Big Ten Media Days are taking place in Las Vegas this week, and Oregon coach Dan Lanning took the opportunity to speak on the future of the Civil War.
“I’m all for it,” Lanning said to On3 Sports. “It’s a great rivalry. We want to continue playing it.”
The Civil War’s final scheduled installment — for now — is slated for Sept. 20 at Autzen Stadium in Eugene. The rivalry has been contested on and off since 1894 and consecutively since 1945, with Oregon leading the series, 68-51-10.
“This game has been fun for us and our players,” Lanning said before last year’s installment of the game. “I know it means a lot to the fans and we’ve had some good battles with the Beavers the last few years.”
Oregon’s non-Big Ten slate is set until 2029. Oregon State still has an open date outside Pac-12 play in that same year.
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I want to see
USC-Notre Dame
Iowa-Iowa State
UCLA-California
& yes Oregon-Oregon State
To have these Big Ten teams to continue its OOC games with each other.
I am standing up for Dan Lanning interest to continue civil war rivalry.
Apple Cup also exists.
Thanks for reminding me Richard I will include Apple Cup.
Good. This game should be played every year. It is part of the tapestry of the sport.
All the Big Ten needs to do is drop to 8 conference games, 5 protected opponents and 3 rotating opponents on an 8-year schedule. While they have resisted going back to 8, it may be for the best that they do.
Big Ten is satisfied with 9 game conference schedule & we refuse to rollback.
with 18 teams in the conference, the rotation opponents has to be at six per season to get all these teams to play with each other semi-regularly
Sorry but if the SEC doesn't move to 9 conference games and 1 P4 team, this is a non-starter, as it's all about the CFP these day.
Easy
Cancel Portland State
Cancel the Utah State home-and-home series, it was likely gonna get cancelled anyway with the trend of cancelling home-and-away series against GO6 schools.
And there you go, now resume the rivalry.