As the 2015 season unfolds, college football teams across the nation are settling on their starting quarterbacks. This summer saw a number of prominent quarterback battles at high-profile programs like Alabama, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Michigan and LSU, just to name a few. While not all of them are completely settled, the vast majority are or will be by the end of the month.
That’s how college coaches operate. They know a two-quarterback system rarely works, so they settle on one as their leader. That, in turn, leaves one quarterback out in the cold, watching and relaying signals from the sideline.