Don't Shoot the Messenger - Dante Moore
Heard from a little birdie sitting on a girder in de_vertigo last night that the ongoing conference realignment may have shaken up Moore's decision today. If Oregon gets left out in the cold (isn't offered a spot in the B1G+) and is stuck playing in diminished PAC10-, that could cause him to decide between between TAMU's $ and M's class.
Here's to hoping he makes the right decision.
Well, he might get a chance to play in the Big 12 if they scarf up some PAC-10 schools. Oh, wait.
shook it up so much that he decided to announce anyway.
Dante has 5 million reasons to go to Oregon. I am very disappointed, but I understand why he would take the NIL $$$.
Deals like that, in the long run, might end up looking like the Rocket going the the Toronto Argonauts.
^^^This. Those $$$ don't depend on conference affiliation or status.
The kid and his entourage will make their decision based on money on the table for them. The big picture is interesting, but not really relevant to their personal situation.
If the kid is going out there for the $$$ or to get away from home, conference affiliation won't matter. Trey Lance was a first round QB from an FCS school. Dante knows he can still make it to the NFL, even in playing in the corpse of the Pac12/Big12.
This was the post I was looking for. Recruits are thinking about the NFL far more than college conference dynamics. Especially elite QB recruits. He doesn't even need to play D1 to get scouts attention and go Top 10. Looking like a stud tearing up weakened PAC12 competition may even raise his stock.
For every recruit, not just Dante.
To be honest, I'd like Dante here so he can bring more recruits with him.
Dante just needs to be overheard saying "Fuck Michigan" now and we've got this in the bag
I do wonder with the transfer situation being what it is if kids are as worried about being stuck somewhere anymore. It's similar to why I never thought that many kids cared about Harbaugh (or any coach) changing jobs, as they now have similar freedom to find a better place without nearly as many restrictions.
I still assume Moore is going to Oregon but I wouldn't be shocked if he waited a bit until the league shuffling ends.
Sarcasm is strong with this one.
How many more millions does TAMU have for this cycle? They must be getting up there
TAMU has plenty of room left under the SEC salary cap rules.
Something tells me Nike will not be left out of anything.
Extremely fitting that this news has come from Counterstrike Guy
Submitted by "counterstrike guy"
LOL
Is this intentional
What I don’t understand with Moore, if NIL is actually what is important to him, is that JJ is getting NIL opportunities and it can be shown to Dante what he could get. I get it with a lot of these recruits, Michigan isn’t saying what you are gonna get like other programs and there aren’t current examples with let’s say wide receivers on Michigan’s roster, but at QB and living in Michigan, Dante can see exactly what he can get and maybe more if he came, but using JJ as an example. I think there is something else at play here, maybe the connection with Weiss isn’t as good as it was with Gattis?
Dante has greater NIL opportunities at Michigan or MSU than he does at Oregon. Local kid, larger state, larger fan bases…but that Nike cash is real.
I'm here for the late crystal ball flips :-)
Downvoted for the use of $ symbol. I'm sick of excuses
Any commitment he makes this week is purely symbolic anyway
And even if he signs the paperwork, he can just transfer away for any reason. He can always bail on Oregon if offered more money somewhere else or the Pac-12 becomes the Mountain West or if a caldera forms under Eugene later this year and it explodes, etc, etc.
My general feeling is that virtually any commitment made this early, especially by high-ranked kids, is symbolic at best. Doesn't mean a lot of them won't stick but there's little harm in seeing what the market will pay you and then seeing if it still makes sense in a couple of months once you see how the teams look.
His announcement is scheduled for what, 12:45?
Dont get your hopes up - he ain’t comin
I’m going Duck 🦆 Hunting
Nope!
This post aged like whole milk
This post (the OP) made the “message board geniuses” Twitter account. It was obviously deserved since it was completely wrong/fabricated.
He doesn’t want to come to UM man. Geez