Oregon's Dan Lanning fires off his complaint about College Football Playoff format

Oregon Ducks' HC Dan Lanning on rivalry game against USC, Dante Moore’s sophomore season & more Oregon Ducks' HC Dan Lanning joined the Bear Bets podcast and discussed the rivalry game against USC, Dante Moore’s sophomore season & more! The Oregon Ducks will take on the Texas Tech Red Raiders in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal matchup, which will also act as the Orange Bowl. The game will be played on a neutral site despite Texas Tech being the No. 4 seed in the bracket. It’s a notion that Ducks head coach Dan Lanning had a hard time wrapping his head around. With the Playoff format the way it is now, only the first round sees home games for the highest seeds. The next rounds are considered bowl games, keeping some of the old ways intact. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Oregon head coach Dan Lanning calls to his team during the first half of the first round of the NCAA College Football Playoff against James Madison, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in Eugene, Oregon. (AP Photo/Lydia Ely) Lanning also took issue with the timing of the quarterfinal games. Oregon defeated James Madison , 51-34, on Saturday but won’t face Texas Tech until New Year’s Day. Texas Tech hasn’t played since the Big 12 Championship on Dec. 6. "I don't know if there's a side advantage. I think it's just more of an indicator that the way we do playoffs in college football is messed up. I mean, in my opinion, we're really excited to be going to the Orange Bowl, but this game should be played at Texas Tech. They're a higher-seeded team. We should play a week like right after the last game. The next playoff game should be the next Saturday. The next playoff game should be the next Saturday. The next playoff game should be the next Saturday, then a championship game." Lanning said that part of the challenge is to keep the same rhythm for his players despite there being a lack of sequence in Playoff games in this part of the year. Oregon head coach Dan Lanning looks at the scoreboard during the first half of the first round of the NCAA College Football Playoff against James Madison, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in Eugene, Oregon. (AP Photo/Lydia Ely) LANE KIFFIN EARNS HEFTY BONUS FROM FORMER TEAM'S COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF WIN "There’s definitely a skill and an art to making sure that your team's prepared when you have long breaks. And I think that was clear last year," he said. "Certainly, it'll be clear now. You got a little bit more time to prepare for this game, but a little bit different than the last one. "And that's the other part that doesn't make really a lot of sense is the sequence of days in between each game and each Playoff. There's just not really a rhythm. And for us as a coach, it's about how do you create that rhythm? How do...

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