Dan Lanning made it unclouded to his Refuse. 10 Oregon workforce that Refuse. 19 Colorado’s eye-catching undefeated season would finish Saturday in Eugene. 

The message used to be gained. 

Previous to taking the ground for Saturday’s recreation, the Oregon teacher took effort at Colorado and the storylines that experience surrounded it since Deion Sanders’ arrival. 

“Rooted in substance, not flash, rooted in substance,” Lanning started. “Lately, we communicate with our pads. … You communicate together with your helmet, alright? Each and every life. 

“The Cinderella tale is over, guy. They’re combating for clicks; we’re combating for wins. There’s a remaining, proper? There’s a remaining, proper? This recreation isn’t committing to be performed in Hollywood, proper? It’s committing to be performed on grass, proper? It’s committing to be performed at the grass.”

Oregon preceded to have a nearly perfect first half following Lanning’s speech, going into halftime leading 35-0.

The Ducks scored on the opening drive before forcing Colorado to go three-and-out. They added another score on the following drive to make it 13-0. After forcing Colorado to punt again, it appeared that Oregon was finally slowing down.

That wasn’t the case. On fourth-and-4 from its own 17-yard line, Lanning’s team called for a fake, with Casey Rogers getting the direct snap and running 18 yards for the first down. Oregon continued to march down the field on that drive before Bo Nix found Troy Franklin for a 16-yard touchdown pass, adding a 2-point conversion to give it a 21-0 lead in the early minutes of the second quarter. 

Oregon’s only blemish came on its next drive, when Nix threw an interception. But Oregon’s defense swiftly got Colorado off the field, sacking Shedeur Sanders on back-to-back plays for a combined 23-yard loss. 

Nix led Oregon to two more touchdown drives in the final three minutes of the half, giving Oregon five scores in six possessions. The star quarterback completed 22 of 24 passes for 217 yards, three touchdowns and an interception to go with nine rushing yards and a rushing score in the game’s first 30 minutes. Oregon’s defense added four sacks. 

In addition to Lanning’s speech, Oregon appeared to have some extra material to help build a motivational edge in the hours leading up to Saturday’s tilt. Several Colorado players made their way to the midfield logo at Autzen Stadium, with some of the players appearing to step over the “O” and one participant appearing to stomp his feet on the logo. 

As his team headed to the locker room going into the break, Lanning said his team wasn’t done yet. 

“We have been composed,” Lanning told the ABC broadcast. “We have been composed. We accomplished at a actually top stage. However we’re now not performed but. We’re now not happy.

“I hope all of those people that have been watching every week are watching this week.”

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