Oregon HC Dan Lanning cracks back at Kirby Smart over NIL

Oregon HC Dan Lanning and Georgia HC Kirby Smart worked together for years, but they are pulling no punches now that they are recruiting rivals.

Smart dropped a casual comment about Oregon’s ties to Nike founder Phil Knight — and Knight’s extensive riches — at SEC Media Days last week. The Georgia coach mentioned that he had the opportunity to meet Knight in the offseason and dropped in a comment that he “wish(ed) I could get some of that NIL money he’s sharing with Dan Lanning.”

The remarks made their way back to Lanning, who fired off his own broadside at Smart in a Thursday appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show.”