Oregon is a team with a growth mindset and an energetic environment in practice. There's competition and the desire to create pressure that simulates a gameday environment. Players push each other and positive, detailed coaching occurs every day.
In that atmosphere a team improves from week-to-week and over a season. It creates a culture where a player can play his best game of the season in a setting like the Big Ten Championship, the way Nikko Reed, Dontae Manning, Kenyon Sadiq and Tez Johnson did a year ago.
This season Dan Lanning and his staff have a plan for developing a team that peaks in the playoffs.