College football: 25 biggest what-ifs of the 2010s

GLENDALE, ARIZONA - DECEMBER 28: Defensive end Chase Young #2 of the Ohio State Buckeyes during the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl against the Clemson Tigers at State Farm Stadium on December 28, 2019 in Glendale, Arizona. The Tigers defeated the Buckeyes 29-23. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
GLENDALE, ARIZONA - DECEMBER 28: Defensive end Chase Young #2 of the Ohio State Buckeyes during the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl against the Clemson Tigers at State Farm Stadium on December 28, 2019 in Glendale, Arizona. The Tigers defeated the Buckeyes 29-23. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /
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MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA – JANUARY 11: Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide speaks following the College Football Playoff National Championship game win over the Ohio State Buckeyes at Hard Rock Stadium on January 11, 2021 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA – JANUARY 11: Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide speaks following the College Football Playoff National Championship game win over the Ohio State Buckeyes at Hard Rock Stadium on January 11, 2021 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) /

Whether it’s in college football or in life, every and anything that happens is set in stone. Since the topic here is college football, we’ll keep it there.

There have been plenty of instances on the gridiron that left us all holding our jaws and shaking our heads. The list of memorable moments are outrageously long but what would college football be if they didn’t exist?

We won’t focus on the entirety of college football history, instead, we’ll take a long and hard look at what took place during the 2010s. There were plenty of plays that seemed impossible to make. Yet, time and time again, great players made everlasting moments a reality.

With the 2020s already off to a fast start, it’s time to take a look at what shaped college football in the past decade and how it would ultimately look if we scrubbed a few memorable moments from the record books. Our list isn’t constricted to only plays on the field but also, what took place off of it.

Enough with the chatter, it’s time to grab our eraser and begin rewriting history.