Dante Moore: "That run was pretty fun to be honest."

On Tuesday Oregon quarterback Dante Moore met with media to talk about the big win over Iowa. He was asked about several of his big plays and another tough road win this season.

Moore talked about that win, his big plays and previewed Friday nights matchup with Minnesota.

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On Nose Injury:

“Yeah, when the incident happened, of course, in the moment, I never really broke anything in my life, so a little nervous at first. But, you know, I went to the doctor and, you know, talked about everything, but no surgery, no nothing’s needed. I talked to Kenny. He talked to me about different face masks and visors and stuff. So I’ve been wearing a visor, but it was raining in Iowa, so that’s came to the two bars on the top. But it hasn’t been really much of a distraction or anything.

So I can breathe normally. I can – you know, it feels pretty good. Just a little sore still. But I’m going to pray. I can breathe normally. It feels pretty good. Just a little sore still.”

On Throw to Malik Benson:

“Yeah. During the moment, I didn’t know the pass looked like that more of it’s like I saw one on one out there on the outside and of course you know I have 100 trust in Malik. But after the game like my uncle kept sending me the video like this is insane. I didn’t see it until I saw the slow motion and I mean the DB made a great play. He did you know a great job the whole game, but I mean those moments is why you play.

But after the times you see it on social media, you’re like, damn, that was a good pass. But overall, I mean, I give most credit to Malik because he came down with the catch.”

On Injured Players Pushing Team:

“When you have to do that, I mean a lot of players that go down and that’s just the game of football. That’s sports in life and it’s always the next man up mentality. And we’re very talented here. We have a lot of depth and a lot of players. And I feel like just in general, it’s just the people that are out right now, I feel like they helped me on the sideline in that position.

And when it comes to Dakorien, as an example, he’s a ball player. He’s a playmaker for us. But he makes sure he’s a community to Cooper (Perry). He makes sure he’s a community to Justius (Lowe) about them making them plays, like Kenyon (Sadiq) communicating to JJ (Jamari Johnson) and Roger (Saleapaga). And Harkey talking to Janoris and everything. So it’s just we have a lot of depth, but I’m a big resource for helping out, bringing confidence to the team, but also we do a great job here just making sure everybody’s on the same page and make sure everybody has each other’s back.”

On the Big Run:

“Yeah the highest speed I ever hit it was here at practice, it was 21 (MPH). In the game I think I had like 20 something. Yeah it was a run play, the D-End crashed so I just pulled it.

But, yeah, my legs, you know, started giving out a little bit. You know, it was when I was running, like, you know, players are moving around all game, and I’m in the pocket majority of the time. So, when I have a chance to run, for especially a long one, I thought I was running pretty fast, but I just kept getting slower and slower.

So, I was like, I’m not going to force anything right here. But, yeah, during that moment, like I said, you know, usually Coach Lanning’s running on the sideline with us as well. So, I’m looking and if he’s with me, I don’t know if I’m running pretty fast. But I was, you know, getting out of bounds.

But overall, it was a great run. We had a lot of great runs, though. I mean, the O-line did a great job, especially running against the Iowa defense, a very tough defense interior-wise. But, yeah, that run was pretty funny, to be honest.”

On the OL preparing for Minnesota’s Sack-Leading DL:

“Yeah you know shout out to Minnesota, they of course have great defensive players. The defensive line is huge, they’re very powerful up front. But I feel like just at practice the way we attack against our defensive linemen as well the way they push our offensive line here. But I feel like, just at practice you know the way we attack against our defensive alignment as well. The way they push our offensive line here, I feel like they prepare for anything.”