When a coach finds the perfect quarterback for his style of play, the two names become a pair. Shula and Marino. Belichick and Brady. Lombardi and Starr. Landry and Staubach. Sure, those are all pro football examples, but the same thing can be done in college football too. Georgia Tech is a great example of that with the perfect combination of Paul Johnson and Justin Thomas.
When Paul Johnson first brought the option to Georgia Tech, we were all blessed to watch Joshua Nesbitt run it masterfully behind the playcalling of Johnson. Being college football, though, there is mass turnover year to year, so after Nesbitt graduated, someone needed to step up and fill that void.