, Lanning met with media members to talk about all of those things, and look ahead to this game. Here are some of the most notable quotes from that conversation: