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Johnson played quarterback for the FCS U Northern Iowa Panthers from 1989 to 1992. In 1992, he was second-team all-conference. In his final three seasons, he was the starting quarterback, leading UNI to three straight playoff appearances. One of his backups for these three seasons was future NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner. In those four seasons the Panthers were 8-3, 8-4, 11-2, 12-2. Since 1994 he has been part of staffs at Missouri, Kansas, So. Miss, Louisville, C. Michigan, Minnesota, Georgia, Colorado, Mich State and Wyoming. The last outpost was Wyoming where the Cowboys were 3-9 in 2024 including a win in Pullman, and 3-4 when he was fired in 2025. He joined Oregon in March 2026. Johnson is the only Oregon staffer with significant offensive play calling experience, with stops at Louisiana-Lafayette, Minnesota, Colorado, Michigan State and Wyoming. "He’s also coming in with a different perspective and a different view, not being with us the last few years," Lanning said. "He can provide a couple of things that might be different than what we’ve done that I think can trigger some success for us on that side of the ball." Work has already begun to identify Oregon's next full-time offensive coordinator, though Lanning doesn't expect that to be finalized any time soon. "I don’t think an announcement is gonna happen right around the corner," Lanning said. "Again, to think that you’re not always preparing for moments like that, I think would be wrong, too. So there’s an awareness, there’s an evaluation process. You want to be really thorough as you go through that. Is that going to be occurring over the next few weeks, months? Yes. Does that mean that we make an announcement tomorrow? It just doesn’t really fit with the cycle of football."

Very saddened to learn this, but also not very surprised. What an absolutely insane season this has turned out to be. Just unbelievable.

I feel sorry for Dante coming back on whim and having it blow up so spectacularly. It should be clear to the scouts he wasn't getting coached properly and certainly being cheap shot out of a season doesn't make him injury prone. I hope he falls to the mid to late part of the draft to a great team. I not super optimistic about his chances in the NFL given his inability to process his entire field of vision, but he's a good dude that has done things the right way and deserves a shot at the next level. And regardless of how things turn out he will make more money than he could ever hope to learn how to spend.

The season has gone from farce to parody.

Go Ducks reports Moore Unlikely to Return for Ducks in 2026 - University of Oregon Athletics ESPN Oregon QB Dante Moore not expected to return this season - ESPN

Lanning talked about scout team (controlled and protected)

Hope he moves off the sidelines, just in case he might get hurt.

Not that surprising. In truth he probably shouldn't have come back this year.

Offensive analyst

Assistant QB coach according to wikpedia

https://duckswire.usatoday.com/ It appears assistant QB coach Jay Johnson will fill in as OC for the Northwestern game

New play caller?

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/dante-moore-injury-oregon-wont-return-2026-season/

Dante Moore https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2026/10/oregon-ducks-qb-dante-moore-to-miss-remainder-of-2026-season.html Raiola was 7-6 as a freshman at Nebraska in 2024, and 6-3 in 2025 before injury. Nebraska: 456 of 660, 4,819 yds, 31 TDs, 17 INTs, minus 152 rushing including the sacks.

And He will!!!

I wish Raiola was a more consistent QB, but that would be dramatically inconsistent with this year's edition of OBD. As it is, he is the perfect representation of Oregon Football 2026. It is what it is!

Dont worry about any bowls we couldnt win one

Oh well. A struggle for bowl eligibility.

Ryan Clarke, The Oregonian, twitter/x Dan Lanning says that he is not anticipating Dante Moore will be back this season.

Oregons problems in order for me OLine is the number 1 problem. if you cant open holes, miss blocks, cant hold blocks...you will accomplish nothing on offense. Teams routinely in our backfield as soon as the QB hands off. QB position. after Moore, its just incompetence behind him. I dont blame Brock. He is a walk on. its expected Coach Meh and Coach Terry

Lanning just confirmed in his presser.

Pro Football Focus Week 8 Top QB Grade Goes to Northwestern's Aiden Chiles - https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/northwesterns-aidan-chiles-earns-highest-190036017.html

We're winning in Columbus.

Fine with me. Not once did I feel he was a title winning QB. Nice guy though.

In South Central, with Linc's missing O, the natives are restless. https://trojanswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/trojans/football/2026/10/26/oregon-failed-offensive-coordinator-41-points-lincoln-riley/92445725007/ https://trojanswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/trojans/football/2026/10/26/wisconsin-mess-showed-usc-football-fire-lincoln-riley/92438805007/