Oregon vs. Purdue: Previewing Upcoming Games for the Ducks

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00:00Jerry, do you think that it helps that you're playing Purdue on Friday night at Ross Aid

00:10in West Lafayette?

00:12I was stunned to see them play that well at Champaign-Urbana against the ranked Illini

00:20because everyone else has smacked Purdue six ways till Sunday.

00:25They get blown out, they've looked awful, but they didn't look bad at all on Saturday.

00:30I literally almost fell over with the game 50-49 they lost.

00:35It was crazy.

00:36Do you think you guys have a problem on your hands coming off of such an enormous game

00:42at home and having to go to West Lafayette to play that team that has found their confidence

00:47at the very least?

00:50Only them losing the way they did in a game against Illinois got Oregon's attention more

00:57than it would have.

00:58It got mine more.

00:59I mean, I think I was looking forward to going to Purdue with a team that's struggling, not

01:04having a very good year, may not be very good, and then all of a sudden they do that.

01:08It opens your eyes and makes you realize, okay, this is college football.

01:11Maybe it takes some guys or some teams two or three weeks to come together and get that

01:15continuity.

01:16Well, have they all of a sudden done that?

01:19Right now, Purdue has Oregon's attention, and so Oregon might have got a big win if

01:24Purdue had not played the way they did.

01:28Oregon might be headed to Purdue with a different thought process.

01:30I think they're dialed in now because of the way Purdue played.

01:34I like the way Lanning's running the program.

01:38They have to think very highly of the performance that he's put on since he's been there.

01:44He is different, Scott.

01:48I've been there 37 years, and I've had some great college coaches, football coaches come

01:52through there.

01:53Every one of them I've respected.

01:54Some of them are really good friends.

01:56Dan Lanning is different.

01:57He just has a different way of looking at everything.

02:01You watch him in practice.

02:02He sees every player.

02:03He coaches every player, not just the defense, not just the offense.

02:08I've said he's got one of those minds or brains that recalls and sees everything.

02:15He comes from Georgia.

02:17He comes from Alabama.

02:19He's had some great coaches to lift him up and teach him.

02:22He's special.

02:23I told him when he got here, I think you are the coach that will win Oregon's first national

02:28championship.

02:29I truly believe that.

02:30Wow.

02:31I can't wait to see if they can do it.

02:32I think they have some tough games left in Ann Arbor, but I don't think Michigan has

02:37a quarterback.

02:38I think the game in Camp Randall is going to be a problem for you because they found

02:43their way all of a sudden, and they look real good in Piscataway on Saturday.

02:47And then you finish with the Huskies at home.

02:50I think you handle Maryland.

02:52I think you'll get Illinois at home, and they're not going to know what hit them at Outsen.

02:57But I think you'll still beat Purdue.

02:59I don't know if it's going to be close or not.

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