So it became news on Thursday afternoon when Oregon Ducks head coach Dan Lanning officially confirmed that there would still be a traditional spring game in Eugene.

Games have been a hot topic of discussion in college football to start 2025. Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule got fans talking a lot about them in February when he elected to cancel Nebraska's annual Spring Game in April.

Now a new trend is going through the sport and that's the elimination of the annual spring game that is usually the last so-called practice of the spring camp. It's been very popular around the country and in SEC country,

As long as Dan Lanning is at Oregon the Ducks will play real football during their spring game. While the growing trend nationally has been for teams to abandon spring games in favor of traditional practices or fan-centric events,

Oregon head coach Dan Lanning talks spring game, quarterbacks and practice facility upgrades following the team's first spring practice.