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Bleacher Report: Auburn's Cam Newton Leads Tigers to SEC West Crown and Over NCAA Cliff

Official Time of Death: 2:46 CST Auburn makes the decision to play Cameron Newton even as his father, the good reverend Cecil, is reported to have admitted to soliciting a bribe for his son's signature on a national letter of intent. Newton, the elder, claims neither his son nor the staff at Auburn knew anything about this scheme of his. What makes that claim questionable is that the NCAA's investigation has been underway since at least July of this year and this was known to the University.  More importantly, requests had been made to the Newtons for financial records so he obviously ...

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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: