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Yahoo Sports: Oregon’s De’Anthony Thomas works his ‘Black Mamba’ magic (VIDEO)

Oregon all-everything back De'Anthony Thomas has been mentioned as a Heisman candidate and the above play shows you why. It's hard to find a player this dynamic in college football. Let's just break this down for a second: Thomas lets the ball bounce and then picks it up with his back to his own end zone, which every punt returner knows not to do.. He breaks two tackles to get to the sideline and then he lets his blockers — and his speed — do the rest of the work. This might be the play of the year in college ...

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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: