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ESPN: OSU receiver Justin Blackmon: Merman?

It's easy to be in awe of Oklahoma State receiver Justin Blackmon.

It should stay that way, writes Brian Phillips of Grantland. ...watching Justin Blackmon play college football is like watching a merman play water polo. There you are at the water polo meet. You're looking at water polo teams, teams filled with perfectly good water polo players, human beings who struggle and gasp and thrash around in the water, because water polo is hard, everyone knows that, but they're trying, and then suddenly this weird ripply streak goes tearing through the water, and you realize after a second that ...

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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: