Dan Lanning

Really just going to focus on the guys that were here on the trip today

There was an incident this weekend that didn’t match our standard here in our program

He’s still going to be a big part of this team and helping us move forward and find an opportunity for us to be better

I think if it was up to Dante in any way, he would want to be out there playing for the guys

Drew has been a valued member of this staff since 2022, and I am appreciative of everything he’s done for Oregon

Just to start things off first, obviously there’s an incident this weekend that didn’t match our standard here in our program

Why didn’t you switch him right then?

Now, can we call better plays? Absolutely

Everything’s being evaluated

I’m just impressed with a lot of the growth of the guys across the board and there’s more and more guys that are really accountable and frustrated if they don’t do their job at a high level

There will be appropriate action taken

Brock wasn’t necessarily making poor decisions; obviously, the first series wasn’t clean, right? (He) didn’t throw it really well the first series, we were trying to get some touches to Dakorien and some other guys like that, but that happens when you’re starting in a tough environment, but the number one goal was to protect the ball

I thought he did an incredible job

Nobody else cares, but I think this will be the year that I’ve grown the most in my position

I thought those guys never flinched, wherever, wherever it was, and they got put in some tough moments again, you know, in these back-to-back weeks where I thought the defense — they really showed up

It wasn’t good enough in the first half. You know, there’s certainly nobody in the nation working harder to try to find ways to do that

The bright spots are that, hey, we get an opportunity to improve, right?

I don’t know the answers to why

I felt like this was going to be the game, based on our prep, where all three phases really came together

And nothing but love and respect for him.

We were in the game, but we weren’t successful on offense in any phase tonight. Didn’t really get into a rhythm

I have to definitely evaluate the game first, go back and look at it

Everyone could say, ‘Well, the defense played better,’ but you look back at the very first play of the game, you give up an explosive play that turned into three points that drive, and three points is the difference in this game

It’s totally different systems than what he was running before, so I think you got to build confidence in the system, and that takes time, especially when you ask the quarterback to do as much as we ask the quarterback to do

I think the biggest thing is just being able to see a smile on his face to get around and be around his teammates and his brothers and do that at a high level

Every one of us put it on the line for 5

These guys went out and played for 5

Every guy had faith in him

We're about to play a UCLA team that reminds me a lot of Indiana from last year

Why I draw some comparisons to Indiana — a lot of guys traveled with (the coach) to their next stop

They got some players that can play ball

He texted me as (the Bruins) were traveling back to LA and said, 'Hey, if you need my help with Dante or anything, and he's still in LA, I'll go check on this guy. I'm giving the team off tomorrow; let me know.' It speaks to the kind of person he is

We saw that s--t was cheap

Everybody grab hands, bow your heads. Dear God, we need you right now to protect Dante. He put his life on his line for his team

What you ask yourself is, what's the best way to honor Dante

You see your brother get hurt and you want to react. I want to react

We are extremely appreciative of our entire medical staff and the medical staffs at USC and LA General County Hospital for their quick and thorough action in making sure Dante received the very best care possible

It’s hard to play in a tough environment

Three wins against these guys

There’s a reason targeting exists in football, and it’s as clear as day targeting

We didn’t have a lot of rhythm on offense today. Defensively, we gave up way too many explosives, poor eye discipline, not winning at the point of attack, and our guys are much more capable than that

They played a better game than us. They were better coached than us.

Our locker room is hurting a little bit, but they’re ready for an opportunity to grow.

When one guy jumps offsides in one game and then turns around and jumps offsides in the next game, his level of focus isn’t where it needs to be

We had penalties that showed up that could have hurt us in a real competitive situation

It wasn’t close in a lot of ways

I think there’s definitely concerns in general from a performance standpoint

I mean, look, that’s a play that everyone will look at, and the reality is that this ball game is in no way, shape or form on Dierre

We won the game with total yards, but we didn’t really win the critical situations.

In the first half we didn’t do as good of a job handling their quarterback movement

They understood what they had to attack, and they performed a little bit better as a unit

I didn’t see anything that was disturbing, but you can’t look like a deer in headlights when things don’t look right

Evan played a good game… I have the utmost trust for him because of how hard he has worked

I thought we lacked a little killer instinct at the end, and our standards can’t change

We had a lot of young talent last year and certainly a lot of talent

That’s a great thing to highlight

I hope we will be your favorite team in America