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Bleacher Report: Virginia Tech's Early Season Losses Mire Taylor's Heisman Campaign

“What if…” scenarios are some of the most obnoxious things in sports, but they do present interesting discussions. Questions such as, “What if Boise State were in the SEC?” or “What if college football had a playoff system?” flood conversations across the country, no matter how irrelevant they are. After the Georgia Tech game—the Hokies’ seventh straight win—the hypothetical question beginning to appear when talking about the Hokies is “If Virginia Tech didn’t lose to James Madison, where would Tyrod Taylor be in this year’s Heisman race?” Taylor’s numbers on Thursday night weren’t dazzling: 15-for-25, 137 yards (57 added on ...

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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: