So it became news on Thursday afternoon when Oregon Ducks head coach Dan Lanning officially confirmed that there would still be a traditional spring game in Eugene.

Oregon Ducks head coach Dan Lanning broke down the first spring practice of the 2025 season on Thursday morning.

Dan Lanning has a new contract after another impressive year at Oregon, which should all but squash any notion that he could leave soon.

The University of Oregon has reportedly agreed to a new six-year deal that pays him $11 million annually - a $2 million a year raise. The deal, which still requires board approval, would make Lanning a top-five coach nationally in salary, and keeps his buyout at $20 million.

Oregon approved a revised contract for coach Dan Lanning late last week — yep, another revision — that places the fourth-year coach in the sport’s salary stratosphere. There have been more amendments to Lanning’s deal than the Constitution, or so it seems. This is the fifth edition since he accepted the job in December 2021.

Now a new trend is going through the sport and that's the elimination of the annual spring game that is usually the last so-called practice of the spring camp. It's been very popular around the country and in SEC country,

As long as Dan Lanning is at Oregon the Ducks will play real football during their spring game. While the growing trend nationally has been for teams to abandon spring games in favor of traditional practices or fan-centric events,

Oregon head coach Dan Lanning talks spring game, quarterbacks and practice facility upgrades following the team's first spring practice.

Oregon football coach Dan Lanning spoke Thursday on how the 2024 football season ended, the quarterback room and the spring game format.

Games have been a hot topic of discussion in college football to start 2025. Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule got fans talking a lot about them in February when he elected to cancel Nebraska's annual Spring Game in April.