“Where’s the Respect for Human Lives?”: Despite Oregon’s Dominant Win Over Utah, HC Dan Lanning Prioritizes National Issues Over Winning Speech

Sunday’s game between the Oregon Ducks vs. Utah Utes saw a star added to Dan Lanning’s reputation as Oregon’s HC. Under him, the team has gone on to emerge as one of the leading college football teams this season with only a lone defeat in eight games. And while Lanning puffs his chest out in pride for his team, he takes his platform to address a serious issue. 

Oregon has done it again by inflicting a major blowout loss to Utah with 35-6. But Dan Lanning took his chance to address the mass shooting in Maine on Wednesday. This shows his personality goes further than football as he delivers a valuable message during the post-game conference. 

Oregon head coach Dan Lanning questions human morality

ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter posted on Twitter a clip of Dan Lanning’s after-game speech. He captioned, “ICYMI: Oregon HC Dan Lanning from his postgame press conference.” Following Oregon’s victory over Utah, Dan Lanning took the postgame press conference as a platform to raise a national issue. He raises the question, “Where’s the respect for human lives? 

On Wednesday, a national tragedy happened as a mass shooting broke out in Lewiston, Maine, killing 18 people in the incident. According to reports by The Associated Press and USA Today, the Maine incident is the 36th mass shooting incident in the nation this year. 

Dan Lanning took a couple of minutes to express his grief over inhumanity and urged people to unite and do something about it. He said, “I’m not trying to be political, but I do care about human life and I do care about human decency, and I hope at some point we can take a stand and do something about it.“

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The 37-year-old Oregon head coach unveils that his players are also concerned about gun violence. He challenges the public on what they’re willing to do about it to fix the situation. As a father of three kids, Dan Lanning expressed his fear and desire saying, “It certainly means something to me when I send my three kids to school and expect to see them come home.“

Lanning’s attempt to use the platform he’s got to spread awareness for this sensitive issue is praiseworthy, especially since these issues have been plaguing the US as a whole for a long time. His speech was received with immense appreciation on all sides, with people acknowledging him to be a person people want to play for – highlighting him as a reason for the Ducks’ success.

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Bo Nix and the Ducks dominated the Utes on Sunday at Rice-Eccles Stadium in what is one of the most glorious moments for Dan Lanning and Oregon. QB Bo Nix was the star player of the game completing 248 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Ducks with a 21-3 lead in the second quarter. 

Lanning expressed his pride for the team in his postgame conference speech as his team delivered the talk. While the Utes played without their star QB Cameron Rising, the Ducks’ performance is nothing short of impressive. He said of the star player of the game, “I’m going to say it again, Bo Nix is the best quarterback in the nation just to be really clear.“

Many players have joined Dan Lanning in calling out the shooting incident in Maine. And we hope that everything will work out for the better. As for Oregon, they’ll be facing the 3-5 California Golden Bears in their upcoming game in Week 9.

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