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Bleacher Report: Nebraska Football: First Career Crossroads for Cornhuskers' Taylor Martinez

On Friday, October 15, Taylor Martinez was on top of the world. His Cornhuskers were undefeated heading into a massively-hyped tilt with Texas. Pundits around the country legitimately tossed his name around when discussing the Heisman Trophy. A conversation couldn’t be had about the fresh-faced Nebraska signal-caller without comparisons to the greatest quarterbacks to set up under center for the then-No. 4 Cornhuskers. Fast forward into Saturday evening, and it’s an entirely different story. Martinez had two Longhorns making sure he was corralled on every play. His receivers seemingly had butter on their hands. Once things started to snowball, Martinez ...

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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: