Oregon's late-game trickery against Ohio State pushed the NCAA to close the penalty loophole

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It certainly seemed like the Ducks intentionally had too many men on the field late in Saturday’s win against Ohio State. And with a little smirk, Oregon football coach Dan Lanning all but confirmed what many college football fans suspected.

“We spend an inordinate amount of time on situations,” Lanning said. “There are some situations that don’t show up very often in college football, but this is one that obviously was something that we have worked on.