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Absolutely this... that stint as an OC was in 2016!!! That was 10 years ago. He's developed and changed as a coach or frankly he wouldn't be a Oregon. I trust Lanning and I look forward to seeing some minor changes. I want to see more deep passing routes on offense for starters. Let lose some of these speed demons we have. Probably need some offensive line improvements as well but I think he'll get them.

Sixteen teams is plenty, any more just waters it down. In a 24-team playoff, seeds 17-24 would have virtually zero chance of winning it all or even advancing to the quarterfinals. I get where Petitti is coming from, in a 5+11 model ESPN (with their "advanced metrics") and the SEC can collude to stack the deck. With 24 teams and more AQs that becomes less likely. The devil of course is in the details, a 5+11 model with an impartial committee would work just fine. No byes and the first two rounds played on campus. Bid out the semifinals and the natty, there's really no need to try and incorporate the bowl system anymore, it's become antiquated. The bowls could continue with P4 and G6 teams that didn't make the playoffs, there would still plenty of interest.

Or my favorite... the Clorox Bowl Come on this needs to be a bowl game!!!

Another great weapon. Evan Stewart announces plans to be back with Ducks in 2026

On3's Andy Staples, one of the best in the business, looks at Dante's decision to play another year for Dan as they face the rotten Peaches showing together. I think D+D will Dance to the Music! On3Dante Moore and Dan Lanning will face the music together,...Moments like the return of quarterback Dante Moore are a reminder that Dan Lanning is still marching toward a national title.

HDuck, thanks for the details! Things I did not remember or never knew. I disagree with the record on Lindsey's fumble though. It is pretty strong in my memory that the receiver was well ahead of the Trojans when he fumbled. I think I do remember reading accounts of the game afterwards that sound like what you wrote, and being puzzled by the different account.

Think Monday's Game is a Tough Ticket? WOW! How about Cuban backing a Cuban, trying to defeat a Cuban who played football with the Heisman winner's Cuban Dad, and trying to earn the right to smoke postgame Cubans, not Cigs.😁 On3Fan purchases College Football Playoff Championship ticke....

I don’t know anything about the promotion of Mehringer to OC and will trust Lanning on that one. I am nervous about switching him to QB coach. With Dante’s return and the star studded depth behind him and an absolutely stacked receiver room, I’m sure we could get the best QB coach in the country.

On3 on Dylan's signing with OBD - On3Why Dylan Raiola transferring to Oregon despite Dante Moo...Dylan Raiola has moved around a lot during his football career. Transferring to Oregon to back up Dante Moore may be the smartest move.

These special teams players all ran out of eligibility this year: K Atticus Sappington LS Luke Basso P James Ferguson-Reynolds K Andrew Boyle P Ross James

Miami, -8.5, has the chance to score a 'home' upset - On3Miami bidding to be 3rd largest underdog to win title in...Since Miami was selected as the final team in the College Football Playoff, the Hurricanes have faced long odds to win their first national title since 2001. Now they must overcome even more. Miami is

Benson was everything I hoped he would be after seeing his first real game with us. I'm not sure Stewart really would go have produced any better than Benson did. I really hope he played his way into the middle of the draft.

Seeing Tulane's defense under Hampton, I think he is an upgrade over Lupoi. Mehringer has way more to prove. Rutgers offense sucked when he was OC, but he was young and it was Rutgers.

I was wondering when the official announcement was going to come. That being said, I have a ton of questions that will hopefully be answered in the coming months: Both are excellent position coaches, I wonder if development in those respective positions will suffer since they're now performing two roles at once? Will defensive line recruiting take a step back without Lupoi? Will TEs have a more prominent role in the offense with Mehringer at the helm? Will they hire a QB coach+passing coordinator? Will the offense feature an enhanced passing game? Bring back the bird bombs!

The teams in the losers bracket would then have to play each other in the most humiliating bowl games like the New Mexico Bowl, Idaho Potatoes Bowl or the Dirty Myrtle Bowl.

It could also be fun that if teams lose in the playoff they have a losers bracket! The losers of each round of the main playoff get seeded into the following rounds of the losers bracket. That wouldn't happen at all but it could be amusing for sure.

both these coaches need to be up in the booth calling plays. No more on the field play calling.

Sixteen is about the maximum that most college football fans would want to see. Indiana vs. USC, Utah vs. Ohio State, Texas Tech vs. Texas, etc. would all be worth watching. Watching teams ranked lower than 16 would be like a mid-tier bowl game. Especially the way the SEC teams were falsely inflated this season.

Thank you Malik Benson for stepping up big time this year!

Home field advantage? There is an advantage to playing any game, let alone a championship game, on your own field. But in this case, not as much as one might think. One of the U's two losses this season was to Louisville in Hard Rock Stadium when a colorblind Carson Beck couldn't distinguish the difference between Louisville's and the U's jersey colors. Tomorrow, Friday, January 16th, both teams check into hotels near the stadium, as arranged and paid for by the Playoff Powers that Be (PPB). Miami players can't sneak out for some home cookin'; they are required to be on site at the team's hotel. Indiana and Miami are both allotted 20,000 tickets with the rest reserved for college football coaches attending their annual get together, 100 students in the 'Student Section' who will appear on camera with the PPB making sure that the media credits them for giving the kids freebies, with the rest of the tickets alloted to corporations that support the playoff; Doctor Pepper and friends, including the Sherriff of Fansville will be there. There will also be former Miami players on the Canes sideline, at least those who are still ambulatory, from the U's glory days that came to a halt 25 seasons back when the U was robbed, and Ohio State was gifted a title, as a result of the worst pass interference call since Rutgers played ball against the College of New Jersey. Oh, those Miami vets will be standing on the visiting team's sideline, and Miami will be using the visiting team locker room and wearing the visiting team jerseys. (Canes fans are hoping the jersey change might help Carson?) Ticket prices are at an all time Playoff Championship game high. Indiana fans are experiencing a Football Final Four and a Football Championship Game for the first time since 1887. I expect the game attendance will favor Indiana 60-40 to 70-30. Get your popcorn ready!

Ohio St. not having the luxury of Caleb Downs will have a massive impact. Generational player.

Yeah that. It never ceases to amaze me how college football is incapable of grasping the obvious.

I'd prefer a sixteen team playoff with a sixteen team NIT playoff. Dan's format for home games and schedule that ends around New Year's Day. I'd also suggest that first round losers be eligible for bowl games if those still end up being a thing. I think an NIT tournament would be cool so the rest of the country could be included in the fun and not just be for the same ten teams every year with a few sacrificial lambs thrown in.

