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AP: Report: Money sought for LSU's Peterson

ESPN.com is reporting that a former Texas A&M; assistant coach says a man who runs a Texas-based recruiting service told him the Aggies had to "beat" $80,000 if it wanted to sign Patrick Peterson out of high school. Van Malone, the former cornerbacks coach at Texas A&M;, told ESPN that Will Lyles, who ran Will Lyles of Complete Scouting Services, contacted him in 2007 after Peterson...

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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: