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Fanhouse: Justin Blackmon's Super Season Couldn't Even Be Derailed by Suspension

Filed under: Oklahoma State, Big 12ORLANDO -- A one-game, midseason suspension may have cost Oklahoma State wide receiver Justin Blackmon a chance to be a Heisman Trophy finalist, but it certainly didn't slow him down.

It just made him better.

"When something is taken away, that's when you realize how much it means to you,'' Blackmon said. "It's in the past. It's over with. Sure, I regret what happened, but it made me a better person.''

Blackmon is expected to win the Biletnikoff Award Thursday night as the nation's best wide receiver, a distinction he proved from the first game ...

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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: