Dan Lanning throws shade at GameDay crew for picking against Oregon
Desmond Howard picked BYU. Pat McAfee picked BYU. Lee Corso picked BYU. Kirk Herbstreit picked Oregon, but the ESPN GameDay crew got the graphic wrong and put the Cougars as his pick. Earlier in the week, everyone on the CBS Sports Network picked BYU. CBS Sports wrote that BYU was better at “the vast majority of position groups.”
Oregon was the betting favorite in Vegas, but few in the college football national media were rocking with the Ducks.
Dan Lanning saw it.
After the Ducks demolished BYU on Saturday 41-20, Lanning took to Twitter to share a screenshot of the GameDay crew from that morning. The guest picker of the week, Luke Combs, picked Oregon to win, so Lanning made sure to let him know he’s welcome in Eugene any time.
@lukecombs Appreciate you Luke! Welcome in Eugene anytime! pic.twitter.com/iLbTaDz5AQ
— Dan Lanning (@CoachDanLanning) September 17, 2022
The 25th-ranked Ducks took it to the 12th-ranked Cougars on Saturday right from the open.
Oregon scored on each of its first six drives — five of them touchdowns. BYU had three turnovers on downs, a missed field goal, and a three-and-out in its first six possessions as the Ducks opened up as large as a 38-7 lead. They controlled the line of scrimmage, stifled the BYU run game, and got another strong performance from quarterback Bo Nix.
If nothing else, Saturday offered a reminder to anyone who’d written off the Ducks after Week 1: Luke Combs knows more about football than you do.