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Yahoo Sports: Pac-12: Matt Barkley shalt not call Vontaze Burfict ‘a dirty player,’ or other mean names

I don't know if Matt Barkley believes in "karma," or whatever his version of it is called, but I do suspect he felt like something was out to get him last Saturday night: Just a few days after calling out Arizona State linebacker Vontaze Burfict as "a dirty player" in the Los Angeles Times, Barkley was picked off by Burfict, forced into two other turnovers, sacked twice and generally harassed throughout a 43-21 loss, the Trojans' first blemish and Barkley's worst game of the young season. After that, even bringing up the "dirty player" thing again just feels like piling ...

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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.

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