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Heisman Pundit: How USC’s loss to Stanford derailed Matt Barkley’s Heisman hopes

History hasn’t been kind to preseason Heisman favorites of late. The last seven seasons have seen the early front-runners for the trophy get knocked off by upsets or injury, overwhelmed by record-breaking seasons from competitors, or picked apart by media critics. Matt Barkley is the latest victim of that trend. I’ve been getting questions on Twitter [...]

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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: