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ESPN: Big 12 Awards Tracker: Week 8

Time for our weekly update on the Big 12 awards races. Here's how I slot it through seven weeks of football.

Offensive Player of the Year

  1. Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor: Griffin's team has already taken two losses, which may hurt his Heisman chances, but he's still been unbelievable this season. He leads the nation in touchdown passes (22) and completion percentage (78.1) by more than two percentage points and has thrown just two interceptions.

  2. Landry Jones, QB, Oklahoma: Jones has lots of talent at receiver, and he's using it. He's got 16 touchdown passes and ...

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About Stiff Arm Trophy

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: