Dan Lanning and the Ducks will be asked 100 times about their long road trip, early start time and cross-country plane flight to play in the Orange Bowl against Texas Tech, 9 a.m. New Year’s Day on ESPN at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.
Oregon’s charter from Eugene will cover about 2400 miles and involves a flight time of roughly seven hours. Lanning appeared on “The Pat McAfee Show” Tuesday and the McAfee regulars asked him about the difficulty of traveling for an early morning game on the East Coast.
The 39-year-old head coach pointed out that the Ducks had already won games at Penn State and Rutgers earlier in the year. “We’ve flown across the country more than any other team and we’re prepared for these moments,” he said…