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Yahoo Sports: Texas A&M begins its Heisman publicity push for Johnny Manziel

Somewhere along the line, schools promoting players for the Heisman Trophy became important in the voting process. It seems dumb that brochures, billboards or football cards mailed to voters (like Baylor did with Robert Griffin III throughout last season) should make any impact whatsoever - voters should probably be able to make decisions based on watching games and analyzing pertinent stats, don't you think? - but that's part of the Heisman game now. Texas A&M has a legitimate Heisman Trophy contender in Johnny Manziel, so it has decided to play the promotion game too. The Aggies launched a web site ...

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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.

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