Dan Lanning evaluates Bo Nix's performance against Eastern Washington

Dan Lanning was much more pleased with the performance of Box Nix in Week 2 than he was in Week 1.

During Oregon‘s 70-14 victory over Eastern Washington, Nix completed 28 of 33 passes for 277 yards and five touchdowns. After a disappointing debut with the Ducks, Nix righted the ship ahead of a showdown with BYU.

Afterwards, Lanning evaluated Nix’s performance, heaping praise on his quarterback.

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“I thought Bo played well. He went where he was supposed to go with the ball a majority of the time,” stated Lanning. “You know there’s a couple of things that we cleaned up as a staff coming in, saying hey where’s this guy supposed to break, and then where’s the ball supposed to be and making sure we were in sync on that. Overall, I didn’t think he put the ball in jeopardy. There’s a couple of throws that he probably needed to have back that didn’t turn into negatives or turnovers, but I think that’s what we have to continue to push.

“Bo understands exactly what we’re looking for, and so does Ty [Thompson] and Jay [Butterfield]. Those guys know exactly where to go with the ball. They made some good checks during the game, so that was comforting to see.”

Moving forward, Dan Lanning will need more of Week 2 Bo Nix than what he showed in Week 1. If he can play the way he did against Eastern Washington, Oregon may be able to make some noise in Lanning’s first season.

Dan Lanning discusses approach to using redshirt players throughout season

Every college coach has to figure out with their young incoming players whether or not to redshirt them for the season. And while some coaches struggle in making these decisions, the Oregon Ducks‘ first-year head coach Dan Lanning, has a fluid method and navigating those waters. During a recent press conference, Lanning discussed his approach to using redshirt players throughout the season.

“Honestly, our plan is how can we best develop our players and how can we best win games. I think that conversation continues to change throughout the year based on your health as a team; based on people’s performance,” said Lanning. “To think that any of the guys that just got here for us will be the same players ten games from now is a complete disservice to them and our program from a development standpoint.”

Despite this being Lanning’s first time as a head coach, he is familiar with how to utilize redshirting and redshirt players throughout the season. At his previous home with the Georgia Bulldogs, that topic came up with a handful of players.

“I’ve been around programs where a guy that wasn’t necessarily involved game one was super involved game ten. We had a guy for us last year William Poole who didn’t play hardly in any games the entire year. And then, started forcing the SEC championship and the national championship game. So, to know where we’re at now; to make decisions about redshirting or not redshirting based on today comparative to what’s going on in November and December. I think it’s really premature.”