Rimington Award-winning center and Unanimous All-American Jackson Powers-Johnson once said that Dan Lanning was so intense that he got fired up for a Tuesday practice.
Oregon fans are used to it. His over-the-top pregame speeches and passion-fueled team meetings have become the stuff of legend. He's wired differently, an old linebacker and linebacker coach who once drove all night to get a job as a graduate assistant.
It works for players and it works for Oregon fans. He has become beloved. Radio sports talk show host Jason "Big Suke" Scukanec of 1080 the Fan said on a podcast recently, "If you want to win a national championship, find a psycho.