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Definitely needs someone to work with Dante on seeing open receivers and responding to pressure. He's likely to get better next year, but how long will it take, and what if the improvement is only marginal? Mendoza had fewer starts to start this yeat than Dante had going into yesterday. Need someone who can really work with him. And its pretty clear we got outcoached in last years Rose Bowl and yesterday. I'm not that familiar with how experienced our new coordinators are, but if necessary, bring in dome more help. It seems we've been strong enough schematically against the bulk of our schedule, but not against the top teams.

I have to credit the og post to him being in the blame stage of grief blaming Oregon for being a horrible team that lost to a mediocre team. He'll get past that stage at some point, no later than next Monday night when Miami gets destroyed by Indiana.

Here is a bright side: If Indiana wins the national championship (which it should), then the only games that the Ducks have lost over the last two seasons were to the eventual National Champions! Who is to say that we have not been the 2nd best team in the country??? Last year we should have been on the opposite side of the bracket from Ohio State, and this year we should have been on the opposite side of the bracket from Indiana (no matter what many on this forum thought was best). This is one reason why I am rooting for Indiana.

I agree with the title of this thread. What I saw: Moore is a QB that doesn't have a natural aptitude for real time situational awareness of everything going on around him. He's made great strides, but against the best teams' defenses he's got a long ways to go. We wouldn't have been any better on offense if we had Whittington and Davison. Harris produced every bit as much as they would have. He played so good somebody is going to pay the man next year whether it's us or some other team. Our offensive line continued to play very very slow. Seemingly always getting beat to the block point by the defender. Maybe injuries, maybe just too big and a bad fit for a system that requires a lot of agility from the blockers. Our defense played really, really well. We shut down their run game on 1st and second down forcing 14 3rd down with the majority 3rd and long. And our 2 best cornerbacks and nickel played elite level coverage. How did they play so well despite getting over 50 points scored on them??? There is no defense for the perfect pass and Mendoza threw about 15 of them. What are you going to do except tip your cap to him? We gifted them 3 scores straight up and a fourth they took away and had to drive less than 30 yards to the endzone, totalling 28 points. That's about how much we lost by right? If we played mistake free football we would have had a chance against a generational level team, just like we thought...but it simply wasn't realistic to expect that. If there is one thing this team was consistent about all year was leaving a lot of meat on the bone due to mistakes. It's obviously easy to look at the final scores of the Rose Bowl and Peach bowl and call it a pattern, but that's crazy levels of intellectual laziness. We were obliterated for completely different sets of reasons. This playoff Dan Lanning resolved the issues that caused us to be blown out in the Rose Bowl. He now has a new set of lessons to learn and solve for next year.

The experience thing is what keeps us in the portal shopping for a new QB. We are doing good on the recruiting trail, but we need to give guys experience. We need to sit the starting QB and and give someone else a shot. Dante should have played more last year. It would have helped him this year. I don't expect Dante to leave, but if he does no one got enough snaps to be his replacement. If Dante stays, #2 needs to get a whole lot more snaps next year, or we will be in the same situation. It will probably always be better to bring someone in who has 3 years behind center rather than trust someone with the keys who only has less then 50 snaps in his career... even if that guy knows the system and the veteran does not. The veteran can adjust -- look who's playing QB in the championship game.

Oregon Ducks On SIThis Five-Star Transfer Could Be Oregon's Next Quarterbac...The Oregon Ducks are led by quarterback Dante Moore, who could declare for the 2026 NFL Draft or return to school for the 2026 season, leaving Oregon's quarterb

With all due respect, nope. IU 38 - Miami 18

Your wife is right. When I saw Lanning's eyes as he came out of the tunnel, I thought, 'this does not bode well.' He did not look anything like his normal steely-eyed self. There was kind of a glaze there. Who knows, maybe he was under the weather. But regarding our fan attendance, yes, it was disappointing to see. But we also have to remember that Indiana has never "been there," so they have a lot of pent-up demand. After decades of roaming in the college football desert, when we finally made it to the Rose Bowl in January 1995, we had a great crowd there. And for a couple decades after that, I attended a large percentage of our away games, and bowl games. But after a lot of years, and after sinking so much cash into traveling and attending, all while not winning the big one, things do change for a lot of people. And, as I've gotten older, for me, priorities have simply shifted as well. But, regarding the bandwagon fan question, I suppose I've been a bandwagon fan now for 52 straight years, and will continue to be one. And while many of you put the "fanatic" back into the word "fan," that's just not me anymore.

Herbert & Mariota -- Both 3 star high school players. I be curious to know how many stars one of the greatest Oregon linebackers in history, as in Eugene's own -- and sophomore walk-on -- Bryce Boettcher, had out of high school.

It's a small world after all! Fernando Mendoza's Dad, Fernando Sr., played high school football at Christopher Columbus High School in Miami. One of his teammates was another Cubano, Mario Cristobal. Cannot make this stuff up.

Does Dante Moore Need Another Year in College Easiest question of the day. Yes. 1000% yes. If he was drafted by an NFL team right now and shoved into a starting role -- which would almost certainly be the case, NFL players would eat him alive. However, I think he has the potential to be a great future NFL quarterback. But if he came out now and was forced to start, the NFL would eat him for lunch. The kid is absolutely not NFL ready. Indiana is clearly college fast. But all NFL players basically operate at other-worldly, semi-warp-like, speed. Every NFL player who steps onto the grass is an incredible freak of nature, and our young man is simply not ready for that... yet.

Assuming DM stays, keep Mehringer coaching the tight ends (huge success) and get a QB guru for Dante. Not blaming it all on him, but unfortunately he has had his worst games when it mattered the most. That's on the coaches IMHO.

The fact that there were two open receivers (JMac and RB with a blocker out front) tells me it’s a good call. The fact that Dante never looked elsewhere and stared down Benson tells me it’s poor execution. I think we get into the habit of blaming Stein, but he makes the play call with the assumption that his QB will make the correct reads. For example, Benson had a CB to his side with a safety over the top. The other side had JMac, Sadiq, Johnson and Hill (in the flat) being covered by a CB, a safety and a OLB. If Moore reads that side first he sees the safety come up to cover the flat while JMac blows past him as he is likely coached to read deepest to shortest route.

I realize that our offensive line has and has had some injury issues.. Nonetheless, this qb performance was concerning. I do not believe Dante is another Thompson. Will he develop as Herbert or Dixon? Let's hope so!!

Vegas Duck, You stated, "...the biggest disappointment is playing with OSU and Indiana during regular season and then getting destroyed by them in the playoffs. This does not compute." Point to leadership when assigning fault. Our coaches are part of the team's leadership, and they must be watchful of short and long-term trends and threats to quality control in mental attitude, preparation, and readiness to compete individually and as a team. They tripped up after Penn St., allowing our team to become too high and sure they were better than they really were/are; our leaders did not recognize Indiana was a major threat to defeat OBDs, and while the Indiana HC worked the officials on the sidelines, I don't believe our HC did that IOT protect our QB, and our QB became banged up; Indiana's coach was wrong, and our HC was right, but wrong. Dante seems still fragile, and his fundamentals and attention-to-detail are not yet set in cement. He must understand his actions (such as progressions and details) affect the whole team, right then. Our team needs our leaders to be a "Major Payne", to be hard and unrelenting until our players are tougher on themselves WRT details, decisions, and timings, and they become great leaders. Best regards. That was a tough game to watch because we have a good-to-great team. Our only losses were to an incredible team that executed and performed, and the final championship games' outcome does not matter. That was an interesting win in the Orange Bowl, and I look forward to a championship game in the Peach Bowl with a more favorable final ending for OBDs. By-the-way, "progressions" refers to an assessment of more than one receiver/target. This is a great forum. Thanks and VR, KCDuck1

There was plenty of time to look for other open receivers. Also, Dante focused entirely on the quick out and his eyes were easily read by the defender. Another predictable Stein call that cost us much. I hope that we will get a new coordinator who will drastically change the Stein model, the model that never works against quality opponents.

I'm actually excited for the Akili Smith Jr era to begin. In my mind, it's why Novo portaled out before Moore declared anything. I would rather let Jr grow into the position even if they take a couple Ls than just portal in someone with experience.

I, too, like Dante as a young man, and wish him the best. However, on a discussion forum like this, perhaps a question ought to be raised. By analogy, is he Justin Herbert, Dennis Dixon, or Ty Thompson? Herbert? "The NFL is not a developmental league," one pundit says. On the contrary, a good QB coach (with the Chargers, not Mario's Ducks) developed Justin, and he is now a pro-bowl player. Dixon? An introvert prone to self-doubt, a bit of an ugly duckling, but one who somehow transformed into a Heisman quality player in his senior year. Thompson? Dante has some good personal qualities in addition to his physical gifts. However, the ability to speak well, or for that matter to do theoretical physics, does not guarantee that one can determine where to pass a football in 2.5 seconds.

The season is over. We all collectively thudded back to the ground after believing that maybe we could hang with or even beat Indiana. My mind immediately jumped into the off-season mode and let me tell you, it is murky. First and foremost, does Dante stay? As a fan, I was hopeful that his announcement would come very quickly after the season ended, regardless of how it ended. I get it has been less that 24 hours, but this is serious stuff!! The traditional deadline to declare for the draft is January 14th. This creates a muddy situation as those potential targets in the transfer portal may elect to determine their landing spots before we hear from Dante. If we miss on a transfer, Brock Thomas is our most seasoned QB as a redshirt sophomore. Granted, this is all the musing of a fan who has no inside track into the workings of the program. My ultimate hope is that DL and staff have a transfer in their back pocket ready to offer if Dante leaves. Or, we could maybe see deja vu. Like when Darren Thomas left and we started this freshman kid.....can't recall his name. 😊. Maybe Akili Smith, Jr will be the next Mariota. I hate the unknown, I dislike waiting. If you see this message Mr. Lanning, help a fan out!!

OK...this is a GameDay thread, and the game is over. Let's move to other threads on the front page, or create a new thread. Thanks.

Cig cites the key play. My Take: It happened when Indiana boarded the team bus? 🙃 Oregon Ducks On SICurt Cignetti Doesn't Hold Back After Indiana's Win Over...The No. 5 Oregon Ducks suffered a loss against the No. 1 Indiana Hoosiers in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Peach Bowl. After a strong playoff ru

And this! I still hear the drums, Fernando. Drum on to victory in your hometown! Oregon Ducks On SIOregon Fans Will Love Fernando Mendoza's Classy Move Afte...The No. 5 Oregon Ducks fell 56-22 to the No. 1 Indiana Hoosiers in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Peach Bowl, as their dreams of winning their fi

I think the biggest disappointment is playing with OSU and Indiana during regular season and then getting destroyed by them in the playoffs. This does not compute.

Yep, Cig is trying to vacuum up CFB. 🤑🤪

Thanks, Gat. Yep, Cig and his Hoosiers have the chance of breaking the BCS/Playoff Blue Chip Roster ceiling. I hope it happens with homeboy Fernando taking down fellow homeboy and Cubano, Mario.