Oregon's Dan Lanning gets testy with reporter while revealing that Dante Moore didn't speak postgame due to IV treatment

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Oregon was once again a trendy national championship pick this offseason. Through two games, the Ducks have hardly looked the part.

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They went down 17-7 to Boise State before escaping the season opener with a one-score victory, and then, this past Saturday, they found themselves facing the same second-quarter deficit, only this time Dan Lanning’s team failed to complete the comeback against Oklahoma State on the road.

Oregon, which was ranked No. 2 in the preseason AP Top 25, is now No. 21 in the AP poll. The 1-1 Ducks are getting heat, and that radiated off Lanning Monday during his weekly news conference when he was asked about Dante Moore not speaking in the aftermath of his team’s upset defeat in Week 2.

Lanning explained that Moore, who threw for two scores but only 191 yards on 14-of-29 passing versus the Cowboys, was receiving IV treatment in the fallout of the loss.

The outburst stemmed from the fifth-year Oregon head coach receiving a question worded as such: “Do you believe star quarterbacks should speak to media after tough losses, and what was your reaction when Dante chose not to?”

“Well, I don't think he chose not to. Did you know he was getting an IV? He was getting two IVs after the game. He was dehydrated,” a fiery Lanning said Monday, two days after his players were met with stifling temperatures in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

“He'll be speaking to you guys tomorrow. Any question that you want to ask him, you can certainly ask him, but I don't know. Have you ever given an interview while you're getting an IV at the same time and getting treatment?”

Lanning also mentioned that, because Oregon was away from home, it had to catch a bus and a flight right after the game.

He emphasized that when a player like More is cramping up, the first thing his program is going to do postgame is get them treatment.

When Lanning asked if any of his players have ever not been available to talk, he was pressed by the reporter.

“Yeah, that's one. And he was getting two IVs after the game,” Lanning said. “He got one, and then he got another one. That's a product of being in a tough environment and great heat, and he was cramping up on the field. So, sorry he wasn't able to give you an interview.

“You can ask him about it [Tuesday].”

The reporter then noted that the reasoning for Moore’s postgame absence wasn’t relayed to the media.

“Well, should it be?” Lanning said twice.

The reporter responded: “Well, privately, yeah. We’re not gonna report on it.”

Lanning clapped back: “So before you write your article, they should say, ‘Hey, just so you guys know?’”

The reporter met Lanning with, “Yeah, so we don’t misconstrue his intentions,” as reported by The Oregonian/OregonLive.

“Well, you misconstrued it,” Lanning said. “You could always ask me.”

Lanning added a sarcastic “good job.”

Moore was shaky during the Ducks’ head-scratching setback. A season removed from ranking fourth nationally with a completion rate of 71.8%, he completed less than half of his attempts against Oklahoma State.

Widely projected as a top prospect for this year’s NFL Draft before he decided to return to Oregon for one more season, Moore entered the 2026 campaign as a Heisman Trophy contender. His case for that award took an early hit over the weekend and so did Oregon’s standing in the AP poll.

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