The lack of a dominant QB or two on key contenders is a big reason why this College Football Playoff seems fairly wide open.

College football is different from the NFL in a lot of ways, but one of the bigger differences has always been that it's nearly impossible to win a Super Bowl without a franchise quarterback, but college teams have been able to win national titles without superstars at the position plenty of times.

In the 100th anniversary of the Silver Football, winner Dillon Gabriel is perhaps the ultimate embodiment of all that has changed in the college game.