College football’s biggest names may need to do something no team has done in three decades if they want to win a national championship this season: start a true freshman at quarterback.
The 1985 season was the last time a true freshman quarterback (Oklahoma's Jamelle Holieway) carried their team to a national title. Even then, he only came in for an injured Troy Aikman before leading the Sooners to an 11-1 record and an AP national title.
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The closest a team has come to replicating that feat is Florida State, which won the 2013 title with then-redshirt freshman Jameis Winston (plus nine future first- and second-round NFL Draft picks).