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A record-setting night from Dante Moore, a highlight reel from Oregon’s playmakers and a smothering defense push the Ducks to 9-1 — and help bring ESPN's “College GameDay” back to town.
There’s not a whole lot of complaining to do after Oregon’s 42-13 win over Minnesota Friday night.
The No. 8 Ducks led from their first drive, dominating the Gophers through the air, on the ground and on defense. They will roll into Saturday’s matchup against USC with a 9-1 record, a top-10 spot in the playoff picture and everything still on the table.
But if it wasn’t for that darn visor, Oregon fans might have been able to see something truly historic.
See, Dante Moore already had a night for the record books: his 90% completion rate — after going 27 of 30 — set an Oregon single-game record, besting a mark set by Marcus Mariota in 2012, against USC.
“It feels great to have that,” Moore said. “It’s a true blessing for sure. Without my teammates, I wouldn’t have gotten it done.”
But Moore was also dealing with something extra. Thanks to the broken nose he suffered late last month against Wisconsin, the redshirt sophomore quarterback wore a protective visor for the first time this season. And while the numbers suggest the thin sheet of polycarbonate didn’t slow him down, Moore begged to differ.
“Your vision is a little bit different,” Moore said. “A lot of times I was thinking — like, for example with Kenyon (Sadiq) — that he was closer than he was, so I overthrew him a little bit. It just messes up the vision a little bit, but I’ve been wearing it all week and getting comfortable with it. The guys love it, the teammates love it, so it feels great to be out there on the field protecting my nose.”
The Ducks did a pretty good job protecting the rest of Moore’s body, too. A week after the line allowed no sacks against Iowa, they surrendered just one to a team that entered Friday ranked fourth nationally with 3.56 sacks per game.
The protection let Moore stay upright and distribute the ball. Despite missing Dakorien Moore and Gary Bryant Jr., he completed passes to 10 different receivers. By the end of the game, all 10 pass-catchers had at least two receptions.
“I’ve just got to give a shoutout to the 10 other players with me on the field,” Moore said. “With them making the spectacular catches, the front five giving me time in the pocket, the running backs opening the run game — overall, I couldn’t do it without them.”
Toe-tapping for six
The best grab came from Jeremiah McClellan. The redshirt freshman hauled in a 13-yard touchdown on a 75-yard drive that pushed Oregon’s lead to 35-13 — snagging the ball along the right sideline and managing to drag the tip of his toe inbounds as he crashed into the white paint.
“I still can’t explain how he got his foot down,” Moore said. “That’s just insane.”
McClellan was more than happy to explain it. He showed up to his postgame press conference wearing a massive “T-Mac” chain and a smile after the best grab of his college career.
“Catch the ball first,” McClellan said of his process. “And then worry about having my legs go numb. Just trying to drag my legs.”
Simple, right? Maybe not for the 58,830 who had to wait for the replay review. But on the sideline, McClellan wasn’t worried.
“I had confidence it was a touchdown,” he said. “I felt like I got my foot down.”
The big run – and lesson learned
McClellan’s catch would’ve been the highlight of the night if not for Noah Whittington — and the range of emotions his 40-yard run produced.
First came the unbelievable: Whittington took a handoff in Minnesota territory, disappeared into a wall of five-plus Gophers and looked destined to be stopped for a modest gain. Instead, he kept his legs moving, slipped out of the pile and burst into the open with nothing but end zone ahead.
Autzen went wild — then got awfully quiet when Whittington bobbled the ball at the goal line.
Remember: Last season, Whittington returned a kickoff 100 yards against Boise State, dropped the ball just shy of the goal line and lucked out when teammate Jayden Limar recovered it in the end zone. Like last year, this play went to review. And again, Oregon came away with six points.
Dan Lanning loved it — until he didn’t.
“I think it’s a culture play,” Lanning said. “Up until that moment where we didn’t have good ball security at the finish.
“I know Noah will be hard on himself, but we’ve got to handle the ball better there. We can be better when it comes to ball security in the end.”
Whittington wasn’t available postgame, but based on the FOX broadcast, he understood the gravity of the moment.
GameDay, again
On Sunday, it was announced that a set of familiar faces will be coming to Eugene on Saturday. And no, we’re not talking USC. We’re talking ESPN’s “College GameDay,” which will make its second trip to campus this season.
“GameDay” was in Eugene for Oregon’s loss to Indiana last month, and the Ducks were also featured when the show traveled to Happy Valley for Oregon’s September win at Penn State.
Sabrina Ionescu served as Oregon’s celebrity picker for the Indiana game. Any guesses who it might be this time against the Trojans?
The Ducks seem to be running out of famous alumni.
