"I'm the guy who has a lot of alarms": Dan Lanning makes hilarious revelation about his morning routine
Dan Lanning is the man of the hour after his cheeky tactics won the game for the then-No. 3 Oregon Ducks over the then-No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes 32-31 on Saturday. While his brilliant play-calling and gutsy decisions have earned him accolades — like the recent clock-chewing stunt against the Buckeyes — his early morning habit has people talking.
Appearing on the "Dan Patrick Show," Lanning was heckled about time, given his antics during the Ohio State game. He was asked what type of person he is — whether he wakes up as soon as his first alarm hits or has a series of alarms set up to wake him up anyway.
"I'm the guy who has a lot of alarms," Lanning said while showing his phone and scrolling down the alarm time screen, which started right from 4 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. and still going.
“Yeah, I’ve got a problem… I know that I have to get up and I know I want my body to start waking up… That’s bad. I know that’s bad, so I start my alarms at like 4:30 [a.m.], but when I actually get out of the bed it’s actually like 4:50 – 4:55 – 5 [a.m.]. It’s never the first one. It’s like my ‘get out of the zone ones.’,” he added.
The second-ranked Ducks (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) are undefeated this season. Ever since arriving in Eugene, Dan Lanning has worked hard to build a powerhouse program. Oregon is now touted as a perennial playoff contender. The Ducks went 12-2 last season, missing the CFP when they fell 34-31 to the Washington Huskies in the Pac-12 chpionship game.
Dan Lanning's strategy forces NCAA to change rule
Oregon coach Dan Lanning roughed up the NCAA during Oregon’s nail-biting 32-31 win over No. 2 Ohio State, leading the authority to make a rule change. After the game, Dan Lanning acknowledged that the Ducks intentionally had 12 players on defense late in the game to burn precious time off the clock.
"Yeah, you know, there was a timeout before that," Lanning said. "We spend an inordinate amount of time on situations. There are some situations that don’t show up very often in college football, but this is one that obviously was something we had worked on. So, you can see the result."
The penalty allowed Oregon to take a 5-yard hit but, crucially, prevented the Buckeyes from regaining the lost time. The game ended with Ohio State failing to capitalize on the remaining time, and Oregon walked away victorious.
In the aftermath, the NCAA wasted no time addressing the loophole. In a new rule interpretation released on Wednesday, offenses will now have the option to reset the game clock if the defense is caught with 12 players on the field in the final two minutes of either half.
This change ensures that teams like Ohio State, which was disadvantaged by the lost seconds, will have a chance to keep drives alive.