Dan Lanning fires back at Kyle Whittingham after ‘outbid everybody’ comments
Michigan and Oregon will meet in Eugene on Saturday, and the war of words between the two head coaches has already started. Kyle Whittingham took a not-so-subtle jab at Oregon’s NIL budget earlier this week. Now, Dan Lanning has responded. The Oregon head coach praised Whittingham as an “unbelievable coach,” but he also fired back…
On September 26, 2026, in Los Angeles, California, Oregon Ducks head coach Dan Lanning responded to remarks made by his counterpart, former Utah coach Kyle Whittingham. The two teams were set to face off in Eugene on Saturday. During a press conference, Whittingham had praised Lanning as an "unbelievable coach" but suggested that Oregon's considerable resources allowed the Ducks to "outbid everybody" in their recruiting efforts.
Lanning fired back at Whittingham's comments during his own press conference, stating that while he respected Whittingham and acknowledged the money Oregon was spending on coaches, Michigan had also outbid Oregon for some recruits of its own. The article highlighted the ongoing rivalry between the two programs and the tensions surrounding their coaching staffs.
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