Oregon's Dan Lanning calls for college football season to end by Jan 1 every year

Oregon caput coach Dan Lanning continued to run for nan assemblage shot play to extremity connected Jan. 1 each year, successful an effort to hole aggregate issues. 

Lanning noted nan challenges of coordinators who return caput coaching jobs being forced to juggle responsibilities, and said he prefers to alteration nan agelong layoff betwixt games. The 39-year-old has been talking astir ending nan assemblage shot play sooner since nan summer. 

"Every playoff game should beryllium played each azygous play until you decorativeness nan season," Lanning said during his property convention Wednesday. "Even if it intends we commencement Week 0 aliases you destruct a bye, nan play ends Jan. 1, and past nan portal opens, past coaches that person to move connected to their adjacent opportunities get to move to their adjacent opportunities."

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Oregon Ducks caput coach Dan Lanning looks connected during nan 4th fourth against nan James Madison Dukes astatine Autzen Stadium successful Eugene, Oregon, connected Dec. 20, 2025. (Craig Strobeck/Imagn Images)

Lanning reiterated passim his property convention that he thought playing successful nan first information allowed his squad to enactment successful rhythm. Last season, Oregon was nan No. 1 seed and mislaid successful their first College Football Playoff crippled to Ohio State.

The NFL plays games connected Saturdays passim nan period of December, which Lanning disagrees with. He would alternatively spot Saturdays stay exclusive to assemblage shot truthful they could quicken nan gait of nan College Football Playoff to decorativeness their play by Jan 1. 

"I've sewage a ton of respect for nan NFL, but we're a prep convention for nan NFL," Lanning said. "We do a batch of favors for nan NFL. We're nan insignificant convention successful a batch of ways, but there's nary money paid from nan NFL to return attraction of assemblage football.

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Oregon caput coach Dan Lanning looks astatine nan scoreboard during nan first half of nan first information of nan NCAA College Football Playoff against James Madison, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, successful Eugene, Oregon. (AP Photo/Lydia Ely)

"We've fixed up immoderate of our days to nan NFL. We said, 'Oh, you guys get to person this day, you get to person this day, you get to person this day.' Saturday should beryllium ineffable for assemblage football, and each Saturday done nan period of December should beryllium to assemblage football."

Oregon’s violative and protect coordinators are some trying to navigate their dual responsibilities. Offensive coordinator Will Stein took nan Kentucky job, while protect coordinator Tosh Lupoi took nan California job. 

If Oregon advances beyond nan quarterfinasl, some coaches will beryllium dealing pinch navigating nan transportation portal, which opens connected Jan. 2, while besides trying to coach nan Ducks to a nationalist championship. 

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"Our nationalist title crippled this twelvemonth is Jan. 19, and that's really difficult to envision arsenic a coach that's going retired and trying to subordinate a caller programme and commencement a staff," Lanning said. 

"It's difficult for players to understand what continuity looks for illustration and wherever they're going to beryllium astatine and to negociate that pinch visits, nan portal, everything other that exists. The clear measurement to do that is to bump nan play up and make judge these playoff games hap a batch faster."

Oregon will return connected Texas Tech successful nan Orange Bowl connected Jan. 1 astatine noon ET. 

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