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By JACK BEZANTS, US DEPUTY SPORTS EDITOR<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 22:11 EST, 9 January 2026 | Updated: 22:30 EST, 9 January 2026 <\/p>\n

Merciless football fans piled in on Oregon<\/a> quarterback Dante Moore after his nightmare first half against Indiana<\/a> Hoosiers in the college football playoff semifinal.<\/p>\n

Moore is widely expected to be picked by the struggling New York Jets<\/a> when the NFL Draft comes around in late April, with Aaron Glenn’s team holdind the second pick in the first round and in urgent need of a quarterback to lead the franchise.<\/p>\n

But the millions of fans watching Oregon on Friday night felt that Moore proved that the Jets are destined for more misery with him at signal caller, as the 20-year-old fluffed his lines on the big stage in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

The Hoosiers went ahead with a pick-six just 11 seconds into the game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, with defensive back D’Angelo Ponds intercepting the pass from Moore and racing 25 yards into the endzone.<\/p>\n

It was the worst possible start for Oregon and for Moore, whose nerves seemed to blow up from the error.<\/p>\n

In the second quarter, with his team trailing 14-7, Moore feigned the handoff to his running back before fumbling the throw, less than 10 yards out from his own endzone.<\/p>\n

\"Oregon <\/p>\n

Oregon quarterback Dante Moore had a nightmare first half against Indiana Hoosiers<\/p>\n

The Hoosiers claimed the loose ball and rival quarterback Fernando Mendoza duly walked out onto the field and picked out Elijah Sarratt in the end zone with a dart.<\/p>\n

It meant that Moore was going viral for all the wrong reasons by the time the game hit halftime, with his links to the Jets only encouraging fans.<\/p>\n

‘Dante Moore is ready to be a New York Jet,’ wrote the popular ‘NFL Memes’ account.<\/p>\n

Fox Sports radio host Jon Weiner posted: ‘If you want to know what Dante Moore\u2019s rookie season will look like on the Jets. It\u2019s this.’<\/p>\n

A different fan joked that Moore might be trying to scare the Jets off with his performance, saying: ‘Dante Moore doing everything he can to avoid being drafted by the Jets and I can\u2019t really blame him.’<\/p>\n

Fifth seed Oregon were 35-7 down at halftime, with widely anticiapated No. 1 Draft pick Fernando Mendoza not needing to do too much to lead his side against Moore’s error-strewn rivals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mendoza is set to be taken by the Las Vegas Raiders, who inherited the first pick for 2026 after going 3-14 in the AFC West.<\/p>\n

The team, where Tom Brady is a minority owner, fired head coach Pete Carroll a day after their last game of the season, where they beat the Kansas City Chiefs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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