USC faces Oregon in just over a week. Ducks Wire has more on how Dante Moore has not become the quarterback Oregon and Dan Lanning need him to be:
"I think we should have a conversation about Dante Moore. By no means am I writing him off as a good player, or someone who can lead this team to a lot of success. I do think that my ceiling for him has dropped a bit, though. He needed to step up and lead this team to victory today, and instead, he shrunk. That makes it multiple times in his career now when he has not met the moment.
"We saw it a couple of times last year against Indiana, both in the regular season and the postseason, and now, in a big spot where he was needed against an unranked Oklahoma State team, he once again was unable to answer
the call. Moore finished with just 191 yards passing and two touchdowns on 14-for-29 completion. In the first half, he threw for 45 total yards, the lowest output of his starting career. He missed open guys and short-armed a handful of throws in big moments where Oregon needed a completion.
"It wasn't the on-field play that troubles me, though. This is a game where the team needed someone to step up and will them to victory. That's his job, and he didn't come through. Part of the reason he came back for another year was to work on his poise and become a better team player who could step up in moments like this, and if today was any indication, he still has a lot of work to do."
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