COLUMBUS, Ohio — Among the 16 teams to make the College Football Playoff in its first four years, six had first-year starting quarterbacks. Ohio State’s Dwayne Haskins will make it at least seven of 20. Combine the chaos of the last month with the fact that he’s replacing a four-year starter in J.T. Barrett, and college football doesn’t know Haskins like it should. That’s fine. But he’s going to define the season. Among the top 12 teams in the preseason AP poll, only two have first-year starting QBs – Ohio State with Haskins and Oklahoma with Baker Mayfield replacement Kyler Murray. Alabama is going with a Jalen Hurts-Tua Tagovailoa combo to start, then from Clemson’s Kelly Bryant to Washington’s Jake Browning, from Wisconsin’s Alex Hornibrook to Auburn’s Jarrett Stidham, from Penn State’s Trace McSorley to Georgia’s Jake Fromm, the best teams in the country feature a quarterback who’s done it.…
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