As far as debuts go, it was a bit of a nightmare last Labor Day weekend when Georgia pounded Oregon's faces into the Mercedes Benz Stadium artificial turf in Atlanta. Afterward, however, it wasn't too bad last season for Dan Lanning, who won ten games in his first trip around the track at Eugene after a near cross-country move from Georgia. Though it would be offense that had Phil Knight and all of the Ducks backers abuzz (as usual), especiall y as Auburn transfer quarterback Bo Nix became a peripheral Heisman contender by passing for nearly 3600 yards and 29 touchdowns. It was quite a shock to those who watched Nix's career go mostly sideways in the SEC. Pac-12 insiders give much of the credit to offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham, who earlier had been on Gus Malzahn's staff at Auburn during the early stages of Nix's college career.'
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