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Bleacher Report: Christian Ponder and Nine Others Out of the Heisman Race

It's Week 2, and Heisman talk is already hot and heavy. Names like Denard Robinson and Marcus Lattimore are storming their way onto the national scene as other familiar names are dropping like flies.But before we talk about who these dead names are (okay, maybe not completely dead), we need to take a look at what qualifies a player for such an honor as the greatest trophy in sports.A player, first and foremost, needs to be on a successful team. We're not talking about a seven- or eight-win team here. The Heisman winner must be on a team in competing for ...

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Since 2002, we've correctly projected the winner of every single Heisman Trophy contest. Starting in 2010, we're running a season-long Heisman Trophy poll, providing ongoing commentary, and aggregating the best news about the top Heisman candidates around the country.

When it comes to our projections, well, we really can't say it any better than ESPN's Neil Everett - just a few days before the 2009 winner was announced: