[larkinforever]

First ever start - at home against then #11 Oregon State (7-1/5-1 at the time, including a Beavers victory over Wisconsin - a Badgers team we would later play in the Rose Bowl)...

And as an encore, second start - on the road at Autzen, against then #2 Oregon (10-0/7-0 at the time, riding a longest-in-the-nation 13-game winning streak, including victories in the Pac-12 championship and Rose Bowl the previous season, and a Ducks team that would finish 12-1 with a victory over Kansas State in the Fiesta Bowl)...

We've talked about his memorable first starts - looking back at those first couple starts for purposes of this thread, they are even more remarkable than I recently remembered...

[larkinforever]

First ever start - at home against then #11 Oregon State (7-1/5-1 at the time, including a Beavers victory over Wisconsin - a Badgers team we would later play in the Rose Bowl)...

And as an encore, second start - on the road at Autzen, against then #2 Oregon (10-0/7-0 at the time, riding a longest-in-the-nation 13-game winning streak, including victories in the Pac-12 championship and Rose Bowl the previous season, and a Ducks team that would finish 12-1 with a victory over Kansas State in the Fiesta Bowl)...

We've talked about his memorable first starts - looking back at those first couple starts for purposes of this thread, they are even more remarkable than I recently remembered...