NFL draft expert and former ESPN analyst Todd McShay all-in on Dante Moore

In an odd way a bad performance by Dante Moore in Beaver Stadium might be good, because it would slow the hype train. Thirty NFL scouts and GMs are going to be in Happy Valley for No. 6 Oregon at No. 3 Penn State, Saturday night at 4:30 p.m. PT on NBC.

College football experts are rapidly waking up to how good Moore already is, and if the Ducks and Duck fans are not careful, they may only get to enjoy him for one year. Todd McShay, the former ESPN analyst and a podcast host at The Ringer, thinks the secret's out.

McShay said Friday on social media, "Dante Moore of Oregon is the best passer of the football in all of college football. He's what the NFL is looking for."

"I don't want jump in and be like 'I'm all-in on this guy,' but I'm all-in on this guy. Montana State, Oklahoma State, Northwestern, Oregon State-- none of them are good."

"None of them. So I'm saying this before Penn State this week in a White Out, night game, Happy Valley, all of it, and it could-- it may not go perfectly. But when you see it and you know it, like, it's just there."

"His ability to drive the ball down the field. He's just a smooth criminal throwing the ball. He's got some parts of Jordan Love, He's got some aspects of C.J. Stroud at his best. He's got some Baker Mayfield to him. Catchable ball. Driving it down the field. Using his eyes to see the whole thing and manipulate defenders."

"He's just the best pure passer in the country."

Duck fans have enjoyed Marcus Mariota, Justin Herbert, Bo Nix and Dillon Gabriel, so they are used to witnessing the emergence of special quarterbacks operating at a high level. Already the whispers are growing more urgent that Moore may be the most complete passer of them all. The amazing part is, those reactions aren't just from Duck fans.

There's no way to know how Oregon's young team and redshirt sophomore quarterback will handle a top ten matchup against a disruptive, high-pressure defense in front of 108,000+ chanting, singing, screaming fans. It's as tough an environment as there is in college football against a playoff-caliber opponent.

If Moore handles this with poise and accuracy, it's all over in terms of keeping him more than one year. You almost hope he would slip up a little, but his rapid ascent is something to witness.

When experts begin to confirm what Duck fans are already seeing, it's time to buy tickets while before the show leaves town.

It's a tough challenge but if anyone can take over the White Out and pull an upset as a redshirt soph in Happy Valley, it's Moore. And he has the receivers to do it in Dakorien Moore, Malik Benson, Jeremiah McClellan and Kenyon Sadiq. It'd be something to achieve this much success this early, but either way, he's destined for the next level.

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