Don't light a candle, Dante's en fuego!
Ducks' in-house QB development is back!
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MIAMI GARDENS ā All gas, no brakes to the Orange Bowl CFP Quarterfinal vs. Texas Tech!
Oregonās 51-34 first-round CFP dismantling of JMU felt like the weight of a decade lifted. The weight of all the years since the Ducksā last playoff win. And maybe the weight of all the years of plug & play transfer QBs at Oregon.
Hard to believe, but the Ducks hadnāt won a playoff game since the Rose Bowl following the 2014 season.
After those same 10-plus years, QB1 Dante Moore also delivered the in-house QB development success story Duck Nation has been waiting for since the Marcus Mariota era gave way to more than a decade of plug & play transfer QBs.
Back on New Yearās Day of 2015, Mariota walked into the Pasadena sunset and rolled Florida State in a 59-20 avalanche.
Against JMU in Oregonās 2025 CFP opener, we saw Moore confirm the Ducksā in-house QB development pipeline is back!
After waiting his turn behind Dillon Gabriel in 2024, the redshirt sophomore didnāt just step in; he took ownership.
āI think we have the best QB in college football,ā Oregon coach Dan Lanning said, after Moore led Oregon to an overtime win at the Penn State āWhiteoutā back in September.
Duck Nation hasnāt heard that kind of talk about an Oregon QB since Mariotaās Heisman season. No disrespect to Justin Herbert, since itās become abundantly clear how much disservice a former Oregon coaching staff did to all parties involved by making Herbertās arm talent the best-kept secret in college football until his Rookie of the Year season with the 2020 Los Angeles Chargers.
Hereās a recap of Mooreās 2025 season:
