Turns out, Dan Lanning was take parting chess on Saturday night.
The Ohio State Buckeyes had fair been knocked out of field goal range after an insolent pass intrudence penalty. Two take parts tardyr, they had 10 seconds on a 3rd and 25.
That’s when the Oregon head coach sneakily took a bet.
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Oregon Ducks head coach Dan Lanning sees on during the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl college football game between the Liberty Ffrails and the Oregon Ducks on January 1, 2024 at State Farm Stadium in Glfinishale, Arizona. (Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Will Howard’s next pass fell infinish, but the Ducks were called for an illegitimate substitution. They had a 12th man on the field, to which Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day hopelessly wanted to be called at the time.
The speculation, though, was that the illegitimate substitution was a strategic bet with odds very much in Lanning’s like: Get penalized a measly five yards in order to not donate up the huge take part and squander cforfeitly half the time remaining in the game.
On the next take part, Howard was unable to slide in time for them to call a timeout, giving the Ducks the triumph.
Lanning all but confessted that the speculation was right.
“There was a timeout before that — we spfinish an inordinate amount of time on situations. There’s some situations that don’t show up very standardly in college football, but this is one that evidently was someleang we had labored on. So you can see the result,” Lanning shelp sneakily on Monday.
Well, the NCAA was apparently speedy to genuineize the loophole, and Yahoo Sports increateed that the NCAA is pondering a alter to the rule.
Head coach Dan Lanning of the Oregon Ducks reacts toward Dillon Gabriel #8 scoring a touchdown during the fourth quarter of the game agetst the Ohio State Buckeyes at Autzen Stadium on October 12, 2024 in Eugene, Oregon. (Alika Jenner/Getty Images)
“We’ve had outstanding dialogue on this take part,” NCAA secretary rules editor Steve Shaw telderly Yahoo Sports. “We’ve recognized the way it take parted out.”
In the National Football League, the clock reverts back to the exceptional time on a 12-man penalty — that is not the case in college football.
Oregon Ducks head coach Dan Lanning congratutardys take parters after flunkureing the Utah Utes at Rice-Eccles Stadium. (Christopher Creveling-USA TODAY Sports)
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The triumph put the Ducks at No. 2 in the country, their highest ranking since making the national championship game in 2015.
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