OT: Dante Moore flips from Orgeon to UCLA
I look forward to when Michigan plays him in the not-so-distant future.
https://247sports.com/Article/dante-moore-ucla-football-recruiting-signing-day-chip-kelly-200523853/
December 19th, 2022 at 4:32 PM ^
People immediately shouting greed at the kid and throwing shade, but his coordinator left. Most of these kids don't commit to schools, they commit to coaches, so maybe he's not the one that needs to grow up..
December 19th, 2022 at 4:37 PM ^
I agree Chip Kelly/UCLA may be a number of things but Texas A and M (recruiting/NIL) they are not.
UCLA would kill for our roster. Its the reason why they took our 3rd best running back.
December 19th, 2022 at 5:59 PM ^
If you ask them they stole away the best running back Michigan had and they got him because Charbonnet knew Kelly was a better coach.
I may be a UCLA fan, but I swear my fellow Bruin fans are a special kind of delusional.
December 21st, 2022 at 2:30 PM ^
Oregon just lost another top rated recruit
December 19th, 2022 at 4:56 PM ^
Who wants to bet on him not finishing his career at UCLA? Can't remember the last guy with this much drama around his choice that actually worked out.
December 19th, 2022 at 6:01 PM ^
Was there really all that much drama though?
The decision was weird, but it seemed like he liked Oregon and then got his head turned when the Oregon OC left for ASU and then Nix coming back sealed his decision...
Doesn't seem all that dramatic.
December 19th, 2022 at 7:10 PM ^
10-1 he transfers
December 19th, 2022 at 7:18 PM ^
In case no one else said it:
OP username checks out
December 19th, 2022 at 7:49 PM ^
I don't like it, but if you put yourself in the young man's shoes, you can kind of understand.
Apart from the NIL and QB situation, for some, going out of state for college is attractive: to go away and grow up. Can't slag UCLA's academics either. And FWIW kids going to USC and UCLA this next year will have a chance to play a lot of PAC12 teams and then a lot of B1G teams, giving them a somewhat unique experience. Wish him luck, and move on.
December 19th, 2022 at 8:38 PM ^
Good for him. He'll probably put up gaudy numbers under Kelly (DTR racked up a combined 3,500 yards and 36 TDs this season) but not win anything significant.
December 19th, 2022 at 9:34 PM ^
I believe that this is not good news for anyone-player or school. There are exceptions to every "rule" but when kids make these kinds of recruiting splashes things do not, generally, turn out well.
December 20th, 2022 at 1:09 PM ^
A hypothetical scenario. Let's say you're working with Michigan's staff in a support role - and, one of the coaches approaches you for your opinion.
This is the scenario. Dante Moore reached out to one of Michigan's coaches and asks - "Would you still want me? If you do, I'll sign my LOI with you."
What do you do? What questions would you ask? Would you say "yes", "no", or "maybe"?