LAS VEGAS — There’s a lot going on in college football these days.
There’s a disagreement over the College Football Playoff format, debate over athlete compensation rules and uncertainty on the future of the transfer portal.
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But if Dan Lanning could change one thing, it wouldn’t be associated with any of that.
“College football season should end Jan. 1,” the Oregon head coach told Yahoo Sports in an interview from Big Ten media days on Wednesday. “That solves a lot of the problems that exist.”
Shifting up the college football season — long a discussion point among college administrators — would result in what Lanning says will be a more condensed playoff, one spread across five weeks instead of seven, and one that does not, he said emphatically, include long byes for teams.
After last season, he’s done with those. His No. 1-seeded Ducks had 25 days off before a 41-21 loss to eighth-seeded Ohio State in the quarterfinals.
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“All four teams that had a bye lost. There’s something to that,” Lanning said.
Lanning and three Oregon players spun through Day 2 of the three-day Big Ten football media days here on Wednesday as the defending conference champions and a team predicted to finish toward the top of the league again this year despite a host of departures and plenty of new faces (Oregon had 10 players drafted, including veteran quarterback Dillon Gabriel).
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The Gabriel-led 2024 version of the Ducks romped through last season undefeated, beating Ohio State in a thriller at home and knocking off Penn State in the conference title bout. And then, in a stunning display at the Rose Bowl, they fell behind 34-0 to the Buckeyes in the rematch.
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While Ohio State was an “unbelievable team,” Lanning…
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Author : Ross Dellenger
Publish date : 2025-07-24 00:56:00
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