Oregon coach Dan Lanning on Ducks’ late 12-men penalty vs. Ohio State: ‘This is one that was something we had obviously worked on’

There appears to have been a method behind Oregon’s late 12-man madness against Ohio State.

The Ducks were called for a penalty for too many men on the field with 10 seconds to go in their 32-31 win over Ohio State in a play that ended up giving Ohio State five yards in exchange for four seconds running off the clock.

After Oregon called a timeout, DB Dontae Manning ran onto the field late and became the 12th man on the field as he joined the area where three Ohio State receivers had lined up. OSU QB Will Howard threw to the other side of the field, but the pass fell incomplete with six seconds to go.

On the next play, Howard appeared to lose track of how much time was actually remaining and scrambled up the middle. By the time he slid to the ground to call timeout, time had expired and Oregon got the win.

Monday, Oregon coach Dan Lanning was asked about the penalty. Though he didn’t explicitly confirm that Oregon purposely added a 12th player onto the field, it sure seems like the penalty was on purpose.

“There was a timeout before that — we spend an inordinate amount of time on situations,” Lanning said with a slight smile. “There’s some situations that don’t show up very often in college football but this is one that obviously was something we had worked on. So you can see the result.”

Dan Lanning’s full answer below on if the 12 men on the field penalty vs. Ohio State was intentional.

To sum it up, it sure seems the answer is, “Yes.” pic.twitter.com/BtmoqxTEIn

— Brenna Greene (@BrennaGreene_) October 15, 2024

Oregon could afford to take the five-yard penalty as a potential worst-case scenario in that instance because Ohio State was facing a 3rd and 25 and was so far out of field goal range that five yards wouldn’t have gotten the Buckeyes close enough to try a long kick. Of course, adding an extra…

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Publish date : 2024-10-15 13:16:31

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