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How Derek Carr became the Raiders' first franchise QB since Rich Gannon

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Questions? Yeah, there were a few.

Sure, Derek Carr lit up the Mountain West Conference, but in his two biggest college games at Fresno State as a senior -- against San Jose State in the regular-season finale and against USC in the Las Vegas Bowl -- Carr faltered.

Bigly.

His 62-52 loss to the Spartans, in which he was outplayed by David Fales, cost the Bulldogs a spot in a BCS bowl game, and the 45-20 beating he endured against the unranked Trojans, in which he had 24 incompletions, seemingly sent his draft stock plummeting.