What was a ridiculous QB controversy your team had that never should've existed to begin with?

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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/Ok-Health-7252 on 2025-06-28 19:50:14+00:00.

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For us the top two most recent examples of this are:

• Justin Zwick and Troy Smith competing for the job again in early 2005 (which only happened because Tressel didn’t trust Troy anymore after he got suspended for taking money from a booster and forced him to have to compete for the starting job again because of it).
• The Joe Germaine/Stanley Jackson 2-year starting QB platoon during the '96 and '97 seasons. The '96 team was good enough to win it all but the uncertainty at QB derailed us that year (and Germaine rightfully earned the job after leading the game-winning drive in the Rose Bowl). The only reason Cooper wouldn’t commit to either of them was because the majority of the locker room supported Stanley but Germaine was quite obviously the better QB.