The movement began last year, when the next wave of high school senior quarterbacks embarked on what was supposed to be a long, drawn-out transition to college football.
We didn't know then what we know now—that two of these players would clash in the most important football game of the season, looking at ease as a national championship hung in the balance.
Here we are, a year later, a year wiser, still trying to comprehend how two true freshmen seized control of the sport.
But something else happened on Jan. 8 in Mercedes-Benz Stadium when Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa hit freshman wideout DeVonta Smith in stride to win a national championship, conquering Georgia newcomer Jake Fromm.