Overview
- Lanning proposes moving the season up — potentially to Week 0 or by removing a bye — so each playoff round is played every seven days.
- He argues the NFL has encroached on December Saturdays without compensating colleges and wants those Saturdays reserved for college football.
- Oregon’s calendar illustrates the gaps, with three weeks off before Dec. 20 and only two games over roughly a month heading into the Orange Bowl.
- Coordinators Will Stein (Kentucky) and Tosh Lupoi (Cal) have accepted head-coaching jobs but remain on staff through Oregon’s postseason.
- Oregon faces Texas Tech in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 1 at noon ET, while this season’s CFP title game is set for Jan. 19 — a schedule Lanning wants compressed.