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Yahoo Sports: Wisconsin brings the lumber, and another No. 1 bites the dust

Wisconsin 31, Ohio State 18. It's one thing to have the heart ripped out of your season a week into your reign as No. 1. It's another to have the extraction come on the opening kickoff, and then have it shoved down your throat for the next 60 minutes. Of all the ways Ohio State's national championship crusade could conceivably go wrong, a start-to-finish physical mauling in Big Ten play wasn't on the list. The Buckeyes came into Madison boasting the conference's best total defense, fourth nationally against the run, and riding a 29-game streak without allowing a 100-yard rusher. ...

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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: