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You could also add San Francisco and Phoenix to the West.

“My next goal on there was ‘Head coach, 35.’ I wanted to be a head coach, and I thought that was really important to me. Well, I became the head coach of Oregon at 35. The next goal on there is NFL coach,” Lanning shared, before dropping a major truth bomb. “That ain’t on my goal board no more. It’s off my board, and it’ll never be up there again.” “When I took this job [at Oregon], I made a promise to my kids that they’re going to graduate from the same high school, middle school. Those things are way more important to me than getting the opportunity to coach in the NFL. I used to have that dream; that’s not a dream of mine anymore. I truly believe this will be my last job,” Lanning concluded. The SportsRushOregon HC Dan Lanning Reveals He Will Never Dream of Bein...University of Oregon head coach Dan Lanning revealed that he will never pursue a job in the NFL for two big reasons. Sorry puppies, Coach Lanning seems like he plans to be in Eugene for a LONG TIME…

The other woman reportedly broke it off with Coach Moore on Monday and notified Michigan. He then sent her several texts and showed up at her house. Threatened his life with butter knives?! Yahoo NewsWoman Broke Up with Sherrone Moore on Monday — Then She T...Former Michigan football head coach Moore was charged with felony home invasion and misdemeanor stalking days after he was fired by university

It does seem as though the locations of the playoff games are largely slanted south and east. Why not have more balance between the coasts?

There might have been an agreement, spoken or unspoken, that Stein and Tosh not take a bunch of assistant coaches and players with them. I don’t recall Lanning doing either when he left Georgia.

$50 million now is better than the potential for a second contract worth $100M+. Invest wisely and he’ll be set for life. It’s more than most of us will earn over the course of our careers.

There is no guarantee that he’ll have success in the NFL, even if he used all of his eligibility though. As much as I’d like, as a Ducks fan, to see him return next year, $40-50 million is a lot to turn down and potentially risk.

Would you expect any college football playoff semi-final game to be an “easy game”? Oregon will be by far the most talented team that Texas Tech has faced all season and they will have had an extended layoff heading into that game (which we saw was not an advantage last year). I like their defense front 7 but their offense does not scare me one bit. Their QB is prone to turnovers from what I’ve seen and Oregon has a good secondary. If Oregon executes well and Dante Moore is on, we can beat any team in the country, IMO. I know the team needs the rest and recovery, but the playoffs cannot come soon enough for this fan…

Bear got his revenge against USC, now let us hope he gets revenge against his other former team in the national championship game… [Note: I don’t think that Bear had anything bad to say about Georgia or the coaches during the interview I posted above but he was clearly unhappy with what went down at USC…]

This is great news for Oregon’s defense next season. Bear has really improved and perhaps he can work himself into the first round with a big season. Barner and Stewart had a nice interview with Bear before the USC game. I believe that he said that he earned his degree.

Coach Lanning’s respond on Notre Dame not making the playoffs: “Well, I think it’s flawed, but, again, the one thing you control is winning. So, anybody that’s complaining that they’re not in [the playoffs] that means they didn’t win enough. Right? So, it’s your fault if you don’t make it. There’s definitely some things that could be different. If you’re in it, it means you won enough and if you didn’t it means you didn’t win enough,” — Dan Lanning https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/dan-lannings-blunt-message-to-marcus-freeman-notre-dame-amid-playoff-snub/ar-AA1Sai9g

On Notre Dame not making the playoffs: “Well, I think it’s flawed, but, again, the one thing you control is winning. So, anybody that’s complaining that they’re not in [the playoffs] that means they didn’t win enough. Right? So, it’s your fault if you don’t make it. There’s definitely some things that could be different. If you’re in it, it means you won enough and if you didn’t it means you didn’t win enough,” — Dan Lanning https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/dan-lannings-blunt-message-to-marcus-freeman-notre-dame-amid-playoff-snub/ar-AA1Sai9g

Are you saying that you would rather play Indiana, Ohio State or Georgia over Texas Tech in the semi-finals?

Given the current playoff selection criteria, I would expect the top teams from the B1G and SEC to cancel games with top OOC teams, including ND. The benefit is not worth the risk. Texas might be in the playoff if they didn’t schedule Ohio State and lose.