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Bleacher Report: Alabama's Mark Ingram Injured: Who Benefits in the Heisman Trophy Race?

The breaking news out of Tuscaloosa, Ala. today was not good.Alabama running back Mark Ingram suffered a knee injury late in Monday's practice and has been ruled out for Saturday night's season opener against San Jose State. Ingram, who became Alabama's first Heisman Trophy winner last season, had an arthroscopic procedure done Tuesday morning.With Ingram sidelined for the time being, the Heisman Trophy race for 2010 becomes much more intriguing. Benefiting are players from coast to coast and all conferences in between. But the player who might benefit most if Ingram's back up, Trent Richardson.Coming into the season, many analysts said Richardson was already better ...

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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: