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Yahoo Sports: USC’s Barkley billboard in UCLA country? Here today, gone tomorrow

Matt Barkley's face didn't hover over UCLA very long. Earlier this week, the Los Angeles Times reported that a USC billboard with Barkley's game face and the words: "WE PLAY TO FINISH" with the LA in "PLAY" highlighted appeared in Westwood near the UCLA campus. But on Wednesday, the paper reported the billboard, which created quite a stir on the UCLA campus, had been blacked over. Both USC and UCLA officials say they had nothing to do with the billboard coming down, but Regency Outdoor Advertising, a company co-owned by Brian Kennedy, a prominent USC donor, decided taking the billboard ...

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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: