INDIANAPOLIS -- Dan Lanning stood outside Oregon's locker room Saturday night, hugging and slapping hands with every player, coach and staff member leaving the confetti-filled field at Lucas Oil Stadium. When Oregon was preparing for its first season in the Big Ten, Lanning had challenged his team to become the "keystone species," a new organism that can define its ecosystem. The Ducks were joining a conference that included defending national champion Michigan and historic powers Ohio State and Penn State. They ended up taking down all three, with Penn State being the final foe to fall Saturday in the Big Ten championship. Led by quarterback Dillon Gabriel and wide receiver Tez Johnson, No. 1 Oregon outlasted No. 3 Penn State 45-37 to secure its first Big Ten title in its first season in the conference. "It's just going in a new environment, just kind of messing up that environment, being the alpha in that environment,"...