Dante Moore Out for Season as Oregon Faces Uncertainty

There was some big news in the college landscape that I just want to mention around the Oregon program. Now, I don't think Dan Lanning's job is on the line this season. It's obviously been a nightmare of a year, but they have been given the official word that Dante Moore is done for the season. And I never felt that Dante Moore was as good as some others did. Obviously, a massive downgrade for this team and losing Moore. Their season was over. I mean, their season's been over like four different times. It feels like already here, Dave, but just a tough blow for the kid as well, who last year, every indication was had a real good chance to be a top 10 draft choice. And now the future a little more up in the air for Dante. It is, but I actually think it's the right decision, and sometime in the future, whether it's college or NFL or both, are going to learn to take head injuries a little bit more seriously, and regardless if it's because their season is over or because it was the player's decision, whatever it happened, it's the right call. There's no reason to bring him back. It was a really, really bad concussion. Nothing good can come of bringing him back at the end of the season, and he gets another one. Then his pro career might be done before it starts. So let him sit out the year. Let him decide what he wants to do. He still may be a top 10 pick when we're done with the combine. We're done with the pro days. And he hasn't changed since last year. He had a rough season. A lot of it was his on his. A lot of it was on his coach. A lot of it's on the team. Just wasn't as good as everyone thought they were. But he's still Dante Moore. And he still could go in the first round. Let him, or he could come back for another year. There's nothing good can come from him coming back in a lost season and getting another blow to the head that could potentially end his career or even worse with the health. You saw what happened to Tua Tagovailoa. He shouldn't have come back. He came back. He got another concussion, and now look at him in the NFL. He's barely even a backup quarterback. So we see this time and time again. You saw the report over the weekend, the CT report about the NFL. Take care of what he needs to take care of and reassess when the season's over. Yeah, I just think for me, I am so... Of course, you wish Dante Moore the absolute best. I am so fascinated what the Oregon Ducks are going to look like next season. Can't stress it enough, guys. We are going to get a 2014 playoff next year. Oregon entered this college football season the number two team. Every person in the world would have told you Oregon's obviously in the playoff. And the Oregon Ducks this year would not make a 2014 playoff. They lost both their offensive and defensive coordinator over the offseason. One of them's a megastar in Lexington. The other's a disaster in Cal. Quarterback-wise, they were supposed to be set for the future. The Dylan Gabriel to Dante Moore pipeline was going to turn into the Dante Moore to Dylan Raiola pipeline. I'm not sure they can bring back Dylan Raiola. It doesn't feel like they can. And they're probably going to have to do a musical chairs of coordinators. And it's just, it's one of the most fascinating spots, in my opinion, from the offseason of college football.