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ESPN: College Football: Ryan Mallett, Marcus Lattimore, Patrick Peterson are SEC's most pivotal players

Bruce Feldman makes a list of the 10 most pivotal players in the SEC -- not best players, not most NFL-ready, but pivotal to the SEC in 2010 -- and comes away with Ryan Mallett as No. 1. A frosh follows that, and the Alabama rep isn't a QB or RB.

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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: