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.”
