Think about what we thought a year ago.

Ohio State’s biggest controversy was whether J.T. Barrett could throw a good enough deep ball. Jalen Hurts was Alabama’s future. Christian McCaffrey, Leonard Fournette and Dalvin Cook had exited college football - ending one of the game's great eras running backs. Florida State and Jimbo Fisher were going to make another Playoff run.

And then a lot happened. Deondre Francois went down, Tua Tagovailoa went in, Saquon Barkley went long, Bryce Love went longer. Scott Frost came home, Baker Mayfield planted a flag and struck a pose. Iowa State shocked the world (more than once) and Georgia turned into Alabama. And then Bama proved it's still Bama.

The 2017 college football season is worth revisiting. It was nuts. For this practice, on the eve of the beginning of the 2018 college football season, let's use 2017 as a reference point — one last time.

This year's Tua? This year's Saquon? This year's Alabama?