The Oregon Ducks have a very fresh look going into the 2024 season, sporting a roster with many new faces into a new conference that is competing for multiple spots in the newly expanded College Football Playoff.
The first look at this new team went well, if you ask head coach Dan Lanning. He expressed excitement to the media about the good that he saw during the Ducks’ spring game on Saturday, while also noting there are many areas for improvement.
“There was definitely some pieces of today that were a little bit sloppy and makes me wish we had some more practices,” Lanning said after the game.
All in all, though, it was a great day for the Ducks, who showed where the improvement came so far during the offseason, and where they can go from here. Below are some of the most notable quotes from Lanning’s postgame press conference.
Opening statement
Ben Lonergan/The Register-Guard / USA TODAY NETWORK
Dan Lanning: Certainly an awesome environment and always is here at Autzen. I think our fans are unbelievable. And there’s an awesome concert going on out there right now. There was definitely some pieces of today that were a little bit sloppy and makes me wish we had some more practices, but also some points of improvement things that we can go attack. I appreciate our guys effort and enthusiasm out there on the field. Certainly think we have great talent to be able to go out and compete and excited to build from here.
D-line
Ethan Landa – DucksWire.com
Question: How encouraging was it to see how the defensive line perform like they did today?
DL: I’d have to go back and watch the film and see exactly how it was. There’s probably some advantageous matchups, but there’s some guys out there that can certainly play for us. And if you want to win football games, you got to win it in the front, you know, both sides of the ball. So excited about those guys that we have on that…
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