OREGON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2026 FOOTBALL | @OregonFootball Lanning Promotes Hampton, Mehringer To Coordinator Roles EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon football head coach Dan Lanning announced the promotions of Chris Hampton to defensive coordinator and Drew Mehringer to offensive coordinator on Thursday. Hampton just completed his third season at Oregon, serving as co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach. Mehringer was the Ducks’ co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach and has been with Lanning for all four of his seasons in Eugene. Hampton and Mehringer helped the Ducks to a 13-2 season in 2025 that ended with a trip to the College Football Playoff Semifinal, including a win at the CFP Quarterfinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl. “Chris and Drew have been tremendous coaches and leaders since joining our program and are more than deserving of taking these next steps in their careers,” Lanning said. “They have each done an unbelievable job of helping our student-athletes excel both on and off the field. We are thrilled to be able to promote them to our coordinator roles and maintain the momentum we have created as a program and a coaching staff.” Hampton has played a key role in some of the most dominant defensive seasons in program history, joining the Ducks after leading a remarkable defensive turnaround in two years as Tulane’s defensive coordinator. Since Hampton arrived in 2023, Oregon is seventh nationally in scoring defense (17.9 PPG) and eighth in passing defense (185.9 YPG). UO is also No. 10 among FBS teams in that span in opponent completion percentage (56.6) and No. 7 in opponent passer rating (113.4). “I’m extremely grateful for the opportunity to be the defensive coordinator at the University of Oregon,” Hampton said. “I want to thank Coach Lanning, Rob Mullens, and the administration for their trust and belief in me. This program is built on great players and more importantly great people. I’m excited to go to work with our guys every day and compete for championships.” Hampton helped direct one of the nation’s elite passing defenses in 2025. Oregon led all FBS teams in pass breakups (73) while ranking second in passes defended (88), fourth in passing defense (157.9 YPG), fourth in opponent completion percentage (53.3) and eighth in passer rating (107.94). The 2025 Ducks rank 12th nationally in scoring defense at 17.9 points per game, allowing less than 20.0 points per game in all three seasons with Hampton on staff. It is the first time Oregon has done so in three straight years since 1978-80. UO has also been in the top 10 in pass breakups in each season since Hampton arrived, ranking eighth in 2023 (74) and ninth in 2024 (75) before leading the nation in 2025. “Coach Hampton is one of the best defensive minds in the country and a terrific leader of men,” Lanning said. “He has really poured into our program over the last three years and has played a huge role in our improvement and success on the defensive side of the ball. Chris’ ability to build relationships with current and future student-athletes is special and we are excited to have him in this role moving forward.” Defensive back Dillon Thieneman was a second-team all-American, a first-team all-Big Ten selection and a Paycom Jim Thorpe Award semifinalist in 2025 under Hampton’s guidance. Hampton also coached Jabbar Muhammad to all-Big Ten second-team honors in 2024. In addition to elite coaching on the field, Hampton has proven to be one of the nation’s most outstanding recruiters. He is the top-ranked coach in the nation in the 247Sports football recruiter rankings for 2025. Drew Mehringer Mehringer joined Lanning’s inaugural coaching staff in 2022 as tight ends coach and was promoted to co-offensive coordinator ahead of the 2025 season. He will be an offensive coordinator for the second time in his career, after becoming the youngest play caller in the Power 5 in 2016 at Rutgers. Since 2022, Oregon’s offense leads the nation in points per game (38.7), touchdowns (283), total yards (2,165) and completion percentage (73.4). In Mehringer’s first season as co-offensive coordinator in 2025, the Ducks rank tied for 10th nationally in points per game (36.9) and 17th in total yards per game (452.2). “I am very excited about the opportunity to serve as Oregon’s next offensive coordinator,” Mehringer said. “I am honored that Coach Lanning and Rob Mullens believe that I am the right person for the job and I look forward to continuing to build on what we have accomplished over the last four seasons. The plan is to continue to have one of the most dynamic offenses in college football utilizing the strong connection we have built.” Mehringer coached the most productive tight end in Oregon history in his first three seasons in Eugene, helping Terrance Ferguson become a second-round pick by the Los Angeles Rams in the 2025 NFL Draft. Ferguson finished as the leading tight end in program history in career receiving touchdowns (16) and receptions (134), and he ranks second all-time in receiving yards (1,537). Kenyon Sadiq emerged as one of the top tight ends in college football under Mehringer’s guidance in 2025. Sadiq led all FBS tight ends with eight receiving touchdowns while pacing the Ducks with 51 receptions, breaking the UO single-season record for catches by a tight end. His eight receiving TDs were also just one shy of tying the Oregon record in a season by a tight end. Sadiq became the first Duck to be a finalist for the John Mackey Award, presented to the top tight end in college football, and he was named the 2025 Big Ten Kwalick-Clark Tight End of the Year. Sadiq was also named a second-team all-American by three different outlets in addition to earning all-Big Ten first-team honors. “Coach Mehringer has been with us from the start here at Oregon and has made a consistent impact on our program,” Lanning said. “He is an incredibly smart and innovative coach who will do a great job leading our offense and putting our student-athletes in position to succeed. Drew has earned this opportunity and I am looking forward to seeing him continue to grow as a coach and a leader.” In the 56 games since Mehringer’s arrival, Oregon tight ends have combined to catch 287 passes for 3,454 yards and 38 touchdowns.

Almost everyone. The average age of their offense is something like 22. Beyond that most of their starters are in their 4th, 5th or 6th years. They have like one sophomore starting and the rest are long time vets. They are losing pretty much their entire team.