Oregon Ducks Set High Expectations in the Big 10 in 2024
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00:00live right here on this football friday on the early line on sports grid it's ben it's leacy
00:09it's donny live right here on this friday as we turn our attention away from the nfl back to
00:16college football third and final day in indianapolis at big 10 media days fourth and final
00:23day in charlotte at acc media days we'll talk about that a little bit later on all four now
00:29of the power conferences have completed talking season and media days to get ready for a new 2024
00:36college football campaign one of the west coast newcomers to the big 10 that's oregon dan lanning
00:42entering year three in eugene and oregon made a literal splash ahead of the first day in india
00:49big 10 media days putting the big inflatable duck into the white river in downtown indy dan lanning
00:56had this to say yesterday joe quote we're mighty different i hope we get to take that big floating
01:01duck to all our away games we're innovative and quote wasn't the only thing dan lanning had to
01:08say yesterday but i'm glad that we are showing you the b-roll footage of the big inflatable duck
01:14into the white river in indianapolis joey big presence now in the big 10 will be matched with
01:21big expectation and performances out of the ducks in 2024 yeah well and i love dan lanning i love the
01:29i love the aggressiveness i love the intensity of trying to just come into the big 10 and say
01:34hey we're here and i think they will be here second best price in regards to the conference
01:40to challenge ohio state they're built from an offensive line and defensive line perspective
01:45and they get the transfer from oklahoma dylan gabriel to take over for bo nick so i think
01:51they're going to be right there both of those teams show down and eugene in regards to that
01:56match-up october 12th i think oregon wins the conference i think right now entering the 2024
02:02campaign they are the best team in regards to the big 10 i think they step up and i think they
02:08win it this year yeah take a look and that's a big game saturday the 12th october 12th that is
02:13they take on ohio state they also have to travel to michigan a little bit later in the season
02:17november then finally even later in november saturday the 16th heading towards wisconsin
02:22let me ask you this question because you know the pack 12 used to playing on the west coast
02:26now you have more east coast west coast type of travel here how do you think that affects
02:30oregon at this point or does just say joe well donnie they have ohio state at home that's the
02:34game that you want at home this year and if they win it they should win it well i think that's
02:39obviously the big one on the on the schedule donnie but you're right about the the actual
02:43logistics of going to big 10 you know conferences big 10 schedules and stadiums throughout the year
02:50is that how is the team going to handle it it's a new landscape and we saw this with the big 12 in
02:55terms of that transition four teams came into the conference last year three of them struggled ucf
03:01was the only team to make it to a bowl so again i think that's always a possibility but the way
03:06dan landing has built this team he was a national champion with the georgia bulldogs as defensive
03:11coordinator and has his teams prepared only two losses last year came at the hands of washington
03:17that made it to the national championship game i think they're going to be just fine and let's not
03:21forget you know tyler van dyke is the potential quarterback in wisconsin he couldn't throw
03:26touchdowns in miami he's going to throw him in madison i think he will oh i like that little
03:32shot at the canes on your way out by the way travel miles for big 10 teams next year seven
03:39will travel more than 8 000 miles in the next football season it should not surprise you to
03:45know those seven programs kind of on the outskirts of the big 10 the west coast schools the east
03:51coast schools ucla the most 22 048 oregon fourth most 12 520 travel miles in this upcoming college
04:02football campaign we do it for the tv revenue dan lenning also saying this yesterday joe you
04:08mentioned how he was the defensive coordinator in athens under kirby smart last week at sec media
04:15in dallas kirby kind of taking a shot at his former dc and oregon because of their nil money
04:23and dan lenning responded with this on the pat mcafee show formerly of the sports grid network
04:28yesterday quote i think it's impressive that guys like kirby smart have been signing the number one
04:34class in the nation without any nil money and quote said tongue in cheek lacy guy dan lenning's
04:43got you fired up for a big 10 football season oh you gotta love that though right both both coaches
04:49know each other very well and we know that the money flows through athens just the way it flew
04:54through tuscaloosa with nick saban even before nil in regards to get the top talent so that's
05:00what it's all about the paper bag right a la jeremy pruitt that's how they did it back in the day
05:07that's how they did it back in the day and now i guess it's all above board
05:11and legal joe lacy the mastermind of the pigskin here on this football friday
05:17lacy guy we love the show thanks for being here on the early line