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AP: Injured Alabama RB Ingram to miss opener

Alabama coach Nick Saban says Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram was playing the best football of his Crimson Tide career before his injury. Top-ranked Alabama's tailback injured his left knee in Monday's practice and had an arthroscopic procedure. Saban didn't shed much light Wednesday on his timetable for a return to the top-ranked Tide.

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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: