Peyton Ramsey found the perfect place at the perfect time. A football program with an established, winning tradition in the 21st century, coming off a season during which they produced arguably the worst non-triple option passing offense on this side of the millennia. Northwestern was angry, full of seniors along both sides of the ball and eager to prove they were more like the 2018 Big Ten West championship team than the 2019 squad that was conference fodder.
All they needed was a quarterback who was ready. Ramsey might not have been the most dynamic or eye-popping passer in the country, but he knew exactly what he was walking into and needed little to no time to properly acquit himself for the task at hand.