It’s something we’ve said for years in Eugene, and definitely something that Oregon Ducks head coach Dan Lanning was told coming into his first season with the team.
It doesn’t matter how many games you end up winning at the end of the year, as long as you can beat both the Washington Huskies and Oregon State Beavers, then there will be some sort of victory in there.
That’s something that Lanning was unable to do in the 2022 season.
Not only did Lanning drop a heartbreaker to the Huskies a few weeks ago, ending Oregon’s College Football Playoff hopes, but the Ducks also choked against the Beavers on Saturday, taking away their sure-fire chances at a place in the Pac-12 Championship Game.
Not a great look for a first-year head coach.
Fortunately, Lanning is young and able to learn as he goes. He wore this one on the chin and evaluated the loss afterward. Here are some of the most notable quotes from his post-game press conference.