The Oregon Ducks and Ohio State Buckeyes turned in what is being considered an early favorite for College Football Game Of The Year in Eugene, Oregon this past Saturday that was won 32-31 by coach Dan Lanning's team.
The game ended on a run and untimely slide from Ohio State quarterback and Kansas State transfer Will Howard that left double zeros on the clock and gave the Ducks their biggest win to date as a member of the Big Ten Conference.
Afterward, a postgame interaction unfolded between the outspoken Ducks head coach and Howard amid the postgame revelry and chaos in the Beaver State.
Lanning can be seen on camera in a now certified viral video that was viewed nearly four million times as of the early hours of Monday morning.
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The Ducks boss appears to blow off some steam by pushing a man in a black shirt and Oregon ballcap at the start of the video.
Lanning appears dead set on walking to a certain location, person, place or thing as he makes a beeline toward a far-off part of the playing field.
He is shown on camera walking intently as he approaches Howard, who is looking in a different direction.
Lanning then appears to look right through the Buckeyes student athlete with a thousand-yard glare as he completely ignores the Buckeyes signal caller and continues walking.
It is difficult to tell on whether Lanning said something under his breath or completely ignored Howard as he made his way through the moving mass of humanity.
The poster of the video called the interaction "weird" while readers and fans speculated in the comments section about why the interaction, or lack of interaction, happened the way it did.
The video's poster said he believed that Lanning was "locked on" Howard and wondered aloud if there is "bad blood" between him and the former KSU quarterback.
"Quit trying to create something, poor journalism," one reader wrote in the comments section, dismissing the poster's original thoughts.
"You're weird for this. He was trying to find (Ohio State coach Ryan) Day," another commenter wrote. "He probably didn't even notice him, he just got the biggest win of his career, he's pumped full of adrenaline and trying to find Day for the handshake."
The video also shows Howard appearing to raise his voice while gesturing in the direction of a photographer on the field.
"Because Howard was too busy yelling at a photographer," another reader wrote.
Most fans seemed to think the intensity of the moment caused the seemingly odd chain of events that unfolded, and a lack of a handshake between the two high profile Big Ten competitors Lanning and Howard.
"I see a coach who was pumped up about a huge win," a reader wrote. "Probably focused on trying to find opposing HC to shake hands."
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