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What did Oregon coach Dan Lanning, Penn State players, say afte the Big Ten title game?

Greg Pickelby:Greg Pickel•12/08/24•

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Oregon Ducks head coach Dan Lanning against Penn State in the Big Ten Championship. (Photo by: Eric Becker/ScoopDuckOn3)

INDIANAPOLIS — Oregon will be the No. 1 team in the country on in the first 12-Team College Football rankings on Sunday after winning its first Big Ten conference crown by beating Penn State 45-37 on Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium. The Ducks are 13-0 and the only undefeated team left in college football.

“I don’t know what to say except for how proud I am of these guys,” Lanning said. “We’ve talked about moments this year where guys had to put each other on their backs. I thought the offense tonight did an unbelievable job. I thought the defense made a critical stop when it mattered most. But I’ll say this, the belief in our team throughout the game, it never wavered.

“We have a bunch of guys in there that love each other and worked their tails off tonight to come out on the other side of victory. Kudos to them. That offense is really hard to stop. They do an unbelievable job over there. It was a battle, a battle to the very end. I’m really proud of our players and proud of their resiliency. Proud of this dude, third-and-1 when it mattered most, making a play, fourth-and-2, making a huge play for our team. And proud of the guys on the stage with me. And I know they’d be the first to tell you they couldn’t do it without their teammates.”

He added:

“I will say that we wanted to make sure we always knew where 44 [Tyler Warren] was at. And certainly we always wanted to know where 11 [Abdul Carter] was at. Credit to our offensive line. Credit to Coach Stein and the job he did there, and credit to our guys on defense, knowing where he was at. But there’s a lot of room for improvement for us. That’s what I’m really excited about, is the opportunity to attack that growth.”

What did Penn State and Oregon players have to say after the game?

We have a smattering of quotes from each said below:

“So the primary was Trey, trying to get the ball down the field. The strong safety, I saw him hold and not get any depth and tried to give Trey a chance. I’ve got to do a better job of him or nobody. I’ve just got to see the leverage with the DB and give him more of a back shoulder, around the body where it’s going to be him or nobody and move on in the progression. But that’s what I saw in that play.”

—Penn State QB Drew Allar on his interception on the Lions’ final drive.

“We were prepared to face the best. And they’re a great offense. Credit to our offense for sticking it out and scoring a lot of points in that game. But our preparation was unmatched.

“They’re a good team, too. That’s what people forget. So we try to do all our assignments. Obviously there’s some errors on tape we’ve got to fix up and be ready for a couple weeks from now. But at the end of the day they’re a great team. Credit to them. We came out victorious, so credit to our offense.”

–Oregon LB Bryce Boettcher

“I think you can definitely take those losses more as a learning opportunity. And that’s the biggest thing about these Playoffs, is that even if you lose that game, we still got an opportunity to go out there and win that championship. So I think just having an opportunity to look back, see what we got to improve on, see we did well, and want to keep going on. That is super invaluable. So, just keeping that in mind as we move on.”

–PSU OL Nolan Rucci on moving on from a loss in the 12-team College Football Playoff era.

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