Was Dan Lanning focused on motivating his team or recruiting against Deion?

It’s a very interesting question, is it not? Oregon shouldn’t have needed any motivation against Colorado.

This is a fascinating question: When Dan Lanning gave his pregame speech against Colorado, was the Oregon head coach simply trying to motivate his team for the game at hand, or was he doing something viral and visible because he knew the game was a big deal and he was going to recruit against Deion Sanders in the coming years?

Even though Oregon is moving to the Big Ten and Colorado is going to the Big 12, the two teams are both in the Western United States. They are bound to have some battles for elite recruits and transfer portal prospects. Was Lanning leveraging the visibility of the game for recruiting purposes, or did he just want to pump up his players? Maybe both?

Let’s talk about this: