Oregon Ducks Coach Dan Lanning Previews Upcoming Matchup vs Wisconsin

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00:00Coach Fickle's a great coach, you know, we actually got to play against him when I was

00:09at Georgia and he was at Cincinnati in the Peach Bowl and he had a really, really good

00:13team there.

00:14I think he's proven that he can develop teams.

00:16We came down to a field goal, barely to be able to win it, and it speaks just to the

00:21kind of culture he can create and you see pieces of that coming together for him now

00:24at Wisconsin.

00:25I think he's doing a good job.

00:26What's your thoughts on Locke and how he's settled in, obviously kind of a tough spot

00:32to replace a guy who was knocked out for the season, but what have you seen from him so

00:35far?

00:36Yeah, he has the ability, you know, to make you hurt.

00:41I mean, he's a good football player and, you know, it's all based on opportunities and

00:44what that looks like, but certainly has that ability.

00:47Wisconsin's offensive line, I think, started the season with the most experience.

00:53What makes that unit specifically really effective in helping out the quarterback and their run

00:58game?

00:59Yeah, I mean, they're big, right?

01:00It's one of those ones where you look at them and you say, OK, that's what an offensive

01:03line is supposed to look at.

01:04They have great size up front.

01:05I think they have the ability to move you, you know, but when you look at it, you're

01:08like, OK, that's what an off a Wisconsin offensive line looks like.

01:15Their top corner was really productive a year ago and now basically is going unchallenged

01:19for all intents and purposes.

01:21What is why a team steered away so much from him and how confident are you in ability to

01:25test him when it seems like nobody's willing to?

01:27Yeah, I think that that's probably smart, right, as a football coach, not to throw a

01:31guy that's going to make a lot of plays in the ball.

01:33I mean, how many picks did he have last year?

01:35Seven, you know, a guy had seven picks last year and, you know, why not?

01:38Why not throw the other direction?

01:40That makes a little bit of sense.

01:41That being said, you know, I think it's much more challenging for a defense whenever you

01:45can work the entire field.

01:47But there's a reason people are testing him, you know, because he's a talented player.