A lesson in QB geography

It's common knowledge that California, Florida, Pennsylvania and Texas are hotbeds for high school football. But Rivals.com ran an interesting story last week breaking down where the starting quarterbacks from each of the 120 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams are from.

The results are interesting, though not earth-shattering.

California leads the way, producing 23 starting FBS quarterbacks. Of note are USC's Matt Barkley, Nevada's Colin Kaepernick, Notre Dame's Dayne Crist and Utah's Jordan Wynn.

Florida produced 18 starters, but boasts a better crop of players. It sent starters to Clemson, Florida, Georgia, Miami (FL), Michigan and West Virginia. There must be something in the water in the Sunshine State.

Texas has 19 quarterbacks starting in the FBS, and has by far the best group of quarterbacks. That's not entirely surprising, as high school football is as serious as a heart attack in the Lone Star State. Texas has produced SEC starters Alabama's Greg McElroy and Arkansas' Ryan Mallett.

It's also responsible for Arizona's Nick Foles, Baylor's Robert Griffin III, Florida State's Christian Ponder, Oregon's Darron Thomas, Stanford's Andrew Luck, Texas' Garrett Gilbert, Texas A&M's Jerrod Johnson, TCU's Andy Dalton and Texas Tech's Taylor Potts.

There are also several states that haven't produced a starting quarterback, including Alaska, Rhode Island, Delaware, Idaho, Maine, Montana, North and South Dakota, Vermont, New Hampshire and Wyoming, among others.

The biggest -- or most surprising -- state without a starter? New York, with more than 19 million residents, can't come up with one FBS quarterback. Same with Colorado, the 24th-biggest state.

And the smallest state that has given FBS a quarterback? Hawaii, which actually has two starters: Hawaii's Bryant Moniz and Ole Miss' Jeremiah Masoli. Two starters coming from a state of 1.3 million. Really makes New York look soft.

Lesson learned? If you need a quarterback, head to Texas, Florida and California, in that order.