Oregon’s Dan Lanning warns College Football Playoff Committee over ‘messed up’ protocol originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

The Oregon Ducks got through James Madison in the opening round of the College Football Playoff with a 51-34 win. As their sights become focused on beating Texas Tech to make a push toward a national title appearance, Lanning was visibly distraught with the current scheduling arrangements with the 12-team format.

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More specifically, how it impacts teams like the Ducks, Oklahoma Sooners, Ole Miss Rebels and Texas A&M.Aggies as they each hosted a game in the first round this past week. The Ducks and Rebels won, while the Sooners and Aggies saw their seasons abruptly end.

“In my opinion, we’re really excited to be going to the Orange Bowl, but this game should be played at Texas Tech,” Lanning told reporters.

Lanning is all for campus uniformity in college football, suggesting the vast majority of campuses should host CFP games. This is a similar case to how high school football playoff games are scheduled throughout much of the country, including the IHSA.

“They’re the higher seeded team,” Lanning said. “We should play a week, like right after the first game, the next game should be the next Saturday and the next playoff game should be the next Saturday then a championship game. We’re trying to fit a lot of things in a different sequence. But in my opinion, this game should be played at Tech. It should be a home field advantage for them.”

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This gave Lanning the opportunity to take a verbal jab at the College Football Playoff Committee as a call-to-action for some big changes moving forward.

“I think that was clear last year,” Lanning noted regarding turnaround time. “Certainly, it’ll be clear now. You’ve got a little bit more time to prepare now, obviously, than you did the last one. That’s the other part that doesn’t make sense is the sequence of days in between each game. There just really isn’t a rhythm.”

That inconsistent “rhythm,” especially given the amount of time the Red Raiders had off, bothers Lanning.

“How do you say, ‘OK, how do we keep things the same as much as possible for our players.’ It’s tough when you have big gaps and breaks like that. But I know that it’s a sided advantage for one team or the other. You’re dealing with different issues,” Lanning said.

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In a nutshell, Lanning’s outright message was abundantly obvious.

“The way we do playoffs in college football is messed up,” Lanning said.

Ducks-Red Raiders is set to commence in the Orange Bowl with kickoff set for noon ET New Year’s Eve.