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Yahoo Sports: Case Keenum quiets Marshall’s trash talk with historic day

Houston 63, Marshall 28. Marshall defenders said they wanted to find out who Houston's backup quarterback was, presumably by knocking starter Case Keenum out of the game. Well, Marshall did meet Cougars' backup Cotton Turner, but only after Keenum had his way with the Thundering Herd completing 24-of-28 passes for 376 yards and six touchdowns in a 63-28 win. To add insult to injury, Keenum also set the NCAA career total offense mark formerly held by Hawaii's Timmy Chang. His total now sounds at 16,910 yards since 2007, and counting. Earlier in the week, the Huntington Herald-Dispatch ran a story ...

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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: