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ESPN: Saxon: Matt Barkley could be the greatest

LOS ANGELES -- By the Cal game, Lane Kiffin figured he was gone. By the Oregon game, he wasn't quite as sure. After he saw him climb into the USC student section for the second week in a row, after a 50-0 win over UCLA, he was beginning to seriously wonder.

"I just kind of thought, watching him, 'He doesn't want to leave,' " Kiffin said.

He didn't, and the lure of fast money wasn't going to change his mind. Here's the thing about the Barkley family of Newport Beach, which showed up and sat in the front row for ...

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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: