I firmly believe that sometimes OC's need to be held responsible for interceptions. Why did they call a play that asked a QB to make a tight throw, a dangerous throw, or a throw THE OTHER TEAM EXPECTS AND IS WAITING FOR?
Listen to Indiana's DC. They baited Moore into throwing a pick six!
From ESPN.com
On Oregon's first play from scrimmage, Indiana cornerback D'Angelo Ponds jumped a route and intercepted Moore's pass to Malik Benson. Ponds, a James Madison transfer who went to Indiana with coach Curt Cignetti, returned the interception 25 yards for a touchdown to make it 7-0 11 seconds into the game.
"They made a good play," Stein said. "We threw a quick out. It's one of our plays we love and just a good drive-starting play. The guy made a good play and jumped the route. It's not on Dante. The guy's open for a second."
Indiana defensive coordinator Bryant Haines said Ponds lined up off Benson, hoping he would make Moore believe he was playing soft zone coverage. The plan, according to Haines, was to "bait it, bite it, take it to the house."
"I'll be honest with you, I think the biggest impact was what it might have done to that quarterback because I know that he left our last game thinking, 'I was seeing ghosts. I've cleaned those mistakes up. I'm going to be better this time,'" Haines said. "And for your first throw to cost your team six points, I think the impact on him was [significant].
There's a lot going on there - like IU knew they like to start drives with that play. But asking a QB who is all amped up to start the game to make a difficult sideline-out throw on the first play of the game (hello Julian Sayin 2x) is just not a good call at all.
And IU made them pay for it. That's on the OC, not the QB.