Oregon Ducks discuss kicker Atticus Sappington's kick under pressure

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Oregon Ducks Coach Dan Lanning discusses kicker Atticus Sappington's kick under pressure to win the game for the Ducks. Lanning emphasized how proud of him he is for not cracking under pressure.

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00:00Man, Dante was lights out in that drive, and it reminds me of what we do in practice when

00:16we put our guys in a lot of scenarios like that.

00:18I don't ever give them a minute 40, what, a minute 51.

00:21I don't ever give them that much time in practice to go execute that same situation.

00:24So they were able to do it quick.

00:25Will did a good job, I thought, of starting off with some runs, which was important.

00:28You know, to make sure that they know the run's still alive, especially when you have three

00:32timeouts.

00:33We were short of the first down a couple times.

00:34Nobody panicked, got up and lined up, and I think we even converted a short yardage there

00:38on a third and one with a, you know, a tempo and balance play.

00:41So ultimately, just really good job by our coaches, and really unbelievable job by our

00:46players in those moments.

00:47Well, Chris, yeah, back to that kick by Atticus to winning.

00:51What's that moment like for you with being at the sidelines watching him go all day?

00:54What's going through your head in those moments?

00:56Well, if you want the truth, I was pretty nervous.

00:59Yeah, I mean, I'm nervous for him because it shouldn't come down to that moment for

01:02Atticus, and that guy's going to feel an unbelievable amount of pressure, however that goes, but

01:06I'm really proud that he's able to handle a moment like that.

01:09We do a lot of pressure kicks in practice and try to recreate it, but there ain't nothing

01:13like 70,000 fans, right?

01:16Last second of the game, was it seven seconds left having to kick that kick?

01:19Can't recreate that in practice, and Atticus handled it like a champ, man.

01:28We're so excited.

01:30So let's get it.

01:31We're all around.

01:32We have to do a lot of pressure, so let's get it.

01:34We're so excited.

01:35We're so excited.

01:37We're so excited.

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