Oregon coach Dan Lanning watches his staff put together for Japanese Washington earlier than a sport Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. The No. 25 Geese host No. 12 BYU Saturday afternoon. Andy Nelson, Related Press
Oregon coach Dan Lanning caught the top of the BYU-Baylor sport final Saturday night time, for apparent causes.
Lanning’s No. 25-ranked Geese play host to the No. 12 Cougars on Saturday at Autzen Stadium (1:30 p.m. MDT, Fox) and he was naturally making an attempt to get a sneak peek at BYU earlier than the showdown of ranked groups.
“Yeah, loopy sport. I hoped they'd play eight or 9 overtimes, put on them out. However clearly there have been two excellent soccer groups battling it out and it might have gone both manner down the stretch,” Lanning mentioned at his weekly press briefing Monday night time in Eugene, Oregon.
“They're staff. They’ve bought nice gamers throughout the board. We highlighted a few these guys at the moment on our scouting report. They've NFL expertise on their roster. They play rather well. Plenty of returning starters, quite a lot of continuity there as properly.” — Oregon coach Dan Lanning on BYU
“I believe good groups discover a approach to win and clearly (BYU) was capable of pull it out. So congrats to them. I used to be capable of catch the top of that one.”
Saturday, Oregon pounded FCS Japanese Washington 70-14 at Autzen, and Lanning mentioned he was proud of the group, however expects extra this weekend. Maybe he took notice of the raucous, sellout crowd of 63,470 in Provo that had a job in BYU’s 26-20 win.
Baylor dedicated 4 false begins amid the noise and cacophony of LaVell Edwards Stadium; hundreds of BYU followers stormed the sphere to rejoice the Cougars’ first win over a top-10 staff since they defeated No. 1 Miami in 1990.
“Clearly, (we're) actually excited to play a very good BYU staff. They're actually proficient. About as excited to go play them as I'm to see our followers within the seats,” Lanning mentioned. “That is going to be a giant sport the place they will make an influence.”
Autzen Stadium seats 54,000; attendance final Saturday was introduced as 47,289.
“I do know that they will be cranked up louder, extra intense, this subsequent week. I believe that is the type of sport the place the Autzen crowd could make a giant, large influence within the sport,” Lanning mentioned. “However this staff is a very proficient staff that we're about to go play. The extra I watch their movie, the extra respect I've for them and the way in which they play the sport with a sure stage of physicality and violence that's enjoyable to see on movie and I do know it'll be a enjoyable sport for our gamers.”
Lanning, who was defensive coordinator and out of doors linebackers coach at Georgia from 2019 to 2021, was advised in regards to the final time BYU visited Oregon, in 1990. That sport got here three weeks after BYU upset Miami. The Cougars took a No. 4 rating into Autzen and had been defeated 32-16.
“I haven’t heard so much about that sport, however wanting ahead to going again and discovering that movie,” he mentioned.
Right here’s extra of what Lanning needed to say about BYU and Saturday’s Week 3 sport:
• On what benefits BYU has with its returned missionary program and having gamers who're “24 and 25 years outdated”: (BYU mentioned final yr the common age of its gamers was 21 years, 4 months; the common age of gamers on this yr’s roster is 21.78).
“I've by no means actually considered it from that angle. They actually have some older guys on their staff due to that. I don’t know that it's going to essentially current a bonus to them exterior of they may have some maturity due to that. We'll see.”
• On what BYU QB Jaren Corridor brings to the desk:
“They've been one of the explosive offenses so far as getting the ball down the sphere and distributing the ball down the sphere. They actually stretch the sphere. Corridor does an amazing job of distributing the ball. He throws ball. He additionally has the flexibility to run. So he presents challenges together with his means to scramble. I might say he's a quarterback that appears to throw it and retains his eyes downfield.”
• On BYU’s measurement and physicality displayed in opposition to Baylor:
“They're staff. They’ve bought nice gamers throughout the board. We highlighted a few these guys at the moment on our scouting report. They've NFL expertise on their roster. They're staff. They play rather well. Plenty of returning starters, quite a lot of continuity there as properly.”
• On what Oregon will look to do offensively in opposition to BYU after Baylor put up solely 289 complete yards:
“BYU has a very good protection. I believe they current some actually distinctive seems. They aren't a cookie-cutter protection. They do quite a lot of totally different stuff and I believe that confirmed up. Clearly I believe coach (Jeff) Grimes had some actually good performs. It was type of a defensive battle till it bought to the top of the sport there and even then it was nonetheless coming right down to discipline targets — tit for tat.
“They do a very good job. There are actually some similarities (between) Baylor and us, what they do on protection. (BYU) did job of controlling the passing sport and stopping the run.”
Cougars on the air
No. 12 BYU (2-0) at No. 25 Oregon (1-1)
Saturday, 1:30 p.m. MDT
Autzen Stadium
Eugene, Oregon
TV: Fox
Radio: KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM/1160 AM