Since he was a boy, Bo Nix dreamed of climbing to the highest peaks of the college football landscape. This weekend, he's cresting one of the biggest in all of sports.
Nix grew up in Alabama, dreaming of following in his dad's footsteps and playing quarterback in college. Those dreams would invariably end with Nix hoisting a national championship trophy, presumably with Auburn, the school at which his father played.
Fate had other plans. Nix did begin his college career at Auburn, but after three years he opted to transfer. He will finish his five years without winning a national title, but he led Oregon to the Pac-12 Championship Game last week, and has the Ducks in a New Year's Day bowl.