Dan Lanning legit turned the “whiteout” Nittany Lions fans into one sad bunch by the end of the game at Beaver Stadium. In an instant classic, the No. 2 Oregon Ducks beat No. 7 Penn State 30-24 in double overtime and silenced 111,015 fans. That is the highest form of disrespect to those who had spent hours messing with the Ducks’ families before kickoff. Most coaches would flinch at that kind of environment, maybe even lose their edge. Lanning? It only sharpened his focus.
Despite Penn State fans “flipping off his wife” as Oregon’s buses pulled in, Dan Lanning didn’t walk away rattled or bitter. He actually admired the chaos and stayed classy doing that. “The atmosphere you recognize the minute you drive in,” he said on Bussin’ With The Boys. “I think we’re rolling in a bunch of bu