Dan Lanning explains reasoning behind hosting spring games at Oregon
Dan Lanning explains reasoning behind hosting spring games at Oregon
College football has seen its share of changes in the last few years and some trends have come about. The transfer portal and NIL are the biggest adjustments everyone involved has had to get used to.
Now a new trend is going through the sport and that's the elimination of the annual spring game that is usually the last so-called practice of the spring camp. It's been very popular around the country and in SEC country, the spring game is just as popular as any regular season game. The popularity has slowly migrated west and Oregon's game is becoming more and more popular as the years go on. The Ducks use their game as a platform for gathering canned food to be donated to the food bank in Lane County.
Coaches from around the country are leaning towards not having the game based on not wanting opponents to gather tape and insight to plays and formations that can be prepared for in the regular season.
But according to Oregon football coach Dan Lanning, Oregon fans will always have an opportunity to watch the Ducks inside Autzen Stadium on a sunny day in late April as long as he is the coach in Eugene.
"It's the best way for us to get better. We're absolutely gonna have a spring game and play football," he said. "I think that's a great opportunity to create, you know, Autzen is one of those places we have a spring game. It's a game day environment, creating that environment for those players, the competition that exists in that, and the fans, what they bring to that, I think, is a huge piece. So for me, it's the right way to cap off the spring. And as long as I'm here, we'll be doing Spring Games."
Oregon's 2025 Spring Game is slated for April 26 and it will be televised on the Big Ten Network for those who are unable to attend in person.
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