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Yahoo Sports: Nebraska puts Jake Locker's Heisman campaign out of its misery

Nebraska 56, Washington 21. I can't say definitively that Washington quarterback Jake Locker's afternoon was the worst regular-season performance ever by a quasi-serious Heisman candidate on national television. Star players come and go, and their many forgettable efforts over the years have been, you know, forgettable. But for a guy who'd already been "etched in stone" as the No. 1 overall pick next year, it might have been ugly enough to cost him a little bit of money. Whatever the scouts think, it was certainly ugly enough – in the hyped, early showcase game for the Huskies' long-awaited comeback tour ...

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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: