Dan Lanning continues to draw praise for being a strategic savant following Oregon’s purposeful 12 men on the field penalty on the second to last play of last week’s win against Ohio State. Regarding the penalty,

During his weekly pregame press conference, Oregon Duck Footballs’ head coach alluded to intentionally committing a penalty to run out the clock in Oregon’s marquee win vs. the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Did Oregon head coach Dan Lanning purposely call for 12 defenders to take the field on Ohio State’s penultimate offensive snap Saturday — knowing that it would either be missed by the refs (thus aiding the Duck defense) or even if flagged would result in just a 5-yard penalty but cost the Buckeyes precious time on the clock because of an NCAA rulebook loophole?