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AP: Cousins sets TD mark in Michigan St. win

All week long Michigan State vowed to look straight ahead at Northwestern instead of a week down the road to the Big Ten championship game. The Spartans were true to their word, beating Northwestern 31-17 on Saturday in a competitive tuneup. With a spot in next Saturday's title game secured, Michigan State wasn't about to coast in the regular season finale.

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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: