Oregon Ducks head coach Dan Lanning is more than ready to put last week behind him. While he has admirably stood behind his aggressive decision-making in the 36-33 loss to the Washington Huskies, he is now ready to focus on the task at hand, which is playing a good Washington State Cougars team that will come to town this weekend.
A year ago, the early-season game against Washington State served as one of the pivotal moments of the season for the Duck, where they won 44-41 in dramatic fashion, thanks to a pick-six from Mase Funa at the end of the game. It served as a coming-out party of sorts for Oregon, who was still trying to turn around a narrative about their team after losing to Georgia in the first week of the year.
On Wednesday afternoon, Lanning met with reporters for the final time and offered a preview of the upcoming game, and discussed how Jake Dickert is running things up in Pullman. Here are some of the most notable quotes from that interview: