In a battle of two undefeated teams, the No. 3 Oregon Ducks host the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes in one of the most highly-anticipated matchups of the 2024 college football season on Saturday, Oct. 12, in Autzen Stadium. The winner will take the top spot in the Big Ten conference and could catapult to No. 1 in the Top-25 Poll.
The electric atmosphere will only be heightened with the return of former Oregon coach, and current Ohio State offensive coordinator, Chip Kelly to Autzen Stadium on the opposing sideline. For Oregon transfer quarterback Dante Moore , it brings up emotions as he gets to reconnect with his former coach from their time at UCLA.
Moore is a different player than he was at UCLA last season. Moore is faster, stronger and more comfortable as a leader, with much thanks to Oregon coach Dan Lanning’s leadership retreats and strength and conditioning coach Wilson Love’s intense weight room sessions.
In 2022, Moore, a five-star recruit out of Martin Luther King high school (Detroit, MI), flipped his Oregon commitment to Chip Kelly’s Bruins. Moore had a rough freshman season at UCLA, finishing with 11 touchdowns against nine interceptions, going 114-for-213 with a 53.5 completion percentage…