Fox News: Oregon's Dan Lanning admits to exploiting loophole against Ohio State, reportedly sparking NCAA probe

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Oregon's Dan Lanning admits to exploiting loophole against Ohio State, reportedly sparking NCAA probe

Oregon head coach Dan Lanning admitted to putting an extra player on the field against Ohio State on purpose thanks to a loophole that the NCAA is reportedly looking into.......                    ...                        ...Turns out, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login was playing chess on Saturday night.......The You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login had just been knocked out of field goal range after an offensive pass interference penalty. Two plays later, they had 10 seconds on a 3rd and 25. ......That's when the Oregon head coach sneakily took a gamble.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Will Howard's next pass fell incomplete, but the Ducks were called for an illegal substitution. They had a 12th man on the field, to which Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day desperately wanted to be called at the time.......The speculation, though, was that the illegal substitution was a strategic gamble with odds very much in Lanning's favor: Get penalized a measly five yards in order to not give up the big play and waste nearly half the time remaining in the game.......On the next play, Howard You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in time for them to call a timeout, giving the Ducks the win.......Lanning all but admitted that the speculation was accurate......."There was a timeout before that — we spend an inordinate amount of time on situations. There's some situations that don't show up very often in college football, but this is one that obviously was something we had worked on. So you can see the result," You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login.......Well, the NCAA was apparently quick to realize the loophole, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login that the NCAA is considering a change to the rule.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"We've had good dialogue on this play," NCAA secretary rules editor Steve Shaw told Yahoo Sports. "We've recognized the way it played out."......In the National Football League, the clock reverts back to the original time on a 12-man penalty — that is not the case in college football.......The win put the Ducks at No. 2 in the country, their highest ranking since making the national championship game in 2015.......Follow Fox News Digital's You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, and subscribe to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login....

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