17 hours ago17 hr No. This WSJ article appears to be locked but it i not.https://www.wsj.com/sports/football/oregon-dante-moore-secret-tell-769021a0?st=AFEsTD&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
2 hours ago2 hr No. How in the world did the Duck coaches NOT see this. Who is the QB coach? This is inexcusable.
55 minutes ago55 min No. In the late 70's, when Dan Fouts was QB at San Diego and Charlie Joiner was his main target, Dan would lick his fingers on this passing hand every time it was a pass play. He was thus tipping off the defense as to what was coming.The difference between Dan and Dante is that Dan was doing it on purpose. (It was usually a pass play anyway.) The Chargers offense put both Don Coryell and Dan Fouts in the hall of fame. It was potent even when the defense knew what was coming.The reason DF licked his fingers before every pass play was to deceive defense. When they really needed a first down in a key game... Dan Fouts didn't lick his fingers (signaling run) and would then pass the ball to a receiver who got separation on a corner that was sleeping on him because it was "going to be a run".Ducks did not lose because Dante was signaling pass or run to the defense. They lost because, in spite of the fact that the defense knew what was coming, Dante simply misfired on some easy passes when the receiver was wide open on third down. They lost because often the execution was poor. They also lost because our defense (which has nothing to do with Dante) failed to stop their offense.Imagine the difference in the game if the coaches and Dante knew that he was telegraphing the play... only to send a deceiving signal 3 or 4 times during the fourth quarter. It didn't happen, sadly, because apparently they weren't aware.
53 minutes ago53 min Author No. 1 hour ago, Akubra91 said:How in the world did the Duck coaches NOT see this. Who is the QB coach? This is inexcusable.This is my big question as well. Indiana knew this last year. Oklahoma State this year, perhaps Boise State as well. Why did our position coaches as well as Offensive Coordinator and Head Coach not know this?
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