Oregon Ducks discuss their strength in numbers on the team

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Oregon Ducks Coach Dan Lanning discusses their strength in numbers on the team. Lanning talks about how the guys were ready for their opportunity on the field and want to fight for each other on the field.

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00:00Dan, when you talk all season about strength in numbers, when you embody it the way you

00:11do today with the fourth and fifth tackle being out there at one point, also being down

00:15to just three scholarship receivers at one point, and on a drive to put the game away

00:19to turn to six different guys over 11 plays, many of whom were not starters to start this

00:24season, to have the win of the season under those circumstances, how do you embody what

00:29you've been talking about all year?

00:30Yeah, you said it.

00:31I mean, all those moments showed up, and guys always talk about being ready for your opportunity,

00:35not waiting for your opportunity.

00:36There's some guys that were ready for their opportunity when their number was called, and

00:39there's some stuff that we can clean up, but we got a bunch of guys that want to go out

00:42there and battle for the man next to them, and they take a lot of pride in what they do,

00:46and to be able to take six minutes off the clock there on that last drive when they got

00:49a loaded box every down, and the numbers for them are right, but we're still able to out

00:53push and finish physically, that's what really matters.

00:58You know, and you got a bunch of guys on this team that have unbelievable heart.

01:00You know, Noah Whittington showed up the last four weeks in a big way for us, the way he's

01:06run the ball, the way he works.

01:08You got Bryce Petcher, you got a bunch of seniors that give it their all.

01:12You know, Charlie Pickert, whose number hadn't been called all year, and he comes in on senior

01:16night.

01:16I know that's got to be a special moment for him, and there's some moments to clean up

01:19for sure, but what an awesome way for him to get to enjoy senior night.

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