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ESPN: Life without Lattimore won't be easy

Replacing Marcus Lattimore's yards will be daunting enough for South Carolina.

There aren’t many running backs like him anywhere.

But as the Gamecocks attempt to lock down a second straight trip to the SEC championship game, there’s going to come a time when the sobering reality hits that No. 21 is no longer in that football foxhole with them.

Simply, this is not the same team emotionally without Lattimore, and for all of his greatness on the field, recapturing that edge without him the rest of the way will be South Carolina’s stiffest challenge.

The Gamecocks played the final two ...

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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: