Lanning deserves his flowers. He has put on a clinic of how to coach a football team in an imperfect situation.

We have watched this guy coach his absolute backside off. He has taken it on the chin and kept getting off the mat. Over and over again.

We have seen him look compleatly lost, almost in tears, fear of what he has to say to his players and family.

He has lost significant players to injury. Delt with criminal activity of players and assistant coaches. Had a bad hire and had to take action mid season. Fans and some in media calling for his job.

He has stayed true to himself, God, team and family all the way through. And he just kept punching up, never quit.

I don't know what happens from here, but I love this man. So so proud of him. He has earned his right to coach this Oregon Ducks.

He has taken this season to a level few get an opportunity to. He will come out the other side stronger and better as coach, a man, father and husband then he ever intended to be when he started this adventure.

Win or lose, Lanning is my Coach. And the depth of that meaning makes my eyes sweaty.

Go Ducks! God willing, let's get it done this year.

Hope yer feelin better brother

Just now, JDuck said:

Hope yer feelin better brother

Thanks, getting pretty beat up right now. But that win feels really good.

I mention before that Lanning 2.0 will be a very dangerous animal. He is figuring out in real time when to trust his instincts to go for it and when to play it safe. It seems to have been working the last 1 1/2 games.

OK State defeated K-State 66-28 today to move to 6-3. No. 15 Texas Tech is in a shootout with W. VA. The Red Raiders visit Stillwater on Saturday, 11/14

OK State had a good loss at Houston, not a good loss at Iowa State, and the unfathomable loss to Tulane. But with a win tonight and on the 14th against TX Tech, the Cowboys would be 5-2 in the B12 with a chance of playing in the B12 championship game.

Boise State won today and could be in the PO committee's Top 25 this Tuesday.

OT but delightful. As head coach, Lane Kiffen is still 0 for Alabama. 😍

Danno? Who calls a fake punt with a D end throwing to another D end, and a TD play with players lined up sideline to sideline and the TE taking the snap from the center?

When these plays work, it's all good, at least until next Saturday vs. Michigan. The game kicks off at 12:30 Pacific on FS1.

With less than two minutes remaining, Michigan is behind visiting Michigan State.

Sparty 15 - Wolverines 6. ☹️

Hmm,

Looks just like what he faced after that Seattle game. People (everywhere) calling out his decision making, and his ability to dial it in. What happened? He leaned into who he is and stayed the course. I wonder how much more he got involved in both the offense and defense. Looks like he spent more time with the coordinators/play callers and drilled down to the essence of what he wanted.

I think the players love him because he has a player's mentality. And all that "coach speak/word salad" people accused him of were words those people should have been paying more attention to. I've watched how he handled the duress he was under. He had far more poise than any of us, and he demonstrated character a whole lot of people need to pay attention to. Because they could sure use it in their personal lives.

As I've watched fan bases around the country melt down, I have marveled at how easily way too many people don't grasp the concept that adversity and challenges are tests. They don't identify who you are, they define what you're made of. We are supposed to face obstacles. Too many of us run away from them. Ryan Day and Dan Lanning have gone through the same mess. Julian Sayin and Dante Moore have as well. And the biggest challenge all four have had is dealing with people that don't give them credit for hanging in there when their respective Offensive Lines have highly underperformed. That has been their challenge these past two seasons.

FEBU is real. We all work better as a team. I believe fan bases bail when the rubber meets the road instead of letting things play out the way they eventually do. Penn State is facing the consequences of bailing on their man. And will for seasons to come. Their win this week notwithstanding. Winning is far more than Ws and Ls. One can definitely see how Lanning never lets his team give up. Like Day, he's won more than 80 percent of his games. And people fall apart over the 15 to 20 percent of losses. Can't say we need to be more positive, but I can say there is a huge lesson in all this.

AND YES-I SCREAMED AT THE TV IN THE FIRST QUARTER TOO. But I never felt it meant Day or Lanning should face the music their fan bases have dealt them.

'Tis said that one learns more from loss than from any win.