Dante Moore said after UCLA’s 25-17 win over No. 13 Washington State that he sought out Dorian Thompson-Robinson for advice.

DTR is, of course, one of the best quarterbacks to ever play the position for the Bruins. He was back on the sidelines at the Rose Bowl on Saturday to see UCLA, and Moore wanted to know what Thompson-Robinson was seeing from his vantage point.

The Bruins’ freshman starter completed 22 of his 44 passes for 290 yards, one touchdown, and two picks. The Bruins went for 482 yards of offense on the day. That was after as shaky a first half as they’ve had all year.

Moore was picked off on UCLA’s third offensive play of the day. He was intercepted again right before halftime — an 88-yard pick-six that marked the second consecutive game he’s been taken to the house by an opposing defense.

At the half, Moore was just 13-for-26 passing.

In the second half, his completion percentage stayed right at 50%, but the errors were fewer and far between.

Coach Chip Kelly was asked after the game if they did anything different to help him regain his composure. Kelly shook his head.

Moore doesn’t need to find poise, the Bruin coach said. He always has it.

“I think he’s got a really good view of things,” Kelly said. “I think he understands if he makes a mistake, we just talk about you win and you learn. So, if it doesn’t go the way you want it, what was the reason it didn’t go the way you wanted and let’s fix it. He doesn’t make many mistakes twice.”

Moore took over the offense against San Diego State and UCLA hasn’t looked back since. He has interceptions in three of UCLA’s five games. He also has nine touchdowns on the year.

He’s a former 5-star recruit, but he’s still just a freshman. During the first half, fans groaned about an elite defense — which UCLA has — being wasted by a hit-and-miss offense.

Kelly could go to an older option on the bench. Maybe the floor would be higher. The ceiling would be lower, too.

Kelly knows they have to go through growing pains.

“The only issue is he hasn’t had a lot of snaps. He’s a true freshman. There’s some on-the-job training there that we’ll learn from that,” Kelly said. “He’s an amazing kid to coach because he wants to coach. He’ll go back in, I’m sure he’ll watch the game tonight and make adjustments.”