OT: Dante Moore flips from Orgeon to UCLA

Wonder if this a result of Bo Nix returning next year.

Remember when we lost him and the sky was falling? It's obvious now we never had a real chance to begin with, his interest in Michigan was probably only due to the fact that his dad is a fan. 

More Moore...

NIL was obviously huge. Also, he wants to start right away and that wasn’t happening here.

I legitimately wonder if the home crowds he'll play in front of at UCLA will be larger than he had in HS

i look forward to us not talking about him. its pretty clear we feel scorned and are kinda sore about it. so if this makes him look bad, we feel better.

But whatever at this point..  enough about a guy who clearly had limited interest if any in UM. Go join UCLA and enjoy being 7-5 every year. 

Going to be pretty awkward when Moore's relatives show up for first day of work at Nike.

I'm pretty sure Harbaugh and company backed off recruiting Moore.  It doesn't seem like this kid was going to fit into the culture at Michigan.  

Reminds me of that TE we lost to UCLA. No flakes please.

Maybe he didn't want to participate in an orge-on.

Moore and Moore recruiting news every time I check the app today.

It’s obvious now he wasn’t ever a fit for Michigan. Wish the kid luck and pray Davis commits! 

There have been a lot of talks about Moore's ego and attitude. I want to first iterate that Dante Moore is an incredible talent. I saw him making D-1 throws in-game vs high competition as a sophomore. His “next great QB” title has gone back all the way to the 5th grade in PAL with the Detroit Spartans. He is a very smart QB, and a very impressive young man. He’s not cocky, plays with an edge but respects the game a lot.

I know a few people in his circle however, and I wouldn’t use the aforementioned adjectives to describe them. PAL and a lot of the “men” who run in that circle are toxic; much like AAU basketball. I really hope he can get his money for him and his family and ditch a lot of the baggage that has been attached to him for years. He has a lot of people in his ear right now, and I can’t say they all have HIS best interest in mind.  

UCLA has a really weird class - Moore is the #11 prospect in the country and the next-highest rated guy is a WR at 291.  And UCLA hasn't finished with a top-20 class for at least the last 4 years and mostly relied on 4th and 5th-year players to move them offensively.  That's not going to be the case next year and while UCLA has been active in the portal this feels more like a either-or by Kelly and not a yes-and decision.  If Moore transfers in a year or two I wouldn't be shocked.

Anyway, Michigan will be fine either way.

I’ve heard that eventually playing on Sundays is an important factor for highly regarded and talented high school prospects.

So, I took the Liberty of reviewing the NFL records  - as a coach - of two current college coaches.

Both were head coaches in the NFL for four years.   One coach had a 28-35 record.  The other had a 44-19-1 record.  The two coaches were Chip Kelly and Jim Harbaugh.   Can you guess which record belongs to which coach?   
 

A.  Chip Kelly: 44-19-1, Jim Harbaugh: 28-35.  Or,

B.  Chip Kelly: 28-35, Jim Harbaugh: 44-19-1.

I think this has much more to do with Bo Nix announcing he is returning at Oregon than a potential higher NIL bid by UCLA.

This kid has some interesting priorities.

More power to him.

be curious to see if he's headed to Pitt next year, then UConn after that and eventually Stony Brook and/or Morgan State.

As long as he doesn't flip to Ohio State.

So much for his dad telling Sam NIL wouldn’t influence his commitment …..

At this point its pretty clear that this is a recruitment that Michigan was never going to win. And that's okay. Harbaugh is clearly building a culture where he wants kids who are ready to bet on themselves, and he'll be there cheering them on when they reap their rewards on campus. 

As for Moore, he's free to do what he wishes here. I don't blame a 17-18 year old kid, or really anyone for that matter, for wanting to maximize their earnings and secure their financial future for themselves and their families. This is what grown adults do every day in job searches. They look for the highest bidder and go work for them. Who's going to offer me the most money? You will? Okay, you've got my services until I feel like I can continue maximizing my earnings elsewhere. 

You really going to hate on a kid for being dazzled by someone throwing millions of dollars at them? I don't know anyone on this board personally, but I don't have to in order to know that at least half of us would probably be doing what Moore is doing right now if we were in his shoes. 

I see the argument for how this is going to kill whatever is left of the soul of college football, but if that's how you feel, don't hate the recruits for participating in a now legal system. Hate the people who designed the rules as they are. Hate the "adults in the room" who decided that NIL becoming the Wild West was the best option. 

Still not excited about UCLA and USC joining the B1G, even ignoring the distance factor.  People from Calif like to set their own rules.  That's like a different culture out there and very parochial.  That's where I grew up before heading to M.  That's one of the reasons I wanted to leave.  This flip is probably about the $$$, not about the academic, athletic, or weather-related supposed virtues of UCLA.

Disappointed it was not posted sooner but, OPs username checks out.

Better Orgeron than us.

Is Orgeon where Alex Orji is from?

Whatever

The idea of him going to State was always ridiculous. It cropped up in the days immediately following the tunnel. I just viewed it as a way for State fans to medicate themselves over the tunnel suspensions, and the bad year they were having.