To Washington Husky fans, University of Oregon’s Dan Lanning’s antics are not new.

Two seasons in a row, in close games, Lanning has had payers fake injuries when he didn’t have a timeout to spare.

Twice he’s spat in the  spirit of the game.  No ethics.  No moral compass.  Just flat out dirty.

In Eugene, Oregon Saturday night the college football world got to see what Pac-12 members have warned the Big Ten about—not a loud crowd but a dirty Dan Lanning.

The number 2 team in the country, Ohio State, just before the ball was snapped, Oregon defensive back Dontae Manning stepped onto the field of play, putting on a 12th defender and drawing a flag.

The Buckeyes didn’t convert the play into a first down the Ducks were flagged for an illegal substitution penalty.

It was a purposeful penalty.

The Buckeyes gained the five penalty yards, but burned four seconds off the game clock since the penalty was a live-ball foul. That’s four seconds is the ability to throw one simple sideline route, then lining up for a game-winning field goal.

But with six seconds to work with  quarterback Will Howard scrambled up the middle, sliding a second too late for Ohio State to call a timeout for that potential winning field goal at Oregon’s 26.

What’s going to be a step too far for Lanning spitting on the spirt of the game?

But there’s also the trickle-down affect:  His players understand his disrespect for the game shows as one of his players spat into the face an opponent.  Thank goodness for a sneeze guard for the Buckeyes’ player.

But there’s no sneeze guard for future antics of Lanning and his players.

Will going after a quarterback’s knees be the next “spitting into the face of the game” for Lanning?

He could pull a depth player from the bench and put him in for one play with the intent to knock the QB out.  Going after a quarterback’s knees ensures that there wouldn’t be a targeting called against the player.  With the rule of two personal fouls the player could resume his spot at the end of the bench

Lanning logic is simple:  “We spend an inordinate amount of time on situations and some situations don’t come up very often in college football, but this was obviously something we had worked on,” Oregon coach Dan Lanning said Monday night. “You can see the result.”

That could only mean that he’s considered such a measure.  What else is in his bag of dirty tricks?

There are other intentional penalties like grabbing a receiver when the DB is getting burned or holding a defender so that they can’t have a free shot at the QB—those are commonplace but the penalty is severe.

Stepping into the field has little recourse.

Where will be a step too far for Lanning spitting onto the game of football?